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A decade ago
I never thought I would be
At twenty-three
On the verge of spontaneous combustion
Wo-is-me
But I guess that it comes with the territory
An ominous landscape of never ending calamity
I need you to hear
I need you to see that I have had all that I can take
And exploding seems like a definite possibility to me
So pardon me while I burst into flames
Pardon me while I burst into flames
I've had enough of the world and it's people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame
Pardon me, pardon me, I'll never be the same
Not two days ago
I was having a look in a book
And I saw a picture of a guy fried up above his knee
I said, 'I can relate?'
Cause lately I've been thinking of combustication
As a welcomed vacation
From the burdens of the planet earth
Like gravity, hypocrisy, and the perils of being in 3-D
And thinking so much differently
So pardon me while I burst into flames
I've had enough of the world and it's people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame
Pardon me, pardon me, I'll never be the same
Like gravity, hypocrisy, and the perils of being in 3-D
And thinking so much differently
I never thought I would be
At twenty-three
On the verge of spontaneous combustion
Wo-is-me
But I guess that it comes with the territory
An ominous landscape of never ending calamity
I need you to hear
I need you to see that I have had all that I can take
And exploding seems like a definite possibility to me
So pardon me while I burst into flames
Pardon me while I burst into flames
I've had enough of the world and it's people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame
Pardon me, pardon me, I'll never be the same
Not two days ago
I was having a look in a book
And I saw a picture of a guy fried up above his knee
I said, 'I can relate?'
Cause lately I've been thinking of combustication
As a welcomed vacation
From the burdens of the planet earth
Like gravity, hypocrisy, and the perils of being in 3-D
And thinking so much differently
So pardon me while I burst into flames
I've had enough of the world and it's people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame
Pardon me, pardon me, I'll never be the same
Like gravity, hypocrisy, and the perils of being in 3-D
And thinking so much differently
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That aside, I always felt that this song was a bit about hitting your 20's and comming into a quarter-life crisis moment. That moment when you realized the world is full of shit and nothing you're doing or have done is getting you anywhere...hence the whole, "A decade ago,
I never thought I would be, At twenty-three, On the verge of spontaneous combustion, Wo-is-me."
To me, it sounds like its basically about being young and dealing with the frustrations that early adulthood throws at you....that as you get older, most days are going to make you feel like "combustication, As a welcomed vacation, From the burdens of the planet earth," but that the important thing is to deal with it and move on
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"So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame
Pardon me, pardon me, I'll never be the same"
This part of the song is a perfect example of my previous argument...and probably one of my favorite parts of the song too. It takes a bit of a sarcastic turn in my opinion, with the whole "pardon me" bit...it doesn't really come off as apologizing sincerely but more like a "sorry, not sorry really" statement. Basically, it comes off a bit like "I'm realizing a bunch of shitty stuff at the moment, but its ok...I'm going to deal with this and rise above it on my own terms and hopefully come off as a better person afterward. By the way, I'm not the least bit sorry if the way I'm dealing with all of this is making you uncomfortable."
Anyway...that's just my two cents on the subject.
first time i heard pardon me, i rushed to buy the album....and put this song on repeat. no joke i listened to to this song on repeat for atleast 2 hours. ( i had a movie on mute ) 11 years later, i still love this song.
this song transcends anything else i've ever heard.
"I've been thinking of combustication
as a welcomed vacation from the burdens of the planet earth."
Technically it's illegal to commit suicide and according to many major religions immoral. And that's enough to make you want to shoot yourself, knowing that you don't even have a legal right to take your own life. That people just mindlessly judge you constantly. Pardon me if I want to choose what I want to do with my own life. Pardon me that your a dumba**.
Like gravity, hypocrisy, and the perils of being in 3-D...and thinking so much differently". But somehow, there's regret in there. Maybe I'm not being so much clear, it's a little bit hard for me to make myself clear. I actually listened to this song while high and that's the message I got.
I've had enough of the world and it's people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn and rise above the flame
Pardon me, pardon me....I'll never be the same
Love these lyrics and love this song.