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You wanted to know us
If it was for the pain that its caused us
For the lies, such a white lie
Don't know what it was to deserve this
As simple as I can
I'll tell you the difference
Between a pencil and a pen
And where it will leave us
Now as your body lets you die
And I sit here still alive
In my memory I wrote you down in ink
I never wanted to erase your story
Even with the tragedy it brings
The fluid in your lungs
That tells you you're losing
Stop breathing
the medicine that comes
Will fix you, will help you
But takes you from conscious to sleep
Place my hands to face and weep
In my memory I wrote you down in ink
I never wanted to erase your story
even with the tragedy it brings
Smiling, beautiful
Something torn from my hands
I'm not ready for you to die
(Can't tell what josh is screaming)
This day will end
With the lies complete
My closest friend
Here in front of me
(Can't tell what josh is screaming)
You wanted to know us
If it was for the pain that its caused us
For the lies, such a poor thing
Don't know what it was to deserve this
If it was for the pain that its caused us
For the lies, such a white lie
Don't know what it was to deserve this
As simple as I can
I'll tell you the difference
Between a pencil and a pen
And where it will leave us
Now as your body lets you die
And I sit here still alive
In my memory I wrote you down in ink
I never wanted to erase your story
Even with the tragedy it brings
The fluid in your lungs
That tells you you're losing
Stop breathing
the medicine that comes
Will fix you, will help you
But takes you from conscious to sleep
Place my hands to face and weep
In my memory I wrote you down in ink
I never wanted to erase your story
even with the tragedy it brings
Smiling, beautiful
Something torn from my hands
I'm not ready for you to die
(Can't tell what josh is screaming)
This day will end
With the lies complete
My closest friend
Here in front of me
(Can't tell what josh is screaming)
You wanted to know us
If it was for the pain that its caused us
For the lies, such a poor thing
Don't know what it was to deserve this
Lyrics submitted by ic3box
Track duration: 03:05
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"You wanted to know if
If it was worth the pain that it has caused us.
Both our lives - subtract one life
To know why it was you deserved this"
Basically, this sets the whole theme. Someone is dying, and a lot of people are being hurt because of it.
"As simple as I can
I'll tell you the difference
Between a pencil and a pen
And where it will leave us now
As your body lets you die,
And I sit here still alive"
This person is feeling sorrow due to the fact his friend is dying and he's not.
"In my memory I wrote you down in ink
I never wanted to erase your story
Even with the tragedy it brings"
Pretty self-explainitory. He memorializes his friend so others can remember.
"The fluid in your lungs
That tells you you're losing, stop breathing
The medicine that comes will fix you
Will help you but takes you from conscious to sleep
Place my hands to face and weep"
This line hits personally with me. Actually, this whole song does. It reminds me of my best friend who had Cystic Fibrosis, which is a deadly lung disease. The mucus filled his lungs, he was losing, the medicine they gave him was supposed to help, but he went into a coma as I sat there and cried watching him die.
"Something beautiful
Something torn from my hands"
The friend has just passed.
"I'm not ready for you to die"
Speaks for itself.
"(I can't leave here like this, get away from her)
This day will end with a life complete
(that is not all that she was. I don't want to say goodbye yet)
This day will end with a life complete"
Begging the disease to go away, why her, why her? The disease wasn't all she was, and they don't want to say goodbye.
"My closest friend here in front of me"
The friend is dead now in front of the living friend, full of regret and sorrow.
I never wanted to erase your story
Even with the tragedy it brings"
I love this line because all it really says is that, "Yes, people that you love are in some way going bring more pain than if you would choose to isolate your self and never meet anybody. But it is worth it." This is so far the best song of theirs I've heared.
As everyone said, "the difference Between a pencil and a pen" ... "In my memory I wrote you down in ink". Great, great lines.
For the song, it honestly sounds like death by cancer. Lungs fill up with fluid. Pain medicine is necessary but makes you loopy. Eventually, they induce a coma and that's the end. It happens too soon for all involved.
This day will end with a life complete
(that is not all that she was. I don't want to say goodbye yet)
This day will end with a life complete
My closest friend here in front of me
coolestguyever puyt that WRITE ones down.
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That tells you you're losing, stop breathing" i think the person was drowning and the narrator didnt get the chance to save them
I think the verse:
"As simple as I can
I'll tell you the difference
Between a pencil and a pen
And where it will leave us now
As your body lets you die,
And I sit here still alive
In my memory I wrote you down in ink
I never wanted to erase your story
Even with the tragedy it brings"
totally gives the alzheimers thing away. He is trying to explain to her how his memory has a permanent ink written account of his life with her and she has a pencil memory that erases their memories every day, whether she wants it to or not. And it is a tragedy that two people are in love are torn apart by a disease that neither of them have no control over. That to me is what the song is about.
"You wanted to know if
If it was worth the pain that it has caused us.
Both our lives - subtract one life
To know why it was you deserved this"
K well having someone dying is an insane pain for both people, and someone dies of course, and they are wondering why they deserved this or what they did.
"As simple as I can
I'll tell you the difference
Between a pencil and a pen
And where it will leave us now
As your body lets you die,
And I sit here still alive"
This is why I don't think it's about breaking up; it's saying that pencils are erasable but pens aren't and the girl he's singing about is the pencil, he's the pen. She's dying (being erased) while he sits there still alive.
"In my memory I wrote you down in ink
I never wanted to erase your story
Even with the tragedy it brings"
I will never forget you, no matter how much pain and suffering thinking about you brings.
"The fluid in your lungs
That tells you you're losing, stop breathing
The medicine that comes will fix you
Will help you but takes you from conscious to sleep
Place my hands to face and weep"
There's probably some disease that I don't know about that has to do with having liquids in your lungs that she's dying of. The medicine to cure her will make her unconcious (or however you spell it) and she may die from that. That makes him sad because he like can't do anything to help her.
"Something beautiful
Something torn from my hands"
She is beautiful, but being taken away.
"I'm not ready for you to die"
Speaks for itself.
"(I can't leave here like this, get away from her)
This day will end with a life complete
(that is not all that she was. I don't want to say goodbye yet)
This day will end with a life complete"
I can't say goodbye, it's too much, she's amazing, etc.
"My closest friend here in front of me"
She was his closest friend.
Once again, that whole breaking up thing can work I guess, but this does too. I don't really know the true meanings but I guess no one but Emery does. Amazing song. K bye.