Lyrics for Globes & Maps as interpreted by i12punk

Globes & Maps Lyrics
Light breaks underneath a heavy door
And I try to keep myself awake
Fall all around us on our hotel floor
And you think that you've made a mistake
And there's a pain in my stomach from another sleepless binge
And I struggled to get myself up again

I wanna hang onto something
That won't break away or fall apart
Like the pieces of my heart

And globes and maps are all around me now
I wanna feel you breathe me
Globes and maps I see surround you here
Why won't you believe me?
Globes and maps they charter your way back home
Do you wanna leave or somethin?

And dreams came around you in a hazy rain
You opened your mouth wide to feel them fall
And I write a letter, from a one-way train
But i don't think you'll read it at all

And globes and maps are all around me now
I wanna feel you breathe me
Globes and maps I see surround you here
Why won't you believe me?
Globes and maps they charter your way back home
Do you wanna leave or somethin?

And I can't take this anymore
Well I know that I can't take this anymore
I can't take this anymore
Cuz I know someday I'll see you walk out that door

And globes and maps are all around me now
I wanna feel you breathe me
Globes and maps I see surround you here
Why won't you believe me?
Globes and maps they charter your way back home
So Do you wanna leave? Do you wanna leave?
Globes and maps they charter your way back home
Do you wanna leave or somethin?

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icandy2812
05-23-2002

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my favorite song on the new album... it's going to be really hard to see my girlfriend leave for new orleans for school in the fall. it's a long way from detroit, but "globes and maps, they charter your way back home."

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iheartpunkrock
05-23-2002

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it seems like this song is borne of pain. he knows that someone is torn about leaving him,(Do you wanna leave or somethin) and he wants her to stay, (I wanna feel you breathe me) but he knows that in the end she will leave. (Cuz I know someday I'll see you walk out that door) eventually, he just cant take the pain of her indecission(I can't take this anymore ). so in the end, all he has is the knowlege that she at least always has the way to get back to him, and the same goes for him. i dont know if that made sence, but its what i hear when i listen to the song, its a good one




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MooMooTheDog
05-24-2002

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this is such a awsome song. its my favorite song from the new CD too. thats all....

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Musikaim
05-27-2002

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This song made me so emotional when i first heard it. Wow! is all i can really say. amazing.

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LOSER kid xx 05
05-29-2002

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this song is enough to make me cry.

"I wanna hang onto something
That won't break away or fall apart
Like the pieces of my heart."
true, a little cliched but its used so well..

"i wanna feel you breathe me."
this is what makes EMO .. EMO. pop music can never master the feeling you can input into 6 words.

undoubtedly one of the best songs off of the new SoCo cd.

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MooMooTheDog
05-30-2002

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its not "Globes and maps they charter your way back home " its "Globes and maps they CHART your way back home"

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nonpunk
05-31-2002

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i <3 something corporate and this song. they're amazing.

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J.E.W.
06-01-2002

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i was gonna comment on the chart(er) thing too. Its right out of the booklet.....but then again this album came out on the 21 (i thought) and this says posted on the 16.?

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FireworksOvrFreeway
06-01-2002

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This is the most amazing song on the New CD that and Walking By are my favorites by Soco they both have that heartfelt quality that makes you wanna cry

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Kimzi
06-14-2002

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"Globes and Maps" is about him and his girlfriends long distance relationship. They long distance has finally caught up to them and he can't handel it. He wants to be with her but he can't because he has his music carieer to prosper.
He wants to tell her how he feels about the long distance but he doesn't want to hurt her because he knows that they are both already hurt from the seperation...

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Mishes
06-15-2002

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Wow. This is so sad. I've practically started to cry. "So do you wanna leave or somethin" is so sad for me because I think he sounds so sad and knowing what she's going to say. iheartpunkrock, I completely agree with what you wrote, and it does make sense.

This is definitely my favourite song off the new CD.

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pgryffin
06-16-2002

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This song is up there with Konstantine and Hurricane as one of the best by Something Corporate, but when i first heard it the emotion totally blew me away, even more than Konstantine. Now as i look at the lyrics i think that the song is about a failed relationship that had one final rendezvous after going their seperate ways ("[Light] Fall all around us on our hotel floor"). He wants to stay together but sees the same signs of the past relationship that tell him it won't work out ("globes and maps I see surround you here, Why won't you believe me? ") and he wants to break it off ("I write a letter, from a one-way train But i don't think you'll read it at all") but she wants to stay together even if he is leaving.



