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.