Jimmy Eat World – Get It Faster

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  General Comment:Favorite j.e.w.
  Personally, I don't take "cheating" to strictly be meant in the literal sense.
  To me, the meaning is basically a long the lines of most interpretations:
  Negative Relationship (or even lack there of.. being lead on either within a relationship or in lieu of a relationship)
  I see it as intimated that it's one-sided commitment "i should of thought things through/i'm holding out/not getting an answer"
  basically a relationship that's more difficult than rewarding
  
  "cheating gets it faster" is double-entendresque in my interpretation in that yes, it could be technically just looking elsewhere but moreover it's sort of the philosophy of "why do it the hard way" not too disparately from Bright Eye's line "I'd rather be working for a paycheck than waiting to win the lottery".. i.e. struggling.. "holding out" for something ephemerally wonderful doesn't always pay out.
  I may be over-thinking it, but I like the line in that way... the idea that there's not always merit in toil... sometimes "cheating gets it faster."
  Letting go.
  Occam's Razor.
  

  Flag original_andion June 17, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:erm no, it's get it faster lol

  Flag martyndav33on September 26, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:jimmy eat world has so many songs but this a old but still my favorite song ever i was on youtube lookin stuff up and i just put the name of this song and found it i was so freakin happy cuz i luv it cuz of the guitar solo i can play it on my guitar just so freakin hard but i thot the name was cheatin gets it faster not get it faster well im gone c ya

  Flag amigosloco1on November 14, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:This song just makes me want to cheat.

  Flag Nk1on June 07, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:lots of good ideas here.
  for me what it meant when i first heard it (and it was very relevant to me and my soon to be girlfriend at the time), it meant that the guy is kind of trying to break up with his girlfriend - or asking to take things to the "next level" - she's being unresponsive, and he gets frustrated.
  so to end the relationship he's tried a verbal approach - "i wanna do right by you" - and seems to get nowhere, and can't bring himself to break up with her. so he figures that in order to get the breakup, he cheats. hence, cheating gets the breakup faster.
  but that's just what my interpretation has always been, and i like it, because it made sense for me when i first heard it, and it still does when i look back those 3-4 years ago when i broke up with my psycho girlfriend for a much better girl, who also had just ended a long-term relationship after a long time of trying

  Flag blitzmuton May 05, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:Great song.
  Boy wants action.
  DENIED
  Boy Goes and gets it.
  INSTANTLY GRANTED.
  
  Killer breakup song.
  
  Sad but true

  Flag DaveRamoneon February 26, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:just to add that if it start like this, it often continue on the way you see this song so it's only a matter of time before you get cheated and chaet to your turn

  Flag pwhyon December 27, 2006   Link

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  General Comment:just to add that if it start like this, it often continue on the way you see this song so it's only a matter of time before you get cheated and chaet to your turn

  Flag pwhyon December 27, 2006   Link

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  General Comment:It's not only a matter of relationship to me because in fact, we live in a society who used to cheat and it's true that it work and get it easier, faster. Some examples: you are blocked in a video game? cheating get it faster. You want to get a higher level on your business so you cheat and lie to get the influent people on your side. Just think about it, in a society where we made the choice to take the easy way instead of the good one, what does stay of our values like honesty and respect? who knows?

  Flag pwhyon December 26, 2006   Link

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    I actually agree with your interpretation, it's not just about cheating in relationships, it's about how people to day always cheat to get up in life. Also does anyone else find the electronic intro to be really creepy?

    Flag Aenema91on September 10, 2010  
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  General Comment:My interpretation is that the singer is in an unsatisfactory relationship.
  
  I first heard this song when I was in the same position. I couldn't get rid of him, but I knew a regular breakup with him. I found a new guy while I was attempting to break up with the old. (I didn't cheat on him, but I did wait until the last possible minute and just did it. Told him and then dated the new guy.)
  
  I can see how in the song Jimmy is saying that instead of all that bad feeling, cheating ends the relationship faster. Yeah the person is hurt, but they are also angry and focus on those emotions instead.
  
  The guy in the song, is trying to force her to make the move and she is still holding on. So now he's going to be more rude, and hurt her more to make her let go so he can be with the new girl.

  Flag thebutcheresson November 25, 2006   Link

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