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Hello you, how was the rest,
You made it through but never the less,
I got you out on a wire, you be love and ill be a liar.
Tell it all and fill up the air, but make it loud cause nobodies there
Nobodies there, nobodies there
Stop, turn, take a look around,
At all of the lights and sounds,
Let them bring you in
Slow, burn, let it all fade out
And pull the curtain down,
Wonder where you've been
Make it new but stay in the lines, just let go,
Keep it inside, smile big for everyone, even when you know what they've done.
They gave you the end but not where to start, not how to build, how to tare it apart,
So Tell it all and fill up the air, but make it loud cause nobodies there,
Nobodies there, nobodies there
Stop, turn, take a look around,
At all of the lights and sounds,
Let them bring you in
Slow, burn, let it all fade out,
And pull the curtain down,
Wonder where you've been
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way and you know how
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way and you know how
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way and you know how
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way and you know how
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way and you know how
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way and you know how
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way
Stop, turn, take a look around,
At all of the lights and sounds,
Let them bring you in
Slow, burn, let it all fade out
And pull the curtain down,
Wonder where you've been
You've earned everything you've found and painted faces frown,
I'll say I knew you when
You made it through but never the less,
I got you out on a wire, you be love and ill be a liar.
Tell it all and fill up the air, but make it loud cause nobodies there
Nobodies there, nobodies there
Stop, turn, take a look around,
At all of the lights and sounds,
Let them bring you in
Slow, burn, let it all fade out
And pull the curtain down,
Wonder where you've been
Make it new but stay in the lines, just let go,
Keep it inside, smile big for everyone, even when you know what they've done.
They gave you the end but not where to start, not how to build, how to tare it apart,
So Tell it all and fill up the air, but make it loud cause nobodies there,
Nobodies there, nobodies there
Stop, turn, take a look around,
At all of the lights and sounds,
Let them bring you in
Slow, burn, let it all fade out,
And pull the curtain down,
Wonder where you've been
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way and you know how
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way and you know how
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way and you know how
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way and you know how
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way and you know how
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way and you know how
I've got a way to work this out, I got a way
Stop, turn, take a look around,
At all of the lights and sounds,
Let them bring you in
Slow, burn, let it all fade out
And pull the curtain down,
Wonder where you've been
You've earned everything you've found and painted faces frown,
I'll say I knew you when
Lyrics submitted by lostprophet86
Track duration: 03:28
"Lights and Sounds" as written by William Ryan Key, Peter Michael Mosely, Longineu Warren Iii Parsons, Sean Michael Wellman-mackin
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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what it's about. It's really catchy and
he sounds kinda mad when he sings it.
That's why I like it!
^ That was a completely worthless comment!^
=P
I like yours the best though, boses.
I imagine the protagonist is a deranged individual; who used to be normal. For some reason or another he has wound up in a position of power over someone for whom his resentment has festered for a long while. Someone who hurt him, and upon whom he has be longing to exact his just(or at least he thinks so) revenge. His moment has arrived.
I thinking of him being almost maybe like Jigsaw, from the Saw movies. He has created his victim's elaborate and cruel surroundings. I generally imagine it as some sort of complicated an inescapable maze, filled with various torments and perils. I also can't help being a little reminded of GLADoS
in portal. He is like...the voice of a setting he's in control of--that she's trapped in.(I'm arbitrarily assigning 'he' and 'she' to the characters to reduce confusion.)
"Hello you, how was the rest?" "Hello you," "you", just "you", I love how it's said with such distain. It almost gives me chills.
"You made it through but never the less I got you, out on a wire..."
I imagine she has been advancing through his maze. She's just made it past the previous test, maybe even with a little time to catch her breath. But never the less he's still the one in control here.
"you be love, and I'll be a liar." This line I imagine he's referencing how she hurt him. Referencing the nature of the relationship that ultimately lead to their original falling out. I kind of imagine her excuse for hurting him was love. Either because she loved him, or loved someone else...But I usually imagine it as a sort of world-love. A for-the-greater-good sort of thing...I imagine that she claimed was she did was driven by goodness, by compassion. But he thinks she was a liar.
