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I got a story it's almost finished
All I need is someone to tell it too
Maybe, that's you.
Our time is borrowed and spent to freely
Every minute I have needs to be made up
But how?
I'm looking for a nice way to say
"I'm out."
I want out.
I fall asleep with my friends around me
Only place I know, I feel safe
I'm gonna call this home
The open road is still miles away
Ain't nothing serious
We still have our fun
Oh we had it once
But windows open and close
That's just how it goes
Don't it feel like sunshine afterall
The world we love forever, gone
We're only just as happy
As everyone else seems to think we are
I'm in love with the ordinary
I need a simple space
To rest my head
And everything gets clear
Well I'm a little ashamed for asking
But just a little helps
It gets me straight again
Helps me get over it
It might seem like a dream
But it's real to me
Don't it feel like sunshine afterall
The world we love forever, gone
We're only just as happy
As everyone else seems to think we are
You should see the canals are freezing
You should see me high
You should just be here
Be with me here
It doesn't seem there's hope for me
I let you down
But I won't give in now
Not for any amount
All I need is someone to tell it too
Maybe, that's you.
Our time is borrowed and spent to freely
Every minute I have needs to be made up
But how?
I'm looking for a nice way to say
"I'm out."
I want out.
I fall asleep with my friends around me
Only place I know, I feel safe
I'm gonna call this home
The open road is still miles away
Ain't nothing serious
We still have our fun
Oh we had it once
But windows open and close
That's just how it goes
Don't it feel like sunshine afterall
The world we love forever, gone
We're only just as happy
As everyone else seems to think we are
I'm in love with the ordinary
I need a simple space
To rest my head
And everything gets clear
Well I'm a little ashamed for asking
But just a little helps
It gets me straight again
Helps me get over it
It might seem like a dream
But it's real to me
Don't it feel like sunshine afterall
The world we love forever, gone
We're only just as happy
As everyone else seems to think we are
You should see the canals are freezing
You should see me high
You should just be here
Be with me here
It doesn't seem there's hope for me
I let you down
But I won't give in now
Not for any amount
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I actually think it's about a friend or lover's death, possibly by suicide.
"Our time is borrowed and spent too freely"
You take your own, and others', lives for granted.
"But windows open and close // that's just how it goes"
Basically? Sheet happens.
And this especially makes me think death:
"Don't it feel like sunshine after all?//
The world we love, forever gone"
This makes me think it's suicide:
"We're only just as happy // as everyone else seems think we are"
"You should see, the canals are freezing// You should see me high // You should just be here // be with me here"
Which seems to be reminiscing and wishing he could share it with someone. I don't think when he says "high" that he means on a trip, I think he means happy and content.
"It doesn't seem there's hope for me // I've let you down"
Maybe he couldn't convince the person not to commit suicide?
"But I won't give in now, not for any amount"
He won't give up, just because he 'failed' the person, and just because he misses said person.
It doesn't have to be a lover - it could be a close friend or a family member.
as for the snippets of their relationship being the various verses, i could potentially see that in the last verse ("canals are freezing... you should just be here..."). but i think it could also just be him admitting that he isn't FULLY over her, and that he did actually love her at one point, and that a little part of him will always love her, even as they go their separate ways.
"I fall asleep with my friends around me", yep, done that a few times.
"Don't it feel like sunshine afterall? The world we loved forever gone. We're only just as happy as everyone else seems to think we are" makes me feel at one with the world.
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i'm looking for a nice way to say
"i'm out"
I want out
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Great song...
Here is how i defend my stance:
"i got a story it's almost finished"
school is coming to an end
"but windows open and close
thats just how it goes"
what i think he means by this is that time old saying when one door closes another opens; and what is the ultimate definition of this? a high school graduation, whe one chapter of your life ends another will open
"dont it feel like sunshine afterall
the world we love forever, gone"
hes scared that hes going out into the world but he knows its to brighter days
"you should the canals are freezing
you should see me high
you should just be here
be with me here"
(god, thats my favoite part); anyway, its like he wants his friends, maybe girlfried, to be with him evry step of the way but he knows theyre all going off in different directions
anyway, the best thing about jimmy eat world is they wrte songs that can mean s much to people for different things
they recently passed brand new as my favorite band