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When I offer you survival,
You say it's hard enough to live,
It's not so bad, it's not so bad
How do you know that you're right?
I awoke on the roadside,
In the land of the free ride,
And I can't pull it any longer,
The sun is beating down my neck
So I ran with the devil
Left a trail of excuses,
Like a stone on the water,
The elements decide my fate,
Watch it go..."bling".
When I offer you survival,
You say it's hard enough to live,
Don't tell me that it's over,
Stand up,
Poor and tired,
But more than this
How do you know that you're right?
If you're not nervous anymore,
It's not so bad, it's not so bad
I feel my vision slipping in and out of focus,
But I'm pushing on for that horizon,
I'm pushing on,
Now I've got the blowing wind against my face
So you sling rocks at the rip tide,
Am I wrong or am I right?
I hit the bottom with a "huh!"
Quite strange,
I get my glory in the desert rain,
Watch it go..."bling".
When I offer you survival,
You say it's hard enough to live,
And I'll tell you when it's over,
Shut up,
Poor and tired,
But more than this
How do you know that you're right?
If you're not nervous anymore,
It's not so bad, it's not so bad...
Higher and higher,
We're gonna take it,
Down to the wire,
We're gonna make it,
Out of the fire,
Higher and higher. (x2)
Higher and higher,
We're gonna take it,
Down to the wire,
We're gonna make it out,
Whoa-oh-oh Higher and higher...
It ain't hard to hope,
When it shines like gold,
You'll remember me.
You say it's hard enough to live,
It's not so bad, it's not so bad
How do you know that you're right?
I awoke on the roadside,
In the land of the free ride,
And I can't pull it any longer,
The sun is beating down my neck
So I ran with the devil
Left a trail of excuses,
Like a stone on the water,
The elements decide my fate,
Watch it go..."bling".
When I offer you survival,
You say it's hard enough to live,
Don't tell me that it's over,
Stand up,
Poor and tired,
But more than this
How do you know that you're right?
If you're not nervous anymore,
It's not so bad, it's not so bad
I feel my vision slipping in and out of focus,
But I'm pushing on for that horizon,
I'm pushing on,
Now I've got the blowing wind against my face
So you sling rocks at the rip tide,
Am I wrong or am I right?
I hit the bottom with a "huh!"
Quite strange,
I get my glory in the desert rain,
Watch it go..."bling".
When I offer you survival,
You say it's hard enough to live,
And I'll tell you when it's over,
Shut up,
Poor and tired,
But more than this
How do you know that you're right?
If you're not nervous anymore,
It's not so bad, it's not so bad...
Higher and higher,
We're gonna take it,
Down to the wire,
We're gonna make it,
Out of the fire,
Higher and higher. (x2)
Higher and higher,
We're gonna take it,
Down to the wire,
We're gonna make it out,
Whoa-oh-oh Higher and higher...
It ain't hard to hope,
When it shines like gold,
You'll remember me.
Lyrics submitted by ShotgunXXWedding, edited by FreeBrad
Track duration: 04:08
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"It ain't hard to HOPE,
When it shines like gold,
You'll remember me"
It makes a lot more sense in context of the song lyrics, at least to me. It also sounds more like hope when he says it.
As a Christian, I see things from that perspective. This song helped me get out of doing drugs in high school. I almost got kicked out of school for doing it on campus, I lost a good percentage of my friends, and I didn't know where to go. One day that week I was listening to this song and it hit me like a car going 90 on the interstate. God has offered me survival, through Him, and I chose to ignore it. I wanted to do it my way and I screwed it up badly. I let the elements decide my fate. I let myself run with the devil for a bit. I was poor and tired, but God now shows me that I'm more than that. All of us are.
We're gonna make it out of the fire. I cry almost every time the song gets to this line. Cuz we are. We really are. We just have to choose to do so, to trust in Him, and give our lives to Him.
You may interpret this song how you want to, I for one highly believe that songs should not be taken from just one perspective. Put your own experiences into it. But this is how I see it =]
When I offer you survival
You say it's hard enough to live
It's not so bad, its not so bad
Is him talking, trying to cheer up/comfort a friend
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How do you know that your right?
Is the friend, who's new; overwhelmed and confused by the suffering they see
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I awoke on the roadside,
In the land of the free ride
Is the hero's flashback, and sort of a description of his life, just wandering through life with out understanding why or where he's going (bit hazy stil, feel free to comment) Awoke on the roadside, meaning movement is constant, no beginning or end. Land of the free ride may mean everyone is in motion, but free rides are arbitrary, they don't go anywhere we choose, or anywhere in particular at all.
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I can't pull it any longer
Note switch to present tense. Also fuzzy, but could mean the hero has recently stopped trying to run destiny/the world. He can't force life to go where he wants it to, can't save everyone.
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The sun is beating down my neck
He's tired. Very straight forward. 'Pulling" doesn't seem worth it.
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So I ran with the devil
Left this trail of excuses
Switches back to past tense. Also straight forward. He's done lots of things he isn't proud of.
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Like a stone on the water
The elements decide my fate
Watch it go
Present. Could mean two things. One, stones sink like stones, drowning reference; fate is against him. Watch it go, control is slipping away from him
Second, the one I'm choosing for my specific purpose, is more zen. He's letting go more, like the smaller stones smoothed and carried by the river, he's letting life shape and guide him. Watch it go is more positive now, he gets to experience life by watching and admiring it, rather than fighting against it.
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When I offer you survival
...
Poor and tired
but more than this
Repeat of intro, with a more earnest tone. Life is not perfect, or even great, but it is worth it.
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How do you know that your right?
