Submersed - Unconcerned

Take a step outside
The boundaries we live in
Get to know yourself
The real you, the real me
Join the hands of faith
That hold you, that know you
Let the love go free
It's in us, it's in me

Love lives in me
Love's free to be
Pain grows to burn
Lessons concerned
Unconcerned

Open the eyes of all
Who see you, who see me
Never lose sight of all
You stand for, you live for
Let go of the pain
That holds you, that binds you
Break free of it all
Around you, around me

Love lives in me
Love's free to be
Pain grows to burn
Lessons concerned

Dreams in you
Flow in me
When you come again
The time
Stands still
Inside
You feel me, yeah
Yeah

Love lives in me
Love's free to be
Pain grows to burn
Lessons concerned
Unconcerned

Yeah (4x)




 

This song is about being yourself. To love yourself and to love others. The first 4 lines "Take a step outside / The boundaries we live in / Get to know yourself / the real you, the real me" are about  knowing yourself and loving yourself for who you are.  The next 4 lines "Join the hands of faith / That hold you, that know you / Let the love go free / It's in us, it's in me" are about letting that love spread to others, to show others the same love that you give yourself. Then comes to chorus, which is about how love is good and free "Love lives in me / Love's free to be" , and pain only causes more pain "Pain grows to  burn" and to learn from that.  The next part of the song follows the same pattern that the first part did. "Open the eyes of all / who see you, who see me / Never lose sight of all / you stand for, you live for", it's a pretty clear message about  getting everyone to love, and to never give up on what you believe in. Then the next 4 lines, "Let go of the pain / that holds you, that binds you / break free of it all / around you, around me" are about letting go of the pain, don't get caught up in it and to break free of it all. Then we have the chorus again, but this time without the last line "Unconcerned", which I believe has the meaning that while we should be unconcerned with hate, we need to pay attention and still learn from it, so it doesn't happen again. The second to last stanza in the song  is about the writer telling us that he has "Dreams in you / flow in me" and that "When you come again / the time / stands still" which means that he has dreams of other people, and when he sees them  everyone is loving, there is no hate.  Then the chorus is sung one last time, which gives the same message, love is free, pain only causes more pain, learn from it so it doesn't happen again.

30 seconds to mars - I'll Attack

I won't suffer, be broken
Get tired, or wasted
Surrender to nothing
I'll give up what I
Started
And stoped it
From end to beginning
A new day is calling
And I am finally free

Runaway, Runaway
I'll attack
Runaway, Runaway
Go chase yourself
Runaway, Runaway
Now I'll attack
I'll attack, I'll attack

I would've kept you forever
But we had to sever
It ended for both of us
Faster than a...
kill off this thinking
It's starting to sink in
I'm losing control now
But without you I can finally see

Runaway, Runaway
I'll attack
Runaway, Runaway
Go chase yourself
Runaway, Runaway
Now I'll attack
I'll attack, I'll attack

Your promises
They look like lies
Your honesty's
Like a back that hides a knife
I promise you (promise you)
I promise you (promise you)
I am finally free

Runaway, Runaway
I'll attack
Runaway, Runaway
Go chase yourself
Runaway, Runaway
Now I'll attack
I'll attack, I'll attack
I will attack

Runaway
I'll attack, I will attack
Runaway
I'll attack, I will attack
Runaway, runaway
Now I'll attack, I'll attack

Your promises (promises, promises)
I promise you (promise you)
I promise you (promise you, promise you...)

After reading the lyrics of this song, I believe that the message is pretty straight forward. It's a song about drug abuse and finally getting over it. In the first stanza of the song, the writer talks about what he won't be anymore. He won't "suffer, be broken  / Get tired, or wasted ", he will not surrender to anything anymore, it's a brand new day, and he is finally free from what was restricting him. The next stanza is the chorus, where he repeats run away, but as the chorus goes on, it changes from "Runaway" to "I'll attack", meaning that he is going to attack the addiction and finally become free.  In the next stanza he starts off with "I would've kept you forever", which I interpret as him having a great time,  but it couldn't last. It seems that half way through this stanza we start to see what it was like for him when he was using, "it's starting to sink in / I'm losing control now" but then he ends with "But without you I can finally see",  he is finally free without it. Next is the chorus again, which is about attacking the addiction. The next stanza he writes about how the addiction is "Like a back that hides a knife". It  gave him promises that were filled with lies, and the honesty of it is that it's like a knife. But now, he is finally free. The chorus is then repeated twice, about running away from the problems, but finally coming to terms with it and attacking it. The song is then ended with him saying "Your promises" and "I promise you" which I interpret as him promising the drugs, that he is finally done, they no longer have a place with him.

