in my opinion, untitled 9 (symbolically the final demo) was written to the fans.
please say you'll come along tonight
please sing the words we love
don't say that you forgot them
don't keep the hand we've come to hold
i know you want to untie this rope and let it go
^ that verse sends a message to the fans along the lines of, "please stay true to us, even though you're ready to give up on us since we don't tell you anything (since brand new is notoriously secretive about, um, everything).
please pose my skeletal remains
give me a working pen
and i will live forever
please let them love me though i fade
i know you want to
i know you want to
i know you want to run away
^ there are rumors that at some point vinnie wanted to leave the band, hence running away... but i think it's more directed toward the fans. "let them love me though i fade" is talking about the fading of the band (specifically jesse and his fading determination to live the life he lived the last 3 years). "pose my skeletal remains" is a message to the fans- "send out something, anything that represents me (jesse) and what i've become -- give the fans a working pen, or let them write about it, and i (and the rumors about me) will live forever."
we're burning our own tonight
the signal spikes when sorrows come
they come on battalions
^ "burning our own..." could be talking about the band breaking up, but i don't think that's quite what they were saying... it seems more like they're trying to forget what they've done in the past (stylistically) and they're writing stuff that's new to them -- their best work (spiking signal) comes when they're sad. the ideas come on battalions, or all at once.
please keep the sounds from running out
please let our steps fall soft
keep them from hearing our talk
please let some hope come with the day
i know you want to
i know you want to
i know you want to run away
^ message to the fans: "please let us keep making music, but secretly, so no one really knows what we're doing. let every day bring us some new inspiration, and fans, hang in there, i know you want to let us go, but don't."
so we watch the time we keep
you know that i am swift
you know that i am quick
you know that i am fast asleep
^ brand new is notorious for sending mixed signals. that's a perfect example. jesse contradicts himself by saying what you (the fans) know, which essentially shows that they don't know anything cos all the information they have is contradictory.
this is just a personal viewpoint, but brand new lyrics are famous for having incredible meaning buried in their lyrics. it can be seen that jesse and vinnie carefully craft every line, because every single song they've written holds so much truth in its words. i absolutely love them to death and it just amazes me how much they've embraced the term 'alternative' both in their music style and the way they write lyrics :)
WARNING: huge long interp below. beware.
in my opinion, untitled 9 (symbolically the final demo) was written to the fans.
please say you'll come along tonight please sing the words we love don't say that you forgot them don't keep the hand we've come to hold i know you want to untie this rope and let it go
^ that verse sends a message to the fans along the lines of, "please stay true to us, even though you're ready to give up on us since we don't tell you anything (since brand new is notoriously secretive about, um, everything).
please pose my skeletal remains give me a working pen and i will live forever please let them love me though i fade i know you want to i know you want to i know you want to run away
^ there are rumors that at some point vinnie wanted to leave the band, hence running away... but i think it's more directed toward the fans. "let them love me though i fade" is talking about the fading of the band (specifically jesse and his fading determination to live the life he lived the last 3 years). "pose my skeletal remains" is a message to the fans- "send out something, anything that represents me (jesse) and what i've become -- give the fans a working pen, or let them write about it, and i (and the rumors about me) will live forever."
we're burning our own tonight the signal spikes when sorrows come they come on battalions
^ "burning our own..." could be talking about the band breaking up, but i don't think that's quite what they were saying... it seems more like they're trying to forget what they've done in the past (stylistically) and they're writing stuff that's new to them -- their best work (spiking signal) comes when they're sad. the ideas come on battalions, or all at once.
please keep the sounds from running out please let our steps fall soft keep them from hearing our talk please let some hope come with the day i know you want to i know you want to i know you want to run away
^ message to the fans: "please let us keep making music, but secretly, so no one really knows what we're doing. let every day bring us some new inspiration, and fans, hang in there, i know you want to let us go, but don't."
so we watch the time we keep you know that i am swift you know that i am quick you know that i am fast asleep
^ brand new is notorious for sending mixed signals. that's a perfect example. jesse contradicts himself by saying what you (the fans) know, which essentially shows that they don't know anything cos all the information they have is contradictory.
this is just a personal viewpoint, but brand new lyrics are famous for having incredible meaning buried in their lyrics. it can be seen that jesse and vinnie carefully craft every line, because every single song they've written holds so much truth in its words. i absolutely love them to death and it just amazes me how much they've embraced the term 'alternative' both in their music style and the way they write lyrics :)