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I'm burned out like a bright light, I wasn't ready for this.
You're adorable as hell, but I'm glancing at your wrist.
Oh please have faith, I can be so cavalier.
And when they start to ask questions I'll make sure to be clear.
When you see my friends, tell them hi for me.
Tell them what you think about the way you handled everything.
You turned and all you left me with was this broken key.
So tell me what you think.
Give it up for the long nights and all those terrible fights.
Were you honest with yourself, every version of yourself?
Did you get lost on the side of the road?
If you keep acting this way I swear I'll never come home.
When you see my friends, tell them hi for me.
Tell them what you think about the way you handled everything.
We walk alone on this broken road for eternity.
So give me company and help me sing this lonely melody.
You turned and all you left me with was this broken key.
So tell me what you think.
Sign me up, no regrets.
Make a man out of me.
And I won't say a word
And I'll give all the things that you want
And I need just to give me some peace.
At the bottom of the ocean, there's a place for you and me.
Lead the way, straight ahead.
You gave me the time of my life and cut like a knife to the bone.
When you see my friends, tell them hi for me.
And tell them what you think about the way you handled everything.
So neat and clean.
Well, the world is full of such pretty things.
So do your best for me.
You're adorable as hell, but I'm glancing at your wrist.
Oh please have faith, I can be so cavalier.
And when they start to ask questions I'll make sure to be clear.
When you see my friends, tell them hi for me.
Tell them what you think about the way you handled everything.
You turned and all you left me with was this broken key.
So tell me what you think.
Give it up for the long nights and all those terrible fights.
Were you honest with yourself, every version of yourself?
Did you get lost on the side of the road?
If you keep acting this way I swear I'll never come home.
When you see my friends, tell them hi for me.
Tell them what you think about the way you handled everything.
We walk alone on this broken road for eternity.
So give me company and help me sing this lonely melody.
You turned and all you left me with was this broken key.
So tell me what you think.
Sign me up, no regrets.
Make a man out of me.
And I won't say a word
And I'll give all the things that you want
And I need just to give me some peace.
At the bottom of the ocean, there's a place for you and me.
Lead the way, straight ahead.
You gave me the time of my life and cut like a knife to the bone.
When you see my friends, tell them hi for me.
And tell them what you think about the way you handled everything.
So neat and clean.
Well, the world is full of such pretty things.
So do your best for me.
Lyrics submitted by Clockwork00
Track duration: 03:35
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I think that makes sense with the line "And when they start to ask questions I'll make sure to be clear" because it's like he's saying "when people ask me why you killed yourself, I'll make it clear that I loved you as much as I possibly could, but you weren't cure-able".
Also, with the line "you turned and all you left me with was this broken key." seems like he's saying "you killed yourself and left me with the key to your heart, but I can't get to you anymore now that you're gone"
I don't know if anyone reading this watches Degrassi but this song sort of makes me think of Maya and Cam. Like how Maya said it was Cam's own fault for killing himself, not anyone else's, and she was angry about it. I feel like the singer is angry that he couldn't help his girlfriend, and he just wants to emphasize the fact that he tried his best but he failed.
I dunno, I guess that's a pretty extreme interpretation and it's probably just about a bad break up but it's just what my first thoughts were (:
"did you get lost on the side of the road?"
means, "did you forget why we're together?" like she lost sight of the point of the relationship.
(he wasn't prepared for the ended relationship to end up the way it did)
You're adorable as hell, but I'm glancing at your wrist.
(she cuts)
Oh please have faith, I can be so cavalier.
(he wants her to believe they will be together again, but not now...AKA he is glad its over...for the moment)
And when they start to ask questions I'll make sure to be clear.
(when everyone asks questions about their breakup he will make sure to say that it was his fault its over but not his fault it ended the way it did)
When you see my friends, tell them hi for me.
(she stole his friends for herself)
Tell them what you think about the way you handled everything.
(she will gossip about him to them and they wont defend him)
You turned and all you left me with was this broken key.
(she left him with nothing but the "broken key to her heart")
So tell me what you think.
(What the line says)
Give it up for the long nights and all those terrible fights.
("THANK GOD ITS OVER!")
Were you honest with yourself, every version of yourself?
(she has so many personalities and she lies to him every time she changes)
Did you get lost on the side of the road?
(an insult to call her out on her stupidity)
If you keep acting this way I swear I'll never come home.
(she is being a jerk and let the side of her come out that hadn't before)
When you see my friends, tell them hi for me.
Tell them what you think about the way you handled everything.
We walk alone on this broken road for eternity.
(Everyone ends up alone in the end)
So give me company and help me sing this lonely melody.
(she pretended to be there but actually wasnt)
You turned and all you left me with was this broken key.
So tell me what you think.
Sign me up, no regrets.
(he doesnt regret the end of the relationship)
Make a man out of me.
