Lyrics for Mona Lisa (When The World Comes Down) as interpreted by __dangerous

Mona Lisa (When The World Comes Down) Lyrics
Here's another pity
There's another chance
You tried to learn a lesson
But you can't

If we could burn a city
In futures and in past
Without a change our lives will never last
We're going fast

You can sit beside me when the world comes down
If it doesn't matter then just turn around
We don't need our bags
And we can just leave town
You can sit beside me when the world comes down

What can we do better?
When will we know how?
A man says from the sidewalk to the crowd

If we can change the weather
If you wanted to yourself
Well if you can't
I guess we all need help
I need help

You can sit beside me when the world comes down
If it doesn't matter then just turn around
We don't need our bags
And we can just leave town
You can sit beside me when the world comes down

We say,
We do,
The lies, the truth
And all I need is next to me

We're going fast

You can sit beside me when the world comes down
If it doesn't matter then just turn around
You be the queen, and I'll be your clown
You can sit beside me when the world comes down

You can sit beside me when the world comes
You can sit beside me when the world comes down

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__dangerous
03-23-2008

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This is a new song of there's that they've only played live like 3 times.
So the lyrics probably aren't perfect.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

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JubeJube
12-12-2008

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One correction:
"If we can burn a city
in futures and in past"

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atticus020
12-24-2008

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I'm surprised not many people have commented this, but anyways, I think it's a pretty practical song. Change is important, it's not easy, there's a special someone in his or her life, and when utilitariunism fails, they'll have each other.

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cloudy eye
12-28-2008

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Yeah. I don't have much to say but I feel that this song isn't accumulating comments fast enough so I will anyways.

Like whoever above me said, it's about change, but I like the sound of the song adds a whimsical kind of element to it. The title is all doom and gloom, and then it's like a surprise when the music starts.

Any ideas on what the title is all about?

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omgloserfacexo
12-29-2008

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I'm not sure what the title's about, but it caught my attention. It makes you think of the bad first- but when you hear the song your opinion can really be changed.

I love the line "You can sit beside me when the world comes down." It's like there's beauty in the bad that happens, making it good, so you can watch it and know that not everything is bad and there's a good side to things.

Just my opinion, I couldn't think of a better way to put it.

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omgloserfacexo
12-29-2008

Rated +2 
OMGGGGG.
I posted my first comment at like 3 am.
and decided later to watch fight club.
and, there is a line, where Tyler Durden says,
"Hey, even the Mona Lisa's falling apart."

All great things, masterpieces, they all end.
Nothing lasts forever, not even the world.
People can't stop this from happening.
Maybe the title / lyrics refer to an acceptance of this.
We all have to deal with things ending, so we might as well watch with our loved ones while they end, because it's out of our hands.

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camluvs7
01-12-2009

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i agree with the above about the title, and it makes me love this song even more♥
it has a great beat, and i also love the line "you can sit beside me when the world comes down". personnally, it reminds me of how through all the change youll always have eachother, and also that not to take life too seriuosly.
youll never make it out alive anyway ;)

i also love "heres another pity, theres another chance" its just saying that through life theres always us and downs, always. shit happens, but miracles happen too. (:
love this song.

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camluvs7
01-12-2009

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i agree with the above about the title, and it makes me love this song even more♥
it has a great beat, and i also love the line "you can sit beside me when the world comes down". personnally, it reminds me of how through all the change youll always have eachother, and also that not to take life too seriuosly.
youll never make it out alive anyway ;)

i also love "heres another pity, theres another chance" its just saying that through life theres always us and downs, always. shit happens, but miracles happen too. (:
love this song.

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Kew
01-23-2009

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Good stuff.
Clearly this song is about humanity's progress. We can destroy cities, we can change the weather and we're going too fast. These are worrying concepts and if our ability to do these things is not checked then the world just might come down. Let's just hope that, if it does, we have someone we love to sit beside when it happens.

