Definitely tied to Mr. Brightside- Brandon even said so himself. It also seems to be tied to the new song, 'A Matter of Time.'
This song shows an older Flowers reflecting on the events of Mr. Brightside, giving the girl who cheated on him the name 'Miss Atomic Bomb,' referring to the impact that her cheating had on him.
The first stanza says "standing with your girlfriends in the street, Fallin' back on forever"- lyrics taken from A Matter of Time. He then says "I wonder what you came to be," showing that he's reflecting on this from some time after. He was "the boy with the eager eyes," showing that this is Mr. Brightside himself.
The song chronicles the innocence that they once had, Flowers losing his virginity to this girl in the backseat of his car, "The leather seats, the passage right
I feel the heat, I see the light," to their demise, when she cheated on him.
The screaming in the background seems to symbolise this loss of innocence when he finds out what she's done. The relationship ends with Flowers saying it felt "just like a dagger buried deep in your back" and that her "soul was innocent, she kissed him and she painted it black."
It cuts back to the present time, after the "dust cloud [from the Atomic Bomb] has settled [and his] eyes are clear," only to show that he still thinks about her (obvious if you've listened to his many songs seemingly about the same girl) with the line "sometimes in dreams of impact i still hear"
Since you are the first comment or review I've seen get this song meaning right, what's your take on the bit about I'm standing here/Sweat on my skin. Did she come back to seek him, or is that what he says to her in his dreams? And isn't it "And am I too late?" I think the "shockwave whisper" line suggests that she came back later and he walks away, but it is the section of the song I'm least sure of.
Since you are the first comment or review I've seen get this song meaning right, what's your take on the bit about I'm standing here/Sweat on my skin. Did she come back to seek him, or is that what he says to her in his dreams? And isn't it "And am I too late?" I think the "shockwave whisper" line suggests that she came back later and he walks away, but it is the section of the song I'm least sure of.
oops, i wrote "passage right" instead of rite. awkward haha
and to AHLondon, I think that part of the song is him looking back on that moment that he found that sh had cheated on him.
Brandon said somewhere, I don't have a source, that one night he had a feeling she was cheating on him, so he went to a particular bar and saw that she was with another man.
I think the standing there with sweat on his skin is just him running into the bar and getting worked up when he saw them together. He was standing there just staring...
oops, i wrote "passage right" instead of rite. awkward haha
and to AHLondon, I think that part of the song is him looking back on that moment that he found that sh had cheated on him.
Brandon said somewhere, I don't have a source, that one night he had a feeling she was cheating on him, so he went to a particular bar and saw that she was with another man.
I think the standing there with sweat on his skin is just him running into the bar and getting worked up when he saw them together. He was standing there just staring at them, sweating from the stress and anxiety that he would have felt.
Also, I definitely hear "and you're too late." Makes me think that she pleads with him to give her another shot, but after what she's done she has no chance with Flowers anymore.
As for the "shockwave whisper," I always had the idea that maybe it was her speaking to him on the phone one night when she was with the other man, and she could only whisper to Flowers over the phone because she didn't want the other man to hear. That when she whispered, it was obvious she wasn't alone, and that this was Miss Atomic Bomb's shockwave blast- the moment he realised that she was probably cheating with him, sealing her fate.
Definitely tied to Mr. Brightside- Brandon even said so himself. It also seems to be tied to the new song, 'A Matter of Time.'
This song shows an older Flowers reflecting on the events of Mr. Brightside, giving the girl who cheated on him the name 'Miss Atomic Bomb,' referring to the impact that her cheating had on him.
The first stanza says "standing with your girlfriends in the street, Fallin' back on forever"- lyrics taken from A Matter of Time. He then says "I wonder what you came to be," showing that he's reflecting on this from some time after. He was "the boy with the eager eyes," showing that this is Mr. Brightside himself.
The song chronicles the innocence that they once had, Flowers losing his virginity to this girl in the backseat of his car, "The leather seats, the passage right I feel the heat, I see the light," to their demise, when she cheated on him.
The screaming in the background seems to symbolise this loss of innocence when he finds out what she's done. The relationship ends with Flowers saying it felt "just like a dagger buried deep in your back" and that her "soul was innocent, she kissed him and she painted it black."
It cuts back to the present time, after the "dust cloud [from the Atomic Bomb] has settled [and his] eyes are clear," only to show that he still thinks about her (obvious if you've listened to his many songs seemingly about the same girl) with the line "sometimes in dreams of impact i still hear"
Totally agree with you !
Totally agree with you !
Since you are the first comment or review I've seen get this song meaning right, what's your take on the bit about I'm standing here/Sweat on my skin. Did she come back to seek him, or is that what he says to her in his dreams? And isn't it "And am I too late?" I think the "shockwave whisper" line suggests that she came back later and he walks away, but it is the section of the song I'm least sure of.
Since you are the first comment or review I've seen get this song meaning right, what's your take on the bit about I'm standing here/Sweat on my skin. Did she come back to seek him, or is that what he says to her in his dreams? And isn't it "And am I too late?" I think the "shockwave whisper" line suggests that she came back later and he walks away, but it is the section of the song I'm least sure of.
oops, i wrote "passage right" instead of rite. awkward haha and to AHLondon, I think that part of the song is him looking back on that moment that he found that sh had cheated on him. Brandon said somewhere, I don't have a source, that one night he had a feeling she was cheating on him, so he went to a particular bar and saw that she was with another man. I think the standing there with sweat on his skin is just him running into the bar and getting worked up when he saw them together. He was standing there just staring...
oops, i wrote "passage right" instead of rite. awkward haha and to AHLondon, I think that part of the song is him looking back on that moment that he found that sh had cheated on him. Brandon said somewhere, I don't have a source, that one night he had a feeling she was cheating on him, so he went to a particular bar and saw that she was with another man. I think the standing there with sweat on his skin is just him running into the bar and getting worked up when he saw them together. He was standing there just staring at them, sweating from the stress and anxiety that he would have felt.
Also, I definitely hear "and you're too late." Makes me think that she pleads with him to give her another shot, but after what she's done she has no chance with Flowers anymore.
As for the "shockwave whisper," I always had the idea that maybe it was her speaking to him on the phone one night when she was with the other man, and she could only whisper to Flowers over the phone because she didn't want the other man to hear. That when she whispered, it was obvious she wasn't alone, and that this was Miss Atomic Bomb's shockwave blast- the moment he realised that she was probably cheating with him, sealing her fate.
Sorry if this is incoherent- I'm tired haha.