Lyrics for A Walk Through Hell as interpreted by tjwells

A Walk Through Hell Lyrics
1,2,3...

and if i could swim,
i'd swim out to you in the ocean,
swim out to where you were floating,
in the dark,
and if i was blessed,
id walk on the water youre breathin,
to lend you some air for that heavin sunken chest,
cause they chose you as the model for their empty little dreams,
with your new head and your legs spread like a filthy magazine,
and they hunt you and they gut you and you give in,
and if i was brave,
id climb up to you on the mountain,
they led you to drink from their fountain,
spouting lies,
and id slay the horrible beast they commissioned,
to steer me away from my mission to your eyes,
and i'd stand there like a soldier with my foot upon his chest,
with my grin spread and my arms out in my bloodstained sundays best,
and you'd hold me,
i'd remind you,
who you are, under their shelves...

i'd walk through hell for you,
let it burn right through my shoes,
these soles are useless without you,
through hell for you,
let the torturing ensue my soul is useless without you...

and if they send a whirlwind id hug it like a harmless little tree,
or an earthquake,
i'd calm it,
and i'd bring you back to me,
and i'd hold you in my weak arms like a firstborn...

i'd walk through hell for you,
let it burn right through my shoes,
these soles are useless without you,
through hell for you,
let the torturing ensue my soul is useless without you...

Now id walk through hell for you.
Whats an adventurer to do but rest these feet at home with you?


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saynething
12-04-2006

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Wow, I just heard it and... yeah it hits me really deep.

To me personally, it is about loving someone so deeply that you would give up Heaven and Earth and, quite literally walk through Hell to save them. There is also a lot in here about how the rest of the world might be against him/her, but the singer is there all along.

I love the "soles to souls" and "sunken chest" comments, these were so well done.

I honestly could listen to this forever. Makes me cry.

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myblueheaven
12-22-2006

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i just started listening to SA, and as huge fan of Taking Back Sunday that i am, i realized that the words "sundays best" are in one of their lyrics. this phrase also appears in Brand New's Soco Amaretto Lime. in taking back sunday's song, this phrase is there for a reason (the whole fight thing, which i'm not going to get into). it may have nothing to do with either TBS or BN, but i just thought i should point it out.

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HeartSparktm
01-18-2007

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i'm pretty sure at the very end it says "now I'VE" not now i'd......

and he says whats an adventurer to do blah blah blah because he's done....

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sxedantheman
01-28-2007

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soem thing i noticed SA are baseball fans and there is a famous Pete Rose quote “I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.” not sayign its about baseball at all but im just takign a wild guess hed heard the quote be4 and made it his on and applied it to the most importent thign to him in his life

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DrinkUpGorgeous
02-17-2007

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my boyfriend loves this song and he told me it was about the lead singers girlfriend being an alcoholic.

"1,2,3...

and if i could swim,
i'd swim out to you in the ocean,
swim out to where you were floating,
in the dark,"

..the ocean is representing a bottle of alcohol.
in the dark.. she's a closet drinker...

"and if I was blessed,
id walk on the water you're breathing,
to lend you some air for that heavin sunken chest,"

..i'll try my best if i can to help you out
water your breathing.. she drinks so much like its water..

"cause they chose you as the model for their empty little dreams,
with your new head and your legs spread like a filthy magazine,
and they hunt you and they gut you and you give in,"

..she was beautiful, perhaps even a model, her new job started to put thoughts into her head, making her think differently, maybe even doing something she regrets. she can't say no, and goes along with it.

"and if I was brave,
id climb up to you on the mountain,
they led you to drink from their fountain,
spouting lies,"

...I'll help you get through this.
drink from the fountains = referring to more drinking / pressure from job
spouting lies = all this drinking is causing her to lie more & more..

"and id slay the horrible beast they commissioned,
to steer me away from my mission to your eyes,"

..I'll fight until you are entirely only mine.
looking in your eyes gives me strength..

"and I'd stand there like a soldier with my foot upon his chest,
with my grin spread and my arms out in my bloodstained Sundays best,"

..I wont stop until your mine..

"and you'd hold me,
I'd remind you,
who you are, under their shelves..."

..I love you, but stop lying..

"I'd walk through hell for you,
let it burn right through my shoes,
these soles are useless without you,
through hell for you,
let the torturing ensue my soul is useless without you..."

..I'd do anything for you bc I love you so much.
there's no point of living if your not by my side...