Brand New - Jesus

Jesus Christ, that's a pretty face
The kind you'd find on someone that could save
If they don't put me away
It'll be a miracle

Do you believe you're missing out?
That everything good is happening somewhere else
With nobody in your bed
The night is hard to get through

And I will die all alone
And when I arrive I won't know anyone

Jesus Christ, I'm alone again
So what did you do those three days you were dead?
Because this problem is going to last
More than the weekend

Jesus Christ, I'm not scared to die
But I'm a little bit scared of what comes after
Do I get the gold chariot
Or do I float through the ceiling

Or do I divide and pull apart
Because my bright is too slight to hold back all my dark
This ship went down in sight of land
And at the gates does Thomas ask to see my hands?

I know you're coming in the night like a thief
But I've had some time, O Lord, to hone my lying technique
I know you think that I'm someone you can trust
But I'm scared I'll get scared and I swear I'll try to nail you back up
So do you think that we could work out a sign
So I'll know it's you and that it's over so I won't even try
I know you're coming for the people like me
But we all got wood and nails
And we turn out hate in factories
We all got wood and nails
And we turn out hate in factories
We all got wood and nails
And we sleep inside of this machine

I think this song is about the writer who has done something bad to another girl, and that not only will he not know how to fix the problem, he's scared that he will miss or turn away to opportunity to fix the problem. In this song I think Jesus is a metaphor for the solution for his problem, his savior.  The first stanza opens the story, Jesus Christ is a savior, and that he has done something horrible because "If they don't put me away / It'll be a miracle".  The second stanza is about his suffering from what he's done. Everything good is happening somewhere else while the night is hard to get through when nobody is in your bed. The third stanza is him telling us that he is alone, and he's scared "And I will die all alone / And when I arrive I won't know anyone".  The fourth is the writer seeing that his problem is going to last a while, it's not going to be over quickly " So what did you do those three days you were dead? / Because this problem is going to last / More than the weekend. ".  The fifth is about his fear of what is going to happen when it is finally resolved. He is scared that things won't be good, but rather they will be worse than they are now.  The sixth is him wanting to know what to do, he isn't good enough to hide away his dark, he saw a means to end his problem, but he fell before he could reach it "This ship went down in sight of land". In this last part I believe that when he says lord he means an answer to his problems. And that he is scared that once he knows how to fix it, he will be too scared to do it and lock it away "But I'm scared I'll get scared and I swear I'll try to nail you back up". He also wants to know if the person he hurt is willing to forgive him. He wants to know so that if she doesn't, then he can just give up. He knows there is a solution coming, but he is prepared to lock it away. "So do you think that we could work out a sign / So I'll know it's you and that it's over so I won't even try / I know you're coming for the people like me / But we all got wood and nails". And the last line, when he says "And we sleep inside of this machine" I believe the machine is himself.

Brand New - The Quiet Things that no one Ever Knows

We saw the western coast
I saw the hospital
Nurse the shoreline like a wound
We paint a lover's tryst
We're neither clear nor descript
We kept it safe and slow
The quiet things that no one ever knows

So keep the blood in your head!
And keep your feet on the ground!
Today's the day it gets tired!
Today's the day we drop down!
Give up my body in bed!
All for an empty hotel!
Wasting words on lowercases and capitals!

So keep the blood in your head!
And keep your feet on the ground!
Today's the day it gets tired!
Today's the day we drop down!
Give up my body in bed!
All for an empty hotel!
Wasting words on lowercases and capitals!

I contemplate the day we wed
Your friends are boring me to death
Your veil is ruined in the rain
By then you like to do without
There's nothing new to talk about
And though our kids are blessed
the parents let them shoulder all the blame

So keep the blood in your head!
And keep your feet on the ground!
Today's the day it gets tired!
Today's the day we drop down!
Give up my body in bed!
All for an empty hotel!
Wasting words on lowercases and capitals!

