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I've felt this way before
I fell right through the floor
And I am certain I've become
Broken, bruised, and numb
Would you restate your opinion
And hold back your investigation
Do you see the sins you're making
Because I've made them all before
Chorus:
I will now rise from the ashes
Don't call me pretentious
I'm sitting here making my own rules
And if I fall from the ceiling
You'll be down there waiting
And my only hope
Is falling down
And by my own admission
You'll find that my condition
Is worse than you've imagined
You're better off if you know
That every time before that I
Have tried to measure pain inside
You can't ignore it
Right now I can't ignore it
I will now rise from the ashes
Don't call me pretentious
I'm sitting here making my own rules
And if I fall from the ceiling
You'll be down there waiting
To finish me
It's settling inside of me
I'll take my heart
And rip my feelings out
Before they make me doubt
And I'll fall down with flames burning
Alive again
As long as you know that
I will now rise from the ashes
Don't call me pretentious
I'm sitting here making my own rules
And if I fall from the ceiling
You'll be down there waiting
To finish me
Finish me
I fell right through the floor
And I am certain I've become
Broken, bruised, and numb
Would you restate your opinion
And hold back your investigation
Do you see the sins you're making
Because I've made them all before
Chorus:
I will now rise from the ashes
Don't call me pretentious
I'm sitting here making my own rules
And if I fall from the ceiling
You'll be down there waiting
And my only hope
Is falling down
And by my own admission
You'll find that my condition
Is worse than you've imagined
You're better off if you know
That every time before that I
Have tried to measure pain inside
You can't ignore it
Right now I can't ignore it
I will now rise from the ashes
Don't call me pretentious
I'm sitting here making my own rules
And if I fall from the ceiling
You'll be down there waiting
To finish me
It's settling inside of me
I'll take my heart
And rip my feelings out
Before they make me doubt
And I'll fall down with flames burning
Alive again
As long as you know that
I will now rise from the ashes
Don't call me pretentious
I'm sitting here making my own rules
And if I fall from the ceiling
You'll be down there waiting
To finish me
Finish me
Lyrics submitted by risefromtheashes
Track duration: 02:58
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As the readers may notice, there are 2 very different themes subtly set into this song. I think this is the singer's conflicting emotions about this event in his past.
The first verse could be where he starts off his "lecture".
And I am certain I've become
Broken, bruised, and numb
-Anything concerning what happened to the singer in the past, he now knows not to dwell on the situation because he knows things will eventually get better. Thus, he is "numb" to the pain any situation relating to this event could bring, and although this is the case, it still hurts remembering what happened and it has still left him affected.
This is the lecture, as shown in the last lines of the verse. The chorus is answering a remark that the person the singer is addressing could have made. This could most likely be a remark of contradicting the singer's thoughts. But this is the answer:
"..But I've learned from this. Don't call me pretentious or naive because even though I'm making my own rules now, I have more experience and better judgment to help me. And if I ever do fall and I don't take my own advice, I know you'll be there waiting to tell me that you told me so, you'll be happy to prove me wrong. And when I won't be able to climb my way back up to try and save myself from my wrong judgment, the only thing I can really do is to fall and accept not being able to help you."
-Everyone knows how that is right? You try to prove someone wrong, but when you fail, it's not something so great to feel. And if for instance, you try helping a friend or someone and you're trying to give them words of hope and advice, but if they see you fail for whatever reason at something else, they won't take your advice because why would they trust someone who disregards their own advice?
The second verse is the contradictory to the song so far. He's saying "and with my permission, I'll let you know and I'll even agree with you about how hurt and screwed up I am. This did hurt me and you can see that I'm probably more of a mess now than I was then since I have more time to think and dwell on it."
Then when he says :
You're better off if you know
That every time before that I
Have tried to measure pain inside
You can't ignore it
Right now I can't ignore it
He could be saying: "And you'll be more convinced if you knew that every time (during this event) I tried to measure how much pain I was feeling to see if I could overcome it or if I would just have to wait for things to get better. But doing this doesn't help much and either way, you're still hurt and you just can't ignore the pain no matter how many times you tell yourself that things will get better. And even now at the present time, it does still hurt me to recall back on that time of my life.
Then in the bridge, he says this:
I'll take my heart
And rip my feelings out
Before they make me doubt
And I'll fall down with flames burning
Alive again
As long as you know that
He could be saying: "I'll block out all emotion that I feel and I'll take my heart just so you can be completely convinced in taking my advice and I'll do this before I doubt my own advice myself. And if something ever happens to me again, equal to or worse than the past, I'll be alright as long as you know how to learn from painful experiences"
And I'll relate this to my own personal experiences. In elementary school, I broadened my music and tried adapting a new style. Because I liked this new style and decided to keep it, my friends didn't approve and they stopped talking to me, and I had no one else to hang out with. I graduated and I still talked to a few of my friends. Now I have another friend younger than me. She feels that her friends are slowly drifting away from her and she feels left out. Her experience is the same, and I feel empathetic toward her. We never talked about personal matters like this before. When she told me about this, I told her about my story and we just talked about this, and life, and other stuff. So basically, I interpreted this song through this particular experience of mine.
Hypothetically, just think if the singer really did write about that, and instead, this experience happened to him. He loves his friend so much he would go to great lengths to convince his friend to take his advice. I know I would do anything just to get a few words of hope into my friends' heads that actually makes them think for a bit. As proved in the bridge of this song, he will even "tear out his own heart and emotions" just so he can be completely sure that there's no trace of doubt in the advice he is giving his friend.
So sorry for the really long comment. I just hope this helps future readers :p
Look back on any hurtful event that happened to you in your life. Most likely, you've learned from it. There's many things you personally can learn from it. It may be that you know how to deal with people, or you have new understanding of life and people and how the human logic works, or you just know for sure that things will get better one way or another. With the many things you learn, it's almost as if you've become a new, better person.
And you can say that this event has had a positive effect on your life. Maybe not on your emotions, but you still know better than you ever thought you could ever learn from that experience in your life.
I know from my past, that I am now thankful that it has happened to me, and I don't have to figure myself out and other people out in my upcoming years in high school. I'll know who I am and I'll be more prepared than most other people my age. But nonetheless, the event still hurt me and I still remember things that still make me cringe and feel awkward and uncomfortable even to this day, even when I'm alone in my room in silence.
This must be exactly what the singer is portraying through this song..
i agree with NathanLovesOatmeal.
"I'll take my heart
And rip my feelings out
Before they make me doubt
And I'll fall down with flames burning
Alive again
As long as you know that"
that part gets me evry time. :]
So eventually he decides to take matters into his own hands, to "rise from the ashes", by "making his own rules" and "finish me".
It`s a tricky song, but that`s what I get out of it.