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How can you be so warm?
How can you know what I feel?
[Chorus 2:]
But it's the way you move your hands
And it's the way you understand
[Chorus 1:]
And that's the reason that I'm asking
Yeah, yeah I
And that's the reason that I want to know
Hey, yeah I
And that's the reason that I'm asking
Yeah, yeah I
And that's the reason that I
How can you throw away?
Everything you've lived for?
It's the way we shake and sway, aw, oh, oh
And that's the passion that you play
[Chorus 1]
Too many lost, links in a chain passed down
Through the years, but ending here
If we just face the pain, and the fear
Who did you love before?
Who did they love you before?
Before you, before you
[Chorus 2]
[Chorus 1]
La, la, la, la, la, la
How can you know what I feel?
[Chorus 2:]
But it's the way you move your hands
And it's the way you understand
[Chorus 1:]
And that's the reason that I'm asking
Yeah, yeah I
And that's the reason that I want to know
Hey, yeah I
And that's the reason that I'm asking
Yeah, yeah I
And that's the reason that I
How can you throw away?
Everything you've lived for?
It's the way we shake and sway, aw, oh, oh
And that's the passion that you play
[Chorus 1]
Too many lost, links in a chain passed down
Through the years, but ending here
If we just face the pain, and the fear
Who did you love before?
Who did they love you before?
Before you, before you
[Chorus 2]
[Chorus 1]
La, la, la, la, la, la
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"It's the way you move your hands" could be about being a guitar player and how he moves his hands while he plays
"the reason that I'm asking" asking why he would kill himself
"how could you throw away..." obviously, how could you kill yourself and throw away everything (guitar and music) that he lived for.
"the way you shake and sway..." the way he moved on stage while playing and the passion he played with
"too many lost...face the pain..." too many people have killed themselves and it could end if they faced the pain etc.
That's just one interpretation, I always thought it was about a girl who he loved and things went great until she got scared and threw away the relationship. Of course after going through some intense relationships myself I tend to think all songs are about that : )
child of deaf adults...
the only one he's "loved before" is his parents who didn't know how to accept his love.
that's why in the music video he's screaming and his parents don't hear him.
Now that he's gotten older,
the only way he knows how to love is through his hands...
(sign language)
it's in the blood because his whole family signs.
"Too many lost.
In a chain a chain passed down,
Through the years,
But ending here if we just face the pain,
And the fear."
But overall I think its about realizing you trully love someone, wanting them to feel the same, and quesitoning whether or not they do.
"Too many lost links,
In a chain passed down/on
Through the years..."
It's amazing how much my interpretation of this song has changed in 5 years.
"Too many lost.
They sent a chain passed down,
Through the years,
But ending here if we just face the pain,
And the fear."
The video "stars" a deaf boy and lots of sign language (especially the word "love" and the letter "B"), so who knows.