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Lying in the park on a beautiful day
Sunshine in the grass and the children play
Sirens pass in fire engine red
Someone's house is burning down on a day like this
The evening comes and we're hanging out
On the front step and a car goes by with the windows rolled down
And that War song is playing
"Why can't we be friends?"
Someone is screaming and crying in the apartment upstairs
Funny the way it is
If you think about it
Somebody's going hungry and someone else is eating out
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
Somebody's heart is broken and it becomes your favorite song
The way your mouth feels in your lover's kiss
Like a pretty bird on the breeze or water to a fish
A bomb blast brings the building crashing to the floor
Hear the laughter while the children play war
Funny the way it is
If you think about it
One kid walks ten miles to school, another's dropping out
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
On a soldier's last breath, his baby's being born
Standing on a bridge
Watch the water passing underneath
It must have been much harder when there was no bridge, just water
Now the world is small
Remember how it used to be
With mountains and oceans and winters and rivers and stars?
Watch the sky, a jet plane so far out of my reach
Is there someone up there looking down on me?
A boy sees a bird, so close but every time
He'll never catch her but he can't stop trying
Funny the way it is
If you think about it
One kid walks ten miles to school, another's dropping out
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
On a soldier's last breath, his baby's being born
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
Somebody's broken heart becomes your favorite song
Funny the way it is
If you think about it
One kid walks ten miles to school, another's dropping out
Standing on a bridge
Watch the water passing underneath
It must have been much harder when there was no bridge, just water
Now the world is small
Remember how it used to be
With mountains and oceans and winters and rivers and stars?
Sunshine in the grass and the children play
Sirens pass in fire engine red
Someone's house is burning down on a day like this
The evening comes and we're hanging out
On the front step and a car goes by with the windows rolled down
And that War song is playing
"Why can't we be friends?"
Someone is screaming and crying in the apartment upstairs
Funny the way it is
If you think about it
Somebody's going hungry and someone else is eating out
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
Somebody's heart is broken and it becomes your favorite song
The way your mouth feels in your lover's kiss
Like a pretty bird on the breeze or water to a fish
A bomb blast brings the building crashing to the floor
Hear the laughter while the children play war
Funny the way it is
If you think about it
One kid walks ten miles to school, another's dropping out
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
On a soldier's last breath, his baby's being born
Standing on a bridge
Watch the water passing underneath
It must have been much harder when there was no bridge, just water
Now the world is small
Remember how it used to be
With mountains and oceans and winters and rivers and stars?
Watch the sky, a jet plane so far out of my reach
Is there someone up there looking down on me?
A boy sees a bird, so close but every time
He'll never catch her but he can't stop trying
Funny the way it is
If you think about it
One kid walks ten miles to school, another's dropping out
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
On a soldier's last breath, his baby's being born
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
Somebody's broken heart becomes your favorite song
Funny the way it is
If you think about it
One kid walks ten miles to school, another's dropping out
Standing on a bridge
Watch the water passing underneath
It must have been much harder when there was no bridge, just water
Now the world is small
Remember how it used to be
With mountains and oceans and winters and rivers and stars?
Lyrics submitted by cristinaish, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Track duration: 04:27
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Watch the water passing underneath
It must have been much harder when there was no bridge, just water" implying -- it gets easier to kill oneself jumping off the bridge.
With regards to these specific lyrics, I believe he is applying the idea to nature and progress, the implication being that technology (bridge building in this case) has made our lives better, allowing us greater access to the world, but at the same time for all we've gained, we've also lost the wonder and beauty of untouched, pristine land and sky (which he addresses in the rest of that chorus with:
Now the world is small
Remember how it used to be
With mountains and oceans and winters and rivers and stars?)
Then i thought for my self, for a second, the song it self, the melody it self is very ironic.
For instance, every time I listen to this song and all of my friends that are not the biggest fans, we all seem to get excited in a happy way, but there is nothing to be all to happy about.
So even the melody is just as ironic as every line in this song.
It makes me feel good/happy but at the same time it is sad, sad as hell.
Lets just hope that Dave will never stop singing/playing for us.
Lying in the park on a beautiful day
Sunshine in the grass and the children play
Sirens pass in fire engine red
"Someone's house is burning down on a day like this"
Basically it's saying how it could be a "beautiful day" for some people, but somewhere in the world, something terrible, like their house burning down, is occurring.
I kinda am confused about the reference to suicide in here.
ie Standing on a bridge
Watch the water passing underneath
It must have been much harder when there was no bridge, just water
although very emotional and moving it doesn't necessarily connect to the other lyrics so well imo. Like to know others thoughts.
I also like when they say "A boy sees a bird, so close but every time
He'll never catch her but he can't stop trying..." I don't know why.
The words to the song delivers a message that we all know already - the world is ironic: good things and bad things happen simultaneously; yet we are helpless when it comes to preventing all the bad things from happening. As he points out, it's not right or wrong - it just happens. And no matter how disastrous the situation may be, we keep moving forward in our lives.
Amazing song.
as can be expected from dave matthews band.
they rock the world.
Also I like then line about "mountains and oceans and winters and rivers and stars..." It's just so beautiful and says a lot about the world