I'm coming up for air so I can Check myself again and I stand Proven to the man but sheltered Confidence we tend to shelf and Unexpected hunger drives me Just shut up and stand beside me I don't need your understanding I don't need to change a damn thing And though I'm used to have you here It doesn't change the man I was When you found me And there was no one else around me, yeah Just turn the page and watch me grow There's so many things that you don't know About my soul Live and die but this will not get old Just when you think that you're down and out Don't preconceive what I'm all about Look for a reason that you have to start Acting like a friend that you are not And when you think that we played it out We come from the bottom and knock it out Look for a reason that you have to start Acting like a friend but you are not, yeah Nothing in between to fall through I'm being myself who are you You stand above and look down You're just a plagaristic clown You suck the life out of me You keep track of the pity And when this well becomes dry You'll shed a tear for another lie And though I'm used to have you here It doesn't change the man I was When you found me And there was no one else around me, yeah Just turn the page and watch me grow There's so many things that you don't know About my soul Live and die but this will not get old Just when you think that you're down and out Don't preconceive what I'm all about Look for a reason that you have to start Acting like a friend that you are not And when you think that we played it out We come from the bottom and knock it out Look for a reason that you have to start Acting like a friend but you are not, yeah And though I'm used to have you here It doesn't change the man I was When you found me And there was no one else around me, yeah, yeah, yeah ooh Just when you think that you're down and out Don't preconceive what I'm all about Look for a reason that you have to start Acting like a friend that you are not And when you think that we played it out We come from the bottom and knock it out Look for a reason that you have to start Acting like a friend but you are not, yeah



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Track duration: 03:40

"Down and Out" as written by Jared Gosselin, Hugo Ferreira, Kevin Miller, Joe Pessia, Erik Leonhardt, Marcus Ratzenboeck

Lyrics © Royalty Network, Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:This song is about heartache and pain after the writer realizes he's lost everything, especially the friends/relationship/career he once had. It's a great song.
    Flag MucicalGreatnesson September 27, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:It is written from the perspective of somebody that has a hard time relating to other people. He often feels alone because even his friends he feels are trying to change him and refuse to love him for how he is usually whether their friends are trying to change him or not.

    "Just shut up and stand beside me
    I don't need your understanding
    I don't need to change a damn thing"

    "Look for a reason that you have to start
    Acting like a friend that you are not"

    Often when people feel like this, they think that their friends are not really their friends but are trying to use them. Often they think that nobody really knows them (despite how well people really do know them, this type of person is very transparent).

    "There's so many things that you don�t know
    About my soul"

    Sometimes they think people are fake and trying to screw them over by lying about who they are to get close to them.

    "I'm being myself who are you
    You stand above and look down
    You're just a plagaristic clown
    You suck the life out of me
    You keep track of the petty
    And when this well becomes dry
    You'll shed a tear for another lie"

    The reason that the video has a suicide theme is because often when they realize the reason they are lonely is all their own fault for driving people away usually cuz they are falsely thinking that everyone around him is fake and using him. Or because he has some kind of other significant person problems that drives away everyone but users (it is usually this one, think about it how often is the notion "everybody in the world is crazy except for me" true?). When people suddenly come to the realization that everything bad in their life is their own fault, one of two things will happen. They will try to change themselves, or will kill themselves.
    Flag MrTylerGreenon December 17, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:the song is about suicide. if you watch the video you'll understand.
    Flag trooper911on August 23, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think it is about a friend that betrayed the person whose point of view it is.
    Flag kyuuialisonon July 18, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I agree with two things I've read on these comments. One is that it is some kind of failed friendship and as chirality pointed out, the song is directed to someone he is used to having by his side. That someone may actually be a few people: the former band members. The lead singer (blanking on his name) is the only member left of the original Tantric. Everyone else is new. I think this song is directed at the band members who left him.
    Flag wiseman387on May 28, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:The video helps. :)
    Flag DiSTORTED!on December 30, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:watch the vid douche
    Flagged deertizzleon November 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I personally think it is about someone mind fucking a dude... Idk though, just the vibe I got from it lol
    Flag BabiiGurl2012on November 11, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:fake friends giving fake pitty
    Flag chernaruson November 04, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:A relationship that has failed. Somebody he doesn't know anymore.
    Flag NutzyPixeon November 02, 2008   Link

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