She said let's change our luck
This night is all we've got
Drive fast until we crash
This dead end life
Sweet dreams that won't come true
I'd leave it all for you
Brick walls keep closing in
Let's make a run tonight

Blinded by the lights
Hold you through forever
Never let you go

'Cause if you jump I will jump too
We will fall together
From the building's ledge
Never looking back at what we've done
We'll say it was love
'Cause I would die for you
On Skyway Avenue

She said don't change your mind
Let's leave this town behind
We'll race right off the cliff
They will remember this
It all got so mundane
With you I'm back again
Just take me by the hand
We're close to the edge

Blinded by the lights
Hold you through forever
Never let you go

''Cause if you jump I will jump too
We will fall together
From the building's ledge
Never looking back at what we've done
We'll say it was love'
Cause I would die for you
On Skyway Avenue

Where are your guts to fly
Soaring through, through the night
And if you take that last step
I'll follow you
Leave the edge and fly
We're finally alive

'Cause if you jump I will jump too
We will fall together
From the building's ledge
Never looking back at what we've done
We'll say it was love
'Cause I would die for you
On Skyway Avenue
So what's left to prove
We have made it through



Lyrics submitted by Jon1719

Track duration: 03:24

"Skyway Avenue [Acoustic][*]" as written by David Katz, Sam Hollander, Travis Clarke

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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    General Comment:This song reminds me of my favorite movie of all time, Titanic. In my mind, it perfectly describes Jack and Rose's relationship (from Jack's point of view). Just hear me out for a moment...

    "She said let's change our luck..."
    This is describing Rose's feelings about being trapped with the same self-centered upper-class snobs for the rest of her life. She just wants a way out.

    "Sweet dreams that won't come true, I'd leave it all for you..."
    Jack dreams of being a famous artist, but he'd rather do anything for Rose, even though it means he has to risk getting in trouble.

    "Cuz if you jump, I will jump too..."
    This is obvious. Think about it. It's what Jack said Rose. And then Rose said it later to Jack. It's definitely a repeating theme of Titanic.

    "She said don't change your mind, Let's leave this town behind..."
    Again, Rose's thoughts of being trapped and wanting out.

    "Never looking back at what we've done, we'll say it was love..."
    They're willing to just leave what they know because they love each other.

    "Where are your guts to fly?"
    This is basically Jack saying to Rose, are we in this together or not?

    "So what's left to prove, We have made it through."
    Even though Jack died, he saved Rose and their love lives on.

    I'm sure this might not have been We the Kings' original intent, but you have to admit it fits pretty well... :)
    Flag xoxoJulieton January 15, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:it's about a boy and a girl in love but they fall out of love but she still loves him and she commits suicide and he does too because he really does care for her and they die together and end up in skyway avenue (or heaven) or it has something to do with thee skyway avenue bridge in florida
    Flag Checkyesjulieton July 18, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:it's about a boy and a girl in love but they fall out of love but she still loves him and she commits suicide and he does too because he really does care for her and they die together and end up in skyway avenue (or heaven) or it has something to do with thee skyway avenue bridge in florida
    Flag Checkyesjulieton July 18, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Like people have said, I personally think it's related to the Skyway Bridge.
    There has been SO many suicides on that bridge, because once you hit the water...it's like cemet. You're dead. I've yet to hear a person who has survived it.
    I just...think that if no one wants to see them together, they won't have to. They'll find another way.
    Even if that means death.
    And Travis sang,
    "If you jump, I will jump, too."
    Idunno... :/
    Flag ohdangshelon July 13, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:this song reminds me of romeo and juliet (gross). Still agreat song tho.
    Flag geraldt102496on April 19, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Skyway Avenue= Sunshine Skyway Bridge?
    Flag berto91on February 17, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:we get caught in routine
    and nothings going nowhere
    daring each other quit
    get out of it
    with promises to weather it together
    Flag Matt Holckon September 01, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:hmmmm idk...i got sort of a different interpretation of the song...

    i saw it as two people who are in love, but the girl is scared about entering a relationship. no one approved of their relationship and they know that their relationship isnt a healthy one, but they dont care. they're blinded by their love and he is willing to risk everything, including his heart, if she is willing to risk it as well. and he doesnt care what anyone else thinks because he loves her and that's all that matters.

    even if it is about suicide i dont want to think about it that way because that morbid meaning would ruin this beautiful song :) but hey...everyone has their opinion
    Flag volcom_LOVEon September 01, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think xxinlovewithmusicxx hit it spot on.
    Two outcasts fell in love, and the girl was having suicidal thoughts, but the boy loved her so much that he would do it with her. But they don't, they make it through. :)

    No matter how you see it, it's still an amazing song.
    I smile every time I hear it, and it's also the song that was playing in my car when I first kissed my current girlfriend
    :)
    Flag kedgeson March 11, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Im all with 'Alohaa'!!!! I get teary listening to this song! It's so sweet! I think it's about two people who love eachother so much but no one else understands it. Life is so mundane except for one another, And they decide that they will commit suicide together;
    "Drive fast until we crash,
    This dead end life."
    And then the lines;
    "We'll race right off the cliff,
    They will remember this."
    And then the whole chorus points that way.
    "'Cause if you jump
    I will jump, too
    We will fall together
    From the building's ledge
    Never looking back at what we've done
    We'll say it was love
    'Cause I would die for you
    On Skyway Avenue"
    If you haven't listened to other stuff from these guys, you should, they are sooooooo good.

    Flag Infectiouson November 07, 2008   Link

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