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You lived a time of lies until you told me everything
I hope we make amends, but you don't
Life taught you how to fly and then you flew away from me
You left me haunted, star the ending image of the one
'Cuz they're still in you too low
All the voices you don't know
And they're still in you too low
All the choices that you chose
(Make the voices tell me who you are and who I am to be)
You harbored all the wasted sighs to define the quiet drone
I'll let you start again, but you won't
I saw you pray for change and then you walked all over me
You wanted what you could not have and now you are alone
'Cuz they're still in you too low
All the voices you don't know
And they're still in you too low
All the choices that you chose
Make the voices tell me who you are and who I am to be
Are you alone where you are tonight?
I'm alone when you're right here
But I'm still in you somehow
I never left at all
Now I'm stealing you too low
So my voice is all you know
'Cuz they're still in you too low
All the voices you don't know
And they're still in you too low
All the choices that you chose
Leave you nothing left to hold
When you're nothing it's a good time to remind you of one thing
The pursuit begins when this portrayal of life...ends
I hope we make amends, but you don't
Life taught you how to fly and then you flew away from me
You left me haunted, star the ending image of the one
'Cuz they're still in you too low
All the voices you don't know
And they're still in you too low
All the choices that you chose
(Make the voices tell me who you are and who I am to be)
You harbored all the wasted sighs to define the quiet drone
I'll let you start again, but you won't
I saw you pray for change and then you walked all over me
You wanted what you could not have and now you are alone
'Cuz they're still in you too low
All the voices you don't know
And they're still in you too low
All the choices that you chose
Make the voices tell me who you are and who I am to be
Are you alone where you are tonight?
I'm alone when you're right here
But I'm still in you somehow
I never left at all
Now I'm stealing you too low
So my voice is all you know
'Cuz they're still in you too low
All the voices you don't know
And they're still in you too low
All the choices that you chose
Leave you nothing left to hold
When you're nothing it's a good time to remind you of one thing
The pursuit begins when this portrayal of life...ends
Lyrics submitted by Blackjack13
Track duration: 04:26
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The writer is not explicit on any particular event. In fact, it is really referring to multiple events over a period of time.
"Life taught you how to fly, and then you flew away from me."
This is referring to the writer's conscience. It's like they are two separate beings that don't see eye to eye. The glamor of the world fed into their selfish desires and left them with bad memories and regret. The real person was still there but the regret and memories were their own entity. These feelings were never dealt with and the person never moved on. It controlled who they were becoming..."You harbored all the wasted sighs to define the quiet drone" and "Make the voices tell me who you are and who I am to be"...the voices being the bad memories/feelings.
"The Pursuit" does refer to the pursuit of happiness. This happens when you stop living for the world (portrayal of life) and you live for the real person buried deep inside.
"But I'm still in you somehow, I never left at all..." This is the real person still inside.
- This line is the one that stands out to me the most, it always has even before I knew that the album was called. After listening to the song more than 100 times just to try and fully understand and feel. Everytime I listen to it, its almost as if I am being reminded of my past situation.
But I think he is referring to the famous, "the pursuit of happiness" begins when we let go of our regrets and our sorrows that tie us down. That same sorrow that lead him to write these songs, is the one preventing him from being happy. I don't know why but I never looked at it like that until today I heard the song again and it hit me, only after I moved on completely did I begin to feel true happiness again. I think the cd is one whole story, and you can put it together also by how the cd begins and ends with the same "camera rolling like" sound.
R -
I don't think the entire song eludes to any particular event in the writers life. In fact, I believe it refers to multiple if anything. The person is talking to their conscience as though it were it's own self.
"Life taught you how to fly, and then you flew away from me"
The glamor of life fed into the selfish desires and the person forgot who they were. They were left scarred and alone, with bad memories and regrets.
"The pursuit" does refer to happiness. That begins when you stop living for this world and you live as who you really are.
"chorus...Leave you nothing left to hold, when you're nothing it's a good time to, remind you of one thing. The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal Of Life, Ends" This is what it means to me
when a person realizes what is most important to him/her, and when they let go of all the fake and hurtful distractions in the world that are in essence of no value, they will become illuminated to reality, make a clear distinction between true feelings and values(worth) / and things in life that are worthless and fake, and grasp the feeling of authenticity; they truly begin life as it was intended.
Hope it makes sense and helps someone. Thanx
- This line is the one that stands out to me the most, it always has even before I knew that the album was called. After listening to the song more than 100 times just to try and fully understand and feel. Everytime I listen to it, its almost as if I am being reminded of my past situation.
But I think he is referring to the famous, "the pursuit of happiness" begins when we let go of our regrets and our sorrows that tie us down. That same sorrow that lead him to write these songs, is the one preventing him from being happy. I don't know why but I never looked at it like that until today I heard the song again and it hit me, only after I moved on completely did I begin to feel true happiness again. I think the cd is one whole story, and you can put it together also by how the cd begins and ends with the same "camera rolling like" sound.
Ron -
At the end *when you're nothing it's a good time to remind you of one thing pursuit begins when this portrayal of life..ends*..which is somewhat loving a person, a special kind of love. Not like a friend, not like a lover but someone close who understands you and has always stood by your side. This person is the singer.. he has stood by her side all this time.