If you're not nervous anymore
I'm going to say that this is the friend's retort, because I can't even fathom what it would mean if it was the optimist saying it. PLEASE COMMENT IF YOU MIGHT KNOW IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS!
Anyways, in mine the friend is saying, how can you believe life is so great if you're so unafraid of you're own death? If life is so wonderful, even in the face of all the dark things you've seen, shouldn't you be afraid of dying?
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It's not so bad, It's not so bad
exactly what it says
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I feel my vision slipping in and out of focus
but I'm pushing off for that horizon
I'm pushing on
again, could mean two things
One, he's dying, and either waiting to see what's on the other side, or trying to finish his mission here. My first impression, since your vision starts to blur as you lose consciousness, but it doesn't fit my story.
Two, much more general, he sometimes loses sight of where he's really going or what's most important, but he knows he's going somewhere. Any direction is toward the horizon if you walk with enough determination
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now I've got that blowing wind against my face
could mean adversity, being pushed back, but I think it's a positive, like the rush of air you feel as you pick up speed. also, a counter to the hot sun beating down his neck.
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So you sling rocks at the riptide
Am I wrong or am I right?
an accusation, (I'm not sure on which side, but I'm saying that it's the friend talking) that the other person is wasting angry efforts, almost like shouting at a hurricane.
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I hit the bottom with a huh
quite strange
I get my glory in the desert rain
watch it go
Some people are interpreting the third line as "I get glory when hell freezes over". These people have never been a small child in Arizona. Summer monsoons are the most gobsmackingly spectacular things you could possibly experience. They may be rare, but i would go three days without air conditioning in July down here to just stand there in a half hour summer storm. Each and every plant that struggles through the rest of the year explodes into life literally overnight, like spring condensed into an evening
I think this means that the hero has seen the best and worst of times, that hitting rock bottom was an experience that has changed him, but he clings to those moments of every now and then, when something incredible happens that makes everything worth while.
Watch it go, again, just means enjoy it. all the complexity and beauty and texure of life.
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...
And I'll tell you when it's over
Shut up,
Poor and tired
but more than this
getting more desperate, he's determined to pull his friend through, because he's seen all this before, and knows that it gets better if you hold on
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How do you know that you're right
...
It's not so bad, it's not so bad
see above.
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Higher and higer
Basically, we can get through the rough times. If we keep on going til the very end, down to the wire, we can find those desert rain moments, and make it out.
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It ain't hard to hold
when it shines like gold
you'll remember me
Anyone can be good when times are kind. Our misfortunes define us as much as anything else. The hero accepts all of the hardships that he's come across, the mistakes he's made, and takes pride in the fact that he's become a person worthy of remembering.
It's Doctor Who, if anyone cares. Everyone does videos of him being tragic and angsty, but I don't think that's how he would put if he were telling his own story. The point is that he keeps going.
You'll remember me
Seems obvious to me. Whatever context you put it in, religious, epic or domestic, this is a song about heroes, people who fight through odds that seem impossible, even to them. Its easy to hold on and keep going and be a good person when everything is shiny and perfect. Heroes are forged in the difficulties they over come, and those people are remembered.
Perhaps someone who used shady methods to become king(running with the devil, leaving trails of excuses) and is trying to be more than he really can.
That's just how it sounds to me.
its about the confessions of a king to his people. the king realises what hes done and feels sorry for it. he agrees he had been foolish.
on the first stanza ...hes questioning his ppl as to why they all are so miserable under him
"when i offer u ..... har enud to live " this is just another way of saying that his ppl are v unhappy under his rule
next he questions them ....that they CANT b miserable under him since they dnt look nervous / scared
next stanza ...is his confession ...dat he was evil and shit ...
then the chorus and all ..same thing. ..
vision part. .
its abt how hes getting old ...reaching the horizon/heavan .....bt then things are going against him ( blowing wind ..)
also ..
the last line ..
its not hard to hold on when it shines like gold ..u remember me "
MEANS
jes sorry abt whatever he did . and hw he joined with the devil and shit ...as in ..became evil and all ...and he gives his reason that its hard to LET GO of the evil within u when it shines like gold ....has qualities on d outside
ull remember me - tells them that one day ull go thru the same feeling ...evil cuz it shines ...... and then ull think of my position
When I offer you survival,
You say it's hard enough to live,
It's not so bad, it's not so bad
How do you know that you're right?
I awoke on the roadside,
In the land of the free ride,
And I can't hold it any longer,
The sun is beating down my neck
So I ran with the devil
Left a trail of excuses,
Like a stone on the water,
The elements decide my fate,
Watch it go..."bling".
When I offer you survival,
You say it's hard enough to live,
Don't tell me that it's over,
Stand up,
Poor and tired,
But more than this
How do you know that you're right?
If you're not nervous anymore,
It's not so bad, it's not so bad
I feel my vision slipping in and out of focus,
But I'm pushing on for that horizon,
I'm pushing on,
Now I've got the blowing wind against my face
So you sling rocks at the rip tide,
Am I wrong or am I right?
I hit the bottom with a "huh!"
Cried strange,
I get my glory in the desert range,
Watch it go..."bling".
When I offer you survival,
You say it's hard enough to live,
And I'll tell you when it's over,
Shut up,
Poor and tired,
But more than this
How do you know that you're right?
If you're not nervous anymore,
It's not so bad, it's not so bad...
Higher and higher,
We're gonna take it,
Down to the wire,
We're gonna make it,
Out of the fire,
Higher and higher. (x2)
Higher and higher,
We're gonna take it,
Down to the wire,
We're gonna make it out,
Whoa-oh-oh Higher and higher...
It ain't hard to hold,
When it shines like gold,
You'll remember me.