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Tell me where our time went
And if it was time well spent
Just don't let me fall asleep
Feeling empty again
Cause I fear I might break
And I fear I can't take it
Tonight I'll lie awake
Feeling empty, I can
Feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
Now that I'm losing hope
And there's nothing else to show
For all of the days that we spent
Carried away from home
Some things I'll never know
And I had to let them go
I'm sitting all alone
Feeling empty, I can...
Feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
Some things I'll never know and I had to let them go
Some things I'll never know
And I had to let them go
But I'm sitting all alone
Feeling empty
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
Feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
You're better off without me
And if it was time well spent
Just don't let me fall asleep
Feeling empty again
Cause I fear I might break
And I fear I can't take it
Tonight I'll lie awake
Feeling empty, I can
Feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
Now that I'm losing hope
And there's nothing else to show
For all of the days that we spent
Carried away from home
Some things I'll never know
And I had to let them go
I'm sitting all alone
Feeling empty, I can...
Feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
Some things I'll never know and I had to let them go
Some things I'll never know
And I had to let them go
But I'm sitting all alone
Feeling empty
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
Feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
You're better off without me
Lyrics submitted by sumimasen08
Track duration: 03:06
"Pressure" as written by Hayley Nichole/farro Williams
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
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And the great thing about the song's meaning is that it is so diverse- it can be applied to a lot of different situations (even if the most glaring is, of course, about the pressures of being in a band).
Jeremy's girlfriend was a model, and he told the band that he wanted to marry her. She later, however, showed to be anorexic. Being in a band, having an anorexic girlfriend, wanting to marry her; it was just all to much for Jeremy to deal with and he had to make a choice.
One day he decided to leave the band to be with his girlfriend and help her with her problems, and to get married to her. He left a note to the band saying:
"There's so much going on...the pressure's getting closer now...You're better off without me."
The song takes that line and incorporates it into itself (that's why it's WE'RE better off, instead of I'm, it's the band in general that he left the note to).
The song is about how they didn't want him to leave, and they're sad that he just left like that.
The lines; "Somethings I'll never know
And I had to let them go
Somethings I'll never know
And I had to let them go
But I'm sitting all alone
Feeling empty"
are about that. About how they don't know why he left, about their confusion over it and where he went. Ultimately they found him, they found out what happened, and he eventually returned to the band when things had settled down.
The beginning, where it seems like a break up song, is about wondering what it was all for. They wonder if he enjoyed his time with them, if they meant much to him, and at the same time it's wondering if the time he's spending now is worth it. If the time spent on his girlfriend has paid off. (Just one of the things they'll never know)
As a whole, it's like a message to him. That they miss him, they hope he's okay and happy, and that while he say's they're better off without him; right now they still miss him and feel alone/empty without him.
I think this song is about a boy and girl who went out and the girl fell hard for the boy but then he ended it and it hurt her alot, and shes thinking about all the times spent with him: "Tell me where our time went and if it was time well spent."
I think this girl hurts every night about it: "Just dont let me fall asleep feeling empty again."
I think that she feels as though she cant take it anymore but theres nothing she can do about it so she just has to deal with it: "Cause I fear I might break and I fear I cant take it tonight I'll lie awake feeling empty."
I think her friends are trying to pressure her into moving on because they know shes hurting from being so stuck on this guy: "I can feel the pressure its getting closer now We're better off without you I can feel the pressure its getting closer now We're better off without you."
I think the girl thought at first they would get back together but is starting to lose hope as time goes on: "Now that I'm losing hope and theres nothing else to show for all of the days that were spent carrying away from hope."
I think the girl is trying to figure out why he ended it but cant figure it out so she just tries to let the thought go but she cant because its the only thing she can think of and that makes her feel even more lonely: "Somethings I'll never know and I had to let them go I'm sitting all alone feeling empty."
Finaly i think the last line has to do with her friends telling her something that makes her feel bad about wanting him back so she saying that now she thinks he would be better of without her: "Feel the pressure its getting closer now you're better off without me."
oh yeah and 4 any1 else wo readsthis i know this probs sounds weird but krystle and i are BFF's lol u all thought i was a loner tlking to some1 i didn't know HA HA!
Either way having the high life of a super model or working in a fast food place, it can make life a nob.
I am pretty sure that's not the actually meaning but whatever haha.