Lyrics for Everlong as interpreted by me109cito

Everlong Lyrics
Hello
I've waited here for you
Everlong

Tonight
I've thrown myself into
And out of the red, out of her head, she sang

Come down
And waste away with me
Down with me

Slow how
You wanted it to be
I'm over my head, out of her head, she sang

And I wonder
When I sing along with you
If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
Got to promise not to stop when I say when
She sang

Breath out
So I can breathe you in
Hold you in

And now
I know you've always been
Out of your head, out of my head, I sang

And I wonder
When I sing along with you
If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
Got to promise not to stop when I say when
She sang

And I wonder
If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
Got to promise not to stop when I say when

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Krocket
06-12-2003

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I remember the first time It hit me that this is my alltime favorite song. It was a few years back, on a friends episode, when ross almost married emily, and their wedding song was an instrumental version of Everlong. I was like, "I KNOW THAT SONG". It was before I ever heard the Accoustic version, and then I did, and I was in Heaven. I love this song so much, and dave grohl is my idol as a musician. It just amazes me how influential he's become since Nirvana: Drums, Riffs, Lyrics... he does them all.

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angel's girl
06-12-2003

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all these years, i adored everlong, but honestly preferred my hero (particularly because of the awsome drumming in that song), but then i downloaded the acoustic version of everlong, hell, it's a WHOLE lot better than the original everlong, and that version's amazing to begin with! i seriously got goosebumps...i totally agree with everyone here who said they liked the acoustic version and i recommend it to ANYONE who loves this song and never heard the acoustic version :) everlong is now my new fave song

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clinicallyinsane
06-20-2003

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I remember hearing this song a long, long time ago (okay, so a couple years ago isn't too long), but the first time that I can actually remember is when I was moving cities last March.. tough thing for a kid like me to do. I was in the U-Haul with my dad when this song came on, and it was instantly the best song I've ever heard. I don't know much about how to measure talent, but I think just the way this song comes through the speakers, the end result, makes it the best ever. I love the way it sounds so simple but so complex, the passion, the emotion, the pace... Hell, I even love the simple guitar-work in the chorus. There's nothing not to like about this song even if you're one of those kinds of people who expects i-couldnt-have-written-this-type guitarwork. I'm sure thirty or fourty years from now I'll be blaring this through my speakers just as my parents still listen to songs like "Hotel California" and "Stairway to Heaven."

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DistillaTruant
06-21-2003

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It's about losing your virginity. Plain and simple. Think about it, children.

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Incubus17
06-29-2003

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it kinda seems like it is about losing your virginity, but i interpret it as about a relationship, and i really like this song, it makes me cry

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idaho_stallion
07-03-2003

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I think that it's a simple love song. But Dave has made it great by not actually saying "Love." I feel like it's just saying "You're crazy. I'm crazy. I enjoy your company. Thanks. Keep doing what you're doing." It's a very stripped down song which is what makes it so powerful. It's hard to find songs like that that say so much so few words.

A pretty darn good song, however you look at it.

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Teen Spirit 87
07-07-2003

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It's simply a love song- an amazing, beautiful, chilling, love song. I think it's great, and I think Dave Grohl is awesome.

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jack_the_brat
04-23-2004

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I love this song. The original version is amazing, but it doesn't even begin to compare to the acoustic version. There is something haunting and almost painful in Dave Grohls voice, and it's almost as if he's singing to you only.
My top ten list changes quite regularly, depending on my mood, and at the moment, it is currently at top postion, but as my top ten list is always changing, next week it will be different.

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gilbag
04-29-2004

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quite possibly one of the most perfect songs ever, classic in its musicality and its lyrical content. With its driving guitars pushing him closer to the end of the song and of them. All that and the song kicks mad monkey balls.

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ThreexOver
04-29-2004

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I like Foo Fighters better than Nirvana. Nirvana didn't do anything for me. They were way too depressing and slow for my liking, but this is really a great song, especially live. It's one of those songs that make you remember times you've had and add to memories. Like, when you hear this song you remember a really good time.

