"Please understand, this isn't just goodbye. This is I can't stand you."
Mark never wants to see Tom again.
"This is where the road crashed into the ocean
It rises all around me
And now we're barely breathing"
The road blink was going down could have been great, but now it's over and Mark is overwhelmed with thoughts of how much greater blink could have been if they had just stayed together. And now they have their own projects, but none of it will ever be as incredible as blink.
"A thousand faces [we'll?] choose to ignore"
I'm pretty sure it's "we'll"........This line is my favorite. Mark is saying that him and Tom are ignoring all the die-hard blink fans by breaking up, and it's just wrong.
"Curse my enemies forever"
He won't ever forgive Tom.
"Let's slit our wrists and burn down something beautiful"
It's like they're slitting their wrists, because they're only causing unnecessary pain by splitting up. And they've destroyed something amazing by splitting up, too.
"This desperation leaves me overjoyed
With fading lights that lead us past the lives that we destroyed"
He's desperate to create something as great as blink, but the new side projects are just "fading lights" compared to their lives when blink was together.
"I listen to you cry
I cry for less attention"
He thinks Tom's new music is too emotional, and not like the old Tom. And he's sick of everyone making a big deal about the blink breakup.
"But both my hands are tied
And I'm pushed into the deep end"
He feels like it's expected of him to create something on the same level as blink, or maybe something better than AvA....
"I listen to you talk, but talk is cheap"
He's pissed off about how Tom was being so cocky over AvA. Kind of like he's saying "Oh really, AvA is going to be that great? Prove it."
"My mouth is filled with blood from trying not to speak"
Mark wants all the bullshit with him an Tom to stop, and he just wants to apologize, but he knows he shouldn't because Tom is just being an asshole.
"So search for an excuse, and someone to believe you"
He's talking about how Tom is blaming Mark and making up excuses for being a dick, and trying to make everyone believe him & be on his side.
"And for interesting moves I'm empty with the need to
Curse my enemies forever".....
I'm not totally sure what this means, but maybe he's saying that he doesn't know what else to do but hate Tom for everything he's done.
"Lay rotting where I fall
I'm dead from bad intentions
Suffocated and embalmed"
Not sure exactly what this means either, but maybe he's just saying how terrible he feels about the blink breakup, and how he wished it hadn't gone down like that, or at all.
"And now all our dreams are cashed in"
They were fulfilling their dreams by being in blink, and now that's all over.
"You swore you wouldn't lose then lost your brain"
He thought that Tom wouldn't ever become what he did, but there he was.
"You make a sound that feels like pain"
Maybe it means Tom's words are hurting him, or maybe it's just s stab at how much Mark hates AvA. xD
....But that's just what it means to me. :P Hey, maybe it's not about Tom at all. It just really, really, really seems like it is.
Maybe they made the title "No, It Isn't" as an answer to the question "Is this about Tom?" and it's just a sarcastic answer, or Mark denying it even though it really is.
To me, it's pretty obvious this was about Tom....
"Please understand, this isn't just goodbye. This is I can't stand you." Mark never wants to see Tom again.
"This is where the road crashed into the ocean It rises all around me And now we're barely breathing" The road blink was going down could have been great, but now it's over and Mark is overwhelmed with thoughts of how much greater blink could have been if they had just stayed together. And now they have their own projects, but none of it will ever be as incredible as blink.
"A thousand faces [we'll?] choose to ignore" I'm pretty sure it's "we'll"........This line is my favorite. Mark is saying that him and Tom are ignoring all the die-hard blink fans by breaking up, and it's just wrong.
"Curse my enemies forever" He won't ever forgive Tom.
"Let's slit our wrists and burn down something beautiful" It's like they're slitting their wrists, because they're only causing unnecessary pain by splitting up. And they've destroyed something amazing by splitting up, too.
"This desperation leaves me overjoyed With fading lights that lead us past the lives that we destroyed" He's desperate to create something as great as blink, but the new side projects are just "fading lights" compared to their lives when blink was together.
"I listen to you cry I cry for less attention" He thinks Tom's new music is too emotional, and not like the old Tom. And he's sick of everyone making a big deal about the blink breakup.
"But both my hands are tied And I'm pushed into the deep end" He feels like it's expected of him to create something on the same level as blink, or maybe something better than AvA....
"I listen to you talk, but talk is cheap" He's pissed off about how Tom was being so cocky over AvA. Kind of like he's saying "Oh really, AvA is going to be that great? Prove it."
"My mouth is filled with blood from trying not to speak" Mark wants all the bullshit with him an Tom to stop, and he just wants to apologize, but he knows he shouldn't because Tom is just being an asshole.
"So search for an excuse, and someone to believe you" He's talking about how Tom is blaming Mark and making up excuses for being a dick, and trying to make everyone believe him & be on his side.
"And for interesting moves I'm empty with the need to Curse my enemies forever"..... I'm not totally sure what this means, but maybe he's saying that he doesn't know what else to do but hate Tom for everything he's done.
"Lay rotting where I fall I'm dead from bad intentions Suffocated and embalmed" Not sure exactly what this means either, but maybe he's just saying how terrible he feels about the blink breakup, and how he wished it hadn't gone down like that, or at all.
"And now all our dreams are cashed in" They were fulfilling their dreams by being in blink, and now that's all over.
"You swore you wouldn't lose then lost your brain" He thought that Tom wouldn't ever become what he did, but there he was.
"You make a sound that feels like pain" Maybe it means Tom's words are hurting him, or maybe it's just s stab at how much Mark hates AvA. xD
....But that's just what it means to me. :P Hey, maybe it's not about Tom at all. It just really, really, really seems like it is. Maybe they made the title "No, It Isn't" as an answer to the question "Is this about Tom?" and it's just a sarcastic answer, or Mark denying it even though it really is.