Baby girl twist away
When you’re talking to me
I can't breathe
Set some time aside to say
Why don't you stay
Seven years later I still I feel like a child

You're the one
I know you are

You're the one
I know you are

This calm feeling ends
When you enter
Not many cigarettes left
And I'll wait... until you get back...untill you arrive
Don't want to, I want to
I wouldn't, I would

You're the one
I know you are


You're the one
I know you are

Meredith, I'll miss you when go anywhere
She’s so lovely
But she still loves me



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    General Comment:youtube.com/… - 1:03

    "I don't smoke that much anymore, but if I did I'd take you away and get you so much higher than you already are"

    This somewhat contradicts the theory that it is about weed (how could he get a drug higher than it already is?), though it very well could be. Anthony has admitted to being a heavy user of pot in the past and sometimes cocaine.

    The part about "x years later I still feel like you're the one" USED to be "x years later I still feel like a child" which really plays into the weed theory being true, feeling childlike during your first use of a drug.

    However it is important to note with the "x years" line, he does always recite the number of years he has been together with Meredith.
    Flag deaffromsilenceon November 25, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:This song has an important metaphor.. Babygirl=MARYJANE=WEED.

    Anthony isnt one to waste an entire song with the only message, and that being, he loves his wife.. she knows that already.. and he problly does have a song for her. and her only. and thats why you have never heard it. he would rather make you guess what its really about. and if any of you are a big enough fans, you would know that love songs are not really his cup of tea. meredith, is now included in the song. but, it never used to be. In the lyrics, where it says meredith, used to say Mary Jane, years ago...
    THAT IS FOR THA RECORD!


    QUESTION... WHY WOULD THE ANTHONY GREEN, WRITE A BORING, 1 DIMENSIONAL SONG??
    2ndly.. DO YOU THINK ANTHONY GREEN HONESTLY DOESNT SMOKE WEED???
    (pshh, just listen to Juturna and tell me he wasnt ROLLIN BALLZ on that album)


    --babygirl, twist away--(anthony twists up a joint)
    --when you're talking to me--(when anthony takes a hit)
    --i cant breathe--(he coughs and cannot breathe)

    --set some time aside to say.. why dont you stay??--
    (anthony cant just smoke whenever he feels like it, so he has to make time)

    --7 years later, i still feel like a child--
    (he LOVES WEED, does not plan to quit, only cut back)

    --this calm feeling ends when you enter--
    (Meredith walked in the door and now his buzz is killed, this WILL happen)

    --Not many ciggarettes left--(says anthony)
    (meredith offers to drive to the gas station to get more cigs)

    --and ill wait--(to smoke a cig with meredith)
    --until you get back--(she leaves)

    (Anthonys weed is delivered)

    --until you arrive--(MaryJane)

    --Dont want to-- (hide things from meredith)
    --i want to-- (quickly changes his mind)
    --i wouldnt-- ("cheat" on meredith with maryjane)
    --i would-- (he does anyway)

    --you're the one--(MARYJANE)
    --I know you are--(HE LOVES WEED STILL)

    --you're the one--(Meredith)
    --i know you are--(is going to marry her)

    --meredith, ill miss you when you go anywhere.--
    --shes so lovely.--

    --BUT.. SHE still loves me--(MaryJane)

    (ANTHONY HAS JUST "SET SOME TIME ASIDE" FOR MARYJANE, AND NOW HES BLAZED!!)


    ----Anthony has always smoked green, and most likely always will. with his new life style he only smokes in moderation most likely, like any stoner would end up doing after they are converted into a husband/dad.

    (you cant be high all the time)
    Flag maxbrenizeron April 30, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:oops, here it is: youtube.com/…
    Flag maxbrenizeron February 19, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:this is the video of him playing babygirl in 2005, 7 years ago, so it could technically still be about meredith.. but who knows, honestly.
    Flag maxbrenizeron February 19, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:ok, yeah you can say this song is about merideth cuz technically it is now. but this is anthony green people.. this song is actually really old, he may have even wrote those lyrics before he was in saosin.. did he know merideth then? i honestly dont know. just saying. like when i first heard this song, it was "2 years later" instead of 7 or whatever. i believe this song makes a total refrence to marijuana. To me, it is obvious. if you cannot see this, just substitue pot in for babygirl. then you can see how the analogy works,like: "when you're talking to me, i cant breathe" -could work for him coughing after taking a hit. and the line "baby girl twist away" totally works with rolling a joint. even old people will talk about weed but disguise it as some old lady named Mary Jane. anthony even says Mary Jane in place of merideth in an acoustic clip. The demo of this song did not have the lyrics: "Meredith, I'll miss you when I go anywhere." he added that in on the newer version. after all he is clean these days. He does this same kinda thing with the circa song Glorious Nosebleed, where the lyrics hint torwards possibily cocaine or something, but he has told people it is about a girl trapped in a burning building. this girl has to make a decison between staying where she is and praying for help, or jumping out the window.. could that possibily be the concept behind the juturna album art? like that girl falling on the front, she even looks like she is falling after stepping off a window ledge or something. when you open the album booklet open, its a trippy forest, and there is a trail that leads to bright glowing door ("walk into the light") the door could represent the spot where the girl jumped from, or it could represent her seeing the light at the end of the tunnel while she is coming down from a drug or a bad trip. when i first read the lyrics, i was almost positive it was about getting somebody to do cocaine for they're first time and then coming off of it not long after. anthony is an insane poet and will write the lyrics to a song for the sole purpose of being able to have multiple meanings to that song.
    Flag maxbrenizeron February 19, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:it says ten years later on the album lol
    Flag Aidenownon December 12, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:** The 7 years reference in this lyric is NOT connected to the song by the same name. Anthony has performed the song changing it to EIGHT years and NINE years since, it's clearly the time since they've been together.

    He feels the same for her then as he does now.

    it's pretty charming, i actually play this song for my girl when she's having a bad day, always makes her smile. thank you anthony.
    Flag YourStarryEyeson July 28, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:just curious i understand the whole meredith thing and the meaning of the song is pretty simple but is it just a random ironic occurence that he says 7 years later he still feels like a child and also wrote the lyrics to 7 years being as he was the original vocalist for saosin???

    7 years was on the original saosin ep if im correct i know anthony did the original vocals for it and that songs been out for 6 years now so i dont think its entirely out of the question that it might have been an alliteration back to the concept of 7 years from his time with saosin and how he still feels content within his life.
    Flag lar1016on October 27, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:anthony and meredith just got married :)
    Flag dancedesireeon August 06, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I've listened to this song on several occasions, but this time i actually listened to the lyrics and it made me cry.
    What a beautiful song
    Flag BETCHon July 10, 2009   Link

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