Nothing much matters to me
so I don't see why I should
hold so tightly
to a memory
that I can't speak of
I think about it nightly
how you opened up
your life for me
Why are you still lonely?
Though I'm not the type who begs
I'm thinking how you'd open up your legs
But I'm farther from you every day
And a woman talking to herself
gathers up the shit she couldn't sell
Chances don't bode well
tomorrow and
Talking to myself pass by,
I miss you
but know the face you make
Like when you found me out
for the fake
I am
So easily
you see through me
What do you do to me
to make me treat you so bad?
I keep hoping
that you'll speak to me
But I'm father from you every day
All I think about is waiting
and the people
we are changing into
There was a sound
but I don't know how it goes
There was something
we went through,
blew in from the coast
You said,
you are of the earth,
I am of the sky
I don't even know what the hell that means
Father from you
every day
All I think about is waiting
and all the people
we are fading into
And I think about you
dying years from now
never having known
Who you are
Farther from you
everyday



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Track duration: 04:02

"Farther" as written by Stephan Jenkins

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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    General Comment:i feel like this is about his dad. idk what his relationship with his dad was but that fact that farther sounds like father when he says makes me think its about his dad
    Flag sum41angelsandairwaveson February 12, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:i feel like this is about his dad. idk what his relationship with his dad was but that fact that farther sounds like father when he says makes me think its about his dad
    Flag sum41angelsandairwaveson February 12, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:i suggest you say something if theres anymore to be said, cuz at this point your never going to hear from me, or see me ever again

    ...im farther from you everyday
    Flag JamzXIVon October 11, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I think that this song is about a guy who treats a girl like crap... he says nothing means so much to him, so why is he holding onto the memory of her? I think he is confused by his own feelings... He doesn't even understand why he still thinks about this girl that he is "farther" from every day, yet he is still thinking about her.. regardless of the fact that he says, "I don't see why I should hold so tightly to a memory that I can't speak of I think about it nightly how you opened up your life for me".. Of all the things he could think "nightly" of, he thinks about some girl that he didn't even understand... Pretty interesting song
    Flag mal2010on April 20, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:my fave 3EB song (sorry Crystal Baller you are #2)

    TO ME the song is:

    him not being able to decide if it's the right thing to do to walk away and let her go. they had something (it's not clear how much "a memory that i can't speak of" vs. "there was something we went through" and that they have been intimate) but they aren't together and it's not going to happen unless one of them does something. and everyday the possibility is farther away. but he fears that he'll always wonder about her. i think it says "this could be MY big mistake" the first time he says that part. Seems like "My" says more than "A".
    Flag RichBOHon December 16, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:it probably wasn't about a girl who he couldn't achieve because it sounds like they had experiences with one another.
    she opened up her life for him. he treated her badly. they had sex. she found him out for a fake. sound slike they knew each other intimately. i love this song it sounds so good. before i came on here for the lyrics, i had them preeeetty wrong lol
    Flag jasssson November 09, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think it has a lot about two friends who let false emotions get to them, and they have sex...

    "Nothing much matters to me so I don't see why
    I should hold so tightly to a memory that I can't speak of"

    He thinks about it all the time, wants to initiate a relationship, but she is pulling away, regretting her actions.

    "I'm thinking how you'd open up you legs
    And I'm farther from you every day"
    Flag omgduhfaceon June 07, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I dont know fellas, never let you go an earlier song on the album is about a girl he was no longer on speaking terms with. TEBs albums often have themes to them, Out of the Vein especially. Then lines
    So easily you see through me
    What do you do to me to make me treat you so bad?
    I keep hoping that you'll speak to me
    But I'm farther from you every day
    after reading these lyrics i see a connection, bc they dont speak there connection is getting weaker every day.. they are drifting apart. or it could easily talk about the communication break down most of us experience at the end of a relationship, the lost of trust and the innocence of that relationship
    Flag teb692on April 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i think you all are a little off track with this song.
    i think it could be about a breakup, but to me it sounds as though it's more so about a girl that he fell in love with but could never achieve.
    as time passes, he feels as though he's farther away from everything that they could have had together. he's afraid that she will turn into something that he never knew, but he's also afraid because he won't ever be able to find out. compelling song.
    Flag x83on February 13, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i had to add my $0.02 since i love this song and it totally resonates with me...

    to me its about a breakup (obviously) where he's just been devistated by the loss. and the memory is holding him back, and holding him down. its a memory he doesn't like to even speak about. and nightly he just sees her when he closes his eyes, and thinks about their more intimate times. the memories are vivid and haunting.

    but every day he gets farther from the time he was with her, and the memories of who she is fade. and as they both fade into different people he'll always wonder who she is. when at one time he thought he'd be there to see who she was to death, now he knows they'll die without having a clue about who the other is.

    "and i think about you dying years from now..." really gets me... cause i think that about an ex... and it bums me out to think that the things in life she'll go thru wont be shared with me... and i'll never be able to share in her joys and sorrows.

    every day, shes just a little more inaccessable, a little less of the person i knew, a little farther off the path we were on together. all the while wondering if this distance could be a big mistake...
    Flag poncho524on February 12, 2008   Link

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