Foster the People – Broken Jaw

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  General Comment:Still dont know why this only has 5 comments at the time of me writing this, its the best song they have.
  
  This song is about a lot, a broken jaw is from saying something you regret and often you are soft spoken afterwards.(but why is he saying this stuff...read on)
  
  ''Ive broken it a lot, all the words come out of my broken jaw, i dont know anything but then I act like I know everything'' Hes said a lot he regrets and still does say it, he doesnt know anything but acts like he does.
  
  ''Dont wanna talk about it, what do you see when you dream about it, well I have been broke down from my enemies, Im drifting farther from my memories'' He doesnt want to talk about what hes saying(its just coming out with out his control or he doesnt want to explain his meaning behind his words). Some one else is asking what he sees when he dreams about it(hallucinates about it). Hes been broken down from his enemies, his problems, and now hes drifting farther and farther from the reality he once was in, hes in his new reality.
  
  ''Then you take it away...'' These lyrics are hard to understand in the song, the lyrics on here don't really sound like what hes saying but thats interesting in it self. The lyrics here state that ''everyday im talking cause i can ready you'' He might be talking to them, trying to get them to hear his voice and wake up from the hallucinations(not a coma, not a bad habbit) Hes up, hes making progress back to reality but then he comes back down...back farther away from awakening. Watches on his sides because hes laying down and cant wake up.
  
  ''you tell me whats my name, im the same ive just been rearranged. Smile through a choke inside, yeah Ive been hiding with nothing to hide'' Some ones asking whats his name, to see if he even realizes hes in the real world or in his hallucinations...He says hes the same, the same name...but he is different. Rearranged. He smiles through it but hes choking on the inside because of situation(both people are doing this possibly) Hes been hiding from this problems, which now are what hes reliving in this, and he didnt need to hide them in the first place, the problems were nothing for him to hide.
  
  ''Sometimes you find your self waiting waiting for some one to come around and its hopeless hoping to be found. Then it arrives and says 'youre perfect my love' and i know why'' Hes waiting for some one to come wake him up, maybe his past lover, maybe any one...hes feeling hopeless. Hes stuck in the trip. Then some one, something, some sign says ''youre perfect'' you dont need to worry about the problems, or issues that you are stuck on. He says that he knows why they said ''youre perfect''(maybe he thinks they have different feelings than what they really are) but they tell him that he doesnt know why(its not the same feelings)
  
  ''just take it away with your mind and heal my broken jaw, youre still my hero, what you need is dying and youre sad'' Take away the pain hallucinations and problems with your mind because everything is truly mind over matter...foster sounds like he says ''you slay my hero'' but thats interesting in it self. What they need is for him to come back from this hallucination but he isnt, hes dying(regressing further into it) and they're sad.

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  Lyric Correction:B-side lyrics. ACTUAL LYRICS. no guessing. (: <3
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  I've broken every law
  All the words come out my broken jaw
  I don't know anything
  But then I act like I know everything
  
  Don't wanna talk about it
  What do you see when you dream about it?
  Well I have been broke down from my enemies
  I'm drifting farther from my memories
  
  And then you take it away
  
  Every day I'm fighting 'cause I can't leave it
  Then I feel the weight
  And then I come back down
  
  I watch from the sides and try to reach out
  Just a little bit closer
  
  And then I come back down
  
  You tell me what's my name
  I'm the same, I've just been rearranged
  Smile through a choke inside
  Yeah, I've been hiding with nothing to hide
  
  Don't wanna talk about it
  What do you see when you dream about it?
  Well I have been broke down from my enemies
  Just holding a piece of what's been left of me
  
  And then you take it away
  
  Every day I'm fighting 'cause I can't leave it
  And then I feel the weight
  And then I come back down
  
  
  I watch from the sides and try to reach out
  Just a little bit closer
  
  And then I come back down
  
  Yeah, you're pushing me, pushing me, I can feel it
  Just a little bit higher
  And then I come back down
  I'm climbing on people 'cause I've been blinded
  And I'm waiting, I'm waiting around
  
