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Lights out, I still hear the rain
These images that fill my head
Now keep my fingers from making mistakes
Tell my voice what it takes to speak up, speak up
And keep my conscience clean when I wake
Don't make this easy
I want you to mean it, Jasey
(Say you mean it)
You're dressed to kill
I'm calling you out
(Don't waste your time on me)
Now there's an aching in my back
A stabbing pain that says I lack
The common sense and confidence
To bring an end to promises
That I make in times of desperate conversation
Hoping my night could be better than theirs in the end
(Just say when)
Don't make this easy
I want you to mean it, Jasey
(Say you mean it)
You're dressed to kill
I'm calling you out
(Don't waste your time on me)
I've never told a lie
And that makes me a liar
I've never made a bet
But we gamble with desire
I've never lit a match
With intent to start a fire
But recently the flames are getting out of control
Call me a name, kill me with words
Forget about me, it's what I deserve
I was your chance to get out of this town
But I ditched the car and left you to
Wait outside, I hope the air will serve to remind you
That my heart is as cold
As the clouds of your breath
And my words are as timed
As the beating in my chest
These images that fill my head
Now keep my fingers from making mistakes
Tell my voice what it takes to speak up, speak up
And keep my conscience clean when I wake
Don't make this easy
I want you to mean it, Jasey
(Say you mean it)
You're dressed to kill
I'm calling you out
(Don't waste your time on me)
Now there's an aching in my back
A stabbing pain that says I lack
The common sense and confidence
To bring an end to promises
That I make in times of desperate conversation
Hoping my night could be better than theirs in the end
(Just say when)
Don't make this easy
I want you to mean it, Jasey
(Say you mean it)
You're dressed to kill
I'm calling you out
(Don't waste your time on me)
I've never told a lie
And that makes me a liar
I've never made a bet
But we gamble with desire
I've never lit a match
With intent to start a fire
But recently the flames are getting out of control
Call me a name, kill me with words
Forget about me, it's what I deserve
I was your chance to get out of this town
But I ditched the car and left you to
Wait outside, I hope the air will serve to remind you
That my heart is as cold
As the clouds of your breath
And my words are as timed
As the beating in my chest
Lyrics submitted by halcyondaze429
Track duration: 03:34
"Jasey Rae" as written by Jack Bassam Barakat, Robert Ryan Dawson, Alexander William Gaskarth, Zachary Steven Merrick
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Now that I'm older and I've realized that it's about Alex having a one night stand with a girl who had feelings for him, I don't identify with Alex anymore.
I identify with Jasey. I know what it feels like to be used, and this song just hits me. It's still my favorite song, just for different reasons.
I'm just another Jasey Rae.
This song is essentially what I always wanted the guy who did this to me to say, but he never did. Whenever I remember what happened or get upset thinking about how much it broke my heart, I listen to this song. It literally makes me cry almost every time. You can literally feel the raw pain and emotion in the acoustic version.
He had to leave soon after, and they continued speaking for a while. However, all time low got signed, and alex got busy. he stopped returning jaseys call, ignoring her, left her hanging.
They came back, and alex acted like nothing happened.
'Lights out
I still hear the rain'
- This means that even when he's asleep he still hears and feels the sadness that Jasey felt.
'These images that fill my head
Now keep my fingers from making mistakes
Tell my voice what it takes to
Speak up, speak up
And keep my conscience clean when I wake'
- Alex is like a robot, just performing and sleeping like something thats been programmed into him, because he feels so awful that he just is getting quite depressed and feels really guilty.
'Don't make this easy
I want you to mean it, Jasey
(Say you mean it)
You're dressed to kill
I'm calling you out
(Don't waste your time on me)'
- Alex had promised to take Jasey on tour with him after they had a one night stand but he couldn't so he's asking her to be mad at him cos he doesn't deserve her forgiveness. He's asking to speak to her and tells her that he's not worth it, because he feels so bad about what he's done.
'Now there's an aching in my back
A stabbing pain that says I lack
The common sense and confidence
To bring an end to promises
That I make in times of desperate conversation
Hoping my night
Could be better than theirs in the end
(Just say when)'
- This is again explaining the guilt weighing down on Alex's conscience, and tells us that he could't keep his promise that he made to her
'I've never told a lie
And that makes me a liar
I've never made a bet
But we gamble with desire
I've never lit a match
With intent to start a fire
But recently
The flames are getting out of control
Call me a name, kill me with words
Forget about me, it's what I deserve
I was your chance to get out of this town
But I ditched the car and left you to'
- personally I love this bit in the song, but it's basically saying that he didn't mean to lie to her but he did, he didn't realise how much he was going to lose and how big the situation had got. He's asking Jasey to be mad at him cos he deserved it for letting her down'
'Wait outside
I hope the air will serve to remind you
That my heart is as cold
As the clouds of your breath
And my words are as timed
As the beating in my chest'
- This is him saying that he's such a bad person for what he did, and this whole song is really an apology and him facing up to what he did.
