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Well the future's got me worried
Such awful thoughts
My head's a carousel of pictures
The spinning never stops
I just want someone to walk in front
And I'll follow the leader
Like when I fell under the weight
Of a schoolboy crush
Started carrying her books
And doing lots of drugs
I almost forgot who I was
But I came to my senses
Now I'm trying to be assertive
I'm making plans
Going to rise to the occasion, yeah
Meet all their demands
But all I do is just lay in bed
And hide under the covers
Yeah, I know I should be brave
But I'm just too afraid of all this change
And it's too hard to focus
Through all this doubt
I keep making these to-do lists
But nothing gets crossed out
Working on the record seems pointless now
When the world ends, who's gonna hear it?
But I'm trying to take some comfort
In written words
Yeah, Tim, I heard your album
And it's better than good
When we get off tour I think we should
Hang and black out together
Because I been feeling sentimental
For days gone by
All the summers singing, drinking, my friend
Wasting our time
Remember all the songs and the way we smiled
In those basements made of music
But now I've got to crawl to get anywhere at all
I'm not as strong as I thought
So when I'm lost in a crowd
I hope that you'll pick me out
How I long to be found
The grass grew high, I laid down
Now I'm waiting for a hand
To lift me up, help me stand
I've been laying so low
Don't want to lay here no more
Don't want to lay here no more
Don't want to lay here no more
Don't want to lay here no more
Everything that happens
Is supposed to be
And it's all predetermined
Can't change your destiny
Guess I'll just keep moving
Someday maybe I'll get to where I'm going
Such awful thoughts
My head's a carousel of pictures
The spinning never stops
I just want someone to walk in front
And I'll follow the leader
Like when I fell under the weight
Of a schoolboy crush
Started carrying her books
And doing lots of drugs
I almost forgot who I was
But I came to my senses
Now I'm trying to be assertive
I'm making plans
Going to rise to the occasion, yeah
Meet all their demands
But all I do is just lay in bed
And hide under the covers
Yeah, I know I should be brave
But I'm just too afraid of all this change
And it's too hard to focus
Through all this doubt
I keep making these to-do lists
But nothing gets crossed out
Working on the record seems pointless now
When the world ends, who's gonna hear it?
But I'm trying to take some comfort
In written words
Yeah, Tim, I heard your album
And it's better than good
When we get off tour I think we should
Hang and black out together
Because I been feeling sentimental
For days gone by
All the summers singing, drinking, my friend
Wasting our time
Remember all the songs and the way we smiled
In those basements made of music
But now I've got to crawl to get anywhere at all
I'm not as strong as I thought
So when I'm lost in a crowd
I hope that you'll pick me out
How I long to be found
The grass grew high, I laid down
Now I'm waiting for a hand
To lift me up, help me stand
I've been laying so low
Don't want to lay here no more
Don't want to lay here no more
Don't want to lay here no more
Don't want to lay here no more
Everything that happens
Is supposed to be
And it's all predetermined
Can't change your destiny
Guess I'll just keep moving
Someday maybe I'll get to where I'm going
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Track duration: 04:34
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They always told me i got be anything i wanted to be,
But we're all fixed to fate, you see,
You can't change your destiny,
It's still possible to make your life glow,
Just gotta' smile at all those people you don't know.
but nothing seems to get crossed out.
makes me think of southern state with "is this really what you want?"
because i truly have no IDEA what i really want. but "when the world ends, whose gonna hear it" anyways?
ps. good to know that there are others just listening to some of conors greatest songs in 2011. been listening to him for about a year now and still trying to comprehend/get through it all. he is so amazing, but i feel kinda feel like im a decade late. hahaha.
;)
"Everything that happens
Is supposed to be
And it's all predetermined
Can't change your destiny
Guess I'll just keep moving
Someday maybe I'll get to where I'm going"
those lines, basically tells the truth, you can't really change what is going to come along your path. and for whatever does, you simply have to deal with it and just keep moving on, and perhaps get to where you want to be. <3
"Well the future's got me worried
Such awful thoughts"
One symptom of depression is excessive doubt and deflated self-esteem.
"My head's a carousel of pictures
The spinning never stops"
Depression often makes it difficult to formulate cogent thoughts. It can cause very muddled thinking, hence the carousel.
"Like when I fell under the weight
Of a schoolboy crush
Started carrying her books
And doing lots of drugs"
It's common to lose one's own discretions in a depressive phase. I think the official diagnosis says something about a higher likelihood of drug use and higher likelihood of risky sexual encounters.
"But all I do is just lay in bed
And hide under the covers"
Depression leads to excessive sleep.
"And it's too hard to focus
Through all this doubt"
Once again the difficulty to formulate thoughts.
"I keep making these to-do lists
But nothing gets crossed out
Working on the record seems pointless now"
A lot of diagnostic tests ask if you make lists to try to accomplish simple tasks. I have personal experience with this.
"But now I've got to crawl to get anywhere at all
I'm not as strong as I thought"
I've felt exactly likely this when I had depressive phases. It's difficult to accomplish very simple daily things.
"I've been laying so low
Don't want to lay here no more
Don't want to lay here no more
Don't want to lay here no more
Don't want to lay here no more"
Once again, it can be difficult to even get out of bed.
He seems to hint at depression in a lot of his songs. Of course, you can never be certain with subtext in lyrics, but here some other songs that seem to hint at it: Bowl of Oranges; Lua; Waste of Paint; Laura Laurent; and Sunrise, Sunset (this one explicitly mentions manic depression and the title probably refers to it).
I remember in 7th grade I was listening to this and I loved it more than anything!
I woner if Conor knows how talented he is?
"Everything that happens
Is supposed to be
And it's all predetermined
Can't change your destiny
Guess I'll just keep moving
Someday maybe I'll get to where I'm going " - like he's explaing how he feels he has no say in life, or he feels not knowing what will happen is the same as not having a say really. earlier when he says "don't wanna lay here no more" - he wants to know where he is headed in life
on a side-note, i love this song!
Hang and black out together"
Those lines just hit me hard.
Yet I listen to it again and again.
Why the heck is it so addictive.