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devinxdisaster
01-28-2009

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"all I need is next to me"
I love it.
I thought Mona Lisa was the name of the girl it's directed to
or a metaphor for her beauty and whatnot

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putzx2x
01-31-2009

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"you can sit beside me when the world comes down"

it's just beautiful because it expresses the constancy and permanence that another individual can impact your life with. When everything goes to shit, we'll at least be able to be together and go through the experience with each other. Nothing else in the world matters essentially... as long as the relationship between the two or whoever people doesn't "come down" the way the world is...

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zakts
02-01-2009

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I saw these guys live the other night (absolutely amazingly awesome I have to say :D) and when they performed this, Tyson sang "you can come inside me when the world comes down" on the last line.
Strange, eh?

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caitrr
02-22-2009

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Reminds me of being there for someone you love when they are going through something tough.

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Azraeille
03-16-2009

Rated +1 
This song is perfect...see it describes my situation perfect.

This won't be the most beautifully orchestrated comment [I'm tired] but...

I have a friend [soon to be more I think] that's gone through it all. Me and her both. We've watched the city burn and we've seen so much change in our lifetimes. You learn that few things are for certain.

See there's a lot that points to us amounting to nothing but one thing we both love is roadtrips. So we decided to go to Cali for Spring break. We'll be driving coast to coast [North Carolina to Cali] and we don't need our bags. We just get up and leave [like we did last weekend when we went to Alabama on a whim] and all I need will be right next to me in the car.

Sometimes sitting back and watching it all is the best thing to do. Besides, if the world comes down we always have each other, whether friends or a little more :]

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unexpectedNinja
05-13-2009

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I love this song, and me nd my friends can so relate to it.
:)

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cashewlover
07-01-2009

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this song is so amazing. It's my ringtone!!!!! Anyway, I think it's not so much about civilization coming down as much as everyone else thinks. To me, it's more so about the girl he's singing about. He's saying "you can sit beside me when the world comes down" in the sense that, he loves her so much, that if the world ended right there and then, he'd want her to be with him at that one moment that it collapses. But "if it doesn't matter the just turn around" relates to how if she doesn't care about those kidn of things, like if the world were to die that second, she would'nt give a shit about who she sat next to, he's telling her that she can turn around and go find someone who doesn't care liek she does. He wants someone to sit beside and love him back, so much that they'll sit together when the world comes down. And he's saying that all he truly needs is her next to him and everythign will be okay, even if the world is dying. He says "you'll be my queen, ill be your clown" (or something like that) in the sense that he'll treat her right, he'll make her laugh and have fun, he just wants her to stay.
Thsi song really makes a person think, eh?

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fangsxupxcobrahxstyle
07-04-2009

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This song makes me feel like I'm waking up after a long, restful nap. I love it.

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fangsxupxcobrahxstyle
07-04-2009

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This song makes me feel like I'm waking up after a long, restful nap. I love it.

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aquamarine1421
07-17-2009

Rated +2 
I love this song, i think it's a really calming tune. I think it's about how like we as a species are making bad choices and destroying the planet, "we're going to fast" i think the lines. "here's another pity, there's another chance tried to learn a lesson but you can't" i think it means like what a pity, we keep doing harm to the planet and we never learn our lesson, we haven't changed much. i think the lines "what can we do better? when will we know how?" are talking about like what can we do to reverse what we have done.like how can we change, when will we know what exactly we can do. i think this song refers alot to global warming and the 2012 theory. but i think what makes it sooo good is that its not so much as focused on changing the planet. in the chorus he repeats several times "you can sit beside me when the world comes down" so as a whole i think the whole song is explaining the problems with our environment and that the artist feels like the world just might come crashing down one day. but he has somebody special in his life. and he really doesn't care much about what happens to the world as long as he's with them in the end. it kinda reminds me of seeing fireworks. like hey u can sit beside me and we can watch it together. and i definitely agree with whoever brought up that line from fight club. about how even the mona lisa's falling apart. i think he used it as a title just to kinda symbolize how everything will be destroyed.

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sapppy
10-08-2009

Rated +1 
To me, almost all of the verses have some sort of allusion or reference to the novel "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury.

The most obvious example:

"If we could burn a city
In futures and in past
Without a change our lives will never last"




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