anonymous November 17th, 2005 02:39PM  

I think this song is about someone who is being surpressed in his life. No one will listen to him, and so he puts this front up on how he thinks the world should view him, but inside he is screaming to not be ignored. This could mean that is inner self could be the thing being surpressed but take as you will.

anonymous June 9th, 2007 09:17PM  

I think it is about a person who is always being ignored, they have so many problems, and it's changed them (I can't help the fact that everyone can see these scars).

Now the ignoring part (I won't be ignored!!) is like, the person is being frowned upon and not believed about their troubles because people think they're faking for attention.

They try to meet everyone's expectations, but they just can't do it.

Ah I can't explain it with words but it makes sense in my head...

anonymous April 26th, 2008 08:07PM  

It's not about a guy who thinks his girl is putting him down... fuck that it's about how everyone wants everyone to think something about them and how no one believes that persona... I mean c'mon it's obvious.

silversquall May 9th, 2008 03:57AM  

Wow, mine's a bit different than the rest, bear with me:

"I am a little bit of loneliness a little bit of disregard"
-This part's pretty obvious, true. He feels lonely, like he's being ignored, like no one's caring about him, etc. But notice the way he says it: "I am a little bit..." So, it's not like he's saying "I'm sad"; it's more of like "sad's who I am; I'm a sad type of person". He's ASSERTING this. Normally a person who's just saying they feel lonely will sound sad while saying it. This speaker's is fiercly declaring lonliness; he's clearly aggressive.

"Handful of complaints but I can’t help the fact that everyone can see these scars"
-Further description. "Handful of complaints" is either saying he's a complainer, or that he's full of qualities to complain about. The "scars" reference is referring to the fact that he just can't hide all these apparent bad qualities, of how something in his past seriously fucked him over, something "scarred" him.

"I am what I want you to want what I want you to feel
But it's like no matter what I do, I can't convince you, to just believe this is real"
-This is where my interp starts to flesh out. This sounds like he's talking to someone he loves, someone he's trying to woo. He wants the other to want him. And the last part sounds like a lovesick person who's trying to convince someone else their love is genuine.

"So I let go, watching you, turn your back like you always do
Face away and pretend that I'm not
But I'll be here 'cause you're all that I got"
-This is inferring the other isn't reflecting his feelings at all. The other's just gonna ignore him. And the last statement shows his desperation.

[Chorus]
(I can't feel the way I did before)
(Don't turn your back on me)
(I won't be ignored)
(Time won't heal this damage anymore)
(Don't turn your back on me)
(I won't be ignored)
-Sounds like a reference to maybe how the person felt before he met the other. Back before he found his "love". His life was pretty messed up, hence his reference to "damage", and that time can't resolve it, implying that he needs the other. The constant repeat of "I won't be ignored" is further stressing how aggressive and potentially violent he is.

"I am a little bit insecure a little unconfident
Cause you don't understand I do what I can but sometimes I don't make sense"
-Further listing off his frailities, aggressively describing more reasons why he's the "handful of complaints" as described in the first stanza. The second part is just reinforcing that he's unstable and incoherent.

"I am what you never wanna say but I've never had a doubt
It's like no matter what I do I can't convince you for once just to hear me out"
-This is kinda rough, but it sorta sounds like the other just doesn't want to talk about him, and isn't listening to him. Regardless of whether or not they had any sort of relationship before, at this point, the other's just not giving him any time.

"So I let go watching you turn your back like you always do
Face away and pretend that I'm not
But I'll be here 'cause you're all that I've got"

[Chorus]

(No)
(Hear me out now)
(You're gonna listen to me, like it or not)
(Right now)
(Hear me out now)
(You're gonna listen to me, like it or not)
(Right now)
-This last part continues and finishes the pattern of aggressiveness with a climax of basically his saying that he's not going to to let the other walk away.


So overall, I think I just that this song had a much darker tone than the rest of the interps suggested.

anonymous August 14th, 2008 07:45PM  

Hes angry, he's had enough. He wants something done. He's fed up of no-one listening. He's had some bad shit happen, but no one cares,

He'll always be there because there the only person that's been there for him,
they are his life, but they won't listen,

He can't feel the same about them, he wants something done and he wants it done now. He can't feel the same about them because they won't listen, it's all about them,

IDK, in my head I understand it, but when I'm typing it it comes out wrong.