Lyrics for Fortress as interpreted by fridgebuzz

Fortress Lyrics
Too long till fall
Sick summer in bed
You and a lazy mood
10 times the fall
Spread, sacked, and I've failed
Nobody move
Nobody move

Too far to fall
Sat shiver in bed
You and a test of will
Too many fallen
Too many failed
Nobody move
Nobody move

Days with the light off
Freezing
You and I
Uneasy
Livid

Stop
It's too late
I'm feeling frustrated
I see no sign of fortress
I see no sign of fortress
Stop
It's too late
I'm feeling frustrated
I see no sign of fortress
I see no sign of fortress
Stop
It's too late
I'm feeling frustrated
I see no sign of fortress
I see no sign of fortress
Stop
It's too late
I'm feeling frustrated
I see no sign of fortress
I see no sign of fortress

Safe as a cootie wootie with you
Never pretend the chill
Too many shadows
Too many sails
Nobody move

Summer is only winter with you
How can you really feel?
2 of another
None of a pair
Nobody move
Nobody move

Days with the light off
Freezing
You and I
Uneasy
Livid

Stop
It's too late
I'm feeling frustrated
I see no sign of fortress
I see no sign of fortress
Stop
It's too late
I'm feeling frustrated
I see no sign of fortress
I see no sign of fortress
Stop
It's too late
I'm feeling frustrated
I see no sign of fortress
I see no sign of fortress
Stop
It's too late
I'm feeling frustrated
I see no sign of fortress
I see no sign of fortress

Another delay
Too many hassles
Where do we go?
How do we follow?

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james815
12-04-2004

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something to do with a relationship and maybe something didnt happen at the right time and didnt work out, not really sure

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haywoo1129
12-13-2004

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this song iss really creative and awesome. i think it means a lot. like just overall sick of something, wanting out but still being in.

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Rockstaraza71
12-23-2004

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This song is WAY too enigmatic for me to attempt, but I will. I think it has something to do with either a girl hes been friends with for too long and now he cant get romantically (stop, its too late, im feeling frustrated)...or maybe its about one of those relationships that even after you've been in them for awhile you still dont feel comfortable in, and so he tells himself "stop, its too late, im feeling frustrated"....but again, I have no idea, Im just guessing, which is better than nothing though, right?

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JeffinUSA
12-25-2004

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"Safe as a cootie wootie with you." What a line! I can't fathom this song, but it sounds good.
(My first SM post)

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764-mouser
01-23-2005

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HAHAHA!!! you dolts. If you morons know anything about this band, you should know that pinback doesnt put reason into their lyrics, they put words together to make them sound cool. I just cheked to see if there was a section for pinback lyrics, I knew it. ROFLOL Ok, I'll give you guys a break, everyone has to learn sometime. NOW YOU KNOW!

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12345
01-29-2005

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You, Sir, are a dumbass.

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764-mouser
02-07-2005

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At least your still calling me sir, you learned your lesson last night. I'm not saying I don't like this band, Pinback's "fortress" is on my top 20. I read in a college newspaper and a personal interview that Pinback do not create really meaningful lyrics. "10 times the fall. Spread, sacked, and I've failed.
Nobody Move. " -This doesn't mean shit, but it sounds groovy and I like it. I'm just suprised at how nobody has put my point to words on the Pinback section of Songmeanings.net

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blackaliss
03-03-2005

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it doesn't matter people, this is a forum people can discuss what they want!!

this song hits me so hard. i just saw them live too... mm.

i know that they did not intend this meaning at all so don't start with me.

they're a couple. sick summer. she is sick, the relationship is sick. he wants out. maybe he is an ass, maybe not we don't know. maybe she is nice maybe she is not, we don't know. she is tired, she wants to be loved. is she unlovable we don't know. they're over. he knows it in his sweating palms. and he is talking here. everything is still heavy with all the years' accumulation. and it's not easy. this is not a moment. logically there has to be a way. but no, nothing to lean into. the fortress... it's no good. what they believed in is no longer working. and this is the moment of his anguish. he is going to leave. she is going to perhaps hate.

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jenazabab
04-01-2005

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The very beginning guitar reminds me of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Otherside"

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partayattaylors
04-07-2005

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well, i always thought that it's about sex. and he's having a... problem, in bed.

i don't know, when you look it over... "spread, sacked and i've failed"-- she's "ready" and he's.. not.