And I won't say a word
And I'll give all the things that you want
(he doesnt care about anyone or thing anymore he just doesnt care)
And I need just to give me some peace.
(he needs some closure)
At the bottom of the ocean, there's a place for you and me.
(figurative language for "our relationship is dead")
Lead the way, straight ahead.
(Telling her to lead the way..duh lol)
You gave me the time of my life and cut like a knife to the bone.
(she was nice until it was over then she turned out to not be what he thought)
When you see my friends, tell them hi for me.
And tell them what you think about the way you handled everything.
So neat and clean.
Well, the world is full of such pretty things.
(he is starting to see he never needed her)
So do your best for me.
I'm burned out like a bright light, I wasn't ready for this.
You're adorable as hell, but I'm glancing at your wrist.
Oh please have faith, I can be so cavalier.
And when they start to ask questions I'll make sure to be clear.
He wasn’t prepared for this.
She is depressed, cuts her wrists.
I know I seem like I don’t care, but I do.
When my friends ask me, I’ll tell them the truth(or his version of what happened)
When you see my friends, tell them hi for me.
Tell them what you think about the way you handled everything.
You turned and all you left me with was this broken key.
So tell me what you think.
When you confide in my friends, tell them hi for me.
Tell them how you cut yourself and how depressed you are.
You have changed and it has broken me.
Why don’t you tell me what you think or how you feel?
Give it up for the long nights and all those terrible fights.
Were you honest with yourself, every version of yourself?
Did you get lost on the side of the road?
If you keep acting this way I swear I'll never come home.
He cannot sleep because they keep fighting.
Are you being honest with yourself? She acts differently around different people, probably acts one way to him and another to his friends.
She is lost in her life.
If you keep acting like this, I’m not coming home to you.
When you see my friends, tell them hi for me.
Tell them what you think about the way you handled everything.
We walk alone on this broken road for eternity.
So give me company and help me sing this lonely melody.
You turned and all you left me with was this broken key.
So tell me what you think.
When you talk to my friends about us tell them hi for me.
Tell them how depressed you are, blah blah blah.
We will be broken for the rest of our lives.
So let’s be broken together.
You broke me.
Tell me how you feel.
Sign me up, no regrets.
Make a man out of me.
And I won't say a word
And I'll give all the things that you want
And I need just to give me some peace.
At the bottom of the ocean, there's a place for you and me.
I’m asking for this. I will have no regrets.
This will make me a man cause I will be strong for you.
I won’t say anything about your depression/cutting.
I’ll do anything you need to get over this. I’ll give you whatever you want.
I need this to get better so I can be okay.
There will always be a place for you and me if this just gets better.
Lead the way, straight ahead.
You gave me the time of my life and cut like a knife to the bone.
Show me how to get you to be better.
You gave me the best time of my life, but now this is killing me.
When you see my friends, tell them hi for me.
And tell them what you think about the way you handled everything.
So neat and clean.
Well, the world is full of such pretty things.
So do your best for me.
When you talk to my friends, again.
Tell them how sad you still are, how you left me.
How you are still cutting. Neat and clean cuts.
She left him and is going to see the world.
So try to get better, for me.
I'm burned out like a bright light, I wasn't ready for this.
You're adorable as hell, but I'm glancing at your wrist.
Oh please have faith, I can be so cavalier.
And when they start to ask questions I'll make sure to be clear.
From here, he tells her to come clean with his friends, and she shuts him out of her life, maybe because of betrayed trust. Then he asks her to think about what she's done, and if this is really the way she should be handling this situation.
When you see my friends, tell them hi for me.
Tell them what you think about the way you handled everything.
You turned and all you left me with was this broken key.
So tell me what you think.
This is self explanatory, they fought a lot and it kept them up at night. She obviously lied to herself a lot and ended up creating different "people" inside her, and he saw that and tried to help her see, but there were so many lies that she was lost, and he eventually couldn't handle her.
Give it up for the long nights and all those terrible fights.
Were you honest with yourself, every version of yourself?
Did you get lost on the side of the road?
If you keep acting this way I swear I'll never come home.
In the chorus, the line "We walk alone on this broken road for eternity." is added. I feel this represents that their still trying to work things out, but there's a huge gap between them.
Now he seems to be talking about "signing up", I thought, as in him signing up to come back to her and "manning up" by accepting his faults in the relationship and trying to fix his mistakes. He offers to try to be whatever she needs just to calm his mind, because he was worried about her due to her attention seeking or suicidal acts of cutting. Then he says that there is a place for them together, but it's extremely complicated.
Sign me up, no regrets.
Make a man out of me.
And I won't say a word
And I'll give all the things that you want
And I need just to give me some peace.
At the bottom of the ocean, there's a place for you and me.
He tells her to lead him and tell him what to do, because she gave him the best memories, and when they split, it hurt.
Lead the way, straight ahead.
