wow i don't understand the users of this forum...about 7/8 of the comments say, "OMG YAYAY I LOVE THIS SONG I HAVE A BAD LIFE BLAH BLAH BLAH YAYAY (INSERT ARTIST)" that said, I'm actually going to analyze the the song.
If you read the lyrics, only the very first memory the singer talks about is an activity that an adult would partake in (parachuting), the rest are things that are very childish such as "fighting shadows back" at the speaker's friend's mom's house (that was a mouthful). This can be interpreted to mean that during parachuting with an obviously broken parachute, the speaker got hurt and fell unconscious. As the speaker is unconscious, he begins having memories of him and his friend in their youth. The last line of the first verse is a memory that triggers his yearning as a child to go in the hot air balloon, because when they found it they weren't allowed to use it, as they were children.
I also believe that the speaker's friend is a doctor. The chorus reflects that the speaker is unconscious "I'll be out of my mind," and that his doctor friend who is trying to resuscitate him is failing "you'll be out of ideas [to revive him] pretty soon." Also it expresses the speaker's desire for him (the speaker's friend) to stop wasting time trying to revive him and just be his friend for his last moments alive. note the cold in "the afternoon in a COLD hot air balloon" represents death (people are cold when they die) and that the hot air balloon will take his spirit away.
"leave your jacket behind" again, the speaker wants his friend to leave his doctors jacket behind and just be his friend while he is still alive. the last line of the chorus "to kiss the ground where ever we touch back down" shows the speaker's acceptance of death and the afterlife (where ever he ends up)
I'm sure the second verse adds to what i have in some way but that's all i got for now. I know it is a bit of an over analysis but who cares. Great song tho!
do most of your friends think your an overanalizer? i do man. haha but thats sweet that you thought of that. never in a million years would i incorporate death or doctors in the meaning. Very interesting. i like it. :)
do most of your friends think your an overanalizer? i do man. haha but thats sweet that you thought of that. never in a million years would i incorporate death or doctors in the meaning. Very interesting. i like it. :)
haha i actually did this as a joke for a Literature project to mock my teacher for over analyzing poetry and literature. i don't really believe this or over analyze this much usually haha.
haha i actually did this as a joke for a Literature project to mock my teacher for over analyzing poetry and literature. i don't really believe this or over analyze this much usually haha.
haha So i read this and thought that you must be completely out of your mind lol OR that I was just really really REALLY oblivious to secret hidden meanings in this song haha.
haha So i read this and thought that you must be completely out of your mind lol OR that I was just really really REALLY oblivious to secret hidden meanings in this song haha.
But if you were going for overanalyzing I hope you got an A+, you deserve it.
But if you were going for overanalyzing I hope you got an A+, you deserve it.
Here's what I think the second verse means (If I go by what you've been saying):
"We drank the great lakes, Like cold lemonade
And both got stomach aches, sprawl out in the shade"
Drinking the great lakes represents all the medicine he was given to try the wake him up. However, the medicine didn't work as he got a "stomach ache" The shade is just to rhyme...
Here's what I think the second verse means (If I go by what you've been saying):
"We drank the great lakes, Like cold lemonade
And both got stomach aches, sprawl out in the shade"
Drinking the great lakes represents all the medicine he was given to try the wake him up. However, the medicine didn't work as he got a "stomach ache" The shade is just to rhyme...
"Swore to death, you held you're breath"
The doctor is worried, and doesn't want him to die, and so is holding his breath, praying he won't die....
"Swore to death, you held you're breath"
The doctor is worried, and doesn't want him to die, and so is holding his breath, praying he won't die.
"You made my frown turn upside down"
The doctor, in being his friend, helped him die happy, instead of with a frown.
"Now my worries are gone"
He is now able to pass freely into the afterlife, without worrying about anything.
wow i don't understand the users of this forum...about 7/8 of the comments say, "OMG YAYAY I LOVE THIS SONG I HAVE A BAD LIFE BLAH BLAH BLAH YAYAY (INSERT ARTIST)" that said, I'm actually going to analyze the the song.
If you read the lyrics, only the very first memory the singer talks about is an activity that an adult would partake in (parachuting), the rest are things that are very childish such as "fighting shadows back" at the speaker's friend's mom's house (that was a mouthful). This can be interpreted to mean that during parachuting with an obviously broken parachute, the speaker got hurt and fell unconscious. As the speaker is unconscious, he begins having memories of him and his friend in their youth. The last line of the first verse is a memory that triggers his yearning as a child to go in the hot air balloon, because when they found it they weren't allowed to use it, as they were children.
I also believe that the speaker's friend is a doctor. The chorus reflects that the speaker is unconscious "I'll be out of my mind," and that his doctor friend who is trying to resuscitate him is failing "you'll be out of ideas [to revive him] pretty soon." Also it expresses the speaker's desire for him (the speaker's friend) to stop wasting time trying to revive him and just be his friend for his last moments alive. note the cold in "the afternoon in a COLD hot air balloon" represents death (people are cold when they die) and that the hot air balloon will take his spirit away.
"leave your jacket behind" again, the speaker wants his friend to leave his doctors jacket behind and just be his friend while he is still alive. the last line of the chorus "to kiss the ground where ever we touch back down" shows the speaker's acceptance of death and the afterlife (where ever he ends up)
I'm sure the second verse adds to what i have in some way but that's all i got for now. I know it is a bit of an over analysis but who cares. Great song tho!
do most of your friends think your an overanalizer? i do man. haha but thats sweet that you thought of that. never in a million years would i incorporate death or doctors in the meaning. Very interesting. i like it. :)
do most of your friends think your an overanalizer? i do man. haha but thats sweet that you thought of that. never in a million years would i incorporate death or doctors in the meaning. Very interesting. i like it. :)
haha i actually did this as a joke for a Literature project to mock my teacher for over analyzing poetry and literature. i don't really believe this or over analyze this much usually haha.
haha i actually did this as a joke for a Literature project to mock my teacher for over analyzing poetry and literature. i don't really believe this or over analyze this much usually haha.
haha So i read this and thought that you must be completely out of your mind lol OR that I was just really really REALLY oblivious to secret hidden meanings in this song haha.
haha So i read this and thought that you must be completely out of your mind lol OR that I was just really really REALLY oblivious to secret hidden meanings in this song haha.
But if you were going for overanalyzing I hope you got an A+, you deserve it.
But if you were going for overanalyzing I hope you got an A+, you deserve it.
haha thanks for an interesting read!
haha thanks for an interesting read!
haha agreed I love this song but it is quite depressing.....oh well
haha agreed I love this song but it is quite depressing.....oh well
Here's what I think the second verse means (If I go by what you've been saying): "We drank the great lakes, Like cold lemonade And both got stomach aches, sprawl out in the shade" Drinking the great lakes represents all the medicine he was given to try the wake him up. However, the medicine didn't work as he got a "stomach ache" The shade is just to rhyme...
Here's what I think the second verse means (If I go by what you've been saying): "We drank the great lakes, Like cold lemonade And both got stomach aches, sprawl out in the shade" Drinking the great lakes represents all the medicine he was given to try the wake him up. However, the medicine didn't work as he got a "stomach ache" The shade is just to rhyme...
"Swore to death, you held you're breath" The doctor is worried, and doesn't want him to die, and so is holding his breath, praying he won't die....
"Swore to death, you held you're breath" The doctor is worried, and doesn't want him to die, and so is holding his breath, praying he won't die.
"You made my frown turn upside down" The doctor, in being his friend, helped him die happy, instead of with a frown.
"Now my worries are gone" He is now able to pass freely into the afterlife, without worrying about anything.