We saw the western coast.
I saw the hospital.
Nurse the shoreline like a wound.
Reports of lover's tryst.
Were neither clear nor descript.
We kept it safe and slow.
The quiet things that no one ever knows.

Keep the blood in your head and keep your feet on the ground.
Today's the day it gets tired.
Then today's the day we drop down.
Give up my body in bed.
All for an empty hotel.
Wasting words on lowercases and capitals.

I contemplate the day we wed.
Your friends are boring me to death.
Your veil is ruined in the rain.
By then you like to do without.
There's nothing new to talk about.
And though our kids are blessed,
the parents let them shoulder all the blame.

Keep the blood in your head and keep your feet on the ground.
Today's the day it gets tired.
Today's the day we drop down.
Give up my body in bed.
All for an empty hotel.
Wasting words on lowercases and capitals.

I lie for only you.
And I lie well.
Halleluh.

Keep the blood in your head and keep your feet on the ground.
Today's the day it gets tired.
Today's the day we drop down.
Give up my body in bed.
All for an empty hotel.
Wasting words on lowercases and capitals



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"The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows" as written by Jesse Lacey, Vincent Accardi

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    My Opinion:Well people have said that they think this song is about his girlfriend getting pregnant and therefor, they get married.. Well thats not what this song means to me.. So I just wanted to tell my point of view.

    If you see the musicvideo, you see this couple traveling by car "We saw the western coast." They were probably at some vacation. "I saw the hospital." They are in a car accident. In the musicvideo you see that he dies, but she's alive, but barely. And it's like he just want her to survive.

    With lines like "Your friends are boring me to death. Your veil is ruined in the rain." I think it's memories. He remember all those bad things. "I lie for only you. And I lie well." He regret those things he said and even though things wasn't good always, he loved her.

    Anyway I love this song! This is like a song I want to be performed at my funeral. Imagine this song in a church... *.*
    Flag mowiion February 17, 2013   Link
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    Song Meaning:This song is about how people often miss the little signs that their relationship is not going to work. The song continues to point out the differences between the two people. Examples... Instead of just seeing the western coast (which is a sign of something beautiful and positive), he also sees the hospital (a negative symbol.) As he looks back he is realizing he never was happy. Then he says the reports of lovers tryst we neither clear nor descript meaning, the signs that they were going to have conflict were not obvious early on so they just kept with the relationship ignoring the "quiet things that no one ever knows."

    The song continues to point out things that they didn't notice before. The rain on their wedding day for instance. They didn't think of it at the time but maybe now it was symbolic. A negative symbol.

    They talk about kids shouldering the blame. I think this is just the family being more of a house than a home as a result of the parents lying to themselves about their relationship. Hence the line "I lie for only you. And I lie well." Basically saying, both parents lie to themselves as to how bad things have gotten.
    Flag Sargeyon December 04, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:my brother taught thier drummer how to play drums when they were kids. he taught me too. which is awesome. i learned from the same guy who taught brand new. this is the first song of thiers i heard and i just fell in love
    Flag morekniveson September 28, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:best song ever <3
    Flag placeboaddict72on June 10, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:I think the song's message is about letting go...Of friends, bad memories, mistakes. People keep things to themselves to avoid conflict and ruining relationships. This song says "let it out" and "no more hiding" and "face the music." But you just can't, because doing so would break you and maybe someone who means the world to you. A day comes by when the rocks fall hard on your back, crushing you. And it's over. Done. Finished. Dealing with the consequences ahead will be a future issue. The music during the 'I lie for you' part gives me goosebumbs. I think during that part, he is saying that he wears a mask to keep everyone around him happy. I can visualize those rocks falling on him at that point. He can't put up with the pressure anymore, and he's happy to be rid of it. (Halleluh.)
    Flagged Alonzo110on April 17, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:I think the song's message is about letting go...Of friends, bad memories, mistakes. People keep things to themselves to avoid conflict and ruining relationships. This song says "let it out" and "no more hiding" and "face the music." But you just can't, because doing so would break you and maybe someone who means the world to you. A day comes by when the rocks fall hard on your back, crushing you. And it's over. Done. Finished. Dealing with the consequences ahead will be a future issue. The music during the 'I lie for you' part gives me goosebumbs. I think during that part, he is saying that he wears a mask to keep everyone around him happy. I can visualize those rocks falling on him at that point. He can't put up with the pressure anymore, and he's happy to be rid of it. (Halleluh.)
    Flag Alonzo110on April 17, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Please stop posting that you like the song. A lot of people like the song. The website is called "SongMeanings". If you have an idea as to the meaning of the song then by all means, post. Otherwise, we dont need 200 comments from people simply saying the band/song is good. We know that already.
    Flag Sargeyon May 24, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Can ANYONE explain what could make someone cry when they listen to this song?
    i'm not saying someone can't
    i am simply trying to figure out why it makes me cry so much...

    i just can't figure it out
    EVERYtime, it never fails
    Flag musicjunkie4lifeon March 27, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I think its about being with someone. After a while it gets old. Things happen. They break up.
    Flag bergcycles1on March 05, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning:my english teacher had us do a project about a song that meant something to us and our life so he picked this song as an example. he said the beginning verse means that the guy got the girl he got pregnant they are driving to a hospital on the pacific coast highway and because its so long and twisty that represnts the anxeity of the girl getting the abortion. the line 'the quiet things no one ever knows' represents that neither one of them told anyone that shes pregnant.
    the part of the chorus that goes 'give up my body in bed all for an empty hotel wasting words on lowercases and capitals' means that they lost their virginity to eachother in a hotel room and theyre not married to eachother.
    the part that goes 'i contemplate the day we wed, your friends are boring me to death, your veil is ruined in the rain, by then you like to do without, there's nothing new to talk about, and though our kids are blessed the parents let them shoulder all the blame' means that hes picturing their life if they get married and hes regreting what hasnt even happened yet. theyre going their sepertate paths in the marriage and the kids feel they are to blame.
    Flagged sncx3on February 17, 2010   Link

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