I work all night
For one more day that I can say I'm all alone, alone
I just need time
And I will say what I believe and I'll come home, home
And all I know

[Chorus]
I never thought I would wake up in bed
Watching the world coming down on my head
I'd sleep like a dog if you would never had said
This is the world coming down on your head

As life flies by
I'm not sure how I'm gonna do this all again, again
So write my line
I write this down and I'm just trying to find the end, the end
And all I know

[Chorus]

You gave it to me
I remember it well
You got the world coming down on your head
There's nothing to fight for, it's already dead
And this is the world coming down on my head

[Chorus]

I'm not gonna swallow now that I'm fed
'cause I want the world coming down on my head
I'm just gonna find out you're already dead
And that was the world coming down on your head



Lyrics submitted by RoD

Track duration: 03:32

"Down on My Head" as written by William Ryan Key, Peter Michael Mosely

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    General Comment:so line by line not so write my line
    Flag Liana_the.radicalon July 09, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I didnt read everybody's answers but i thought it was about waking up and realising that times passing/past by and realising that lifes going no where.
    i do love this song tho whatever the meaning.
    Flag beckahYCon May 25, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Yesterday I was in Jail because my neighbour asked me for the phone number of the person who is renting the apartment cause his key was inside of his apartament.
    I openened the door, it was 2 am and answer back I didnt have the damn number. Suddenly, a friend of my neighbour hit me in the face at the time he was saying ¨don´t ever talk like that to my friend¨.
    I catched my breath and then I started to fight him back...I told him ¨you fight like a faggot¨ and he got more angry. Then the police came and catched us and put us in jail for disturbance in the streets.

    When I was in jail I remembered this song and I started to sing it loud inside of my head cuz each part of it I felt identify with.

    I worked all night the last night.
    I was all alone.
    I missed home.
    I was watching the time flies by felling with doubts about my integrity (I was surrounded by junkies in jail)
    I was sleeping like a dog.
    The mexican legal system sucks...the world was coming down on my head!

    And I was wondering all the time ¨when it all end?¨
    I was four hours for defending myself and I got fined.
    Finally I got out...but seriously people, Monterrey city is evil (and the rest of this damn poor country) so never visit Mexico. Peace.
    Flag elbirviveon September 28, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Pretty amazing song. Probably my favorite of the new cd, except for lights and sounds and I belieive the title is Martin Sheen or JFK, I'm not sure. Grey is pretty great to. Props to Yellowcard for another CD Spectacular
    Flag GeeEyeGeffon March 29, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:this song is okay
    not the BEST on the album but i like it
    the lyrics are really good (and i feel ashamed to say this) but Ryans voice kind of sounds...whiny. In a sense. But I like the lyrics.
    Flag Yellowcardedon March 23, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:also its not now that im fed either!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Flag rocceron March 21, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:by the way its not remember it well its remember it read if u dont no the words dont submit it!! fuckin typo
    Flag rocceron March 21, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i really like this song its 1 of my fav on the album!!!
    i think hes talking about how hard it is to impress peple
    Flag rocceron March 21, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i think it's about someone who's unsatisfied about their life because everything is coming "down on their head" and it could've been caused by someone telling them to do stuff and now everythings just crashing.
    ither that or the person is totally screwed up until someone tells them they are screwed up so they're trying to find out how to get out of their screwdupness.
    for some reason...when i read the lyrics...it makes me think of someone taking drugs...with the whole "you gave it to me" and "i never thought i would wake up in bed watching etc" sounds like they expected to die or something...
    hmmm....but i'm probably wrong about that...
    Flag short_stuff185on March 12, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:hmmm..how do ya'll get the idea that it's about manic depression???

    I think it's more about realizing how the real world works..and seeing what is has done for you or hasn't done for you..and coping, day by day, with the different situations that life has in store for you.
    Flag Krissy_04on March 03, 2006   Link

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