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.