Lyrics for The Story as interpreted by pressreset

The Story Lyrics
I've been thinking of everything I used to want to be
I've been thinking of everything of me of you and me

This is the story of my life
And these are the lies I have created
This is the story of my life
And these are the lies I have created

I'm in the middle of nothing and it's where I want to be
When I'm at the bottom of everything that I finally start to believe

This is the story of my life
And these are the lies I have created
This is the story of my life
And these are the lies I have created
I created

And I swear to God I'll have found myself in the end
And I swear to God I'll have found myself in the end
And I swear to God I'll have found myself in the end
In the end
And I swear to God I'll have found myself in the end
In the end
In the end
In the end
In the end

This is the story of my life
And these are the lies I have created
This is the story of my life
These are the lies I have created
This is the story of my life
These are the lies I have created

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MusicIsTheSoul
09-03-2005

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he's lived a lie and now he is at rock bottom and now his life is changing. he is on a journey to find himself, and he knows he will succeed.


just my confused interpertation. any others?


very good song, just like the rest on the album. jared leto is an underrated songwriting genius

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Kael_of_Blades
11-05-2005

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I agree with that interpreation; i'm not sure how many other ways one could look at this song but im interested in finding out. Especially seeing as i perceive my life as an illusion- a pack of 'beautiful lies' where 'i'll find myself in the end'.

Yeah- Leto IS a songwriting genius. I think he ranks up there with Maynard James Keenan.

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ruvvan
04-19-2006

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Perhaps he's in effect fooled himself by denying the things that he is "starting to believe", therefore living a lie of some sort.

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Donielle
10-05-2006

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He couldn't face everything in his life so he made up lies, and so the lies became his life. Finally it was all uncovered, and he indeed did "hit rock bottom". So there is nothing to lose in his life, he has to face all the lies he created and find himself while dealing with life itself. he knows now he won't give up and go through the same thing aain. he has to deal witht he truth.

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minuteman
12-17-2006

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"and i swear to god i'll have found myself in the end" - struggles with religion? ... ;|

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buffy4angel4eva
01-09-2007

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This song really reminds me of 'Donnie Darko'. Its the story of his life. He has created so many lies in the lost lonely world that he lives in. How his opinions and priorities have changed, and how he wants to stay in the darkness because maybe it is a little safer down there. In the end, he finds himself.

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Ritza Bee
01-13-2007

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I think this song is about him reaching a point in his life where he has to really look inside himself and see what he's become. I think he kinda realizes that his life has been a lie, so now he has to deal with the process of figuring out who he really is.
I think the lines, "this is the story of my life, these are the lies I have created," sound like he is confessing all the lies to someone, whether it's himself, the people around him, or to God. (Some parts of this song seem a little religious to me.. If this part is intended to be as a confession to God, it seems like after realizing the lie his life is he is putting it all on the table and being judged maybe?)
The repeated line, "And I swear to God I'll have found myself in the end," is a desperate promise (to himself, I think) that even after how fake his life has been to this point, he will figure out who he really is.

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30secondstolove
02-07-2007

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Jared's Lyrics are Beautiful. They are so full of passion and depth. They are like nothing i have ever heard before and thats what makes them so powerful!!! TRULY AMAZING!!! I completely adore this song and words cannot even decribe how i feel when i listen to it!!! AWESOME!!

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ladynausea
02-26-2007

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He's figuring out who he really is when this whole time he thought he already knew but turns out he didn't. He could have made a lot of mistakes and told so many lies that he's ashamed of and he's looking back on it.

The lies he told make up his life and he doesn't like it whatsoever. Hitting rock bottom really opened up his eyes and now he's turning to God and telling himself and God that he'll do better and make things right somehow and in the end of it all, he'll be a better person and he knows he can do it.

Where it says, "I'm in the middle of nothing and that's where I want to be" He's saying right now, things have gotton so bad that he may not feel anything anymore, everything is just too much for him that it just seems worthless and it's nothing to him anymore and for feeling so stressed for so long, it feels good to have relief in nothing cause you have nothing to worry about.
This makes sense to me, and I hope it makes sense for you guys too cause when I try to explain this part, it seems like it makes no sense at all.

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SimplyAmazing
02-26-2007

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This is like the point in your life when you realize everything you've done up to this moment was just dumb. After you finally realize that, you just kind of go over everything in your head, over and over. Thinking about what might've been, what should've been. After you go over everything, you just kind of decide "I'm going to dot hings differently now." =)

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xxflyonthewall
07-02-2007

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I think this song could mean something different to everyone.
But the way I see it, it's basically saying that life is a journey. A journey to find your self in the end.
It's about living life to the fullest after making mistakes.
I know people are going to believe differently as they do with alot of 30 Seconds to Mars lyrics because they are indeed very complex but this is the way I look at it...

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Shiisuke
07-20-2007

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this song makes me reflect on my life everytime i listen to it. the lyrics are downright amazing n breathtaking.. Jared is pure genius when it comes 2 songwriting! loved the acoustic as well...dis band kicks ass! XD

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Trinityxjade
01-01-2008

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I think he once was a really...well...'achieving person' with high goals and now, he isn't and he's been caught in a bunch of lies. He is going through depression and he is trying to make things better while trying to find out about himself. I know it confusing, but I know what he means.

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Trinityxjade
01-01-2008

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He has an awesome voice

x- He IS a song writing genious. His lyrics actually mean something

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fucknicole
01-06-2008

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I may be way off base here, but I kind of think that it might be about a compulsive liar who lies so much that he starts to believe his lies, and then realizes one day that he doesn't want to lie anymore, and tries to find the real him underneath of his lies. Thats just what I think.

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stephanie010
04-13-2008

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Suicide. The way the tempo of the music is and how he sings soft gives it a sad emotion. He has clearly gone throgh a breakup, and his lies are the way he lives life but they are not true, he is ery depressed. "I'm in the middle of nothing and it's where I want to be
When I'm at the bottom of everything that I finally start to believe" "nothing is the state of mind that he is in right now and he wants to stay there (death is the best way) and once he commits suicide then he will end all of his suffering and he will be at the bottom of everything. and when he swares to god that he will have found himself in the end part is just that he thinks he is doing the right thing and he has made up his mind. When the music speeds up a little and the voice gets stronger this is where he is very angry and he has made up his mind about jumping or shooting etc. at the end he says these are the lies he has created. He says it very slow then he commits suicide.

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trex6662k5
06-02-2008

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I kinda day dreamed a music video to this.

Imagine having a dream where you saw countless versions of yourself. For every moment you tried to be someone else though lies, he will be there.
You walk though the crowd, pushing and shoving trying to find yourself only to lose a sense of direction and get lose.
In the end you see a younger / teenage version of yourself crying. You reach and grab him only to wake from that dream and find yourself in his place.

Thats my interpretation

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Meta-C13
07-10-2008

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i guess he doesn't know what he is now, and isv ery confused about how he thinks or feels

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Kosak
11-06-2008

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Hey guys, find yourself too ! Free yourself from those fantasy ! A change in you means a change in the world. Thank YOU !

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LaughingPhoenix
11-23-2008

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We are all living lies. There is not a person on this earth who is truly and utterly themselves. It is only when we hit rock bottom, when we suffer that this false self is stripped from us and we are nothing but our naked, true selves without the bull shit. This part: "And I swear to God I'll find myself in the end" means that in the end, in death we will all find ourselves.

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vacuumcleaner
01-14-2009

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I don't like this song as much as ALL of the other ones from "A Beautiful Lie". Although I do think it progressively gets better.

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