In the light of the sun
Is there anyone?
Oh, it has begun

Oh, dear, you look so lost
Your eyes are red when tears are shed
The world you must have crossed, you said

You don't know me, you don't even care
Oh yeah, you said
You don't know me, and you don't wear my chains
Oh yeah

Essential yet appealed
Carry all your thoughts
Across an open field

When flowers gaze at you
They're not the only ones
Who cry when they see you
You said

You don't know me, and you don't even care
Oh yeah, you said
You don't know me, and you don't wear my chains
Oh yeah

She said, I think I'm going to Boston
I think I'll start a new life
I think I'll start it over
Where no one knows my name

I'll get out of California
I'm tired of the weather
I think I'll get a lover
I'll fly 'em out to Spain

I think I'll go to Boston
I think that I was tired
I think I need a new town
To leave this all behind

I think I need a sunrise
I'm tired of a sunset
Here it's nice in the summer
Some snow would be nice, oh yeah

You don't know me, and you don't even care
Oh yeah

Boston
Where no one knows my name
No one knows my name
No one knows my name

Boston
Where no one knows my name


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  • +18
    General Comment

    i think everyone has their own boston they wish to go to...

    this song is really exceptional

    nathanfooismon September 03, 2005   Link
  • +11
    General Comment

    this song honestly means so much to me i can't even begin to explain. sometimes when i listen to it i feel it was written about my situation because it's so exact. the part that really sticks out to me is;

    "I think I need a sunrise I'm tired of the sunset"

    i just feel like it's meant in such a deeper way. being tired of the sunset, tired of things ending, tired of relationships and friendships ending, tired of people walking out of my life and just needing a sunrise, needing something new, something that signals that all will be okay because there's a new day ahead and new things to come.

    phoebegeorginaon September 05, 2011   Link
  • +8
    General Comment

    Outstanding song.. it really seems to speak volumes to me. I particularly like the line "you don't wear my chains".. it really shows how some people don't know your point of view.. oh well, i'm rambling :) i love the song. the end.

    zipped6648on December 27, 2005   Link
  • +5
    General Comment

    This songs about leaving everything behind and I think there's a time in every persons life where this couldn't be truer and you want to just get up and leave everything.

    scissorsthatcuton January 06, 2006   Link
  • +5
    General Comment

    "When flowers gaze at you, They’re not the only ones who cry when they see you."

    WOW. i love this song! sometimes when i get bored i get on itunes and i just look for new music and when i found this i knew it was something special. i have been listening to it for months and months now and it has yet to grow old. infact me and my ipod are listening to it right now. i just love how it starts out slow and then gets really powerful...just a PERFECT song!

    tbsbrandnewdcjewon April 03, 2006   Link
  • +5
    My Interpretation

    I don't think the meaning of this song is as depressing as people make it out to be. I think it's hopeful, the singer is talking about starting over. Starting fresh, with a new life and new experiences. He's leaving his blues behind. That's very uplifting.

    jedzeeon March 02, 2014   Link
  • +3
    General Comment

    I have been listening to this song for a long time and I just figured out what "essential yet appealed" means. It means that it is necessary, but still questioned because maybe the person is reluctant to do it.

    maggie999on January 22, 2012   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    well said

    antipunt1on December 04, 2005   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    i really love augustana

    september surf 16on January 07, 2006   Link
  • +2
    My Interpretation

    I think that this song means that sometimes your life doesn't turn out the way you want it to, but you've gotta roll with the punches, and that people can't always help you, especially if they don't understand you. Sometimes it's just up to you.

    interpretationalwriting4945on June 16, 2010   Link

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