30 Seconds To Mars: The Kill Meaning

Song Released: 2006

The Kill Lyrics

What if I wanted to break
Laugh it all off in your face
What would you do? (Oh, oh)
What if I fell to the floor
Couldn't take this anymore
What would you do, do, do?

Come break me down
Marry me, bury me
I am finished with you

What if...

1. anonymous

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   Dec 8th 2006 !⃝

   ok then why the fuck would have he said look in my eyes your killing me killing me all I wanted was you
   i don't think he was telling that to himself
   get it right its for a girl
   unless he was gay which he's not!
   
   [candy]

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2. anonymous

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   Dec 3rd 2006 !⃝

   ok all I got to say is nice try on the Brokeback Mountain reference except HES NOT FUCKING IN IT> JAke Gylynhal is. And yes they are friends but they are both also amazing actors that get way more girls than you ever will. Also He was engaged to some hot ass celebrity whome I can't remember her name right now.

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3. simply_me

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   Nov 24th 2006 !⃝

   ohhh and I also wanted to add that Jared Leto doesn't act in Brokeback Mountain, Jake Gyllenhaal does.. So maybe you can keep on trying with the gay thing.. pretty funny!!
4. simply_me

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   Nov 24th 2006 !⃝

   The director of ''the shining'' is Stanley Kubrick, not Stephen King, and I agree with the fact that they took the idea of the film, which took place in hotel.I think the group tried to relate the video to the film in order to make us understand the real meaning of the song. The lyrics say it all, it's about going crazy and looking for who you really are, fighting with something else(inside of yourself)... That's pretty deep but that's also what this film's all about. The principal character, Jack Nicholson, goes totally insane. If you haven't seen it, rent it!!! It's a total work of art!!
5. hayven247

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   Nov 24th 2006 !⃝

   To everyone who believes what leto has said with this song having to do with trying to find himself, I don't hear any of that, don't involve the video in deciphering the meanings to lyrics because they usually have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Besides, if that's what it all means then that takes all the fun out of me sitting there and crying to this song because I cannot relate to losing my mind, many men but never the mind! At least not yet!!! My meaning is better! Im keeping it!

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6. hayven247

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   Nov 24th 2006 !⃝

   This song is pretty sad. I think it's about a relationship that has come to an end. He has done everything to make this relationship work and then some. He gives and gives and they only take. This person is abusive, constantly making him feel unwanted, inadequate, unappreciated, like nothing he ever did for them was enough and that he can no longer take the misery of their relationship and he wants out. There is a lot of pain through these lyrics. When he says, "you say you wanted more, what are you waiting for, Im not running from you" I think he's telling them to go ahead, end it already, look for someone better, try to find it because he's sick of never being enough for them and he's done with all of it. When he says "Come break me down, bury me, bury me" he's just saying he wants it to end because he tries and tries to please them and never succeeds. He has had it with never being enough and there's nothing else left in him to continue this. He knows its gonna end eventually. It was over before it even started. When he says "All I wanted was you" he's saying he loved them, he tried to be everything for them and all they ever had to do was love him back and they never did. Basically, this is someone saying that they did everything in their power to make their lover happy but nothing was ever good enough and eventually this person was pushed to the point of no return and fell out of love.

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7. anonymous

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   Nov 22nd 2006 !⃝

   The interpretation I have is that this song is about himself and (no one else) mainly his past , its a plit personality song where one talks to himself , noow clearly this Alubum is about a past being forgotten and with "the kill" in the album you can't fully understand the song unless you hear their whole album its a message their sending of a new start with struggles . The kill is one of the struggles of it with the man vs mind kind of theory . He is clearly singing a song with his concience "what if I wanted to break ..." and all the other verses in this song is his negative concience asking him what if he went a certain road . and the chorus is His response to his conscience . " I tried to be comeone else but nothing seem to change .." that whole part and basically him argueing with his conscience .. More or likely for simlicity think of it sort of as when he screams = Himself When its softly sung = Conscience o.o ... lol this song rocks enjoy it
8. musicislove

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   Nov 20th 2006 !⃝

   for those who say, "its about a girlfriend trying to change her bf. "
   i don't think that's it at all
   have you seen the f***ing video
   its about having a battle with yourself.
   how sometimes you just can't stand yourself.
   and the only person you have a problem with is you
   its about being all alone
   finding yourself.
   
   BATTLING YOURSELF.
9. anonymous

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   Nov 19th 2006 !⃝

   the song is about losing your mind mr. leto said it himself.
   
   but ill agree with everyone else this song is dedicated
   to a girl. Its a hate song he is telling the
   girl in the simplest words to
   fuck off that he doesn't care for her
   anymore and things like that
   everyone who listens to what music says and
   not just to how it sounds would have figured
   that out the 3th time they listened to this song
   
   -[candy]
10. anonymous

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    Nov 13th 2006 !⃝

    I feel the song is about wanting something so bad but don't know how to get it.Someone you want very much but they think your not good enough when you know things could work out but I guess somethings are never meant to be and that really sucks.
11. anonymous

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    Nov 11th 2006 !⃝

    About the person who wanted to know about the video, the video is based on one of the coolest movies ever made "the shining" by Stephen King, yes, a horror.
12. anonymous

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    Nov 11th 2006 !⃝

    This is the the dude a few posts above me,
    it's not
    "marry me, bury me"
    it's
    "bury me, bury me."
    the song is about one's relationship with one's self.
13. reject_of_suburbia

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    Nov 7th 2006 !⃝

    I think the song could actually have a lot to do with jared leto's career as a musician. Both the song and video kind of made me think that he's getting tired of being the 'musician' and 'himself' as well.
    
    In the video, there are two of him at the hotel they go to in order to take a break. One in a tux (representing the musician) and one in casual clothes. And they're fighting, like it's pulling him apart to be two people at once.
    
    I dunno, that's how I saw it.
14. anonymous

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    Oct 23rd 2006 !⃝

    I think this song is a battle w/ himself. If you watch the video and listen to the words...There are two of every person and they're both a bit different.
15. anonymous

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    Oct 16th 2006 !⃝

    Being yourself. Because of the line "I know this is who I really am inside"
    
    
    
    
    macayla

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