Nada Surf – Icebox

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  My Interpretation:It seems obvious enough to me, it's about death and regret. Having never said what he wanted to say and being mad at (her?) wasted his time. Instead of living he was already dead.

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  General Comment:The singer has died, and is realizing it and realizing what he wants of his lover, in that very last second of life.
  
  "Stay until you're sure that I'm asleep" - Don't leave me yet, don't go until I'm gone.
  
  "Just wait until tomorrow, bury me in sorrow, cover me in joy" - I'm gone. You'll get past this and in the meantime, be sad if you must, but remember me with joy, becauser that's how I'll remember you.
  
  "Every afternoon I wasted being mad at you, the things I never said, the things I can't say tomorrow" - All of that shit isn't important, I said things and you said things and the rest will never come, so don't dwell.
  
  "I'll have an eternity to think about tomorrow" - I'm not going anywhere. I just might never think of anything but you again, and how you're getting on, and what happened once I was gone?
  
  That's my take on it, folks.

  Flag soberlokion July 10, 2005   Link

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  General Comment:i view this song as a long distance relationship, or at least that's what it means to me.
  
  "stay until you're sure that i'm asleep" [not wanting the lover to leave]
  
  "Just wait until tomorrow
  Bury me in sorrow
  Cover me in joy" [the lover leaving, and the person having to deal with different emotions after they're gone]
  
  "Every afternoon i wasted being mad at You
  The things I never said
  The things I can't say tomorrow" [wasting time before the person leaves and than realizing that they may not come back for a long time]
  
  "I'll have an eternity to think about tomorrow" [maybe as in i'll have an eternity to think about you not being there?]
  
  it's a stretch, but that's my perception.

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  General Comment:I kinda saw this song as, his love is going to leave him, and knows it's gonna happen, the end of the relationship, and he's like give me one happy moment before it has to end.

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  General Comment:I always thought this song was about someone close to you dying, and the regret and associated feelings afterward.
  
  This is not only my favorite Nada Surf song, but one of my favorite songs of all time.

  Flag mightformiracleon April 27, 2004   Link

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  General Comment:nada surf is definitely one of the few bands that can make me want to cry. incredible songs.

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  General Comment:This song is awesome. Daniel is amazing...how else could this song be so good if he didn't write it and sing it?!? This is definatly one of my favorites by Nada Surf.

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  General Comment:This song is awesome. Daniel is amazing...how else could this song be so good if he didn't write it and sing it?!? This is definatly one of my favorites by Nada Surf.

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  General Comment:This is a pretty tough song to decipher but i think i got it. i think it's just about how this one person (either friendship or relationship) and how he/she turned their back on their friend or lover. and now the person looks back at it and realises he wasted time with her/him. and how the person took everything in on what they did. and wasn't sure how to express it. bury me in sorry (hurt me) and cover me in joy (hide the face that you hurt me). and at the end, the person then realises he or she will never get it out of his/her mind. and how the person misses he or she. got that?

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  General Comment:This is a pretty tough song to decipher but i think i got it. i think it's just about how this one person (either friendship or relationship) and how he/she turned their back on their friend or lover. and now the person looks back at it and realises he wasted time with her/him. and how the person took everything in on what they did. and wasn't sure how to express it. bury me in sorry (hurt me) and cover me in joy (hide the face that you hurt me). and at the end, the person then realises he or she will never get it out of his/her mind. and how the person misses he or she. got that?

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