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Out of the box, out of the kitchen.
Out of the world she's grown so fearful of.
I don't ever want to see you again.
I don't ever want to see you again, my friend.
This is the end.
Out of the house, she grabs the keys, runs for the hills and doesn't leave a letter.
That way the impact will be much better.
Away from the man that she's grown so fearful of.
I don't ever want to see you again.
Why, oh why do you wear sunglasses in the home when the sun went out about an hour ago?
Life should not be that way.
Always up or down, never down and out.
You dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Speak now or forever hold your peace in pieces.
Now that I'm grown I've seen marriages fall to pieces.
Now that I'm grown I've seen friendships fall to pieces.
Weekend warriors, and our best friends.
The writers weren't kidding about how all good things must end.
Then again some things are far too good to go ahead and let go.
Always up or down, never down and out.
You dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Speak now or forever hold your peace.
We won't forget Tony or Johnny.
No matter how they miss us they still wish us the best on the road.
Garrett took a plane to Paris, France.
Now he's cooking up entrees for the pretty, pretty French girls.
Bookends, Blue and Clarity, to The Wall and Grace.
Darkside, Wish and a toast to the late Figure 8.
Weekend warriors and our best friends.
The writers weren't kidding about the good things will live in our hearts.
Always up or down, never down and out.
You dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Speak now or forever hold your peace in pieces.
Out of the world she's grown so fearful of.
I don't ever want to see you again.
I don't ever want to see you again, my friend.
This is the end.
Out of the house, she grabs the keys, runs for the hills and doesn't leave a letter.
That way the impact will be much better.
Away from the man that she's grown so fearful of.
I don't ever want to see you again.
Why, oh why do you wear sunglasses in the home when the sun went out about an hour ago?
Life should not be that way.
Always up or down, never down and out.
You dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Speak now or forever hold your peace in pieces.
Now that I'm grown I've seen marriages fall to pieces.
Now that I'm grown I've seen friendships fall to pieces.
Weekend warriors, and our best friends.
The writers weren't kidding about how all good things must end.
Then again some things are far too good to go ahead and let go.
Always up or down, never down and out.
You dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Speak now or forever hold your peace.
We won't forget Tony or Johnny.
No matter how they miss us they still wish us the best on the road.
Garrett took a plane to Paris, France.
Now he's cooking up entrees for the pretty, pretty French girls.
Bookends, Blue and Clarity, to The Wall and Grace.
Darkside, Wish and a toast to the late Figure 8.
Weekend warriors and our best friends.
The writers weren't kidding about the good things will live in our hearts.
Always up or down, never down and out.
You dream of demons while you sleep that make you stutter when you speak.
Speak now or forever hold your peace in pieces.
Lyrics submitted by ADimeADexter
Track duration: 04:30
"Down and Out" as written by William Beckett
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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they do say "dream of demons while you sleep..."
Possibly he makes references to the devil.
Amazing song, super amazing band,
i make all of my friends listen to it/them.
Out of the box, out of the kitchen
Out of the world
She's grown so fearful of
So fearful of
shes leaving the relationship with someone who she hasnt always feared because it says grown. She's been living with limited perspective-box
I don't ever wanna see you again
I don't ever wanna see you again
I don't ever wanna see you again
I don't ever wanna see you again
My friend
This is the end
-I think it's the narrarator (Will) speaking from the girl's perspective
Out of the house, she grabs the keys
Runs for the hills and doesn't leave a letter
That way the impact will be much better
Away from the man
That she's grown so fearful of
So fearful of
-again she's leaving
Why, oh why
You wear sunglasses in the home when
The sun went down about an hour ago?
Why, oh why
You wear sunglasses in the home when
The sun went down about an hour ago?
Life should not be that way
-this suggests the abusive relationship
Always up or down
Never down and out
-what i get from this is that theres always two alternatives never just an easy out or compromise-something along those lines
Dream of demons while you sleep
That make you stutter when you speak
-She thinks about the abuse and is hesitant to speak or act in certain ways
That's all i got and i think some of the rest is self-explanatory
To me, the firsts stanzas talk about this girl who was "down" and couldn't handle it, so she gave up (suicides?). That's the "down and out" he talks about, and in these first stanzas William is telling the story of this girl as an example.
In the chorus, he questions what she did and also "sends out a message" to everyone, he says "life should not be that way", never should be "down and out". Instead of giving up, even though sometimes we are scared, we should speak, and try to change things.
Then he says he sees people in bad situations like that all the time. Marriages and friendships falling to pieces. He admits that things indeed can be bad ("all good things must end") BUT, despite of how bad things are, he "reminds us" of how good things must have been at some point and says that that's what we've gotta hold on to.
Then he mentions some of his friends who live like that, accepting that life has its "downs" and "ups" but not letting the "downs" get to them. Garrett is happy now in France, but he has had and will have bad times like everyone. And he talks about some of his own good times with these good albums, his best friends. "The good things will live in our hearts". :)
good song.
Just so you know.
"Why, oh why
You wear sunglasses in the home when
The sun went down about an hour ago?
Why, oh why
You wear sunglasses in the home when
The sun went down about an hour ago?
Life should not be that way"
and
"Now that I'm grown
I've seen marriages fall to pieces"
this song is amazing.
Johny is, I'm assuming, Johnny Minardi.
--We won't forget Tony or Johnny oh,oh.
No matter how they miss us they still wish us the best on the road. Garette took a plain to Paris, France.
Now he's cooking up entrees for the pretty, pretty French girls. Bookends, Blue and Clarity, to The Wall and Grace. Darkside, Wish and a toast to the late Figure 8's.-- okay well first of all the shout outs...who's "grace"? secondly if this this song is about the girl running from an abusive father then is the singer a friend who runs with her?