Lyrics for Guernica as interpreted by BrandNew1208

Guernica Lyrics
Ever since I was young
your word is the word that always won
Worry and wake the ones you love

A phone call I壇 rather not receive
Please use my body while I sleep
My lungs are fresh and yours to keep,
kept clean and they will let you breathe

Is this the way a toy feels when its batteries run dry?
I am the watch you always wear, but you forget to wind

Nobody plans to be half a world away at times like these,
so I sat alone and waited out the night
The best part of what has happened was the part I must have missed
So I知 asking you to shine it on and stick around,
I知 not writing my goodbyes

I submit no excuse
If this is what I have to do
I owe you every day I wake

If I could I would shrink myself
and sink through your skin to your blood cells
Remove whatever makes you hurt, but I am too weak to be your cure

Is this the way a toy feels when its batteries run dry?
I am the watch you always wear, but you forget to wind

Nobody plans to be half a world away at times like these,
so I sat alone and waited out the night
The best part of what has happened was the part I must have missed
So I知 asking you to shine it up and stick around
I知 not writing my goodbyes!

I知 not letting you check out
You will beat this starting now and you will always be around
I知 there to monitor your breathing
I will watch you while you池e sleeping
I will keep you safe and sound

Does anybody remember back when you were very young?
Did you ever think that you would be this blessed?

Nobody plans to be half a world away at times like these,
so I sat alone and waited out the night
The best part of what has happened was the part I must have missed
So I知 asking you to shine it on and stick around
I知 not writing my goodbyes

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BrandNew1208
06-09-2003

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I'm guessing this is about having to deal with someone you love or are close having cancer or some sort of disease.

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gunrose
06-09-2003

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Brand new has done it again!:)They are just great.

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angeltearscry4u
06-10-2003

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hey..Guernica is a name of a painting by Piccasso..just thought i'd share

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smalltownhope
06-10-2003

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it's about Jessie's grandfather having cancer and he found out when he was on tour

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EWizaCFT
06-12-2003

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This song has a case of the POD - Youth of the Nation-Intro (without the kids)going for it

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brandnewtbs
06-12-2003

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NICE

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myslead
06-12-2003

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yeah i noticed it too, the drum intro ala POD

great song nonetheless

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Emericanskater
06-12-2003

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I thought it sounded similar to the Song Eleven BY Taking Back Sunday, oh well though. Guernica is also the name of a city in Spain.

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Emericanskater
06-12-2003

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I thought it sounded similar to the Song Eleven BY Taking Back Sunday, oh well though. Guernica is also the name of a city in Spain.

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Your_Biznatch
06-17-2003

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about the spain thing it was used as propaganda during world war 2 dont ask me why i read it in my history book the painting is called Guernica as said before but i cant figure out what it has to do with the lyrics...great song by the way

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brian92287
06-17-2003

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Guernica was a small market town in WWII that was relentlessly bombed by the Nazis for no apparent militiary reason other than to demonstrate their power...Great song, I was surprised by the cool drum intro.

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sundaybest
06-18-2003

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if the guys from brand new ever read all this they would probbly laugh that we are all saying these things but don't know for sure. its great tho so im going to throw my two sense in. im guessing the song is called guernica because the town was pounded relentlessly without reason, like people with cancer are pounded relentlessy by the disease until they are worn into nothing. and yes it IS about his grandfather for a fact b/c Jesse said so during the tour. this was the only song from the new album they played at The Met Cafe show (best show of my life)

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k_dogg
06-18-2003

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Yes, this song is about Jesse's grandfather who was diagnosed with cancer. The name of a song is a nod to other things that the guys in the band like. Jesse is a fan of Picasso and the painting Guernica so he decided to use it as a song title. Many of the songs on the new album are nods to other influences in the band member's lives.

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k_dogg
06-18-2003

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Yes, this song is about Jesse's grandfather who was diagnosed with cancer. The name of a song is a nod to other things that the guys in the band like. Jesse is a fan of Picasso and the painting Guernica so he decided to use it as a song title. Many of the songs on the new album are nods to other influences in the band member's lives.

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messofjess
06-19-2003

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yes, picasso's guernica is beautiful. i wasn't sure if that was were jesse got the idea from, but i do hope you're right on that guess.

the deja album on the whole - amazing, it's just so unique to everything out there and and different from the last cd, although their old songs definitely do have a raw young sound that i've fallen in love with as well. hm, can't even say anything else, they're not even comparable to eachother... congratulations guys, another awesome production.

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Black and Blue
06-20-2003

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yeah the cancer "If I could I would shrink myself
and sink through your skin to your blood cells
Remove whatever makes you hurt, but I am too weak to be your cure"
And this song is about how much his grandfather means to him, "I owe you every day I wake " "Does anybody remember back when you were very young?
Did you ever think that you would be this blessed? "
And how he wanted to be where his grandfather was but he couldn't because he was on tour.

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Lilsteier
06-20-2003

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I think that Jesse was extremely creative with this song title. Yes it might be about his grandfather with Cancer, and yes Guernica is a painting, but Guernica is also about a massacre that occured in Guernica, Spain in the 1940's, so he is basically relating cancer as a massacre of the body. Beautiful.

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failurebydesign117
06-20-2003

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Damnit...he said what I wanted to say. Guernica was a battle in the Spanish Civil War and THE best piece of music ever written in the history of best music ever written. shyeah...brand new is the best band ever to grace this earth.

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jonboy661
06-21-2003

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This is an incredible song, maybe my favorite musicly and lyricly. It was beautifully written, i could fall in love with this song by reading it even before listening to it.

brand new owns your soul =\

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suchasucker
06-26-2003

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not from jesse's personal view but from anyone's, this song is about losing a loved one and how you'd give all of your working & capable organs to make them better if you could and "nobody plans to be half a world away at times like these" is saying he's gone while this is all happening. he's kicking himself for it and not ready to say goodbye. it's to feel lucky and appreciate what you've got. you're still breathing.

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takin*bak*sunday
06-28-2003

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I agree with everyone else. I didn't know it was about his grandfather but I knew it was about sickness of someone close.
"So I知 asking you to shine it on and stick around,
I知 not writing my goodbyes"
I think he's saying he doesn't want to say goodbye... idk what I'm talking about though. Good songs, good Cd, good band.

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bigfatloser
06-29-2003

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This song is powerful, especially for someone who's watching someone die. I <3 Brand New.

"Does anybody remember back when you were very young...
did you ever think that you would be this blessed?"
Such a great line.

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bigfatloser
06-30-2003

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I love this song. This reminds me of when my grandma died of cancer...such a good song.

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ChEErUpEm0KiD
07-07-2003

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such a GREAT song... sooo emotional and makes you wanna cry, but @ the same time it makes you wanna go out and do something meaningful-go make a difference in someones life the moment you hear the song........ maybe thats just me, but this CD just makes me feel sooo many things - i effin love it!!!
fav lines :
"If I could I would shrink myself and sink through your skin to your blood cells remove whatever makes you hurt, but I am too weak to be your cure"
*if you've ever dealt with cancer with someone you love... u know exactly how this feels*

"Is this the way a toy feels when its batteries run dry? I am the watch you always wear, but you forget to wind..."
*just amazing.... i dunno how jesse thinks of lines like that... amazing...*

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goreelslow
07-22-2003

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gunerica wasn't bombed in ww2 it was bombed in the spanish civil war because hitler asked franco if he could test their new bombers on a town in spain. franco agreed because he needed hitlers backing.

the song is the only weak spot on deja entendu..its is strangely podish and would be more at home on yfw. oh well..guess every great cd has at least one filler track

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