Ampere – Woodlawn

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It replays everyday and every time I yell the warning, “please turn back!” Sometimes, I can see you in the shadows; I can hear you in the echoes. I can feel you in the darkness. Sometimes, I can see you in the mirror. I can see you in my own eyes… and it scares me to think that somewhere… somehow… you’re not breathing, and I miss you. And I will never be alone when I still see you in my dreams… a minute for each mile, please turn back… a lifetime for each second of broken glass. Open, open, open up your eyes, and come back.

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    General Comment:i'm fairly convinced this is about a traumatic loss, but yeah, it's cool that i guess there might be that little bit of ambiguity. check out my comment on 'Wormwood, Radiation', i'm pretty sure there is a strong link between this song and that song, 'Wormwood, Radiation' being about the trauma that the loss here causes. thoughts?
    Flag nedologiston May 18, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think I agree with "staffoon". The loss of someone with intense regret. Voiceontape's comment saying that the person might still be alive is pretty tight to think of, it almost changes the song entirely, but like nedologist I kind of want to speculate on if the "person" is still alive or not. Voiceontape talked about the quote "Open, open, open up your eyes, and come back." but the line before that, "and I will never be alone when I still see you in my dreams", maybe means that he's telling himself to wake up and forgive and forget?? What do you guys think?
    Flag manbearwallon March 26, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:and it scares me to think that somewhere… somehow… you’re not breathing, and I miss you.

    i listened to this part of the song and immediatley my friend sommer came to mind, i haven't seen her in about 2 years.
    Flag mattymuchachoon October 06, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:and it scares me to think that somewhere… somehow… you’re not breathing, and I miss you.

    i listened to this part of the song and immediatley my friend sommer came to mind, i haven't seen her in about 2 years.
    Flag mattymuchachoon October 06, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:voiceontape's view on it is interesting and works on many levels, but it could also be just a hopeless statement about someone who is literally dead, and, like Wait! says, the like "you're not breathing" does kind of suggest this. it's that phase of denial, that overwhelming feeling after a loss of wanting to bring that person back from the dead even though it's never going to happen. in a sense that's what the whole song is about, it's the person's death haunting the speaker and the speaker constantly wishing that they could have somehow stopped the events leading up to that person's death. beautiful song.
    Flag nedologiston July 26, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I too agree with Voiceontape, but for some reason I think that he is talking about himself. That he let someone down and now regrets it. He can still see the person he was in his own eyes trying to come back.

    P.S, this is my fave ampere song.
    Flag JFFBon February 21, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I took it that the d00d did die, just from the "you're not breathing". The "open up your eyes" could be literal. It kind of gives me the sense that the person is a kind of ghost.
    Flag Wait!on September 10, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Voiceontape, I agree with you, it makes a lot of sense and yup...Ampere fucking owns!
    Flag sedated_emotionson September 06, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:the last part leads me to believe that the person did not die, but that they changed drastically and became somebody else. he wants the old person to open up their eyes and turn back into who they used to be. also, maybe the person who changed was somebody he was in a relationship with? honestly, i can only guess. ampere rules.
    Flag voiceontapeon June 12, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:beautiful, and the intro is the best part of the song omg. i can reloop this shit all day.
    Flag RecoveringPainon April 07, 2006   Link

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