So keep the blood in your head!
And keep your feet on the ground!
Today's the day it gets tired!
Today's the day we drop down!
Give up my body in bed!
All for an empty hotel!
Wasting words on lowercases and capitals!

I lie for only you
and I lie well
Halleluh

I lie for only you
and I lie well
Halleluh

(I lie for only you and I lie well, halleluh)
So keep the blood in your head!
And keep your feet on the ground!
Today's the day it gets tired!
Today's the day we drop down!
Give up my body in bed!
All for an empty hotel!
Wasting words on lowercases and capitals!

(I lie for only you and I lie well, halleluh)
So keep the blood in your head!
And keep your feet on the ground!
Today's the day it gets tired!
Today's the day we drop down!
Give up my body in bed!
All for an empty hotel!
Wasting words on lowercases and capitals!

                This was one of my favorite songs from Brand New for a while, but I never actually knew what it meant. The first stanza of the song tells me a couple things. First, they were on the western coast and by a hospital. And second, they have a secret they don't want to tell "The quiet things that no one ever knows". The next stanza is the chorus. This, too me, is about sex, but more importantly, loosing his/her/their virginity in a hotel room "Today's the day we drop down! / Give up my body in bed! / All for an empty hotel!  ".  In the next stanza he starts off by talking about them getting married "I contemplate the day we wed", but things seem to be going downhill. He doesn't like her friends. Her veil is ruined, possibly from her losing her virginity. It seems at this point they are growing apart "There's nothing new to talk about". And with the final two lines of the stanza "And though our kids are blessed / the parents let them shoulder all the blame " tells me that, even though their kids are blessed, he and his girlfriend / girl he got pregnant blame the kids that they are together. With the next part "I lie for only you / and I lie well / Halleluh" I think that he is talking about not getting married, possibly due to an abortion. He has to lie to his parents about the abortion and why they are not getting married anymore, which only him and her know about. We end with the chorus again, which bring us back to the beginning of the story, to remind us what not to do.

Brand New - The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot

If it makes you less sad I will die by your hand. I hope you find out what you are, I already know what I am. And if it makes you less sad we'll start talking again. You can tell me how vile I already know that I am.

I'll grow old and start acting my age. I'll be a brand new day in a life that you hate. A crown of gold, a heart that's harder than stone but it hurts a whole lot and its missed when its gone.

Call me a safe bet, I'm betting I'm not. I'm glad that you can forgive, I'm only hoping as time goes on you can forget.

If it makes you less sad, I'll move out of this state. You can keep you yourself. I'll keep out of your way. And if it makes you less sad I'll take your pictures all down. Every picture you paint I will paint myself out.

It's cold as a tomb and its dark in your room when I sneak to your bed to pour salt on your wounds. So call it quits or get a grip. You say you wanted a solution, you just wanted to be missed.

Call me a safe bet, I'm betting I'm not. I'm glad that you can forgive. I'm only hoping as time goes on you can forget. So you can forget.

You are calm and reposed, let your beauty unfold. Pale white like the skin stretched over your bones. Spring keeps you ever close, you are second hand smoke. You are so fragile and thin, standing trial for your sins. Holding on to yourself the best you can. You are the smell before rain, you are the blood in my veins.

Call me a safe bet, I'm betting I'm not. I'm glad that you can forgive. I'm only hoping as time goes on you can forget.










When I hear this song, I hear a story about a man who wronged a woman, or more specifically a lover. In the first stanza, we have the writer talking about how he is sorry. He writes how he will do anything if it makes you less sad. In the second stanza he writes about how he should grow up "I'll grow old and start acting my age", and it will be a brand new day that you hate, which I would argue that he caused. He then writes the chorus "Call me a safe bet, I'm betting I'm not. I'm glad that you can forgive, I'm only hoping as time goes on you can forget.", which sets the whole song into motion. You think I'm safe but I'm really not, and I hope you won't remember how bad I hurt you. He then goes into the next stanza, which follows the same pattern as the first one. He gives more insight into how sorry he really is, that he's willing to paint himself out of the picture totally if it would make her happier. It then seems with this next stanza he goes into a different direction from the rest of the song. He writes that its cold and dark in your tomb-like room, he will sneak in and make the wounds hurt even more. It seems he wants her to figure out what she wants, he says to either give it up, or take control so that she can get over it instead of reflecting on it. With the part "You say you wanted a solution, you just wanted to be missed." I take it that he is calling her out on a lie. That she said she wanted a solution, which he is willing to provide, but really she just wants him to keep thinking about her. We then see the chorus again, this time it puts more emphasis on the "so you can forget" part. He then goes into the last stanza before the final chorus. This whole stanza seems to be filled with metaphors and similes to show what he thinks of her. The final line, in my opinion, is the strongest of them all. He writes  "You are the smell before rain, you are the blood in my veins.", which, too me, makes it seem that she is his world. She is his life. Then the final chorus is sung, with the final line being "I'm only hoping as time goes on you can forget.", which sum's up the whole meaning of the song in one line.

