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I can still remember
The words and what they meant
As we etched them with our fingers
In years of wet cement
The days blurred into each other
Though everything seemed clear
We cruised along at half speed
But then we shifted gears
We ran like vampires from a thousand burning suns
But even then we should have stayed
[Chorus]
But we ran away
Now all my friends have gone
Maybe we've outgrown all the things that we once loved
Runaway
But what are we running from?
A show of hands from those in this audience of one
Where have they gone?
Identities assume us
As nine and five add up
Synchronizing watches
To the seconds that we lost
I looked up and saw you
I know that you saw me
We froze but for a moment
In empathy
I brought down the sky for you but all you did was shrug
You gave my emptiness a name
And you ran away
Now all my friends have gone
Maybe we've outgrown all the things that we once loved
Runaway
But what are we running from?
A show of hands from those in this audience of one
Where have they gone?
We're all OK, until the day we're not
The surface shines, while the inside rots
We raced the sunset and we almost won
We slammed the brakes, but the wheels went on
[Chorus]
The words and what they meant
As we etched them with our fingers
In years of wet cement
The days blurred into each other
Though everything seemed clear
We cruised along at half speed
But then we shifted gears
We ran like vampires from a thousand burning suns
But even then we should have stayed
[Chorus]
But we ran away
Now all my friends have gone
Maybe we've outgrown all the things that we once loved
Runaway
But what are we running from?
A show of hands from those in this audience of one
Where have they gone?
Identities assume us
As nine and five add up
Synchronizing watches
To the seconds that we lost
I looked up and saw you
I know that you saw me
We froze but for a moment
In empathy
I brought down the sky for you but all you did was shrug
You gave my emptiness a name
And you ran away
Now all my friends have gone
Maybe we've outgrown all the things that we once loved
Runaway
But what are we running from?
A show of hands from those in this audience of one
Where have they gone?
We're all OK, until the day we're not
The surface shines, while the inside rots
We raced the sunset and we almost won
We slammed the brakes, but the wheels went on
[Chorus]
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"I brought down the sky for you, and all you did was shrug..
You gave my emptiness a name, and you ran away"
Because that is really what I felt like I was doing with my relationship at the time. This song gave me the sense and the strength to finally end it with her, less than a month later.
But anyway, It then says "A show of hands from those in this Audience of One, where have they gone?" I think that is saying that, when you gave your all to the girl, You lost some friends along the way, and now that she is your only "fan" or friend, but she doesnt cheer you on, because she doesnt respect you like she should and doesnt love you back.
This song has touched me and I dont think Ive ever related to a song in my life more than this one.
"We ran like vampires from a thousand burning suns
But even then we should have stayed"
He thinks we should have finished our business in iraq during the first iraq war. to him its wrong we left.
"But we ran away
Now all my friends are gone
Maybe we've outgrown all the things that we once loved
Runaway
But what are we running from?
A show of hands from those in this audience of one
Where have they gone?"
His presidency. He went back into iraq, and public opinion turned against him when it was once so strong. the 'maybe we've outgrown all the things that we once loved refers to his view that the values and beliefs he holds, and that his supporters held, are no longer held dear, hence the public turning against him. Audience of one refers to how nobody listens to him anymore.
"I brought down the sky for you but all you did was shrug
You gave my emptiness a name"
his view that he accomplished a ton with the iraq war and his legislation, but the public felt differently. he feels unappreciated for what he views as success.
I think this is a song that pushes for understanding of a person's motivations and feelings, despite how much we dislike their policy or something. not everyone is terrible.
i think that some of the lyrics are about a boy pretty much ditched his like for a girl he thought he loved. but when they needed to work on the relationship they boy did everything he could but the girl just half-assed it. and didn't care that much. so after it was over the boy needed his friends and they were no longer there for him becuase of how he ditched them for the girl..
As a kid with school and everything it can seem like the days just keep coming and you lose track of how much time has gone by, and you think you know what the future holds - "days blurred into each other, though everything seemed clear"
Kids are always to worked up about how others view them instead of just ignoring what people say and having fun - "identities assumed us"
I love this next part: kids always want to grow up and become adults because 'being a kid isnt fair' but when they become adults they realize this sucks and they want to be kids again but cant and time just keeps moving on - "we raced the sunset and we almost won, we slammed the breaks but the wheels went on"
P.S. im 13 and i dont want to grow up!