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I candy-coat and cover everything
But I'm still hiding underneath
It's been a long time
It's been a long time
A thousand faces looking up at me
Hands all pointed to the ceiling
Oh, what a feeling
I've got friends in highly low places
I'm standing on post, and I'm posted up
Can't afford to lose them
I've got friends in highly low places
I'll go inside when I wanna party
Grab a girl and dance
(Don't touch me)
Whoa oh, whoa, whoa oh
Why do I put myself in these situations?
Whoa oh, whoa, whoa oh
I keep pushing myself
Even though I can't take it at all
Girl, who taught you how to move like that?
At this pace you're at you're moving way to fast
I, I saw you from across the room
It's me versus every guy
It's your choice
You choose
I've got friends in highly low places
It's been a long time
It's been a long time
And maybe baby, you could rise above the rest to meet me
Whoa oh, whoa, whoa oh
Why do I put myself in these situations?
Whoa oh, whoa, whoa oh
I keep pushing myself
Even though I can't take it at all (x2)
You're worth losing my self-esteem
Your clever words mean nothing more to me
Than a lot I've heard in a movie
You're worth losing my, losing my
Losing my self-esteem
You're not worth
Putting myself in these situations
Whoa oh, whoa, whoa oh
Why do I put myself in these situations?
Whoa oh, whoa, whoa oh
I keep pushing myself
Even though I can't take it at all (x2)
But I'm still hiding underneath
It's been a long time
It's been a long time
A thousand faces looking up at me
Hands all pointed to the ceiling
Oh, what a feeling
I've got friends in highly low places
I'm standing on post, and I'm posted up
Can't afford to lose them
I've got friends in highly low places
I'll go inside when I wanna party
Grab a girl and dance
(Don't touch me)
Whoa oh, whoa, whoa oh
Why do I put myself in these situations?
Whoa oh, whoa, whoa oh
I keep pushing myself
Even though I can't take it at all
Girl, who taught you how to move like that?
At this pace you're at you're moving way to fast
I, I saw you from across the room
It's me versus every guy
It's your choice
You choose
I've got friends in highly low places
It's been a long time
It's been a long time
And maybe baby, you could rise above the rest to meet me
Whoa oh, whoa, whoa oh
Why do I put myself in these situations?
Whoa oh, whoa, whoa oh
I keep pushing myself
Even though I can't take it at all (x2)
You're worth losing my self-esteem
Your clever words mean nothing more to me
Than a lot I've heard in a movie
You're worth losing my, losing my
Losing my self-esteem
You're not worth
Putting myself in these situations
Whoa oh, whoa, whoa oh
Why do I put myself in these situations?
Whoa oh, whoa, whoa oh
I keep pushing myself
Even though I can't take it at all (x2)
Lyrics submitted by CMMM
Track duration: 03:24
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She sounds pretty great with em! and it sounds a little heavier..? maybe ha
I don't know, but i love it
As a side note, I used to think the line "Your clever words mean nothing more to me, than a lot I've heard in a movie" was "Your clever words mean nothing more to me that a lot of hurt in the morning". As in waking up the next morning realising you've done the wrong thing. :)
I'm living this right now.
And i don't think anyone explained the part
"why do i put myself in this situations?
I keep pushing myself even though i can take it at all"
and seriously i always DO put myself in situations like this, and i ask myself the same question everyday haha.
I keep pushing myself into crazy relationships not actually girlfriends sometimes but you know what i mean, even though i can't take anymore relationships...
fuck this songs is awesome. And yes i feel like girls should prove me they're good first.
Great Music here MAH BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIss.
Ha. Good song thoughh
Ha. Good song thoughh
'I candy-coat and cover everything
But I'm still hiding underneath
It's been a long time
It's been a long time'
Simply saying what he is most of the time is an act.He covers up the real him and tries to be the persona that hes created.
'A thousand faces looking up at me
Hands all pointed to the ceiling
Oh, what a feeling'
Read literally it means, wow what a feeling when your on stage and everyones there. However, it could also be a metaphore saying everyones looking upto him as a person, and 'pointed to the ceiling' means they have high expectations, and 'oh,what a feeling' could be wow they're all looking upto me and my fake persona.
'I've got friends in highly low places
I'm standing on post, and I'm posted up
Can't afford to lose them
I've got friends in highly low places
I'll go inside when I wanna party
Grab a girl and dance
(Don't touch me)'
I think this part's saying he feels hes much higher up that he actually is.He has this big ego on stage,or with his fake persona he uses to cover up his real self, but when he tries to act popular and 'big' he gets rejected '(don't,touch me)'.
'Whoa oh, whoa, whoa oh
Why do I put myself in these situations?
Whoa oh, whoa, whoa oh
I keep pushing myself
Even though I can't take it at all'
He finds himself always being turned down because he's trying to keep up with his persona that hes created,when really,he hasn't got what it takes to pull off what he wants to be.
'Girl, who taught you how to move like that?
At this pace you're at you're moving way to fast
I, I saw you from across the room
It's me versus every guy
It's your choice
You choose'
simply,hes going for the girl every guy wants,and she can choose whoever she wants to have
'And maybe baby,
you could rise above the rest to meet me'
This part shows his egotistic persona hes created, to cover up his lack of confidence and self-esteem, takes over. He has already explained in this verse that the girl he wants is the girl that everyone wants. In this last part of verse he's trying to say that he's above her,and she'd have to work at it to get to him. 'meet me' is saying hes already above the others,when we already know from the first part of the verse that the girl could actually have anyone she wants.
'You're worth losing my self-esteem
Your clever words mean nothing more to me
Than a lot I've heard in a movie
You're worth losing my, losing my
Losing my self-esteem
You're not worth
Putting myself in these situations'
He realises here that she's not worth it,and maybe the situation hes put himself in,with the big, made up ego wasn't really worth it after all.
haha :P i don't post often,but when i do,i seriously over think it :P
"I've got a thousand faces looking up to me" seems to shout that,
and then,
"I've got friends in highly low places" think of stars like britney spears; highly low place, huh?
im pretty sure FTSK are talking about being famous and going out clubbing,
ORRR
theyre just talking abuot partying and clubbing, again with the highly low thing. :]
I think this song is about a guy doing stupid things to impress a girl that every guy wants to go out with. He's trying to be noticed and to stand out, even at the cost of his self esteem and getting himself in awkward positions.
Thus the video. lol