Emarosa - A Toast to the Future Kids

Piece it all together now
Because I sell myself short every time
Oh, how you became my life
You took me in before I could back out
Well I still have faith
It will start again
Oh, I still have faith

Well I'm about to spend my cold life
Cutting corners, placing blame
Any moment this could catch fire,
Erasing all the stains, so here's to starting over
We could be the same, we'll change it all together
The future's mine to claim,
Claim, mine to claim

You can't get out
Fear, couldn't place its hands on us my dear
My pride has dropped
Because I couldn't sell short myself this time
String it along
Say you'll love me either way

Well I'm about to spend my cold life
Cutting corners, placing blame
Any moment this could catch fire,
Erasing all the stains, so here's to starting over
We could be the same, we'll change it all together
The future's mine to claim

Seeing past
It's about time I asked for more
Watching my life, at the distance we have come
Well I've lived, well I've learned
But I always seem to give up on my self
(Self, self, self, self)
String it along
Say you'll love me either way
Say you'll love me any way
While I'm alone
Say you'll love me either way

Mine to claim, claim!

Well I'm about to spend my cold life
Cutting corners, placing blame
Any moment this could catch fire,
Erasing all the stains, so here's to starting over
We could be the same, we'll change it all together
The future's mine to claim...

 This song, too me, seems like the writer is trying to mend a past relationship. He, the writer, starts off in the first stanza talking about how someone or some group took him in, and how it became his life. But, he then says "Well I still have faith / It will start again / Oh, I still have faith", meaning that whatever relationship they had is over, but he has faith that it will start back up again. In the second stanza, we have the chorus. Here he talks about how he is going to "spend my cold life / cutting corners, placing blame" which would mean he would spend the rest of his cold life, blaming others for his short comings. Directly after that though he says "Any moment this could catch fire, / Erasing all the stains, so here's to starting over / we could be the same, we'll change it all together / The future's mine to claim," meaning that the argument they had would go up in flames, essentially disappearing, that they could be the same or they could change how they were, the future is up to him. The third stanza the writer talks about his shortcomings. He talks about you can't get out, but fear was no match for them. He then says that his pride has dropped, and he hopes that you will love him either way. We then have the chorus again, to strengthen the claim that he wants to start over and that they can accomplish anything in the future. In the fifth stanza the writer talks about how it's time that they give it another go, that they have come to far to back out now. He says with these lines "Well I've lived, well I've learned / But I always seem to give up on my self" that he has learned a lot but he gives up on himself, possibly saying that if they would give him encouragement, he could do it. Then he says "Say you'll love me either way / Say you'll love me any way", which means that, no matter what, he wants their love no matter what he does. He then ends with the chorus, emphasizing the fact that the future is his, and he wants it to be with the person or group he is writing too.

