Discover Song Meanings

I came here looking for a meaning, but I may have one myself. The first paragraph doesn't need much explanation - a Southern girl "introducing" herself. "We've been driving this road / for a mighty long time / payin no mind to the signs" sounds like it's describing a relationship that "breaks the rules" so to speak, like Hunter Hayes' "I Want Crazy". The chorus supports that theory as well. It sounds like the girl is warning someone to be careful and watch what they're doing before they get in trouble.

The next part is easy. It's talking about a new guy in town who's a little too cocky. "You think you know him so well / Yeah you think he's so swell / But he's just perpetuating prophecy" and then the chorus sounds like the girl is warning a friend (or any girl in particular) to stay away from him, because he's a player, like Carrie Underwood's "Good Girl". The last three lyrics of the next seem to be an "I told you so" to the girl who fell for him. I'm not sure about the rest but hopefully this helps!

I think the song speaks about how yeah there's good things in life but if everyday is a struggle and every moment of the day feels less and less real, almost like everything is just meaningless. You might just get tired of it all even things that used to make you happy just don't mean anything anymore. He's talking to God, God Is his friend and he's asking him how long till he can just relax and rest, when will it be over. "God, I'm tired can I take a break?" He just wants release from all the bullshit in life.

The song is asking for help "can you lend me a hand" by a person who is struggling and wondering if life is worth living. They are considering suicide. The song is an affirmation of life though, it refers to the fact that the questioner is still alive and there will be plenty of time to be dead. Life is all we know and we only have a relatively short time to be alive - so we need to figure out how we each make that time meaningful. It's a pretty cool message when you think about it.

Behind the unorthodox simplicity of the lyrics, it's quite often, from what I've heard portrayed as a love song. In my opinion and analysis, it's quite the opposite. Robert Smith doesn't acknowledge the subject until Friday, the day in which the character chooses to be in love. The song portrays love as losing its potency, in that people choose when to love, rather than letting the love choose them.

This song, in my in depth analysis, is an accurate representation of teenage youth and the pains of teen angst. The lines, "hide your lovers underneath the covers", I feel is a description of sexual exploration and not being able to be so open about things due to fear and alienation. The phrase, "hiding from your brothers underneath the covers," is an interpretation of tension in the family, and being distant as we try to pursue who we are as individuals. "Every time we close our eyes," we are put into a sense of false comfort, it's all a lie, being blind to everything doesn't mean that the world isn't happening. All in all, this song is relevant in my life, especially these specific lines! I'd love to hear other interpretations!!

My son passed away 6 years ago... of course for me "bring him home" has been my thought process all of this time. He was not a little boy, he was 34 years of age but there was so much he didn't have the chance to do. I would trade places with him if that was possible... in a heart beat