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windowpain_jake
05-03-2004

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What can i do to ask the moderator to delete all these posts because none of them tell me what the song means?

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sein514
05-16-2004

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Just got to see these guys live. Their performance of this song blew me away. I had forgotten just how awesome it was. Only problem was it didn't give me any greater clue as to what he whispers in the middle.

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deepermeaning
05-19-2004

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hmm first off this is my FAVORITE song of all time...and it looks like i'm not alone here...oh and i had no idea that so many other people had a thing for the "breathe out, so i can breathe you in, hold you in" line...its refreshing to know some other people actually have some musical taste!

as to the meaning of the song: well the first couple of times i listened to it i assumed that it was a love song...beautiful...passionate...deep. now that i've listened to it roughly 10000 times i'm not positive...but i have a suspision that it might have another meaning...Grohl might have been reffering to Cobain when he sings "when i sing along with you" due to them being in the band together, and as much as i hate to say it, "breathe out, so i can breathe you in, hold you in" really reminds me of smoking heroin...and " if anything could ever feel this real forever, if anything could ever feel this good again" sure sounds like euphoria to me... overall I think its a love song with a dual meaning...cause when you really think about it...drug addiction can be a lot like being in love.

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allenegirl
05-24-2004

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This song absolutely rocks. I just love it, and the Foo Fighters are awesome. I love Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins.

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MusicIsMyReligion
06-07-2004

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i love this song. i plan to do a cover of it with my band when it starts to pick up. i think i would do an acoutsic version. i wish i had written this song. has anyone heard the FULL BAND acoustic version? it's awesome. that's one reason this song is so good. it can be redone and have many different meanings to it, and still be a quality song that rocks. I LOVE MUSIC! dave grohl is awesome. i like everything he's been involved in. Nirvana, The Foo Fighters, Probot , Tenacious D!!!! they all rule.

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randomdude
06-25-2004

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if music was a religion i would defanitly be in it.
Comandment 1 would defanitly have to be respect your drumer!!!!!!!! Most underated instrument in a band. I play guitar, bass and drums and beleave me drums are the hardest out of all 3

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Regos the Sane
09-18-2004

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OK, I read the lyrics for the first time today, and I can see it's obviously about sex. But I think it could also be about music as well. I already knew the chorus, which, as deepermeaning said about five posts ago, sounds like it's about Cobain, as does "Come down
And waste away with me". Maybe Grohl's saying that music is like sex?

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Rachy
09-26-2004

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I love this song so much its the best song in the world, I want it played at my future wedding and funeral.

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just-another-girl
10-02-2004

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"This song is like a musical orgasm. It's just so wonderful."
I KNOW!!!!!!

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beautiful_disgrace
10-26-2004

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This is my all time favorite song! every time I hear it I swear I could get an orgasm. "Breathe out so I can breathe you in...hold you in" *shivers* I LOVE IT!

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Olex
10-30-2004

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Dave Groll is frickin amazing, a really musical genius, I love this song, it's so frickin awsome!!!!!!!!!

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Rachy
11-04-2004

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Its the best song in the world

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cleargummibear
11-09-2004

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Such a nice song, I really like the acoustic verison better... but that's just the way I am. Sounds almost like a wedding song, or something equally sweet. Talking about a love that you share with someone who really matters to you and understands you. Some of the lines, or pretty much all of them, are just so great. Almost makes you cry, they are that awe-inspiring.

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wils
11-19-2004

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breathe out, so i can breathe you in, hold you in

lyrical genious. how many times i've sung this to my girl [not that i can sing] such a beautiful song. definitely brings me to my knees.

if you like this also check out I Miss You and Stellar by Incubus

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aayers007
12-02-2004

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This quite possibly could be the sexiest song ever written. its up there with U2's If You Wear That Velvet Dress. I love this song. its without a doubt about a sexual encounter or many sexual encounters, and the euphoria that comes with it. awesome

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