Rascal Flatts – I'm Movin' On

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  My Interpretation:I think this song is not about a boyfriend or girlfriend break up! It says nothing about that in the song. I think that the lyrics are the real meaning. That you thought this place where you moved was your home, but it turned out it wasn't and that you can't change or the people there won't let you so you just leave! Or that you want new friends, but the friends you want don't want to be your friend; so like the song says they will never allow me to change! SO stop saying it's about a break up, it has nothing to do with a break up!

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  General Comment:This song has a different meaning for me. It was played at my dads funeral and the meaning it had for him and us is his past when my mom died and all the kids were split up between older siblings.
  My dad regretted the past that he had created and hoped that forgiveness had found him somewhere down the road. I have forgiven my dad for his past and miss him dearly and have made mistakes of my own and also hope that my past will be forgiven. I hope you all have a good life and never take any of it for granted, love your kids and family and cherrish the time you get to spend with them. Peace and love to you all.

  Flag OGBPhoenixon October 14, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:My dad passed away about two and a half weeks ago and this was the song we played at his funeral. He died in an unpleasant way and to me this song means something totally different. My dad and I were beginning to get very close and he told me things that he wouldn’t tell anyone else. He was not happy with his life. He had tried to kill himself in the past and those were his “moments of weakness”. But he got stronger from them and he promised me he would never do that again. But… unfortunately he could not keep his promise. He is now “at peace with himself.” He was definitely “burdened with blame, trapped in the past for too long”. That line fits him so well. He felt like he disappointed everyone and everyone looked down at him because he made stupid choices sometimes, but no one is perfect. “They’ll never allow me to to change”. My dad felt like there was no hope in ever becoming the person he once was and he “never dreamed home would end up where he doesn’t belong” in Heaven. The chorus fits perfectly, he is happy now. “There are no guarantees, but he’s not alone”. He’s with his mom in Heaven. “I have made up my mind that those days are gone”. My dad made a decision and he stuck with it. He prepared for it. He left notes and unplugged his work phone. He did it so well that I finally found him after two days of searching. “Stopped to fill up on my way out of town”. He died in his car…carbon monoxide poisoning. This line too gives me shivers. He filled up his car and left town… He loved my mom SO MUCH!!! “I've loved like I should but lived like I shouldn't.” This also is a perfect line. “I had to lose everything to find out maybe forgiveness will find me somewhere down this road, I'm movin' on” I forgive my dad. And I love him. And I hope that the road he’s on now makes him happy.

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  General Comment:I never thought of this song as being related to a significant other. Like others have said, i take it as a guy moving on with Life, just in general.
  It relates to me a lot. I've lived in this place for a long time, I know many faces. On the outside, everyone looked different, but on the inside, everyones got similar qualities. Most of them don't want to hurt me, but they do by just being who they are. I want to change, but nobody gives me the chance to change. This is home, But i do not belong here. I'm glued to this spot that I am in, though I try so desperatly to escape. And all this time, life is just passing me by, but I am sitting still. So, I want to move on. I want to escape and finally arrive somewhere where people will accept me, and I will fit in.
  
  (Some may think I was trying to talk about my life, but I was just using myself to better explain my point of view of the song, it really is me explaining my interpretation.)

  Flag Cest-La-Vieon February 18, 2009   Link

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    ^ couldnt have said it any better..

    Flag WayEyeSeeon April 22, 2009  
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  General Comment:I think this is a song about how he's been feeling to bored with life in the one same place he's always been, and how he wants to leave those memories behind. "Finally content with a past I regret" -- he's not exactly wanting to get rid of the memories, just accept them and move on. "But I never dreamed home would end up where I don't belong" -- this line shows how the place where he was living and had all his memories before isn't really where he belongs, he needs to move on from it all and leave it behind.
  
  He has more to experience in life and has been sitting too content for too long. It basically symbolizes change, coming to terms with bad times and letting go of the past.

  Flag mexican_missezon February 12, 2009   Link

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  General Comment::((((((((
  i don t wanna moving on but i had to

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  My Interpretation:This song, to me, echos my life and dealing with an addiction. It's a great inspiration for recovery.
  
  

  Flag VegasKidon January 09, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:To me this song is so much more than just someone who is hooked on a significant other. This song is about a person who has lived in the same spot in life, the same town, same job, who has a bad reputation, someone who has tainted his Image who's made too many mistakes for the people he lives by to ever forget, and he will always be judged by those prior mistakes. so now he has decided to pack/sell everything and start a new life where no one has to know about the wrong things he's done in his now previous life. It's a song about new beginings for a troubled soul.

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  General Comment:i dont think that this song is about any other person but the writer. he's talking about his past that he has to leave behind. i was in treatment for a year and we talked about this song a few times. it's a lot like treatment, where you have to come face to face with all the stupid shit youve done in the past. he's moving on to a new life, leaving as much as he can behind, getting ready to start over with a whole new outlook on life. the only relationship this song could be about is the one with himself.

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  General Comment:i'm in the process of getting over someone.. trying to get over someone.. and feeling miserably so..
  
  because after all he did to me, i still have so much feelings and emotion left for him.. affection that he no longer deserves to have..
  
  i cry every time i hear this song..

  Flag luvmesingson July 02, 2008   Link

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