So here he facetious invites her to "be love" and carry persist in her self righteous ways as he lies and confuses her, on her way through the maze(perhaps as he feels she's done to him albeit in a less literal sense).
"Tell it all and fill up the air But make it loud ‘cause nobody’s there Nobody’s there Nobody's there (yeah)"
He mockingly encourages her to persist in her apologies, confessions, and pleas. And assures her, that there is no one within earshot who can help her.
"Stop, turn, take a look around At all the lights and sounds Let ‘em bring you in"
He instructs her to observe the surreal nature of her environment. To grasp the true gravity of her situation.
"Slow, burn, let it all fade out And pull the curtain down"
Here I think he references specific aspects of his Kafka-esque creation, and assures her of her doom. Invites her to give up and let it end.
"wonder where you've been."
He tauntingly tells her to try to figure out the strange surroundings she's been lost in.
"Make it new but stay in the linesJust let go But keep it inside"
I think these lines are her own words and actions thrown back in her face. It seems to me that he regards her as a hypocrite.
"Smile big, for everyone Even when you know what they’ve done They gave you the end but not where to start Not how to build, how to tear it apart"
I think he's still throwing her own words and actions back at her-- Perhaps he still had to try to respect her, look her in the eyes, even after knowing a hurtful or truth about her. Maybe he secretly loved her but couldn't help picturing her with her new lover. Or maybe they were both idealists and she did something horribly contrary to their cause. I also get the impression that she was a negative sort of person. Pointed out things that were wrong, but not right. Her focus was a pessimistic and fatalistic one. Maybe they were both trying to save the world. Her attitude was "the world his fucked" and his was "here's how we could fix it, and their disagreement over it tore apart their...Collaborative research?
friendship? Romance?
"I’ve got a way to work this out I’ve got a way and you know how"
I love how he starts off sounding unsure as if still trying to convince himself. And gradually gets louder, more self assured, until he's actually screaming it. And he sounds psychotic throughout. He tells her that he has to kill her, and that she knows he has to do it.
Perhaps he once told her he had a way to work things out and she dismissed his ideas. Now, he's in control. He knows the solution. And so does she. And that's what he's going to do.
"You've earned everything you've found"
Here he assures her that she deserves this-deserves everything shes encountered in his death maze.
"And painted faces frown"
I think is a reference to her hypocrisy, and his jadedness to her disapproval.
"I'll say I knew you when...."
She's a liar. A hypocrite. He claims to not truly know her. He'll only catch a breif glimpse of the real her, as he watches her die.
^-^; It's a dark interpretation I know, but it's the story that unfolds in my head every time I hear this song anyway. I almost wonder if there aren't other people who interpret it this way but are just too afraid to say so...
To quote one of the member's reviews of the albums, he said that Ocean Avenue was all about discovering yourself, Lights and Sounds was losing yourself to the real world, and Paper Walls was redefining yourself in the real world.
With that in mind, I categorize each album as Romanticism (Ocean Avenue), Realism (Lights and Sounds), and a mix of between (Paper Walls). Following that I say that this is a GREAT introduction to the album as it slaps Romanticism in the face with such lines as "You be love and I'll be a liar. Tell it all and fill up the air but make it loud, cause nobody's there." Meaning you can romanticize all you want in your own fantasies but it will get you nowhere. Then it gets to "Stop. Turn. Take a look around. At all the lights and sounds." Be realistic and take what you have. "You gave it an end but not where to start. Not how to build but how to tear it apart." You know what there will be a happy ending but you have no idea how to get there.
"I've got a way to work this out." -being realistic allows you to be pragmatic.
Make it new but stay in the lines, just let go,
keep it inside, smile big for everyone, even when you know what they've done.
the above lyrics could be about a christian person it mentions keeping it inside (could be jesus, feelings or pain) and reacting with kindness even when people are nasty to you
rock on all all on rock