I'm losing sight, don't count on me.
I chase the sun, it chases me.

You know my name.
You know my face.
You'd know my heart.
If you knew my place.
I'll walk straight down.
As far as I can go.

(Chorus)
I follow you.
You follow me.
I don't know why you lie so clean.
I break right through the irony.

Enlighten me.
Reveal my fate.
Just cut these strings that hold me safe.

You know my head.
You know my pains.
You'd know my heart.
If you knew your place.
I'll walk straight down.
As far as I can go.

Chorus(2X)



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    General Comment:Since they usually have more than one meanings to their songs I could see this as a relationship as many others have said with somebody, but also a relationship with God or whoever he is supposed to follow. He believes if he follows them they should follow him letting him know that he is there. "Enlighten me, Reveal my fate" Also another line I find relating to he wants answers from the man if he is going to follow him. "I'll break right through the irony" Pretty simple explanation "I'll follow you, If you follow me." It would be ironic if God were to do these things he asks of like everyone else because he knows so many people ask for the same and try to speak to him, but knows the answers and existence of God clarity isn't absolute. Also saying God knows his place, heart, and pains if God actually were in his place or actually does what people believe to say. A questioned relationship with God trying to find some answers, in a way of trying to tell him he's done if he doesn't give back/show what Ben gives him or asks of him, or when he reaches out to him. "I'm losing sight, don't count on me" He's saying that what he has thought was true or believed to be the right why is starting to make him realize that maybe everything he believed might not actually be true, or this could be he's just losing direction. So don't count on him when he's in this state of mind. Even though he's in this state of mind he will "I will walk strait down, as far as I can go" he will keep moving forward and won't stop regardless of how lost or confused he may be. This is my take on it rather than a relationship with someone which it may well be but I feel like this could be another good chance of a take on what he's really trying to say throughout the song.
    Flag JizzMonkeyon January 22, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:This is my take. I am going through this situation with somebody extremely important to me. I wouldn't do the point justice if I didn't collectively term him as my soul mate. I'm the kind of person to pay attention to intuition, feelings, underlying things usually that go completely unnoticed. I believe these things exist because I have proof enough to me to believe so. Its like love, you can't see it but you KNOW its there. That being said...I will only admit this here....not even to anybody else including myself. My most cherished, best friend...I'm completely head over heels in love with him. I have been for yeeeaaarrrrsss. At one drunk point, I spilled my heart out all over him....end result? He quit talking to me and later when we reconnected, he said it was because I was being clingy.Ouch. So I sucked it up, put my best friend mask back on and play the game just to be around him. This will come off as ego but I mean for it to be conveyed as a feeling of complete truth. There is something there between him and I. We've hooked up, a few times sparingly (which I think is to prevent clingyness) yes drinks were involved, but not to the point he's not aware of what he's doing- its different. He seems to think I'm not looking but usually he can be very emotionless as a person, but HOW he looked at me when we 'connected'- and even just other random instances- there's something his eyes are telling me- I know I sound completely non-fact based but I'm the kind of person where I give hints on how I truly feel to remain protected because my heart engulfs things like a protective cocoon to protect those I truly love. Here's the kicker...I was engaged...wore the ring by accident -yes I tried hiding it from him- but like I said, I leave hints...I think I may have had him bite. Needless to say, engagement off, single, and about to move out...into a house....with him and his friend. His idea. Interesting eh? lol So I felt I had to give a little back story to explain my perception of this song that has suited itself to my reflective learning process of what the heck is going on between me and him- I'm literally studying us....body language...reading between the lines...pupil dilation...I'm scavenging for the same hints I drop but with him, I'm finding them. Bad Part? A debilitating fear of repeating the same course as the last time-clingy=no best friend, soul mate, anything. I love and care for him soooo much and want him to know it all because I am so open to him, and I'm not an open person. Anyways onto the song....

    I'm losing sight, don't count on me. (losing focus because of self doubt- am I really the soul mate destined to make his life amazing?

    I chase the sun, it chases me. (I chase him and he chases me- he's the light in my dark- the day to day game we play)

    You know my name. (didn't expect him to care about my name, but he knows it)
    You know my face. (he reads "reactions" as he has admitted- i.e. he reads people, studies them,like I do)
    You'd know my heart. (he could...)
    If you knew my place. (if he realized the feeling I have for the soulmate presence- I believe anyways)
    I'll walk straight down. (with confidence....)
    As far as I can go. ( I will keep going because of the faith I have that we're meant to be )

    (Chorus)
    I follow you. ( I'm still there....and won't leave because I know the hidden secret- faith based )
    You follow me. ( I pay attention to his cues....)
    I don't know why you lie so clean. ( he's intuitive, I know he sees/feels it but continues friendship basis- faith based)
    I break right through the irony. ( I see the soul mate aspect clearly, we remain friends based for comfort and protection from what he's fearful of, he chases chicks around me for sport, I allow and promote it to retain my comfort and protection and to study his reactions....he lets out the bad boy and comes back to what's trustworthy and protective....me)

    Enlighten me. (He noticed "I look down whenever I talk about him" (ex-fiance)He notices the fact he makes me laugh and smile and pulls me out of my head of chaos...and I pay attention to EVERYTHING he says- not in stalker freak way, I'm literally intrigued and enlightened.
    Reveal my fate. (the 'love' reveal happened awhile ago, I fear he thinks I no longer feel that way because I have become soooo good at the friendship mask- I want him to reveal my passion and love for him)
    Just cut these strings that hold me safe.(my mask...I'm ready to reveal but still hold the mask for protection of being humiliated from allowing my feelings for him out- the fear still exists from the "clingy" situation