So yeah, I love this song and I think this is what it means, feel free to correct me!
I still hear the rain
this i think means he's remembering something and it was raining
These images that fill my head
Now keep my fingers from making mistakes
Tell my voice what it takes to
Speak up, speak up
And keep my conscience clean when I wake
he's still talking about a memory but he said it keeps his fingers from making mistakes. it was a memory of something me did wrong and it stops him from making mistakes in the future.
Don't make this easy
I want you to mean it, Jasey
(Say you mean it)
You're dressed to kill
I'm calling you out
(Don't waste your time on me)
he's saying he isn't worth her time. he wants her to mean something probably that she loves him.
Now there's an aching in my back
A stabbing pain that says I lack
The common sense and confidence
To bring an end to promises
That I make in times of desperate conversation
Hoping my night
Could be better than theirs in the end
(Just say when)
he's saying he made a promise. hoping my night could be better than theirs in the end. probably what the bet was about.
I've never told a lie
And that makes me a liar
I've never made a bet
But we gamble with desire
I've never lit a match
With intent to start a fire
But recently
The flames are getting out of control
he's saying he's lied and said things he didn't mean.
Call me a name, kill me with words
Forget about me, it's what I deserve
I was your chance to get out of this town
But I ditched the car and left you to
he's saying that he's bad and deserves something bad. he could have helped her get out but he left without her.
Wait outside
I hope the air will serve to remind you
That my heart is as cold
As the clouds of your breath
And my words are as timed
As the beating in my chest
he left her waiting in the cold. and that he planned everything
that's what i think it's about
"show my voice what it takes to speak up speak up and keep my consious clean when i wake"
the small town is altoona, pennsylvania.
"Don't make this easy, I want you to mean it"
"Don't waste your time on me"
Those parts really speak to me. I've been an idiot and let someone really special walk out of my life. Well, I didn't let him, he just went, and now I won't see him again. But I want him to mean it. I want him to mean that he won't be coming back, so I can accept it. I want him to do what's right for him, not what's easy, and I'm just not sure if he has made the 'right' or the 'easy' decision, and it kills me. Also, 'Don't waste your time on me' is pretty self explanatory. I did some stupid stuff, got him involved in things he didn't need to get caught up in.....he's better off without me.
"I've never told a lie
And that makes me a liar
I've never made a bet
But we gamble with desire
I've never lit a match
With intent to start a fire
But recently
The flames are getting out of control"
This just totally sums up what I'm about. I didn't lie about things, I was mainly honest, but twisted the truth on some things. It cost me some friendships to be honest. But it was a risk, things needed to be said, and I did, I gambled with desire, with what I wanted. And I was so close to getting it, but everything fell apart. The "I've never lit a match with intent to start a fire, but recently the flames are getting out of control" bit, well, I suppose I never wanted to cause the upset/bitchiness/loss of trust, it just happened, and things got out of hand. Really badly. It's my fault, but I didn't mean for things to end up like this.
"Call me a name, kill me with words
Forget about me, it's what I deserve
I was your chance to get out of this town
But I ditched the car and left you to"
He can say what he wants about me, I don't care. I was stupid. I know he's completely erased me from his life. I'm nothing to him anymore, but I deserve it. I went wrong, messed up, with everyone. I thought I had nothing to lose, but turns out I lost everything, my friends, just everything good in my life. And he's gone now. I know I should have said something, but I didn't, I left words unsaid. I'm an idiot.
"Wait outside
I hope the air will serve to remind you
That my heart is as cold
As the clouds of your breath
And my words are as timed
As the beating in my chest"
This. I just hope he remembers me. There will always be something. He'll forget for a while, could be years, but one day he'll remember. I'm an idiot. I deserve everything that has happened to me. I'm just coasting now, letting life pass me by. It'll be different for him, but he'll remember.
Sorry, depressing rant/analysation over! No one will even care, I just need to say something, somewhere. Fuck my shitty little life. But, at the same time, it's a shitty little life I love and appreciate.