Miles Away
There's hopeless smiles brighter than mine
And I need for you to come and go
Without the truth falling out.

Old incisions refusing to stay
Like sun through the trees on a cloudy day

Telephone
Socially scared and impaired
If the trees will bloom the wind can blow
Without the fruit falling out

Feels like the wind blows
Holding you with us
She takes no other
False light and ashes
Blooming like winter
Dry eyes and cracked lips
Under the stone wall
Withdrawn and wishless

You brighten my life like a polystyrene hat
But it melts in the sun like a life without love
But I've waited for you so I'll keep crying out
Without You



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Track duration: 05:19

"Without You" as written by Daniel Johns

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    General Comment:i also think it could be about missing someone when they're gone and remembering the time when he was alone and depressed. maybe tne line "and i need for you to come and go without the truth falling out" meant that he didn't want anyone to else to know about the state he was in at the time, when he was all withdrawn. it seems kind of hopeful though, like he's starting to get over it with 'old incisions refusing to stay, like the sun through the trees on a cloudy day"

    Flag clone22221111333on April 19, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:about someone who is sensetive to his surroundings, feeling so lonely, trying to reach out altho' the half of him feeling so scared.
    Flag angeleolileion July 11, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:A very poetic song. That's one of the reason why SILVERCHAIR is one of my fave band along SMASHING PUMPKINS.

    Anyway 'bout the lyric, it's probably about;

    1) a boy falling in love with his bestfriend (girl) but too anxious to be honest with her bcoz he might be rejected thus change their friendship so he kept it all inside his heart. INNOCENT.

    2) a man in relationship with a woman and she is away. He miss her so much and feeling so lonely without her but doesn't have the guts to talk about his feelings to her thus pretending to live on his life like usual while keep on waiting for her. HESITANT.

    3) a man who has broken up with his galfren but still in love wif her. Hwvr she'd go on with her life and in a relationship with someone else. He still hoping that she'll come back to him one day. PATHETIC.

    4) a guy wif a love-hate relationship wif a woman. When she's near, he despise her so much but then when she's away, he miss her so much. CONFUSE.

    5) an utopian guy wif a clinical depression. He view everything 'round him dat differ fr his perceptions, pesimisticly thus makes him feeling so alone all the time.
    Flag JVRock8on July 10, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i think the song is about yearning for something that cannot be yours. very sad.. a little dose of reality.
    Flag diliryo13on June 13, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:its no secret that daniel johns was depressed and bullied in his younger years....and he wet into depressed state for a while....and he said he didnt have a phone and couldnt stand to hear them ring...

    i think this is about hopeint for a change in the dark times like that
    Flag bondagebabyon June 12, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I've only heard of this song, the only Silverchair song that I've heard. I have yet to hear the others but I love this song's lyrics. The writer must be really talented. Can anybody really assure that all of their songs can't be a let down of their lyrical impressions on me?
    Flag lonestar_x_tragedyon October 13, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:got a question...
    I was listening o this song the other night and flipping through the booklet when i realised that there are lyrics i there that aren't in the song:

    "Dry eyes and cracked lips
    Under the stone wall
    Withdrawn and wishless"

    they were put after the "blooming like winter" line and i was wondering if anyone knew where these lines came from? If anyone knew in particular if they are lines in a different version or just random lines that didn't make it into the final song...
    Flag Cassedyon January 28, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:When I first heard this song it made me very happy. I just met someone I love very much. When you hear this song, it can really reflect your mood. I hear this song now and its got a very sad quality about it
    Flag muzacon December 29, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:for me its about loving someone and being loved but u didnt notice it until that person is gone forever and u keep waiting wishing to see her again.
    Flag pyaeon August 14, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:yup...when I first heard this song I instantly thought of Natalie.
    It's kinda obvious that the lyrics are about being seperated from someone you love.

    I just think it's a really sweet song and I'm so glad Daniel and Natalie worked everything out in the end.
    Flagged guitarchick2182on July 04, 2005   Link

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