Well before I start, I'd point out that this has the exact same music as their previous song "He may be your boyfriend but you're still a.." which is quite ironic considering the context of the song (hopefully deliberate ;) )
To me this seems about being stuck in a typical social clique or group or maybe even a band, full of people who don't have the motivation to do anything with their lives, people who just drift through life with the same old routine but never really get anywhere at the end of it,
And it's about being sick of this, and saying "Goodbye" to it/them all.
"Are you owned by your fears" - fears of progression, achievement, doing something new and original
"You all deserve this shallow judgement" - You're not trying, you deserve to be shunned for lack of effort
"Don't bother me with shallow alibis and filthy lies" - For me, it reminds me of being in a band where some people aren't bothering to put any effort in, (why make up excuses to why you couldn't turn up for a show or rehearsal etc, it's getting old) but it could apply to any number of situations with a group in life.
"There's nowhere to go
but up from here" - Pretty self explanatory, but yeah, sick of doing the same old thing, need to progress, the only way is up :)
Well before I start, I'd point out that this has the exact same music as their previous song "He may be your boyfriend but you're still a.." which is quite ironic considering the context of the song (hopefully deliberate ;) )
To me this seems about being stuck in a typical social clique or group or maybe even a band, full of people who don't have the motivation to do anything with their lives, people who just drift through life with the same old routine but never really get anywhere at the end of it, And it's about being sick of this, and saying "Goodbye" to it/them all. "Are you owned by your fears" - fears of progression, achievement, doing something new and original "You all deserve this shallow judgement" - You're not trying, you deserve to be shunned for lack of effort
"Don't bother me with shallow alibis and filthy lies" - For me, it reminds me of being in a band where some people aren't bothering to put any effort in, (why make up excuses to why you couldn't turn up for a show or rehearsal etc, it's getting old) but it could apply to any number of situations with a group in life.
"There's nowhere to go but up from here" - Pretty self explanatory, but yeah, sick of doing the same old thing, need to progress, the only way is up :)