Lyrics for Who I Am Hates Who I've Been as interpreted by BrandNew1208

Who I Am Hates Who I've Been Lyrics
I watched the proverbial sunrise
Coming up over the Pacific end
You might think I'm losing my mind
But I will shy away from the specifics

'Cause I don't want you to know where I am
'Cause then you'll see my heart
In the saddest state it's ever been
This is no place to try and live my life

Stop right there
That's exactly where I lost it
See that line
Well I never should have crossed it
Stop right there
Well I never should have said that
It's the very moment that I
Wish that I could take back

I'm sorry for the person I became
I'm sorry that it took so long for me to change
I'm ready to make sure I never become that way again
'Cause who I am hates who I've been
Who I am hates who I've been

I talked to absolutely no one
Couldn't keep to myself enough
And the things bottled inside have finally begun
To create so much pressure that I'll soon blow up and
I heard the reverberating footsteps
Synching up to the beating of my heart
And I was positive that unless
I got myself together
I would watch me fall apart

And I can't let that happen again
'Cause then you'll see my heart
In the saddest state it's ever been
This is no place to try and live my life

Stop right there
That's exactly where I lost it
See that line
I never should have crossed it
Stop right there
I never should have said that
It's the very moment that I
Wish that I could take back

Stop right there
That's exactly where I lost it
See that line
Well I never should have crossed it
Stop right there
Well I never should have said that
It's the very moment that I
Wish that I could take back

I'm sorry for the person I became
I'm sorry that it took so long for me to change
I'm ready to make sure I never become that way again
'Cause who I am hates who I've been
Who I am hates who I've been

Who I am hates who I've been
And who I am will take the second chance you gave me
Who I am hates who I've been
'Cause who I've been only ever made me

So sorry for the person I became (so sorry for)
So sorry that it took so long for me to change (so sorry that)
I'm ready to make sure I never become that way again (I'm ready to)
'Cause who I am hates who I've been
Who I am hates who I've been

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walls so thick
10-02-2004

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amazing lyrics.

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Kaylaaaa
11-01-2004

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Gotta love it.

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miss la de da
11-12-2004

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i could never figure out what that first line was....!

anyone know what a peruvial sunrise is...? :-/

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Wheresyourhope
11-14-2004

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It's actually proverbial - OR so their CD slip says, but i doubt these lyrics are wrong since they are straight from the cd lol

Proverbial - Of the nature of a proverb.

pro-verb (prvûrb)
n.

A word or construction that takes the place of a verb or verb phrase, such as do in the sentence She likes ice cream and I do, too.

A short pithy saying in frequent and widespread use that expresses a basic truth or practical precept.

a trite maxim; a similitude; a parable. The Hebrew word thus rendered (mashal)
has a wide signification. It comes from a root meaning "to be like," "parable."
Rendered "proverb" in Isa. 14:4; Hab. 2:6; "dark saying" in Ps. 49:4, Num. 12:8.
Ahab's defiant words in answer to the insolent demands of Benhadad, "Let not him
that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off," is a well
known instance of a proverbial saying (1 Kings 20:11).

this is taken from Dictionary.com.. I am still confused

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Lunchbox3002
11-26-2004

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This is...uh...Let It All Out

...I think...unless my Winamp is acting up

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Lunchbox3002
11-26-2004

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Nevermind, I'm stupid

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distancex3
12-19-2004

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love this song<3

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2Tired2TryAgain
12-27-2004

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I would like to say thanks to Matt for writing this song about MY life in the past year.. lol.. Only Kidding, but this song like really is my past year. Cause I really do hate who I've been. I can relate to both a friendship and my relationship with Christ.

Proverb - A forceful and brief statement that expresses a basic truth. .. The sun always rises- that is a basic truth.

The second verse really gets me. I think its about someone who really doesn't have anyone to turn to, and even if they did they don't feel comfortable talking about it. So they hold it in, they get paranoid and jumpy. And all the pressure is building , even though they are getting away with everything. To them it feels like things are about to come crashing down. The next part, I feel is where they incorporate Christ into the song. "Reverberating footsteps synching up to the beating of my heart." Like Christ was already in his heart he had just screwed up and Christ was pounding hard in his mind trying to tell him to come back. "And I was positive that unless I got myself together
I would watch me fall apart" Need I say more?
He says he couldn't let that happen again because he is humiliated about what he has done before and that he has has to pick up the pieces of his broken life all by himself.

The Chorus needs no explanation. It is very flat out. It's a confession to someone that he has messed up and he's sorry it took so long for him to see it and change.

Stay True, "Weyne"

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snessk
01-02-2005

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I love this song too

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liebherk
01-05-2005

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those lyrics are freaking riddled with errors.

