Lyrics for one big holiday as interpreted by sarahsavedlatin

one big holiday Lyrics
wakin' up, feelin' good & limber
when the telephone, it ring
was a bad man from california
tellin' of a stone he'd bring
and of better days
from this town, we'd escape
if we holler loud & make our way
we'd all live one big holiday
so we listened & up the river
and recorded all the sounds
was some shakin' & some record playin'
all the leather kids were loud

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*amanda*
06-16-2004

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Good stuff.

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freezegelman
04-11-2005

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Good stuff...
X 2 !

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indie_gofar05
12-13-2005

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its rare you find a band that is so gentle and soft lyrically combined with so powerful instruments.. i love this song. It feels like home

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Coffee and TV
12-19-2005

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"was a bad man from california
tellin' of a stone he'd bring
and of better days
from this town, we'd escape
if we holler loud & make our way
we'd all live one big holiday"

I interpret this to mean a record producer is promising them big money, or "stone" and better days for "hollering and making our way" recording an album, and one big holiday to mean they'd be rich blah blah blah.

My 2 cents anyways but I'm probably off.

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eisey
12-25-2005

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the way i've always taken it as pretty much as an epic. he gets this mysterious call giving him some insider information into somehting really special that he needs to know about, and thus begins the rock journey. somethin that'll take em far beyond their wildest dreams. so they find this music, stumble upon it almost and get taken away in it.

the wonderful thing is though, if you look at it, the song doesn't finish itself with the words. it ends halfway through the verse. "all the leather kids were loud...." and then the song almost restarts and then explodes. it's like "we found it....and woah!" it explodes right in front of em. in a way, it's almost the bands theme song, i think, and it could be taken as an anthem, or as a tale of the recording of the album, but either way it's an awesome story.

very epic.

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cichon123
02-07-2006

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i am haunted by this song

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slinkstersars
04-09-2006

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i love the begining of the song.

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ripelivejam
06-24-2006

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the last half of the song sounds like an escape, like driving off to the horizon and never coming back

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rhcpzephyr910
07-08-2006

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what a beautiful song.. the begininng pulls u in and builds up so u wanna hear more, then it speeds up nd goes a little crazy, then it calms down to a kinda chill song.. kinda like a roller coaster :)

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vtmatt
10-15-2006

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amazing

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wulfcj
03-28-2007

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best song ive seen live...

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ArchetypeRyan
04-04-2007

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Amazing guitar in this song.

My first interpretation was like Coffee's: that the song represented the band's experience of getting a record deal and how it chanegd their lives. I think the song has some sad undercurrents, though.

The word 'shakin,' especially, is an interesting choice. Sometimes people use shake to indicate dancing, but if you think about it, the word shake almost always has a violent connotation. Maybe the shaking is caused by drugs or stress, just a guess.

I think the first line "wakin' up, feelin' good & limber," follow by the next two, indicates that something is about to change. Sure, a record deal will change their lives, but feelin' good an limber is a pretty general phrase, so it might indicate that they're loosing their innocence.

All just speculation, of course, but it's fun nonetheless.

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superficies
06-06-2007

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I think it's about drugs.

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scottyp
07-02-2007

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Archetype, I think you're overthinking. Superficies, I think you're joking.

It's obviously about their record deal and some guy saying you've got a chance to never have to work (because playing music is not a job) and that's where "one big holiday" comes from. When he says "Was some shakin'," I think he's just saying shaking as in hands; meeting the guys at the record company.

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roevgren
03-07-2008

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The last two minutes of this song might be the best I've ever heard. Sends shivers down my spine every time.

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Test For Echo
04-27-2008

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I think the reason that the song doesn't finish itself with the words is because this song about their career as a band and thats the part of their career they are at when they wrote it. Maybe some day they'll finish and take from where they left off.

I'm reading to far into this.

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Test For Echo
04-27-2008

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I think the reason that the song doesn't finish itself with the words is because this song about their career as a band and thats the part of their career they are at when they wrote it. Maybe some day they'll finish and take from where they left off.

I'm reading to far into this.

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Wingdingo
05-13-2009

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I take this by the literal meaning. Starting with:

wakin' up, feelin' good & limber - One day, the singer wakes up, feeling well and ready for the day.

when the telephone, it ring - all of a sudden the phone rings

was a bad man from california - guessing from the following lines, a record producer, possibly sketchy.

tellin' of a stone he'd bring - I think of the agent or whatever saying "I'll make you golden" that kind of thing, and or diamonds and other types of stones that depict value.

and of better days - this goes with the previous line, promising better days.

from this town, we'd escape - Finally leave a possibly small/mundane town.

if we holler loud & make our way - If they sing loud and proud, in their own way...

we'd all live one big holiday - Their lives would be like a vacation.

so we listened & up the river - They heeded the agent's advice and went up river (to another place)

and recorded all the sounds - Should be obvious enough.

was some shakin' & some record playin' - Like someone said earlier, most likely handshakes in deals and records being played on the radio.

all the leather kids were loud - The rockers (usually associated with leather) were loud, cheering.

The literal meaning aside, when I listen to it, I feel as if I'm at a concert that starts of with an intro, then rocks something ferocious, mellows out a bit, rocks on again, then winds down to end the show. Like another person said, like an Epic tale. That's just me though :P

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bourbonONtherocks
06-15-2009

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this song is so dank...and from the movie STICK IT.

the beginning is incredible and it just makes you want to listen to everything that follows.

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