i disagree completely i think this song is about the chance it takes to give up everything to pursue a career in music. perhaps its about a talk corey had with another band member or vice versa. corey's portraying his confidence in the band to the other band member, saying like "i swear, i'll take you where the bright lights will shine on the perfect crowd. i know you'll stick it out with me now." and maybe when he says "you've got so much to lose but i don't", he means that he is going to do music regardless because hes already messed up his life in a lot of ways and hes got nothing left to lose by giving music a shot, whereas the other band member may be taking a large chance when he still has safer opportunities. "we don't want you to get older and tell them what you would have done if you were us" is basically saying, "i don't want you to regret your decision if you decide not to pursue this band." "sit and sink" probably refers to the idea that if he "sits", or does nothing and waits too long to make his decision, he'll "sink", or lose all his opportunities. i mean there's a lot of rhetoric in here that points to this meaning of the song. "i know you don't think we can go, but i've seen the bright lights shine on less deserving men before." bands with worse music have gotten signed. etc...
i disagree completely i think this song is about the chance it takes to give up everything to pursue a career in music. perhaps its about a talk corey had with another band member or vice versa. corey's portraying his confidence in the band to the other band member, saying like "i swear, i'll take you where the bright lights will shine on the perfect crowd. i know you'll stick it out with me now." and maybe when he says "you've got so much to lose but i don't", he means that he is going to do music regardless because hes already messed up his life in a lot of ways and hes got nothing left to lose by giving music a shot, whereas the other band member may be taking a large chance when he still has safer opportunities. "we don't want you to get older and tell them what you would have done if you were us" is basically saying, "i don't want you to regret your decision if you decide not to pursue this band." "sit and sink" probably refers to the idea that if he "sits", or does nothing and waits too long to make his decision, he'll "sink", or lose all his opportunities. i mean there's a lot of rhetoric in here that points to this meaning of the song. "i know you don't think we can go, but i've seen the bright lights shine on less deserving men before." bands with worse music have gotten signed. etc...