"I'm ready to
[make sure I never become] that way again "

"I talk[ed] to absolutely no one
Couldn't keep to myself [enough]
and [the] things
bottled inside have finally begun
to create so much pressure that I['ll soon blow up and]
I heard the [reverberating] footsteps
[synching] up to the beating of my heart
and I was positive that [unless]
I got myself together
[I would watch me fall apart]"

"Who I am hates who I've been
and who I am will take the second chance [you] gave me

Who I am hates who I've been
'cause who I am [only ever] made me "

"Cause then you'll see my heart in the saddest state it's ever been"

I think "state" is a pun on the condition of his heart and one of the fifty states. Plus, in the next line he says "this is no place to try and live my life". Plus, the "line" in the chorus could be a state boundary? Maybe he "lost it" and ran away from his family or somebody else close to him? Ehh... kinda far-fetched, but something to think about.

I like the line "I was positive that unless I got myself together I would watch me fall apart"; it's like either do or die, he's falling apart, so he's got to pull himself together. I didn't realize it for a few times of listening to it...

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relientkfan88
01-08-2005

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This is an awesome song, no doubt about it. I love it, it's truly what i have gone through and found God, and stuff. I love this song and band forever...

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SpoonIsRock
03-21-2005

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This song is about Matt's regretful stay in Australia. Hence, "I watched the proverbial sunrise
coming up over the Pacific end." He was basically in solitude, "I talk to absolutely no one", and in the song he is reviewing his life and his walk with God.

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photocopied_heart
07-27-2005

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"i would also like to thank matt for writing this song about me (lol). i've had a really really. . . weird year and this is exactly what happened (and is still happening) to me:

I talked to absolutely no one
Couldn't keep to myself enough
and the things
bottled inside have finally begun
to create so much pressure that I'll soon blow up"

this is an awesome song!

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ImaGoonE@ptd.net
08-28-2005

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it sounds like someone's been in reeehaaabbb!

i have a friend in rehab and i was there today and these people were all talking about thier expirences and when i listen to the lyrics i would be able to related instantly if i was them.

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ImaGoonE@ptd.net
08-28-2005

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it sounds like someone's been in reeehaaabbb!

i have a friend in rehab and i was there today and these people were all talking about thier expirences and when i listen to the lyrics i would be able to related instantly if i was them.

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snowbeast2005
09-01-2005

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its about making mistakes and cha ging and noticing you were wrong

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urmyoneregret
11-07-2005

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i think this song is about addiction. every single word in it relates to the feelings of drug abuse.. gettign your self clean an then never wanting to do it again... the whole "i talk to absolutely no one" - like no one understands what it feels like so u keep everything in untill you reach ur complete low point.. "see that line"-- coke lines?--" i will shy away from the specifics "- im not gonna go into every detail .. you figure it out. oh my god ... i love this songg

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napasah
12-19-2005

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even though I obviously know what the title of the song is, I keep hearing "who I am MAKES who I've been"....

meaning:
regret
second chances
redemption
guilt
growing up and reflecting on the growing process.

i don't really see the addicition interpretation, but if you do, that's cool

I LOVE the video for this song.

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sam_rose32
12-28-2005

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FANTASTIC song. It's totally the story of my life, and my boyfriend's too! But I think that's what makes a great band great. No matter who you are or what your experiences have been, they will make you feel like they're singing just to you. That's what music's about people. Not the words, not the genre, not even the sound. It's about changing emotions. It's about impacting people.

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bendingsilverspoons
01-08-2006

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The most ridiculous thing in my life right now: I'm agnostic, and I can't put down this cd. Thats how good relient k is in a music sense.

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what
01-09-2006

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This song basically about being selfish at one point and thinking only of yourself and your problems. It's about someone who sulked around pittying themselves and realized how selfish it was and all the people that he forgot in the mixed up strain for absolute patheticness. He's apologizing for moping around and not being sensitive to anyone else. He doesn't ever want to be that way again. The lyrics start whining and than it'll say that whole ' stop right there, that's exactly where I lost it. See that line, well I never should have crossed it." It's him reflecting on being a selfish person and than saying 'stop right there' what was I thinking? I was so selfish. So he apologizes for being so selfish.

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just one taste
01-12-2006

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it reminds me of my life cuz i LOVE the part where he says "cause i dont want you to know where i am,cuz then youll see my heart and the saddest state its EVER been in" cuz yeah...im REAL SAD cuz i did hurt some1 fa real aannndd i dont want them really to communicate w/ me sometimes cuz i KNO i fucked up and i hate admittin that i wrong and i dont want him to know that yeah i fucked up i kno it...i mean he know si kno i fucked up but w.e. yeah this song deff. relates to every1 cuz i bet every1 on this planet has hurt some1 and made a mistake w/ em aanndd they VERY VERY VERY MUCH do regret it...SHIT I DO!

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wokeupinacar
01-25-2006

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well relient k are all christians and i'm pretty sure it's about losing their relationships with Christ and coming back around to him, hating their former selves and wanting to change back into the way they are supposed to be.

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jynx1233
01-29-2006

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I really luv this song

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xx_sunshine
02-08-2006

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Regret. Regret. Regret.
Realizing a mistake in the past and regretting it.
This is a really sad song, I can relate to it.. I think.

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