Hate, something, sometime, someway, something kick off the front
floor.
Mine? Something, inside.
I'll never ever follow.
So give.. me.. some.. thing.. that.. is.. for.. real.
I'll never ever follow.
Get your boogie on...
Hate, something, someway, each day, feeling ripped off again now.
Why? This shit inside.
Now everyone will follow.
So give.. me.. noth.. ing.. just.. feel.
And now the shit will follow.
God pays me, the more I see the lie that wants to see.
God told me, I've already got the life, oh I say...
God pays me, the more I see the lie that wants to see.
God told me, I've already got the life, oh I say...
Each day I can feel it swallow, inside something they took from me.
I don't unveil your deathly ways.
Each day i feel so hollow, inside always beating me,
You will never see, so come dance with me.
Dance with me
Rumbiddieboo
Rum bum dee dum dee bum diddie doo
ME!
God pays me, the more I see the lie that wants to see.
God told me, I've already got the life, oh I say...
God pays me, the more I see the lie that wants to see.
God told me, I've already got the life, oh I say...
Got the life.
Got... the... life.



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  • +1
    Song Meaning:The main meaning of the song is encompassed in the lines: "God paged me / you'll never see the light / who wants to see?"

    The song is about JD not being satisfied with life: "Each day I feel so hollow". He wants something more out of life even though he apparently has everything he really needs. "God told me / I've already got the life / Oh, I see"

    Great song.
    Flag retry4zon February 08, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:The main meaning of the song is encompassed in the lines: "God paged me / you'll never see the light / who wants to see?"

    The song is about JD not being satisfied with life: "Each day I feel so hollow". He wants something more out of life even though he apparently has everything he really needs. "God told me / I've already got the life / Oh, I see"

    Great song.
    Flag retry4zon February 08, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:The main meaning of the song is encompassed in the lines: "God paged me / you'll never see the light / who wants to see?"

    The song is about JD not being satisfied with life: "Each day I feel so hollow". He wants something more out of life even though he apparently has everything he really needs. "God told me / I've already got the life / Oh, I see"

    Great song.
    Flag retry4zon February 08, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I thought it was ' god says to me, i'll never see the light, who whants to see'
    Flag sunnysadieon January 23, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:To me, Jonathan has a conflict with his inner-self. He speaks of something inside, and that's what acts in a rather blithe manner to what he feels. He says, for example:

    * Hate, something, sometime, someway, something kick off the front floor. // I'm not OK.
    * Mine? Something, inside. // Something inside says:
    * I'll never ever follow. // The voice is reluctant to follow God, no matter how things get.
    * So give.. me.. some.. thing.. that.. is.. for.. real. // He's asking for directions...
    * I'll never ever follow. // His voice says on the inside: "I still won't go there."

    The song is about how he is looking for God because his life is destroyed, but there's something inside that is rebellious against following God, albeit his life is a mess. It's an anthem, for sure. The Chorus goes like:

    * God paged me, I'll never see the light // God/Christians say that I'm going to hell for what I do.
    * Oh, I still see. // It's being sarcastic: "I'm already in hell --I can see quite well."
    * God told me, I've already got the life, oh I say... // God offered him 'life', and he's being sarcastic: "Oh, I see/say." as in "Good for you!"

    Flag Snipeon August 23, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I swear that these are the lyrics

    Hate, something, sometime, someway, something kick on the front floor.
    Mine? Something, inside.
    I'll never ever follow.
    So give.. me.. some.. thing.. that.. is.. for.. real.
    I'll never ever follow.
    Get your boogie on...
    Hate, something, someway, each day, feeling ripped off again.
    Why? This shit inside.
    Now everyone will follow.
    So give.. me.. noth.. ing.. just.. feel.
    And now this shit will follow.
    God thinks we will never see the light, who wants to see?
    God told me, I've already got the life, oh I see...
    God thinks we will never see the light, who wants to see?
    God told me, I've already got the life, oh I say...
    Oh, I see
    Each day I can feel it swallow, inside something they took from me.
    I don't feel your deathly ways.
    Each day i feel so hollow, inside I was beating me,
    You will never see, so come dance with me.
    Dance with me
    Rumbiddieboo
    Rum bum dee dum dee bum diddie doo
    ME!
    God thinks we will never see the light, who wants to see?
    God told me, I've already got the life, oh I see...
    God thinks we will never see the light, who wants to see?
    God told me, I've already got the life, oh I say...
    Got the life.
    Got... the... life.
    Flag TeenageRiot33on December 14, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:It's interesting to note, that in the music video he is at a place with all his budds eg: Fred Durst. (near the end of the video)
    Flag Faballionon October 23, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:As mod said, Jonathan explains the meaning of the song
    That's a song baggin' on myself. How everything's always handed to me. How I look up to God and don't want this anymore. Like I want something more out of life than all this. And I've got everything I really need but I sometimes don't like. I don't know how to explain it. I have to let it sit through the songs more to actually get into what I write. I truly know, really, the meanings of the songs
    almost. That's what I'm getting out of it right now.

    This could mean that he should have everything he needs in life, that it seems he does have everything, but there's shit as he says in the song a few times, shit that he doesn't want. He has "Got the Life", he has one, but there are consequences in this life that he must pay, or that God has given him this shit when he just wants to get rid of it.
    Flag anonymous86on February 29, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:[Edit] I'm reading Head's book, and he says it right in there...

    "God paged me / you'll never see the light / who wants to see? / God told me / you already got the life / Oh, I see."
    Flag jackrabbit187on August 29, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I've never liked any translation of the lyrics I've ever read. I always thought he was saying this...

    "Got things made, you never see the light. Who wants to see?
    God told me, I've already got the life. Oh, I say/see".
    Flag jackrabbit187on August 28, 2007   Link

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