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Hey Mike, if you're listening
I'm calling home to tell you how it is
It's real bad, it's cold out here
It's been a long and lonely year
It's been so long
Don't give up
Don't give in
Don't give up
Be my friend
Hey Mike, when the check arrives
Hope you're gonna buy your girlfriend something nice
A fat ring, a slick new ride
Just let her know it should've been mine
Just let her know
I'm ending up better for this in the end
You'll get a letter addressed to a friend
A friend who's like no friend that I've ever known
When this is over
I want him to know
His dark side shows
His dark side grows
Hey Mike, if you're listening
Hey Mike, will you please return my calls?
Hey Mike, is your shiny car fast enough to catch a shooting star,
The one that we all wished on?
I'm calling home to tell you how it is
It's real bad, it's cold out here
It's been a long and lonely year
It's been so long
Don't give up
Don't give in
Don't give up
Be my friend
Hey Mike, when the check arrives
Hope you're gonna buy your girlfriend something nice
A fat ring, a slick new ride
Just let her know it should've been mine
Just let her know
I'm ending up better for this in the end
You'll get a letter addressed to a friend
A friend who's like no friend that I've ever known
When this is over
I want him to know
His dark side shows
His dark side grows
Hey Mike, if you're listening
Hey Mike, will you please return my calls?
Hey Mike, is your shiny car fast enough to catch a shooting star,
The one that we all wished on?
Lyrics submitted by rb
Track duration: 04:03
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I kinda didn't like the lyrics to this but thinking about them.
I think it's a Father, and his son's name is Mike.
Parents love to be their kids friends.
And they also send money to their kids that don't live with them.
Also, who calls their parents when they move out?
It's probably a Father talking to his son.
The guy who's singing is talking about someone called Mike, and he want him to be his friend, he sends him money, he's waiting Mike's girlfriend enjoys Mike's gifts and a ride on a car (or something like that), but, for some weird reason, Mike doesn't seem to like this guy...
"It's real bad, it's cold out here
It's been a long and lonely year"
Well, it seems they don't see each other al last the one whole year before. I guess it means they don't see a lot each other, in fact I believe they hardly see each other.
"Don't give up, Be my friend"
...
If I knew someone called Mike no matter how great was this guy, if he was so mean to me I wouldn't send him money!
But I was thinking about it a little more and I concluded the only one person I could try to get happy no matter what happen was my own son.
That's the point!
Listen to my theory:
Ryan (Let's call him so) is a middle-aged man who was searching for a job in his own city, but he could'nt find it, so he decided to try to get a job in another place, like another state, another city or, inclusive, another country.
But Ryan has a son: Mike. They had to separate when Mike was too young and that made Mike angry about his own father, for let him alone... (just saying)...
Well, that cold and hard year could mean Ryan was working so hard and he send Mike money, but not just Mike, but all his family (possibly his wife, i don't think he had another son or daughter)...
Mike is angry to Ryan 'cause he broke a promise. I dunno why, but I guess that when I hear "The [shooting star] we all wished on", that's why mike is so mean to Ryan, and why he doesn't want to return his calls or being his friend...
Ryan can't talk directly to Mike, that's why he's writing a letter. He's talking about someone great, a great friend, in fact, the best of them, but he recognize he could get angry (Remember "The Dark side shows, the dark side grows"), that could mean despite everything, Ryan gets hurt by Mike's Attitude to him.
End of the Theory
...Was I high when I thought about this?
Remember that guy of Yellowcard who's got Latin roots... That song could sound like the migration problem... That is the strongest reason I got to believe in my own theory... :]
Then Mike got a girlfriend and everything changed between them two.
Mike stopped answering his calls and hanging out with him.
Kinda like most friends do when they enter a relationship.
Bleh.
I dig this song.
A fat ring, a slick new ride" thats my interpitation :)