I was watching a live performance of this, and before they started they said the song was about being in jail. which makes total sense. thing about it:
Everybody's moving, everything is moving
Please don't leave me to remain
when your in jail, it seems everyone just leaves you behind, and forgets about you, and your just stuck there in "the waiting room" waiting to get out
Sitting outside of town
Everybody's always down
Because they can't get up
a correctional facility is normally outside of town. and a jail would be a depressing place because your stuck there and you don't want to be.
But I don't sit by idly
I'm planning a big surprise
I'm gonna fight for what I want to be
I won't make the same mistakes
Because I know how much time that wastes
Function is the key
the character in the song is ready to turn his life around. and is tired of ending up in the same place (jail) because he "knows how much time that wastes.
I was watching a live performance of this, and before they started they said the song was about being in jail. which makes total sense. thing about it:
Everybody's moving, everything is moving Please don't leave me to remain
when your in jail, it seems everyone just leaves you behind, and forgets about you, and your just stuck there in "the waiting room" waiting to get out
Sitting outside of town Everybody's always down Because they can't get up
a correctional facility is normally outside of town. and a jail would be a depressing place because your stuck there and you don't want to be.
But I don't sit by idly I'm planning a big surprise I'm gonna fight for what I want to be I won't make the same mistakes Because I know how much time that wastes Function is the key
the character in the song is ready to turn his life around. and is tired of ending up in the same place (jail) because he "knows how much time that wastes.