Smile Empty Soul – Silhouettes

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Silhouettes above the cradle hold me down
They won't let me go the wrong way
My mother taught me all the fables, told me how
In the end all the sinners have to pay
But

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I don't want to live like my mother
I don't want to let fear rule my life
And I don't want to live like my father
I don't want to give up before I die

He worked so hard his bones are breaking
He wore them down but long ago he lost the feeling
His good intentions leave me shaking, show me how
I don't ever want to end up like he did
And

[Chorus]

When I have kids
I won't put any chains on their wrists, I won't
I'll tell them this
There's nothing in this world that you can't be if you want it enough

[Chorus: x3]

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Track duration: 03:51

"Silhouettes" as written by Sean Danielson John Parker

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    General Comment:When I was in highschool we were asked to find songs that we thought fit our life. I had chosen this one. I thought that the part about the mom, was alot like my mom. Her marriage with my dad was very rocky, and I thought that she let the fear of that rule her life, and that my dad had just given up.
    Flag channybon July 24, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:"When I have kids
    I won't put any chains on their wrists, I won't
    I'll tell them this
    there's nothing in this world that you can't be if you want it enough"

    Oh, how many times I've told MY parents this.
    Flag MandyAmpBunnyon April 30, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Awesome song, i cant wait to have a child and prove to my parents that i can be a "responisble" careing father but yet let the kid have fun and do his own thing in his own way. (suportive, and careing but not tie them down and limite them)
    Flag careless1993on May 28, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:this song has a lot of implications for me, cos sometimes i feel trapped myself? i think it's about a guy trying to break way from really over religious parents who are trying to hold him down in their kind of boring life, but he's trying to escape and be free. i've been trying to find the lyrics to it for so long! it's about breaking away from your family who are not understanding you and trying to pin you with beliefs you don't share.
    Flag worldrebelon August 22, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:"When I have kids, I won't put any chains on their wrists, I won't. I'll tell them this: there's nothing in this world that you can't be if you want it enough."
    Beautiful.
    Nothing like my life, thankfully, but still a great song.
    Flag dancegabbydanceon July 16, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I kinda feel bad for this guys mom and pops. This one kinda pisses me off.
    Flag macdadeeon January 18, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Yeah, this song is clearly about parents trying to control their kids with religion. I think they are christians but they seem very anti-church. That's probably because they are smart enough to realize organized religion is evil.
    Flag EarlyWakeningon July 02, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:He's defying his parent's footsteps, and choosing to take his own path. This song makes me think of another song, but by a different band. "You're wrong if you think that I'll be just like you."

    I really like this song, but the anti-religious lines kind of bother me. I really like the vocals though.
    Flag Fallen Leaveson December 10, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:He's defying his parent's footsteps, and choosing to take his own path. This song makes me think of another song, but by a different band. "You're wrong if you think that I'll be just like you."

    I really like this song, but the anti-religious lines kind of bother me. I really like the vocals though.
    Flag Fallen Leaveson December 10, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Hits close to home. It caught me by surprise. I'm goin' through this right now. Dad's workin' hard (still alive) but ain't livin' with us (though not divorced.) The last verse of this song is noteworthy. Smile Empty Soul... I'll hafta remember them.
    Flag Orange Morendoon July 07, 2007   Link

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