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I'll be the one to show you the way
You'll be the one to always complain
Three in the morning, come a-bang-bang-bang
All out of fags and I just can't wait
Cancel the thing that I said I'd do
I don't feel comfortable talking to you
Unless you got the zipper fixed on my shoe
Then I'll be in the lobby drinking for two
Eighteen, balding, star
Golden, fallen heart
Look at the shakies, what's with the blush?
Fresh off the plane in my fuzzy rush
Everyone's gathered to idolize me
I hate the way you talk, your Japanese scream
It's been too long since I've left the shed
You kick the bucket, I'll swing my legs
Always remember the pact that we made
Too young to die, but old is the grave
Eighteen, balding, star
Golden, fallen heart
I'm-a gonna show the way.
You'll be the one to always complain
Three in the morning, come a-bang-bang-bang
All out of fags and I just can't wait
Cancel the thing that I said I'd do
I don't feel comfortable talking to you
Unless you got the zipper fixed on my shoe
Then I'll be in the lobby drinking for two
Eighteen, balding, star
Golden, fallen heart
Look at the shakies, what's with the blush?
Fresh off the plane in my fuzzy rush
Everyone's gathered to idolize me
I hate the way you talk, your Japanese scream
It's been too long since I've left the shed
You kick the bucket, I'll swing my legs
Always remember the pact that we made
Too young to die, but old is the grave
Eighteen, balding, star
Golden, fallen heart
I'm-a gonna show the way.
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I always have read into this as a friendship song, probably because the first lyrics I could really make out were, "You kick the bucket, I'll swing my legs, always remember the pact that we made..."
The first verse especially makes me think of an opposite sex friendship, where the two are absolute best friends, but feelings got in the way and they kind of hate each other, but their friendship is undeniable. As it goes on, it makes me feel like they're saying, "Well, you bitch, I hate you, but you're still my best friend and I promised you we'd be in it for the long haul. You kick the bucket, I'll swing my legs."
I used this song as the closing track for a drama production. As the lights would come back up for stage strike, I couldn't help but dancing to it, singing along. I wonder if I got docked marks for that. Haha.
Anyone know what 'shakies' means? I don't get it...
The song really is about touring and changing into different people for the worse. And that's when the "swinging legs" line comes in. The suicide pact makes sense. They're watching each other's backs. If one person turns into the drug addicted asshole (particularly Rooster - and since Caleb's the one "swinging his legs", it makes sense that he needs his brothers to "kick the bucket" and help him out by "committing suicide". Killing not himself, but his alter ego because Rooster has been known to cause the most trouble within the group).
Also, the song is about brotherly love (someone above mentioned this). Caleb is basically laying down the line and saying that he'll guide his brothers along ("I'm a-gonna show the way") the way, keeping each other out of trouble (suicide pact - getting rid of the part of them that they hate) as long as they help each other.
Just my two cents :)
caleb wrote this song about jared =D