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The cup is not half empty as pessimists say
As far as he's sees nothings left in the cup
A whole cup full of nothing for him to indulge
Since the voice of ambition has long since been shut up
A singer, a writer, he's not dreaming now of going nowhere
He gave heed to nothing, and all that he was
Is just a tragedy
So he voyages in circles
Succeeds getting nowhere
And submits to the substance
That first got him there
Than in violent, frustration he cries out to God or just no one
Is there a point to this madness and all that he was
Is just a tragedy
He feels alone
His heart in his hand
He's alone
He feels alone
I feel
Then on that last day he breaks
And he stood tall
And he yelled, and he takes his life
As far as he's sees nothings left in the cup
A whole cup full of nothing for him to indulge
Since the voice of ambition has long since been shut up
A singer, a writer, he's not dreaming now of going nowhere
He gave heed to nothing, and all that he was
Is just a tragedy
So he voyages in circles
Succeeds getting nowhere
And submits to the substance
That first got him there
Than in violent, frustration he cries out to God or just no one
Is there a point to this madness and all that he was
Is just a tragedy
He feels alone
His heart in his hand
He's alone
He feels alone
I feel
Then on that last day he breaks
And he stood tall
And he yelled, and he takes his life
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With this decision comes many negative results for a long time. Many people become quick to place you as dishonest, and make you feel like a complete outcast, because in Utah, religion is what makes the world go round. When people make you feel like an outcast, you begin to rebel even more. Out of spite, rage, and hate. You feel like if you are not against everyone, you are with them, which is a road you have chosen to never follow again. So Bert acted out.
He got into drugs, lost everything, even his faith in a higher power. A feeling of worthlessness overcame him. A feeling of being utterly alone. Everyone was telling him he was choosing the wrong, and he didn't know what to believe. This song seems to represent the day that he let it all go. The day that he finally stood up and screamed. He let all the hate out of him. All the hate against his neighbors who talked bad about him, all the hate against the Mormon religion, all the hate against his family and peers, rushed out of him in his screams during his last chorus. My neighbor is good friends with all the members of the used, and he told me that you will never hear Bert talk poorly about his hometown, because he let all his feelings out during the writing of this album, and finally learned to accept his culture for what it is, and move on. That is what this album, and this song is all about.
These lyrics are also inaccurate. In the real song, if I am correct, he says
"And on that last day he breaks
Stood on trial, and he yelled, and he yelled...
(Why!)
Violent (World!) frustration
(Which one!?) Cries out to god or just no one
(Again) Is there a point to (Hate You!) this madness
(Why world?!) And all that he was is just a tragedy."
If you read the words of this whole song, and quite a few others from this album (not every song, but quite a few of them, for example "Bulimic" and "on my own") you will find that it is all about finding purpose, and not understanding why we exist. At the end of the album, in the track "On My Own" Bert finally come to terms with the fact that he can't know everything. He cannot answer every question about life like he could when he was a Mormon, but he come to terms with it in the line "knowing nothing is better than knowing it all!" This song is about freeing the spirit from the chains and shackles that overly-concentrated organized religion brings to the free spirit. That is why Bert wrote it, and I have learned so much from it. I hope you all can as well.
"fighting frustration, he cries out to god or just no one is there a point to this madness, and all that he was, was just a tragedy"
It is correct that he is not saying "he takes his life". But what is he saying you ask? Well I can tell you:
He screams "why, world, why world, hate, you, hate you, bye world"