Episode IV leads us away from here.
Don't expect to find what you're (looking to).
I can see the light leading away from you.

Let's disappear,
We'll take a trip of no return to outer space.
And swim in pools which keep us warm,
Cleaned off the sand from off your feet.
We'll dance off time to the songs we've never liked.

And sing off key thinking it sounds all right.
And you know I almost lost my will to live.
(we're sure) you tell time in your.
Episode IV leads us away from here.
Don't expect to find what you're (looking to).

Let's disappear,
Both take a trip of no return to outer space.
And swim in pools which keep us warm,
Cleaned off the sand from off your feet.
We'll dance off time to the songs we've never liked.

And sing off key thinking it sounds all right.
And you know I almost lost my will to live.
(we'll show) and tell time one more time.
And you know I almost lost my will to live.
(we'll show) and tell time to your friends.



Lyrics submitted by girlypunk

Track duration: 04:30

"Episode IV" as written by James Christopher/burch Adkins

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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    General Comment:To me, the Episode IV is a reference to the fourth month of the year, April.
    I always get back from vacation and I hate having to start again, all I wanna do is have some fun, stay up late, hang out, and in that time, we sometimes forget to just think. And it just feels to me the song is about a guy and a girl just forgetting life and thinking beyond the limits.
    Dunno, whatev, just my two cents.
    Flag pastachickennugget42on May 20, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:these lyrics are WAY wrong.

    But I love this song so much. I think its about how a girl saves a guy. He's "almost lost his will to live" and she comes into his life and makes everything better.
    Flag Like_A_Breathon July 31, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:This is a special song to me as my girlfriend and I overtime have made it one of our special songs!
    I always did like the Episode 4 idea of Star Wars 'a new hope'... lyrically for us it spoke of 'how i almost lost my will to live' as we entered each others lives at just the right time, during a very rough patch in both our lives & long down the line we've achieved so much in our relationship & have so much to live for!
    the pool represents being each others company and discovering Love, the pool is a pool of Love and as we're there we stay warm with closeness...the trip to outter space is just exploring each others minds and just having pure focus on each other so much so we drift away (into space) & no day to day matters affecting our Love in these moments. Brushing away the sand (the past) from our feet (our future path) and walking a new life as one.
    The dance off time is merely that feeling of who cares we can overcome anything through Love, even the simplest thing such as dancing to the songs we cant stand (literally in this example but you get it) ...and sing off key is really being focused on each other so much that nothing matters, just our Love...

    Obviously overtime our Love has deepened and changed but its still really special to look over the lyrics of this great song and see how it so related to me in the early days!
    Thats my interpretation!
    Flag interpreton November 22, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i simply adore this song.
    Flag bukeyon June 26, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I love the idea of what is being said in this song, the whole thing of being so in love with each other that nothing else matters, only down point is that it doesnt last and it all changes. wish i culd feel like that and that it does last....
    Flag GoatShedon February 14, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:A guess: The title of "Episode IV" in the StarWars saga is "A New Hope". Perhaps this song refers to just that - finding a new hope for life in someone you love. =]
    Flag KekeFoxon December 20, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Anyone know why it's called "Episode IV"?

    Great song
    Flag holyhell182on December 12, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I love this song, and I love Jimmy Eat World. I think that Static Prevails is the best cd they have done. I Love It!
    Flag FarewellMyHellon December 07, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:This song really taps into something very special, and it does it in such a way without directly speaking about it, but just suggesting in that direction, so that people listening to it can identify with it... kind of subtle but obvious at the same time. I'm not sure that I've ever been this in love which is why I find it almost a sad song, but it's a song that makes you want to be in love. So in love that you don't give a damn what other people are saying or thinking, so long as you're with that other person. Great song, very sensitively written.
    Flag steelmagnoliason September 22, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:This love song is amazing. It's vague yet deep. Which is pretty much jimmy right there. There lyrics make you think...they dont' just put it out there with obvious, they make you think a little to understand the meaning behind their music, and along with their amazing abilities, this makes jimmy eat world an incredible band.
    Flag xWorldisStaticxon September 20, 2004   Link

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