You gave me the time of my life and cut like a knife to the bone.
Finally, he adds another addition to the chorus, seemingly a new start, or maybe she finally confronts her issues and solves them. However, due to the nature of this song, it could also be interpreted as she departs from him.
When you see my friends, tell them hi for me.
And tell them what you think about the way you handled everything.
So neat and clean.
Well, the world is full of such pretty things.
So do your best for me.
For me it's like a sour friendship...
I'm burned out like a bright light, I wasn't ready for this.
You're adorable as hell, but I'm glancing at your wrist.
Oh please have faith, I can be so cavalier.
And when they start to ask questions I'll make sure to be clear.
The singer feels as if he's at the end of the line, it's over.
He loves his friend, he truly does, but he's conflicted by the scars on her wrist.(her way of dealig with her pain which, without her communicating left the friendship to fall to pieces.
He realizes that she needs him, but he's still conflicted. He lets her know that he will always be there for her.
When you see my friends, tell them hi for me.
Tell them what you think about the way you handled everything.
You turned and all you left me with was this broken key.
So tell me what you think.
So when their friends start to ask questions he wants HER to tell them that it's her fault, that he put in his effort and she didn't. He wants her to admit that she was wrong, and she left him more broken than she.
Give it up for the long nights and all those terrible fights.
Were you honest with yourself, every version of yourself?
Did you get lost on the side of the road?
If you keep acting this way I swear I'll never come home.
he wants her to remember the friendship they had and the fights that came with it.
He want to know if she was honest with the real her, and all the other versions of her(as in she acted differently around different people)
He's asking her where did things go off track.
And if she keeps doing what shes doing he's going to drop what they had. For good.
We walk alone on this broken road for eternity.
So give me company and help me sing this lonely melody.
You turned and all you left me with was this broken key.
So tell me what you think.
Even though he's done with the crap she's put him through he knows that he's tied to her and will always be there for her.
So, as a way of "making up" he asks her to keep him company.
But instead she did what she always did and left.
Sign me up, no regrets.
Make a man out of me.
And I won't say a word
And I'll give all the things that you want
And I need just to give me some peace.
At the bottom of the ocean, there's a place for you and me.
He's saying that he signed up for the friendship, and he regrets nothing.
It should make him a better person
He wont complain.
He'll give her EXACTLY what she wants
If she gives him some peace of mind.
And theres always a place for them together..along with so DEEP depression.
Lead the way, straight ahead.
You gave me the time of my life and cut like a knife to the bone.
He'll follow her anywhere.
They had a great time together, and now that it's over it REALLY hurts him.
So neat and clean.
Well, the world is full of such pretty things.
So do your best for me.
I feel like is sarcasm, like she leaves unharmed but he is?
Honestly im not sure here.
Self explanatory
Just my PERSONAL view if you don't like it or think it's wrong..well good for you. c:
in the first verse, he realizes that she self harms. he wants her to have faith in him and trust him that he won't get things confused when he has to explain whats going on to other people.
in the chorus, I think the lyrics are coming from the girl's point of view. she doesn't go out because of her self harm issues. she's asking him to tell them about how he kept his composure through the situation. for the last 2 lines, I'm not sure. I think he was shocked when she told him, and his response was to shut her out for a little bit to find his thoughts. therefore, closing his heart. when she tried to open it with the key, she ended up breaking it. instead of being inside his heart to find the answer, she has to outright ask him.
the second verse is pretty obvious. they've had somewhat of a rough past because she was hiding a very big part of herself and got lost trying to keep the other part alive. he threatens to leave her completely if she isn't honest with him.
in the new parts of the chorus, she's talking about how she's forever changed by what she's done to herself, and she can't undo any of it. she's asking that he stays so she doesn't have to go through it alone, even though the situation is purely self inflicted.
in the last verse, he's asking her to be honest and tell him about all the horrible things in life. he's thinking that once he knows these things, it will make him a man because he handled them so effortlessly. when he's seen the hardships, he'll try his best to make things better and give her what she needs to make it through another day. he'll have a peace of mind once he knows that he's helping her, and their relationship will last forever, going where all things end up, at the bottom of the ocean, together. he's asking her to lead the way, and show him all of the details. he's learning new things in his life and the last part is a bit of irony.
the last part of the song is from her point of view again. she's saying how the world has pretty things, and asking him that he still stays his neat and clean self, and tries to be beautiful as he always has been, even though he's discovered a darker part of their world.
He implies that he can't see whatever friends she is seeing when he says to tell them hi, and the fact that she's depressed is pretty noted at "but I'm glancing at your wrist".
Also, "tell them what you think about the way you handled everything" might be a shot at her, because generally when people find out that other people dealt with things the way she supposedly did it makes them angry, and disappointed.
Pretty much, I think it's about being in love with a depressed/suicidal girl when he's had friends commit suicide or been hurt by suicide in the past.