Well, I lost my innocence today
I could feel her in my bones
My bones, my bones, my bones
My blood, my blood, my blood, my blood

And I woke up, tired, scared and sad
Soaked, drained, I felt so bad
Today, today, today
What you still, you still, you still, you still
Won't you say, you say, you say, you say
What you feel, you feel, you feel, you feel
Which is nothing but hollow feelings, yeah
I can, done, I just don't care

And forget happiness, I'm fine
I'll forget everything in time
I swear I didn't know,
You know me, how I can't let go
And we're not guts, we're just hacks
All that life amongst the cracks
The scars, the siege that breaks
The ugliest scene, the worst mistakes
And everywhere I see her face
Such a beautiful child, such an awful waste
And there's no innocence like hers
Just emptiness and nerves

And this light from the window of my car
She'll never see it, oh my God
I was so surprised, it blew up in my face
Lord, I lost my nerve, oh my God...
Oh my God, oh my... God

And I tear, I tear, so hard...
And I tear, I tear, so hard...
And I beg and scream, "I was wrong"
It's over, she's gone



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    Song Meaning:I believe it is really about a guy who is depressed (if you see the full version lyrics, there are two verses about him being unhappy, and thinking of committing suicide). Here he cheats on his gf, he is losing his innocence, and after he wakes up, next to other girl, he is full with regrets, he destroyed everything, he was happy but he didn't knew it, and now she is gone.

    What you still, you still, you still, you still
    Won't you say, you say, you say, you say
    What you feel, you feel, you feel, you feel
    Which is nothing but hollow feelings, yeah
    I can, done, I just don't care

    She doesn't know what to feel about after what he did.

    And forget happiness, I'm fine
    I'll forget everything in time

    He knows that he will never be happy again, because what he thought he wanted, only made him miserable.

    I swear I didn't know,
    You know me, how I can't let go
    And we're not guts, we're just hacks
    All that life amongst the cracks
    The scars, the siege that breaks
    The ugliest scene, the worst mistakes
    And everywhere I see her face
    Such a beautiful child, such an awful waste
    And there's no innocence like hers
    Just emptiness and nerves

    He tries to explain his actions, he misses her so much, but that doesn't change a thing, despite how broken he was before, she is the only one that could make it all better, but she is gone.

    I was so surprised, it blew up in my face
    Lord, I lost my nerve, oh my God...
    Oh my God, oh my... God

    He realizes completely what he has done, he asks for forgiveness, he is surprised be the situation, by how easily he lost control.

    And I beg and scream, "I was wrong"
    It's over, she's gone

    nothing can be changed..
    what a beatiful and realistic song <3
    Flag lelakion February 02, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:This song makes me think that a guy hit a girl with his car driving drunk:

    I swear I didn't know, [...] The ugliest scene, the worst mistakes [...] And this light from the window of my car
    She'll never see it, oh my God
    I was so surprised, it blew up in my face
    Lord, I lost my nerve, oh my God...
    Flag Jlouzon November 25, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:My input

    It could be that the writer is hitting the bottom. He is losing his innocent view on the world and becoming cynical. It's a huge loss, life changing to say the least, and at the same time he is having revelations about who he really is because of it.
    I've thought that he is singing to a metaphysical embodiment of his Innocence, a girl. And that's who is his singing to/about.
    I've also thought that he is sing to god, about his loss of faith.

    I think the idea that this is about an abortion has some strong evidence behind it being true. in which case, I am sorry for him.
    nothing could be so bad
    "just emptiness and nerves"
    Flag FunkyBoneson May 12, 2012   Link
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    Lyric Correction:I heard the second verse as

    And I woke up, tired, scared and sad
    *So* drained, I felt so bad
    Today, today, today
    What you still, you still, you still, you still
    *What* you say, you say, you say, you say
    What you feel, you feel, you feel, you feel
    Which is nothing but hollow feelings, yeah
    I can *die and* I just don't care

    Corrections inside asterisks. I dunno, I think it just makes more sense that way too.

    And in the third verse I hear "We're not gods" instead of "We're not guts". Again, more logical.. And goes with the whole theme of being weak and losing things, as humans often do.
    Flag leighveeon March 22, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:I've loved Airborne Toxic since I first encountered their self-titled album. Every song, every lyrics, all so powerful with emotion, technical skill and creativity - simply masterpieces. Airborne Toxic takes a place in my mind that very few groups have ever graced.

    In light of this, this is my favorite song by them, standing alongside "Sometime Around Midnight." I had read all the various interpretations of this song while searching the lyrics, and I identified most with the "lost love" interpretation...that is, until recently.

    This week, my girlfriend and I discovered she was pregnant. I've loved her since first sight, and our relationship has been nothing but a whirlwind of pure bliss. Today, I learned she wanted to abort the pregnancy.

    I listened to this song, and I wept. To me, this is about a boy who chose to advise his girl to abort their child. Review the following passage:

    "And everywhere I see her face
    Such a beautiful child, such an awful waste
    And there's no innocence like hers
    Just emptiness and nerves."

    Every child I wonder, could that have been mine?

    It is so innocent...just waiting for life, absorbing its mothers' nutrients, prey to our mercy. It hasn't happened yet, but I predict many tears in my future.

    Wish me luck.
    Flag ehmohteeohon October 07, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:ORRRR... maybe they were fighting in the car, (agreeing with Vampira) and they got into a car crash, she was killed, and their last moments together we're fighting.
    Flag sbearraeon August 07, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:I think he was overcome with lust for a girl, didn't have protection, therefore bringing a child into the picture, and she chose to have an abortion, and he wanted to keep the child.
    Flag sbearraeon August 07, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I see it as he's killed someone in a car crash. If you listen to the song with that subject in mind it makes a lot of sense.
    Flag Vampira129on September 01, 2010   Link
  • +1
    Song Meaning:When I hear this song I think of loosing your virginity.
    Commonly when someone is a virgin, they are "innocent"
    Loosing your innocence... There are many lines in this song that can prove this theory.
    (:
    I love TATE<3
    Flag AGirlInASummerDress143on August 10, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I feel like this song is about a father losing his young daughter in a car crash.
    Most of the song its about how depressed he is and near the end of the song he says "And this light from the window of my car."

    Amazing song and band
    Flag XKatherineon May 23, 2010   Link

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