caljehu July 26th, 2009 09:15AM  
Love transformers, & love this song. It fits together. for the song meaning, it kinda relates to the protagonist himself, Sam Witwicky. He wanted to live a normal but no matter what he do, he destined to be in the middle of the war between the autobots & the decepticons. Same thing to us, no matter how many times we ran from the struggles of life, it keeps running towards us. we just all have accept that war comes first before peace & order.

anonymous July 27th, 2009 02:57AM  
While it was written with Transformers 2 in mind, I don't think it was just written about the story, I think it was written in a similar vein to What I've Done (used in the first Transformers movie), in that it is about repenting for our sins, and changing the world. It almost sounds like, from the songs perspective, the world has begun to change for the better (which is pretty much the story of T1) but there is still a challenge ahead.

anonymous January 30th, 2010 02:27AM  
Youd feel a little different about this song if you died in a hospital and while on life support you looked out the window, and lightning moved through the sky taking minutes for each bolt to hit the ground. When we die- time becomes a constant, it blurs. Ironic that the song explains the exact thing that happened to me. Youre voice was all I heard, That I get what I deserve, Is saying that we have permision to have vigilance against satin and all the satanic activities that are going on as I speak, that the time is coming now. Kingdom Come. Youre voice was all I heard, That I get what I deserve.. Yes I am a sinner, we all are, but that does not mean we are bad people. It is night and day between good and evil, Our father will forgive us until the very end

anonymous May 14th, 2010 08:19PM  
I remembered black skies, the lightning all around me
I remembered each flash as time began to blur
Like a startling sign that fate had finally found me
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve
(My guess is his mind after the "divide" of him and his friend/girlfriend etc. and he KNOWS he deserved everything but he wants to try and fix it.)

So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies across this new divide
(He wants to be "cleaned" and be forgiven and she has helped make a "divide" and he wants to get his emotions as a "flood" to her to say sorry.)

There was nothing in sight but memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide, the ashes fell like snow
And the ground caved in between where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve
(Again his mind in total chaos and wanting to repent and be forgiven.)

So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes across this new divide
(See previous chorus)

In every loss, in every lie, in every truth that you'd deny
And each regret and each goodbye was a mistake too great to hide
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve
(She didn't listen to the truth about it NOT being his fault and that every time she pushed him away "subtly" she couldn't hide it.)

So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies across this new divide
Across this new divide, across this new divide
(He just wants to be back with her or at least be friends.)

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lakuna July 31st, 2010 07:56AM  
He loves her but he keeps hurting her. He can't help it, every choice he makes seems to hurt her further and drive a wedge farther between them until they're on separate sides of a huge chasm.

I remembered black skies / the lightning all around me
I remembered each flash / as time began to blur

I see every moment they've shared together race across the 'screen' of his mind.

Like a startling sign / that fate had finally found me

This line sounds almost sarcastic, like he's not startled that 'fate' or karma has caught up to him. Like he'd been running from the consequences of his actions and now they've caught up to him.

And your voice was all I heard
That I'd get what I deserve

She can't forgive him for what he's done, and she tells him that he'll get what he deserves. And even though he did it, the finality, the hate that 'I'd get what I deserve' entails, snaps him back to reality.

So give me reason / to prove me wrong / to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes

He's begging her to let him fix it, wash it clean.

Give me reason / to fill this hole / connect the space between

To fill the hole the bottomless hole he's dug between them, and realizing he can't fill it/fix it, to connect the sides of the divide and bring them back together again.

Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
Across this new divide

That's such a desperate line. Like he's praying to God that it's enough to reach the truth (her) that lies across this endless chasm between them.

There was nothing in sight / but memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide / the ashes fell like snow

Now that's he's begged, it's all laid bare. There's nothing in sight anymore but his mistakes, and he has nowhere to hide from them and the ash that's falling from the bridges he's burned.

And the ground caved in / between where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve

The progress he'd attempted, the bridge or connection he'd re-built, or begun to rebuild between them comes crumbling down and she repeats her words.
She won't forgive him, and it destroys him more than what he did. Not the action, but that because of what he did it's ruined them.

So give me reason / to prove me wrong / to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Across this new divide

He's begging again. Still trying to reach her. And from across the divide she replies to his begging.

In every loss / in every lie
In every truth that you'd deny
And each regret / and each goodbye
was a mistake to great to hide

And it drives home her words once more. He keeps replaying them in his head. They're his death sentence.

And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve

So give me reason / to prove me wrong / to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Give me reason / to fill this hole / connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
Across this new divide

He won't give up, because he loves her.