  Sometimes you find yourself waiting
  waiting for someone
  To come around and it's hopeless
  Hoping to be found
  Then it arrives and says "you're perfect my love"
  And I,
  I know why
  I know why
  I know why
  
  But you said I don't know
  you said I don't know
  you said I don't know
  you said I don't know
  You don't know
  
  You said I don't know
  you said I don't know
  you said I don't know
  You don't know
  
  you said I don't know
  you said I don't know
  you said I don't know
  you don't know
  
  you said I don't know
  you said I don't know
  you said I don't know
  
  
  Just take it away
  What you find
  And heal my broken jaw
  I am here, and I've slain my hero
  What you need is higher than your shame

  Flagged zigzagfdzon April 02, 2012   Link

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  General Comment:Sounds a lot like MGMT during the chorus.

  Flag neobigmacattackon March 21, 2012   Link

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    Also think it's "I've broken every law..." could be wrong, though

    Flag neobigmacattackon March 21, 2012  
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  Lyric Correction:Yeah, yeah/ yeah, yeah/ yeah, yeah/ yeah, yeah//
  
  I've broken it a lot/ all the words come out my broken jaw/ I don't know anything/ but then I act like I know everything//
  
  Don't wanna talk about it/ what do you see when you dream about it/ I have been broken from my enemies/ holding a piece of what’s been left of me//
  
  And then you take it away/
  Cause everyday I’m talking ‘cause I can read you/ but I still don't know everything/ then I come back down/ watch on my sides and I try to reach out/ just a little bit closer/ then I come back down//
  
  You tell me what's my name/ I'm the same I've just been rearranged/ smile through a choke inside/ yeah I've been hiding with nothing to hide//
  
  Don't wanna talk about it/ what do you see when you dream about it/ I have been broken from my enemies/ just holding a piece of what's been left of me//
  
  And then you take it away/
  Cause everyday I’m talking ‘cause I can read you/ but I still don't know everything/ then I come back down/ watch on my sides and I try to reach out/ just a little bit closer/ then I come back down/ you're pushing me and pushing me I can feel it/ just a little bit harder/ then I come back down / following my people cause I’ve been blinded/ waiting and waiting around/ yeah//
  
  Sometimes you find yourself waiting/ waiting for someone to come around/ and it's hopeless hoping to be found/ then it arrives and says/ ‘you're perfect, my love’/ and I, I know why/ and I, I know why/ and I, I know why
  
  But you said I don't know/ you said I don't know/ you said I don't know/ you said I don't know/ You don’t know//
  
  You said I don't know/ you said I don't know/ you said I don't know/ you don’t know//
  
  You said I don't know/ you said I don't know/ you said I don't know/ you don’t know//
  
  You said I don’t know/ you said I don’t know/ you said I don’t know....//
  
  Just take it away/ with your mind/ and heal my broken jaw..../ you're still my hero/ what you need is dying and you're sad//
  
  
  After two or three hours of listening to Broken Jaw on Infinite Looper, I finally found the right lyrics. If these are incorrect, it's only slightly.
  
  Ryanvz1 had the right idea.

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  General Comment:The hardest part to hear is the chorus, but here's what I've got, (not perfect, but close and the best I could hear):
  
  First chorus:
  everything else i thought would just remain*
  but i still don't know anything
  i turn back down
  watch on my sides when i try to reach out
  just a little bit faster
  then i come back down
  
  Second chorus:
  everything else i thought would just remain (I know "everything else" and "remain" are correct)
  but i still don't know anything
  i turn back down
  watch on my sides when i try to reach out
  just a little bit faster
  then i come back down
  
  you're pushing me pushing me and i can feel it
  just a little bit harder
  then i turn back down
  climbing my people cause i know my name **
  waiting and waiting around, yea
  
  
  
  *I know "everything else" and "remain" are correct*
  
  **I'm pretty sure about the "climbing my people" part, not the rest of that line**
  
  Again, my apologies for anything wrong, just had to put out what i know was right and hopefully someone can pick up the pieces...
  
  
  

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