Lyrics for Hackensack as interpreted by Thunderbolt

Hackensack Lyrics
I used to know you when we were young
You were in all my dreams
We sat together in period one
Fridays at 8:15
Now I see face in the strangest places
Movies and magazines
I saw you talkin' to Christopher Walken
On my TV screen

BUt I will wait for you
As long as I need to
And if you ever get back to Hackensack
I'll be here for you

I used to work in a record store
Now I work for my dad
Scraping the paint off of hard wood floors
The hours are pretty bad
Sometimes I wonder where you are
Probably in L.A.
That seems to be where everybody else ends up these days

But I will wait for you
As long as I need to
And if you ever get back to Hackensack
I'll be here for you

And I will wait for you
As long as I need to
And if you ever get back to Hackensack
I'll be here for you
If you ever get back to Hackensack
I'll be here for you


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ratanx
10-07-2009

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I don't believe she's actually famous. He just sees her everywhere he goes because he loved her so much. Or thought he did.

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bestxXbudXxlayf
09-08-2009

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anyone know who this song is about..?

brownie points for the right answer;)

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followthezoraida
07-17-2008

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Beautiful song. I don't live in Hackensack, but I live in New York =D -high five-

I think - I KNOW, lol - the song's about this guy who grew up in a small town (Hackensack) with a girl he always had a crush on. They went to school together, and he admired her dearly. Then they got separated - she became famous, and abandoned him in that small empty town of memories they spent their childhoods in. Basically what he's saying is that if she ever for some reason returns to her hometown, he'll be there for her - just like he always has.

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THe_Atomic_Punk
03-08-2008

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Apparently this song is about a girl that one of the dudes in the band went to high school with in Hackensack High School, and she became famous.

i wonder which actress she is.

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cunningham_x
01-17-2008

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i think the songīs all about future and the time after school when you decide what to do with your life. The guy thinks of this girl he knew from school, but it seems he doesnīt look back in anger - sometimes he wonders, an heīll be here for here. He just does not understand why the hell she went away, because itīs not his way of living. Itīs kind of sad, I think- he just takes whatīs there for him and lives his life as it comes. He seems to be unconcerned about him and her- if she wants him, heīll take it, if not, also. Very passive.

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SSSSSKKKKKx027
02-23-2007

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This song's really good, and its obviously about him in high school liking this girl, and they both had something to do with Hackensack, NJ. Considering they grew up in Wayne, NJ.

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amberloves
11-23-2006

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I think the whole Hollywood/LA thing is a metaphor.

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amberloves
11-23-2006

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I think the whole Hollywood/LA thing is a metaphor.

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ShineYouDiamond
07-18-2006

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Either Annio is right and the girl works in television OR he is so preoccupied with her that he thinks he sees her everywhere he looks, which is how I read it. Cast your votes now...

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brakattack
06-14-2006

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I love that the music matches the nostalgic lyrics of the song. I especially feel connected to the song because I grew up in Hackensack :)

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GeeEyeGeff
02-17-2006

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I agree with Walrus man. sort of a sad song when you think about it, but still bloody amazing

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Thanksthatwuzfun
01-24-2006

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh NO. New York rocks because everybody in New Jersey works in New York.
You got that?

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___ronweasley
12-26-2004

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Hakensack. - New Jerseyans kick ass hard.

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annio
10-08-2004

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To me it seems like he's talking about someone he knew in grade school or high school. He really liked her a lot. She moved off to LA (like everyone else did) and is now famous and on TV and all these "strange places" - strange, because she was a little small towner like him. Seems like everyone else is gone from the town, moving on to (or at least trying to) bigger and better things - LA. And he's the only one left, working for his dad scraping paint. Kind of the sad, pathetic, but really devoted "I'm waiting for you" love song.

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WalrusMan
10-04-2004

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This song is kinda depressing, but I still love it because I think in a way everybody can relate.

It's pretty much about that one girl you've always loved but you've always known you could never have. Even if she wasn't "talkin' to Cristopher Walken" on your TV screen, there was just something ethereal and unique about her that told you there was no chance in hell she'd ever end up with you.

And on that note, I'd like to say to the one I've lost: If you ever get back to Hackensack, I'll be here for you.

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