Hills like White Elephants

Before I get into analyzing the story Hills like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway, let me explain a little context of the situation. I was going onto ecampus to do my reading before class, and when I was scrolling down to find the reading, the name Hills like White Elephants caught my eye. This is the exact same title a song that I like, and I was a bit curious to see if they had anything in common, so I read it. Now I am not comparing the two, I just wanted to explain how I stumbled upon this story. The story starts out in a train station, with a man and a woman ordering some drinks on a hot day. The woman comments that the hills looks like white elephants, to which the male responds that hes never seen a white elephants, and the female further comments that he wouldn't have. I thought this was kind of weird that she would say something like that so I looked up the phrase "hills like white elephants" because I had never heard of that phrase before. It ends up that a white elephant is used to represent something that isn't wanted. After a conversation about how they should enjoy themselves the girl takes back her statement and says that the hills no longer look like white elephants to her. After a little more small talk the male tells the female he wants her to have a operation. While in the whole story they never specify what the operation is, they talk about it a lot, which was frustrating because I felt like if i knew, it would make the story more complete. The male tries to tell her that the operation isn't a big thing, and that "It’s not really an operation at all.". The rest of the story the male is trying to get her to have the operation. He tells her that if she has it they could do anything they wanted, that everything will be back to the way it was after. She tells him that she doesn't want to talk about the operation anymore, and she makes the male promise her that he will stop talking to her about it. Afterward they order one more drink and the train comes and they are off. While the story was complete, I felt like I was missing something. I felt that if i knew what the operation was, that the story would be complete. After reading it again, I narrowed it down by realizing its an operation that a female was having, It wasn't a serious one, rather it was one that would make her ... normal ... again. Now there are very few operations that are not serious, and even fewer that make you normal again. After this I realized it could only be one thing. She was talking about an abortion. It made so much sense now, at the begging of the story she said that the hills looks like white elephants, and what she really meant was that the baby was her white elephant, something she didn't want. After thinking about it a little she realizes that she wants to have the baby, all the while the male tries to convince her that she should have the abortion, that their is so much more left to do in their life. The story felt so much more complete after I recognized this. I rather enjoyed this little puzzle. The author laid everything out, but left one small detail out so that the story still made sense, but then again also felt as if it was missing a small part of it that left it from being truly complete.

Heads or Tails? Real or Not - Emarosa

                                                                                                                                                             
 Heads or Tails? Real or Not

Emarosa

You loved it when my heart dropped, you paused, stopped, and walked away     

Full of content that it went your way

These cuts that I've caused are never too deep to heal
Peel back the bandage, see a scar from countless careless things

And feel yourself drifting, pulled away

Well nothing feels real anymore
I'm not taking my time anymore
To show you how I feel
To show you who I am
Cause it's locked away

We all need to find our way
Cut the loss, just walk away, ooh

Now head towards the light, the dark has no place here
Now head towards the light, the dark has no place here

I don't feel real, I don't feel real
This pain is beating.
I don't feel real, I don't feel real

Well nothing feels real anymore
I'm not taking my time anymore

Now head towards the light, the dark has no place here
Now head towards the light, the dark has no place here

Well nothing feels real anymore
I'm not taking my time anymore
To show you how I feel
To show you who I am
Cause it's locked away

The things we think about at night never lose taste
Now, take the close to find something greater
This wall has finally reached it's end
It's higher ground, lets make a stand
Did you ever think we would get this high?
Pull back the sheets to find the ending that you prayed for.

Now head towards the light, the dark has no place here
Now head towards the light

The singer of Emarosa wrote this song about how he felt about leaving his old band Dance Gavin Dance. In the first two lines he writes about how his old band didn't do anything to help him, his heart dropped and they stopped and walked away, full of content that they had won the last say in the argument. In the next two lines he seems to be talking about how he wants to make amends. With the line "These cuts that I've caused are never too deep to heal" I would argue that he is talking about the fighting they had, its never too bad to forgive and say sorry, and "Peel back the bandage, see a scar from countless careless things" would follow it complimenting the previous line by saying that we have had many arguments before, and they heal up and we forget about them. In lines 6 through 10 is the chorus. He is talking about how he isn't going to bother trying to show his band members who he is, and if they wanted to find out that it's too late. Then he says "We all need to find our way / Cut the loss, just walk away", he means that we all need to know when its over and not try to save it. Just cut our losses and walk away. He repeats the next line "Now head towards the light, the dark has no place here" twice, with the light being the future, and the dark being his past trying to pull him back.  With his next 3 lines being "I don't feel real, I don't feel real / This pain is beating. / I don't feel real, I don't feel real" I would argue that he is talking about how it hurts to leave, it happened so fast it's almost like a dream. He then repeats the first two lines of the chorus and the previous 2 lines about not letting the dark in, emphasizing that it doesn't feel real but he can't look back now he has to move on. The chorus then comes in, too repeat the fact that it's too late if they wanted him back. Lines 27-32 are about how the things we dream about, never go out of style. That he dreams of being in a new band and that he has finally found it. And it feels good. The last two lines to end the song emphasize that he doesn't want to look back upon the past. There is only the future.