Hope this is not confusing.. The song is gorgeous
I agree with most of the meanings above
This song makes me think of the kind of ex that's always, when you break up with them, going to be all, "You don't know what you're missing," You know? But in the kind of way where they're almost sort of right. The bridge is what makes me think of this... "' But I'm still in you somehow, I never left at all. I'm stealing you too low, so my voice is all you know."
I hope that kind of makes sense...
Anyway, I love this band, they are too amazing.
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"You lived a time of lies until you told me everything
I hope we make amends, but you don't
Life taught you how to fly and then you flew away from me
You left me haunted, star the ending image of the one"
- K, basically, I think this is saying, Yeah, they've been hitting some rough times lately in their relationship. She really hasn't been communicating with him too well recently, and so she acts like everything's OK between them (the life of lies), even though it's really probably just getting worse and worse...UNTIL, she finally comes clean, and basically after it's too late to fix it (at least, from her perspective...hence "I hope we make amends, but you don't"), she tells him that the relationship's not working and she wants out...But the guy still wants to stick around and try to make things work (as he probably would have liked to do, if only she had been communicating their problems all along, rather than keeping them to herself - the life of lies,)
"Cuz they're still in you too low
All the voices you don't know
And they're still in you too low
All the choices that you chose
- I kinda agree with Mikeandy on this one I think...Although harder to put into words than actually understand, I think this means like, Although she doesn't consciously realize it, there's something in her that knows that her choices she's been making - and is currently making by deciding to leave - aren't really the choices that are best for her. --Again, hard to put into words, but yeah, sorta-ish.
"You harbored all the wasted sighs to define the quiet drone
I'll let you start again, but you won't
I saw you pray for change and then you walked all over me
You wanted what you could not have and now you are alone"
-This is a goody. Explains a lot, I think.
Ok, "You harbored all the wasted sighs to define the quiet drone" --I think that's pretty straightforwardly saying that basically, while the relationship was crumbling down, rather than actually actively attempt to help fix it, she sat by and did nothing.
"I'll let you start again, but you won't" basically means, Since she let it deteriorate to the point of no return (in her view), she doesn't feel like trying to fix things...of course, since the singer is just now discovering this problem in their relationship, he of course wants to fix things.
"I saw you pray for change and then you walked all over me. You wanted what you could not have and now you are alone".....A little harder to translate, and I could be wrong, but from a personal experience, to me it translates as follows: Yes, the girlfriend DID WANT change, and hoped things might get better, yet since she didn't do anything to fix the relationship (and in fact, basically sabatoged it by only getting more and more upset, which only perpetuated the cycle of the deteriorating relationship since the bad mood was contagious and further seperated the two), this hoped-for happy ending was something that was never realistically possible. Thus ultimately, she caused her own loneliness, since she basically sabataged the relationship, and sped up it's demise, rather than trying to fix it while it was still fixable.
'Cuz they're still in you too low
All the voices you don't know
And they're still in you too low
All the choices that you chose
***Make the voices tell me who you are and who I am to be
-Ok, the original part of the chorus, refer to what I said earlier. The Tripple-starred part, I think is basically the singer pleading with the girlfriend to actually be OPEN and HONEST and actually COMMUNICATE what their relationship problems are. Baically, where she stands in their relationship ("who you are").
However, at this point, I think the singer kinda realizes it's too late. So although he's pleading with her to finally come clean and tell him about all the problems, I don't think he expects them both to be able - or even willing, in her case - to solve these problems... Thus when he says "and who I am TO BE"...I think he's predicting that he'll be alone after this final discussion.
"Are you alone where you are tonight?
I'm alone when you're right here
But I'm still in you somehow
I never left at all
Now I'm stealing you too low
So my voice is all you know"
Ohh, another good stanza...
Ok, I think ""Are you alone where you are tonight?
I'm alone when you're right here" is basically him saying, 'I don't know about you... but even though we're here discussing this right now, I feel alone and empty inside, cuz I realize that you don't feel for me like you once did'
"But I'm still in you somehow. I never left at all. Now I'm stealing you too low, So my voice is all you know." ... Hmm, tough to describe. I think he is trying to say that he knows that deep down inside, he knows she still has feelings for him, and always has, even though she let their relationship fall apart.
"*Chourus....'All the choices that you chose'...Leave you nothing left to hold"
- I think he's basically saying that the girl's decision to let the relationship fall apart and break up with him has left her all alone.
"When you're Nothing, it's a good time to remind you of one thing..."
-I slightly adjusted the lyrics here, as I think it makes this sentence easier to follow. I think when he says "nothing", he basically means 'when you're in depression and basically lonely and in your darkest, saddest days'
"The pursuit begins when this portrayal of life...ends"
The pursuit, I think is her pursuit for a real meaningful, lasting, wholesome satisfying relationship. And when he says "this portrayal of life", I think he's referring to how she's been viewing and acting (or lack there-of) on their relationship. Basically, I think this very last line of lyrics is saying "Whether if it's with me or with your next boyfriend, you'd better start caring more and acting more towards getting through the rough times, and start realizing that it takes effort from both sides and open communication in order to sustain a good lasting relationship."
*~*~*ALL DONE*~*~*
Well, I could be 100% wrong. For all I know, this is a song could be about punching little old ladies in the face and dancing with leprachaons. BUT, at least I tried to make sense of it, and gave reasonings for each of my interpretations.
Please, let me know if you agree or disagree.
Ta!