"days with the light off," "no sign of fortress"...

or perhaps i should just get my head out of the gutter. :o)

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TREXOR
04-08-2005

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i love it.

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subterranean_summer
04-23-2005

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haha \"delay\"

this song followed me. so i bought the cd. for the song, and my name is in the cd. No, my name is not \"abbadon.\" ahaha

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subterranean_summer
04-23-2005

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i meant abaddon! ay chicoro

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logh
06-08-2005

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i guess the guy in the song is just being practical...

he thought wisely... it's like both he and the girl almost have the same feelings (whatever it is) toward each other...

it's just good for the guy to realize that and speak of it now, although it may be "too late".

WELL I LOVE THE OVER-ALL BEING OF THE SONG!!!

it makes me jive, yet i get depressed...

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thesquarerootof
07-01-2005

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I think this song is about loving someone who is too mentally screwed up or out of it to care about you the way they claim too. Physically, it may feel so right but they just aren't returning the feelings they claim to have. Your feelings are soooo strong and they're just so messed up, and you just can't do it anymore

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onyx_satin
10-28-2005

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I know that guy said that Pinback songs aren't really supposed to mean anything, but this actually makes a little sense to me. The chorus, anyway.
"Stop, it's too late, I'm feeling frustrated
I see no sign of fortress"
to me is like a relationship that isn't really going anywhere. Fortress could be a place of certainty. Neither of them is moving to make the relationship happen and they don't really know what's going on between the two of them, and one of them's finally, "You know what, that's enough. This is frustrating. Are we together or aren't we?"

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Hraesvelg
01-08-2006

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"HAHAHA!!! you dolts. If you morons know anything..."

Care to cite a source? Information doesn't mean anything unless there is something to back it up and so far all we have is an anonymous guy on the internet who took the time to type it. If you can prove it, I'll accept it.

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forgetmyname
01-26-2006

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Does it even matter if they wrote the lyrics to tell a story or make a point?
If someone gets something out of it.. share it!
Thats what this site's here for.
We aren't here to decide what real life event this song is drawn from, although if we could find one it'd be interesting..
Anyways, songs like these that are relatively confusing&random I think are the ones this site works best for, whatever people can draw from them should be posted to help those of us (me) that don't quite see as deep as others here do.

ps. i like the idea that the guy can't keep it up in bed :D

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Hraesvelg
03-04-2006

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Yeah, I would love to read an interperetation of a Pinback song that fits the whole song, but so far that hasn't happened. I'm beginning to accept what Mouser said.

I read somewhere, maybe on this site, maybe I got it from some other possibly unreliable source, that for most of their songs, Rob writes lyrics and Zach writes lyrics, and they mix them together, into the song.

(note that this comment is also not an interpretation of Fortress... I just can't find a clear meaning in this song. But I like it that way. It means that no matter what my mood, I can enjoy this song and not be bothered by a meaning conflicting with what I'm feeling)

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CrimsonLips
05-17-2006

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It doesn't matter if they put words together. Maybe some people like to make the song pertain to experiences they've had.

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amy15243
06-04-2006

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Days with the light off, freezing.
You and I. Uneasy. Livid.

Stop it's too late
I'm feeling frustrated
I see no sign of fortress


a relationship that isn't going anywhere but nobody really has the courage to move it along.

fortress being... a safe place... maybe they are allways at eachother's throats and they are UNEASY and LIVID...?

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bucky1337
07-14-2006

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Hah hah, I just was checking this out and saw 764-mauser's comments. What a dumbass, I bet he hasn't heard ANY other songs except fortress. In which case I could see where he is coming from, this song is so unlike a so many of their other songs, a lot more shallow, so people like him can listen to it. Other songs, like Grey-Machine, REALLY deep.
It all depends on how you look at it, to see meaning or not. mouser, obviously does not.

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TheShoreline
09-27-2006

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Even if Pinback doesnt put meaning into their lyrics one of the most interneting parts of music is how people translate their music into feelings.

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Trearean
12-06-2006

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I think its about how people hold themselves back and the burden they put on others by behaving that way.

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jellypop
12-06-2006

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i think it is about sex, like partay said. maybe, like, not wanting to / being able to get it up, so he just wants to cuddle or something.

"safe as a cootie wootie with you"

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