Sum 41 – Over My Head (Better Off Dead)

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  General Comment:Surprised that no one has said it, but I'm pretty sure it's about rejection. "The something he said" being asking. "How fake you can be" is that he feels played and he's "better off dead" while he copes about it "blowing up" in his face. He must put himself back together to move on. When you're in "over your head" it means that your believing more than what you should really be thinking. The signs that the other person showed were "misread" and he's "lost the human race" as a result and can't see the good in others for the time being. Or he's trying to keep to himself to hide the pain.

  Flag dlhouse88on April 21, 2013   Link

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  General Comment:i agrre with the comment before mine's
  this songs is very catchy....
  =)
  

  Flag aristuma21on July 31, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:I love this song it's so catchy =]
  And for those people at the start who said that the song's like Nickelback or whatever---Nickelback and Sum41 are completely different--since when is Nickelback punk?

  Flag pickle-soup123on December 30, 2008   Link

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  My Interpretation:actual lyrics
  
  
  What happened to you
  You've played the victim for so long now in this game
  What i thought was true
  It's made of fiction and I'm following the same
  
  But if I try
  To make sense of this mess I'm in
  I'm not sure where I should begin
  I'm falling, I'm falling
  
  Now I'm in over my head, for something i said
  Completely misread, I'm better off dead.
  And now I can see, how fake you can be
  This hypocrisy's beginning to get to me.
  
  It's none of my concern
  Why look to me because I don't believe in fame
  I guess you never heard I've met our makers
  They don't even know your name
  
  But if I had to say goodbye to leave this hell
  I'd say my time has served me well
  I'm falling
  I'm falling
  
  Now I'm in over my head, for something i said
  Completely misread, I'm better off dead
  And now I can see, how fake you can be
  This hypocrisy's beginning to get to
  
  This came long before those who suffer more
  I'm too awake for this to be a nightmare
  What's with my disgrace I lost the human race
  No one plans for it to blow up in their face
  
  Who said it was easy to put back all these pieces
  Who said it was so easy to put back all of these pieces
  
  Now I'm in over my head, with something I said
  Completely misread, I'm better off dead
  And now I can see, how fake you can be
  This hypocrisy's beginning to get to me
  
  Over my head, better off dead
  Over my head, better off dead

  Flag Emotion?on December 18, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:I think everyone can relate to this song. Its about someone who got into a bad a situation where everything they thought was true turned out being a lie and now they have put the pieces back together to figure out what the hell happened?
  I'm going through a situation like that with my ex. Apparently half of what he said was a lie and the other half wasn't. Now I've just gotta figure out what was true and what wasn't and basically what the hell happened. Believe me it ain't easy. Especially since the moment he started talking to me again, he lied again and I found out almost instantaneously.

  Flag lostbutnotforgottenon March 05, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:I think that the song is about mistakes someone has made in their live, which is apparent from the chorus:
  "Now I'm in, Over My Head, For something I said, Completely misread, I'm Better Off Dead."
  He has done, or said too many wrongs things, that he's "Over his head", in other words he can't sort out his life, or he doesn't know how to, and that people have misinterpreted him, so the only escape seems to be death.
  
  Some of the best lyrics for this also have to be:
  This came all before
  Those who suffer more
  I'm too awake for this to be a nightmare
  What's with my disgrace
  I lost the human race
  
  He is paying for his mistakes/lies that he has commited.
  
  That's just how I see it anyway.

  Flag WhackyMakon February 26, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:There are alot of mistakes in the lyrics to this song!!! its "No one plans for this to blow up in their face" and alot of other mistakes.But i think this song is about somebody who has put their foot in it somewhere and is soo far past the point of redeeming themselves that they have given up even trying!

  Flag Tamoon July 29, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:oh, and i thought it was "this came LONG before those who suffer more." yes? no?

  Flag pika pok3monon May 24, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:one of my favorites

  Flag pika pok3monon May 24, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:I like this song, it really speaks to me. When i am doing any sport or just mucking arouund on the computer. it really inpires me just to sing along and rock out. Peace

  Flag Nightmare_Treeon September 12, 2006   Link

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