Views : 21,250,765
Genre: Music
Date of upload: Feb 18, 2012 ^^
Rating : 4.927 (4,145/223,815 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2022-04-09T19:34:13.023621Z
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I was a junior in high school when this song came out and I was talking to college to get recruited for college. For some reason this song and mainly the video depiction really resonated with me. I felt like the world was my oyster and I could go anywhere. Years later I’d always think about this song but not remember how to find it… glad almost 10 years later it’s back in my life giving me the same optimism.
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The lyrics is talking about a boy who loved a girl, who she claimed that they both had mutual feelings for each other, in reality, she was just being nice. The lyrics to me is a representation of those "nice people" and false personalities. Which can also connect to Society and how two-faced society is.
"Spread your warmth to everyone" "With your nicotine lips and your heart of stone" "Who knew the stars were not enough"
The video, can represent how society treats individuals. To me, I think of it as... The man wearing the top-hat could be Society. The Pigs are those who work for society, people who strive to be perfect and ideal, to the point where they are masked and unknown to themselves, listening to what ever society sees as good. The girl could be every other individual who is being assimilated to the rules of society. The man wearing the top-hat driving the car is the physical attractiveness we see in people. We tend to fall for people who are superficial or perhaps seem to be perfect/nice. When in reality, they can be complete sociopaths. "Fitting in" is a plague, it is a man-made infection that we pass to others on a daily basis. In advertisements, models,etc. Lastly, when the Doctor slices the pig's mask it foreshadows that you are useless to society if you can't follow their policies.
In conclusion, for me, don't be nice. Be genuine. Be aware of those who surround you.
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lyrics:
Count back, anaesthetise
Colours burnt into my eyes
Life for you is shades of grey
Help me, help me find my way
Lost, lost, and never found
Hide your secrets, settle down
I am young and I am naive
Tell me something I will believe
Take me, take me far away
From this city's soul decay
Hid away 'til I was eighteen
Only saw colours on a TV screen
Skinny jeans and sunglasses
A fashion statement for the masses
What you're doing makes me sick
Over hyped and generic
Shine, shine, like the sun
Spread your warmth through everyone
I asked you why people die
You said we all had a design
Slide into the sea
Landslide comin' down on me
I said I was into you
You said you were into me
You never answer on the phone
With your nicotine lips and your heart of stone
I look for you by the underpass
Looks like this love wasn't meant to last
You said you reap just what you sow
So tell me where does your garden grow
You said in time the pain would pass
Looks like the end is here at last
Burn, burn, like a star
Burn a hole in every heart
Strung out on a trail of blood
Who knew the stars were not enough?
Smile, smile if you can
If you can't, I'll understand
See these stitches in my eyes
Smash computers, kill rock stars
Purge the past and waste my mind
Leave no scent or trace behind
One day when you bury me
When I wake up, what will I see?
Down, down, underground
Dig for fire, dig for sound
What is on the radio?
'Cause I would like to say hello
Crawl, crawl through the dirt
Jesus, show me what you're worth
Can't you just send us a sign?
Tell us all that we're doing fine
Nights for sitting in the dark
Days for lying in the park
Wake me up from my sick dream
A requiem for this dead scene
You never answer on the phone
With your nicotine lips and your heart of stone
I look for you by the underpass
Looks like this love wasn't meant to last
You said you reap just what you sow
Well tell me where does your garden grow
You said in time the pain would pass
Looks like the end is here at last
Count back, anaesthetise
Colours burnt into my eyes
Life for you is shades of grey
Help me, help me find my way
Mother, can't you help me now?
'Cause I've been drowning in the sound
Lying on the motorway
Writing songs and wasting away
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I found this song after getting out of the mental hospital when i was 14, i had a mental breakdown after experiencing abuse from everyone in my life, accept my siblings im the eldest out of 3 im the big brother, im the leader and the example. I got the help i needed and got better. I get depressed time to time but my little brothers and sister make it all worth it. I'm trying. I have to be strong. I have to stay in the game for them. This song makes me sad.
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@brunochaves3887
3 years ago
I was trying to remember the name of this song but i only knew the melody and the video, so i searched "indie video guy in a top hat pursuing fleeing girl with 2 pigs" and i really didn't expect to find it 😂😂😂😂
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