    You know my head. (he knows what others never have or can see...I'm good at the mask thing.)
    You know my pains. (he's my best friend....he is the only one who knows truly what goes on in my life. I respect our connection and treat it with the highest honor of knowing me inside out- accept for the love part :/
    You'd know my heart. (he could find out....)
    If you knew your place. (if he knew his place- yeah literally)
    I'll walk straight down.(with confidence....)
    As far as I can go. ( I will keep going because of the faith I have that we're meant to be )


    Chorus(2X)
    As you can see I am hopelessly devoted to him. Almost like a marriage without the option of divorce. He is the one...I can feel it....like love...I feel and know it exists....but I can't get through. I don't know why. I fear its because he doesn't believe or have the faith I do for 'us'. I am caught in the middle of this warfare of love currently. We'll be moving in together soon with another roomie who can help strengthen my friendship mask, but I venture forth without fear to further study and learn about this "feeling" of soulmate is about. I never believed in it before....until I found him. Day 1 I knew he was the one...honestly...he doesn't open up to just anybody as I have learned...the first night we met my sister was throwing herself at him (she has done this to boyfriends of mine, they always met the same fate...dumped for their action....but he didn't fall for it....and he stayed up talking to me til 5am....there's something there....if anyone can tell me if I'm crazy for feeling this way....please tell me lol
    Flag crazy2apointon August 22, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:An anthem to sporadic relationships, a perpetual game of cat and mouse. The temptation for a substance or purely love. Chemistry of love.
    Flag ZachHunteron June 28, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:In the second verse the person speaking seems to be almost daring the one they seek independence from to tell them what their future will be.
    "Just cut these strings that hold me safe" seems to be saying that the speaker wants the person holding onto them to let them go out into the world, away from the safety of home.

    "You know my head
    You know my gaze
    You'd know my heart if you knew your place" seems to be saying that the person holding onto the speaker has a position of authority over the speaker would they understand the speaker's point of view better if they looked at it from a different perspective.

    All in all, I'm looking at this from a kid trying to leave home. It's like their parents don't look at them like the adult they are and are still trying to dictate their life for them. The kid wants to seek independence but their parents are holding them back. The kid in return fights for their independence even harder because of this. There's my two cents worth. ^.^
    Flag rockmetalgirlon October 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:These lyrics seem to speak of finding independence from the one that they once followed- same person now follows them. It family relationships in the sense that some parents don't look at the their child (who is now an adult) from any perspective but their own. That can be seen in the first verse.

    "I'm losing sight, don't count on me.
    I chase the sun, it chases me.

    You know my name.
    You know my face.
    You'd know my heart.
    If you knew my place.
    I'll walk straight down.
    As far as I can go."

    The last two lines indicate a willingness to find their independence on their own when they're being held back. The chorus shows how the person is either following the person they're trying to gain independence from or being held back by them. The irony of the relationship is how even when the person speaking is trying to gain independence they're being held back.
    Flag rockmetalgirlon October 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This song is awesome! I can't quite figure out what it means to me yet, but I always feel a lot when I hear it. I freaking love the guitar part especially at the beginning! BB is amazing!
    Flag Dark Angel 35on November 02, 2009   Link
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    My Opinion:They REALLY need to play this song live.
    They never have yet
    Flag pastachickennugget42on June 26, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:anyone got any pointers on what
    "I don't know why you lie so clean"
    is about?
    I saw the lyric and it's just stuck in my head - i don't know why
    Flag k8t11on July 15, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Well to me this song is about rivalry and here what I mean.

    I'm losing sight, don't count on me.
    I chase the sun, it chases me.

    The first 2 lines mean

    That the 2 rivals are willing to doing anything to be better then there rival and they are both following each other as well and they “chase” each other in the race to be the better person/fighter/ect.

    You know my name.
    You know my face.
    You'd know my heart.
    If you knew my place.
    I'll walk straight down.
    As far as I can go.

    This line tells us that both of the rivals know each other and are both willing to go as far as they can even if it cost them their lives/friends/ect.

    Enlighten me.
    Reveal my fate.
    Just cut these strings that hold me safe.

    This tell us that they talk to each other by “enlighten them” and “revealing there fate” so they can get even more motivated in being better than there rival.

    You know my head.
    You know my pains.
    You'd know my heart.
    If you knew your place.
    I'll walk straight down.
    As far as I can go.

    The lines tell that they are at their limits but they know that there rival won’t give up knowing there head, pain and where their heart is leading them. So they continue pushing as far as they can go.

    Cure this wait
    I hate this wait

    This is no there but this is a key point in the song as it tells they try as they wait for the day when they show that they are better than there rival. And same with anyone they hate that wait.

    I follow you.
    You follow me.
    I don't know why you lie so clean.
    I break right through the irony.

    As the song goes on they follow each other to learn how they can improve themselves and they lie about how they are grater then each other knowing they are lying or are they not.
    Flag draackon July 02, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This and Shallow Bay are the only good songs off of Saturate.
    Flag Mathesonon May 21, 2008   Link

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