"and if they send a whirlwind id hug it like a harmless little tree,
or an earthquake,
I'd calm it,
and I'd bring you back to me,
and I'd hold you in my weak arms like a firstborn..."

...throughout anything, I'll be there and protect
you'll never get hurt
we'll always be together
your so precious ...


"Now id walk through hell for you.
Whats an adventurer to do but rest these feet at home with you?"

..now that you just put me through hell,
all i want to do is spend my life w/ you...

atleast that's what i think the song is about.. i can be wrong

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u2ishorrible
03-04-2007

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thank god someone actually analyzed the song... I dont know if I think DrinkupGorgeous is right, but most of her interpretation seems to make sense. I wish someone could back up the argument that the song is about Max's mother with some type of lyrical proof. I just hate everyone who has the need to tell everyone else that they absolutely love this song.

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*~FAVORITE~*
03-08-2007

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this song is one of my favorite songs in the entire world!!! if you REALLY cared about someone this is exactly what you would say to them.. so props to say anything cuz they put it into a song!!

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Mogan33
04-26-2007

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yeah it is "NOW I've"

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annna
04-28-2007

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aw, what a great song..
i was going to go to their concert tonight but im grounded
:(

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annna
04-28-2007

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DrinkUpGorgeous...was his mom a drinker? or is he singing about a girlfriend?

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blu_girl_4eva
05-02-2007

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i'll take a guess...

i think this is about a lad hu wants 2 rescue th girl he loves. she's naive an bein taken advantage of..."cause they chose you as the model for their empty little dreams,
with your new head and your legs spread like a filthy magazine"
he knows she's worth more than this, so wants to rescue her. thts wot i take from it neway.
i love the line... "and i'd hold you in my weak arms like a firstborn" shows what he'd go through 4 her, and still sees her as so angelic an innocent even tho wot she's been thru.

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Hannah Bee
05-10-2007

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this song is so amazing. the idea of a guy doing this for a girl is amazing, and the fact that he wrote it for his mom...eh...doesn't bother me so much because its too cute

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tayRAWR
05-24-2007

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one of my two most favorite "I Love You" songs.
absolutley beautiful, gives me goosebumps ^_^

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severalways
05-27-2007

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definitely my FAVORITE say anything song

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x-i-love-music-x
05-30-2007

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ah love

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nottoolateforcoffee
05-30-2007

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ohh DrinkupGorgeous could be on the right line for sure.

i always thought that, well obviously hes in love with a girl of whom he would do absolutly anything for, & they were going fine along fine but she fell into a the "perfect" trance. maybe she was discovered & became a model, developed an eating disorder etcetc and she just was on a downward slope.
i.e lines "heavin' sunken chest", "the model for their empty little dreams,
with your new head and your legs spread like a filthy magazine,
and they hunt you and they gut you and you give in".

you know. i dont know, maybe not. because of the fact that i do have an eating disorder, i seem to find that meaning in absolutly everything.

opinions?

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prettyvacant
07-18-2007

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i LOOOVE this song. it's probably my favorite by Say Anything.

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prettyvacant
07-18-2007

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to me this song means that this guy will do anything for this girl even though she is changing herself for other people and giving in "and they hunt you and they gut you and you give in" but he still loves her anyway and she can be herself with him. "and you'd hold me, i'd remind you, who you are, under their shelves..."

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davidprevails
08-08-2007

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This October, Doghouse Records will be releasing Say Anything's re-issue of ...Is A Real Boy on 12" vinyl that will include this song.

yup.

this song is wonderful.
kind of weird how its about his mom, but whatever.

I'll just pretend it's about a girl.
I mean, ignorance is bliss :]

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dprfxc
09-12-2007

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this song could quite possibly one of the greatest love songs ive ever heard.

this song is going to be played at my wedding.

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dprfxc
09-25-2007

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this song was just released as a new re-recorded version on AP's new "press play" compilaiton "back to school".
i'd like to know if/where i can download this somewhere off the internet, or at least listen to it.

the chorus of the new version was on AP's myspace for a while and it sounded signifigantly different in tone.


i gotta hear the whole thing!

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hockeydefense14
10-08-2007

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hey why cant i find this song on itunes?

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dprfxc
10-14-2007

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the song isn't available on itunes, the original version, which is the version everyone has, is available on limewire, and most likely soundclick.com as well.

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hockeydefense14
10-29-2007

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so being leagal sucks right?

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MitchDouglas
11-06-2007

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fuck you, tjwells. this song may be great, but chia-like is amazing too. 'was a real boy' is flawless.

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