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funkeepunkee
06-17-2002

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this song means a lot to me.. bc its kinda what happened to me with my ex.. we broke up bc he is goin away to college and we love each other soo much that it's soo hard to be leaving each other.. but we are staying best friends right now and we are goin to meet up in the end.

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PunKStArr120
07-01-2002

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This song "globes and maps" is a really good slow song. It's up there with my other fave slow SoCo song "Walking By". I can seriously listen to both of these songs and not get sick of them. "Globes and maps" is one of those songs where you can just lie there and think about stuff. i love it...

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AndrewMcIsTheMan
07-03-2002

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Jamie...I'm on a one way train here, let me know sometime how you feel

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Pagan_Butterfly
07-09-2002

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I love this song. I think it is about a "relationship" that isnt working beacause of the distance between them because they live a long way away from each other, the fact that she dosnt feel for him the same way and the fact that they are both afraid of being hurt.

I think he is very much in love with her but cant stand the distance between them, even though the see each other every now and they are on an intimate level with each other they both know a relationship couldnt happen while there is so much distance between them
- "Fall all around us on our hotel floor And you think that you've made a mistake "

I also think its kinda a one side relationship, while they both feel for each other and are happy together maybe she dosnt feel as much for him as he feels for her ("I can't take this anymore Cuz I know someday I'll see you walk out that door") and he relises that she dosnt feel the same about him (" And I write a letter, from a one-way train But i don't think you'll read it at all ")

And they are both hesitant about what to dobecasue they are both afraid of being hurt and they are both afriad of hurting one another ("I wanna hang onto something That won't break away or fall apart Like the peices of my heart").

In the end she dosnt accept that fact that he loves her or that love even exist (" why wont you belive me" ) and as a result she keeps pulling away (" do you wanna leave or something") Maybe all sheneeds is answers.







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SavetheDay05
07-13-2002

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sorry if this isn't the first time this has been asked cause i didn't read the other messages, but has anyone noticed that he hits a wrong note in the 4th count of the 3rd verse, right after he says "dreams came around you in a hazy rain"? i just thought it was kinda cool cause it makes the music seem more real to me like it's not all totally perfected to the point where the musicians seems almost god-like and can't make mistakes ever.

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bluestarstruck
07-19-2002

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This song to me is very powerful. It seems like everyone goes through this. It sounds as if he is tired of living everything all over again "And I struggled to get myself up again ".
He sounds as if he feels he has no control over his relationship "I wanna hang onto something
That won't break away or fall apart
Like the pieces of my heart "
In this section "And globes and maps are all around me now
I wanna feel you breathe me
Globes and maps I see surround you here
Why won't you believe me?
Globes and maps they charter your way back home
Do you wanna leave or somethin? " he seems to feel like she doesn't feel the same way as he feels towards her, he feels that theyre drifting apart.
In this part he sound like he expects the worse and he is sick of all the suffering he is going through "I can't take this anymore. Cuz I know someday I'll see you walk out that door "
"And globes and maps are all around me now
I wanna feel you breathe me"-this part he sounds like he wants her to feel the same way he feels for her but there is still that distance between them.
All in All this song is a great song. It may be depressing, but hey its a song most people can relate to.




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Timberwolves at NJ
07-21-2002

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thats possibly the most beautiful song i've ever heard... it makes me want to cry its so beautiful yet sad...

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PianoRockRules
07-22-2002

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this song is beautiful. every time i hear it, i cry. It was playing when i found out that this girl i love had someone else she loved besideds her boyfriend, and that guy was me. This song will always have that wonderful memory attached. i love you if youre out there........

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retsyn
07-25-2002

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not just my fave song on the new cd but my favorite song of all time.... i'm leaving soon for school and i'm leaving my girlfriend and it just makes me feel so sad about it.... great song!!! soco is the best band for emo pop/punk.... i love it... i also love the chick at media play that suggested i buy it.....
its all about the love

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retsyn
07-25-2002

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oh... i forgot to mention.... its 'chart' not 'charter'....

also... does anyone know where you can find the piano music for this song?

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xpictures.in.words
08-05-2002

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the sob story of my life;/
shut up you fucking emo bitch
sorry thats my sub concience.

this song is amazing..

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-assuming-the-worst-
08-05-2002

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this song is truly beautiful. i love this band, all their songs are amazing. specially this one, i want to cry every time i hear it

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batgirlmeg
08-07-2002

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Ahhh me too! I NEVER cry over songs, movies or anything like that but I was having a rough day the first time I really listened to this and I was just crying and I have tears well up in my eyes everytime I hear it!

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