The Age of Rockets – avada kedavra

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well you're not brave if you still keep the letters
and you're not sane if you don't wanna get better
and you're not drunk if you can't stay in your lane, no

well you're not awake but you haven't been sleeping
and you hate god but you don't believe in him
and you're not scared but you've still got your eyes closed

the sky explodes
and only you know
the sky explodes
and only you know
the sky explodes
and only you know

well it's not fixed if you love it broken
and you're cell phone's at the bottom of the ocean
and you're not drunk if you can't stay in your lane, no

well you're not brave and you're making a lane shift
you're not lost but you're missing your exit
and you're not scared but you've still got your eyes closed

i want you to worry when i don't call you back
i want you to worry when i don't call you back

the sky explodes
and only you know

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Lyrics submitted by lowellisdynamite, edited by kizzajj

Track duration: 04:21


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    Song Meaning:"It's mostly about when people say 'it feels like the world is ending' when something bad happens to them. Like a break up or being fired. I was just kind of struck by how common that sentiment is but how crazy it is because sadness is all in your head and to qualify it as feeling like EVERYTHING outside of your head is ending seems really weird. So it's kind of like a 'calm down shits gonna be ok, nerd' song."

    so yeah, that's directly from andrew's formspring.
    Flag cclaireon March 13, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:'you hate god but you don't believe in him'
    i love that line. not sure exactly why, but i do.
    this song is marvelous.
    Flag cupcakeczarinaon October 18, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:haha it also says:
    "and you're not sane if you don't wanna get better."
    listen close, he says it pretty fast.
    Flag cheysmilesaloton June 18, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:To clear up the one line, this is what I think...

    "And you're not drunk if you can't stay in your lane"

    It is like all the other lines; just because you can't stay in one lane, doesn't necessarily mean you're drunk. Like, just because you missed your exit, doesn't necessarily mean it's because you're lost...

    I also think that the song is not about death. In fact, it appears to be about someone's life - how they aren't living with the best they COULD be getting.

    Anyone agree?
    Flag tigermouseon June 16, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is about a sad paranoid person who's going to kill him/her self by driving into an ocean.
    Flag theeternalsunshineon March 28, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i've seen them live before, the lead singer specifically said, "this is not a song about harry potter".
    i would guess this is about death, due to the title of the song being the killing curse, but i think it's about much more than that, too.
    Flag e__noiron December 02, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:absolutely beautiful.
    Flag hideouscarwreckon October 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think riley490's interpretation is correct. I love the strings at the end, but the intro is a bit long imho. Reminds me what one of my friends wrote in a letter: "You're not lost if you're still moving; you're not a coward if you keep hoping; and I'll always remember you young and free and beautiful, I'm the portrait to your Dorian Gray. So live and love and die the way you want to, because to me you'll always be just like you were last night." I was 14, she was 19, and she died a few days later in a car crash. I panicked when she didn't call back until they told me what happened. This song made me cry the first time I heard it, it's beautiful.
    Flag floodlineon October 01, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Maybe the title IS a Harry Potter reference, but I always felt that it's referencing the phrase itself, not the pop-culture curse. Rowling herself has described it as meaning "let it be destroyed" or "destroy it," but I've also heard that it means just "bring me the cadaver." I think the first is more accurate, and it definitely applies to the song. Either way, I don't think (or like the idea that) it's a reference to Harry Potter.
    Flag Veiton July 17, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:the songs title does have a little to do with harry potter kinda in the sense the this song is about death and avada kedavra is the killing curse in harry potter, but this song is one the the most amazing songs out there and its weird since not alot of people know about this band, but they are going to be something big
    Flag seductshaunon March 06, 2008   Link

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