Lifehouse – Quasimodo

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You can be right
And I'll be real
Oh, and it still won't be a pain
That you will have to feel
Cause I don't need your approval
To find my worth

I'm trapped inside of my own mind
Afraid to open my eyes cause of what I'd find and I
Don't wanna live like this anymore

There goes my pain
There goes my chains
Did you see them falling
Because this feeling
There has no meaning
There goes the world
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back
There it goes

Does it scare you that I can
Be something different than you
Would it make you feel
More comfortable if I wasn't
Well you can't control me
And you can't take away from me who I am

There goes my pain
There goes my chains
Did you see them falling
Because this feeling
There has no meaning
There goes the world
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back

You can't change me
You can't break me

There goes the world
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back

Have you ever felt
Like your only comfort was your cage
You're not alone
I've felt the same as you

Have you ever felt like your secrets give you away
You're not alone
I've been there too

Cause everyone is looking
Everyone is laughing
But I think everyone feels the same
Everybody wants to feel okay
Everybody wants to
Everybody wants to feel

There goes my pain
There goes my chains
Did you see them falling
Because this feeling
There has no meaning

There goes the world
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back

Cause I don't want it
I don't want it

You can't change me
You can't break me

There goes the world
Off of my shoulders
There goes the world
Off of my back
There it goes

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    General Comment:My chains came off when I stopped trying to be the kind of Christian everybody wanted me to be. That world fell off my shoulders and I don't have to carry it anymore.
    Flag Hadassahon November 05, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:its about the hunch back of notre dame or something, the name speaks it self,
    Quasimodo is a really ugly person but has a good heart. this song is for the people who feels the same way as Quasimodo, the people who judge Quasimodo by his looks.
    Flag shinmegamion October 20, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Personally, I think this song os about self-discovery. About realizing that just because society says you're one thing doesn't mean that you are. Just because someone with more power than you sais you you are pathetic does that therefore clarify the fact? If we were all what people wanted us to be, would we not suffer?
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    Flag Miss_Lithiumon January 16, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I agree with the consensus that this is about breaking out of being the person others want you to be. Other people want you to conform to how they think you should be and they're scared you'll become your own person. This song is about somone who has taken it upon themselves to break out of that and do what they want and how it takes the weight off them and breaks the chains other people have put on them.

    I'm especially fond of the lines

    Does it scare you that I can
    Be something different than you
    Would it make you feel
    More comfortable if I wasn't

    It pretty much sums up the meaning there.

    Oh, and the interlude is basically saying, people can look and laugh, but it's something that deep down inside, they're all going through too, and the songwriter knows that.
    Flag Heskimoon January 16, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:the song is about anorexia speaking to someone, trying to lure them into the trap...this is especially seen in lines like "i do'nt need your approval" and "being trapped inside my mind"...eating disorders cage in the people suffering from them, and they don't care about what people think!
    Flag samalamaon December 26, 2006   Link
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    General Comment::) sweetpeasoups a genious... this song has different meaning to me but that was deep... i dont think any lifehouse song can have a shallow meaning to it though... they are lyrical geniouses
    Flag almost_somethingon August 02, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This is by far my favorite lifehouse song. Let me explain what I think it means and why.
    I'm at a time in my life.. where I have for years been judged and held to a standard that no one should be held to. A standard that God himself wouldn't hold me to. It wasn't until the last year that I realized the people who were doing this.. judging me and putting me down.. were wrong. In a discussion I had with my friend.. I said "It makes me feel like i'm a quasi-christian, like I'm not whole.. not good enough for them.. but I don't have to live up to their approval"
    It wasn't until a couple of days ago that I was listening to No Name face.. and came across this song. No name face is my favorite lifehouse album.. but sometimes, I forget about it.. and then later revist it.. if you know what i mean.. So i rediscovered this song.. and feel that it is exactly my situation.. exactly how I feel. No matter what the main theme in this song is freedom.
    Flag sweetpeasoupson February 27, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This probably was said, but just not in these words, so i'll just say it myself. I think the point of this song is to say that his whole life, he was living a lie, and being someone else then who he really was. And he's just now starting to see that he can be who he is without your approval... like the last 2 lines of the first verse. And all of the chains and pains that he had from this lie are now going away, because he doesn't have to worry about living the lie anymore. And he asks if you can see them falling just to rub it in your face that he's finally making his own choices and decisions. And when it says everyone is looking and everyone is laughing but they all feel the same inside, he's going off of other people. He's not alone, and everyone who has ever been someone else then who they are just wants to feel okay. They strive so hard to fit in, because that's what everyone wants. No one wants to be the outsider. But he's saying to heck with it, i'm not going to live like that any more. And so finally, he can get the weight of the world off of his shoulders and finally be set free.
    Flag dancinturkey08on August 10, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Everyone gets something different out of lyrics but to me this song is about conformity and people wanting you to be what you're not. It's about breaking free of that and just telling everyone that you're an individual and there's nothing they can do about it. I love the line "Does it scare you that I can be something different from you." It's so true. People get terrified when you start to fall out of their ways and become your own person. Another great line is, "I don't need you approval to find my worth." I love it. It pretty much sums up everything exactly what I want to scream at some people in my life. Just let me do what I want. Let me find my worth on my own. So Good.
    Flag shirvson December 11, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:I love this song. it's like my positive outlook "you-can't-hurt-me" theme song.

    i could be crazed, but are some of the lyrics wrong? "Honesty won't be a pain that you will have to feel"? and "Because this feeling/THAT has no meaning"?

    like i said, i could be wrong, it wouldn't be the first time..

    This song to me is just about a person who has faced many hardships, and been down and trod upon, attempted to be broken but can still say, "YOU CAN'T HURT ME! I DON'T NEED YOU!!"
    Flag Desaparecidaon December 11, 2004   Link

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