Look through me because I am transparent
Ought to know me but why even know yourself
I'm beginning to need all that I can't have
I'm succeeding to speak like I'm fucking mad
Looking at the autumn shade
You are white and I am grey
Looking at the autumn shade, oh yeah

Look through me because I am transparent
Ought to know me but why even know yourself
I'm beginning to need all that I can't have
I'm succeeding to speak like I'm fucking mad

Looking at the autumn shade
You are white and I am grey
Looking at the autumn shade, oh yeah



Lyrics submitted by Aerion

Track duration: 03:14


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    General Comment:i always thought it was
    look through me because i am A transperant.
    i dont know me but why even know yourself?

    i dont think its about two people at all. i think it has to do with the feeling of fall coming along. everything is beautiful but the cold brings something empty to you. you feel like you need someone but you dont feel like you're even there.
    butthats a personal interpretation having to do with how i feel. which is what one should do with a song like this.
    Flag radioledjangoon October 09, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:those arent the correct lyrics but okay. you am i and i am great. we are all one, you am i, i am you. we are great.
    Flag happygorilla666on December 26, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I think the line "You am I and I am Great" might be just a nice reference to theband 'You Am I'.

    I love this song though

    Look through me because I am transparent
    Ought to know me but why even know yourself
    I'm beginning to need all that I can't have
    I'm succeeding to speak like I'm fucking mad

    I like to think of this in relation to his Asperger's... and the difficulties with social interaction... vaguely. The way you present yourself, the way others see you, and then what you actually KNOW about people or what they know about you, and how this frustration about not really understanding people (and maybe feeling like you need to understand but you just can't?), and ending up saying thengs you don't really mean, or just getting so frustrated you go maaaad.
    Flag fraexxon November 10, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i know im a few years late but transparentsunchild you can go fuck yourself.
    Flag Aerionon March 17, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I agree with animalmachine.

    "you am I, and I am great"
    - I like to think of this as being sarcastic.

    Very depressing, atthough it makes me feel better when I get depressed. humm....
    Flag antreid44on February 12, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I'll try my best:

    Look through me because I am a transparent
    - You feel as if you're nothing, like eveyone can see through you.

    Her to know me but why even know yourself
    - People say they know you, but how can they when YOU don't even know who you really are.

    I'm beginning to need all that I can't have
    - You're wanting things that you think you will never have, maybe it's happiness.

    I'm succeeding to speak like I'm fucking mad
    - You're saying things that you don't exactly mean, and maybe it sounds as if you're crazy.

    I can't really figure out the chorus. I think the "Looking at the autumn shade" part means you're feeling depressed or something like that. I'll get back to you on that. I'll have to study it more, put myself in Craig's place. This is my favorite Vines song....

    Rock on, Jazz
    Flag AnimalMachine1969on March 12, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:I think the line:
    You am I and I am Great
    Means that in a relationship, they are both great...and they are both as 1.
    Flag Nightfreakon December 04, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:Craig and Patrick in an interview:

    Craig:
    “ This is the first acoustic song on the album and it’s very quiet, very peaceful. It’s calm. It’s not really intentionally linked to Autumn Shade on the first album, but of course in the title, well, you have to think it’s linked somehow. It’s more about the feel of the song than the words, though. It really couldn’t have been called anything else. It’s pretty abstract.”
    Patrick:
    “ Short. Soft. The harmonies are amazing. No, I didn’t sing them. Craig did. I don’t need to be doing that type of thing in the studio when he’s in there. He seems to have a pretty good handle on singing five different harmonies over himself, something I think is well demonstrated on this track.”
    Craig:
    “ Thank you, thank you.”
    Patrick:
    “ You’re welcome.
    Flag IWannaGetFreeon December 01, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:This song is depressing. But that doens't mean it's bad. I think "Look through me because I am transparent" is reffering to him being sad, and feeling hallow. I'm sure you've had that feeling. "Hard to know me, but why even know yourself" Yeah, it's acually 'hard to know me'. Just a tip. This one confused me for a while, but I think that it means something like, it's hard to know someone, if you don't even know who you are. "I'm beginning to need all that I can't have" Even though he has everything (being that he's a singer with millions of dollors) there are still things money can't buy that he wants. "I'm succeeding to speak like I'm fucking mad" When you're sad it seems like everything that is making you down is stupid things that shouldn't bother you. Or atleast to me... That's my imput. I could be wrong.
    Flag Marejiahon June 27, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:As far as the lyrics go...
    Instead of ought to know me, he says "Her to know me, but why even know yourself"...
    And then, instead of you are white, and I am gray, he says "You am I, and I am great"
    Just figured I'd clear it up. it's all in the lyrics booklet.
    Flag ethereal_musicon June 12, 2004   Link

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