I am really excited about this song. I agree that it seems to be about the Format breaking up. Here is my interpretation.
I think the first verse and the "chorus" is all about not holding grudges. Nate is telling people to relax, just enjoy what is around you, and forgive people.
Then Nate talks about someone he loves. I love the line "It's a beautiful thing when you love somebody." I think Nate includes this verse to show that although he lost one thing (his band), he still has his love. His eggs weren't all in one basket.
Then Nate says "I don't think I'd been misled,it was a rocknroll band,I'm still standing." This is about The Format. I feel like he is justifying the fact that he is able to take his time and to forgive everyone by saying that it was just a band.
Then comes the "see of everyone who called" verse. Most of the people who called Nate after the break-up had a "I told you so" attitude. They thought he would fail, and felt like he did. However, Nate didn't fail. He was successful with The Format, established himself in the music world and has a bright future. My favorite line is "if it's true, if it's true, if it's true, then what the fuck have I been doing these last six years." Then Nate keeps proving everybody wrong by listing all of the things he has done and overcome.
The dream part is a bit more difficult to understand. I imagine that the kids in the dream are Nate and his friends as kids. Nate has said in songs and at concerts that his family always had modest means. I also think that being through "causing a scene" is important. In the First single, the first song that The Format really got popular, Nate sings "Let's cause a scene." I feel that that line symbolizes the Format, and that Nate is saying he is through with the Format.
Nate ends by saying that for every love that goes, a new one comes. The Format left, but Fun is now here. That is what he means by that. He wants everybody to not take things for granted and to enjoy things while you can. That is why he wants everybody to tell the people they love how they feel.
Very good, I like those connections. Another could:
Very good, I like those connections. Another could:
"See, I made it out.
Out from under the sun."
"See, I made it out.
Out from under the sun."
From On Your Porch, "now it's time to get out of the desert and into the sun".
From On Your Porch, "now it's time to get out of the desert and into the sun".
The sun was this success in the music industry him and Sam were hoping for, but it ends up being this big force beating down at him, so for him to leave the Format would be getting "out from under the sun".
The sun was this success in the music industry him and Sam were hoping for, but it ends up being this big force beating down at him, so for him to leave the Format would be getting "out from under the sun".
I am really excited about this song. I agree that it seems to be about the Format breaking up. Here is my interpretation.
I think the first verse and the "chorus" is all about not holding grudges. Nate is telling people to relax, just enjoy what is around you, and forgive people.
Then Nate talks about someone he loves. I love the line "It's a beautiful thing when you love somebody." I think Nate includes this verse to show that although he lost one thing (his band), he still has his love. His eggs weren't all in one basket.
Then Nate says "I don't think I'd been misled,it was a rocknroll band,I'm still standing." This is about The Format. I feel like he is justifying the fact that he is able to take his time and to forgive everyone by saying that it was just a band.
Then comes the "see of everyone who called" verse. Most of the people who called Nate after the break-up had a "I told you so" attitude. They thought he would fail, and felt like he did. However, Nate didn't fail. He was successful with The Format, established himself in the music world and has a bright future. My favorite line is "if it's true, if it's true, if it's true, then what the fuck have I been doing these last six years." Then Nate keeps proving everybody wrong by listing all of the things he has done and overcome.
The dream part is a bit more difficult to understand. I imagine that the kids in the dream are Nate and his friends as kids. Nate has said in songs and at concerts that his family always had modest means. I also think that being through "causing a scene" is important. In the First single, the first song that The Format really got popular, Nate sings "Let's cause a scene." I feel that that line symbolizes the Format, and that Nate is saying he is through with the Format.
Nate ends by saying that for every love that goes, a new one comes. The Format left, but Fun is now here. That is what he means by that. He wants everybody to not take things for granted and to enjoy things while you can. That is why he wants everybody to tell the people they love how they feel.
Very good, I like those connections. Another could:
Very good, I like those connections. Another could:
"See, I made it out. Out from under the sun."
"See, I made it out. Out from under the sun."
From On Your Porch, "now it's time to get out of the desert and into the sun".
From On Your Porch, "now it's time to get out of the desert and into the sun".
The sun was this success in the music industry him and Sam were hoping for, but it ends up being this big force beating down at him, so for him to leave the Format would be getting "out from under the sun".
The sun was this success in the music industry him and Sam were hoping for, but it ends up being this big force beating down at him, so for him to leave the Format would be getting "out from under the sun".
Just my thoughts.
Just my thoughts.
the sun he talks about is arizona in general. needing to get out of here in general to start a new and make his home
the sun he talks about is arizona in general. needing to get out of here in general to start a new and make his home