Roo May 29th, 2007 10:10PM  
I think this song is about a guy who prowls for one night stands. Although he is a smooth talker, acts and speaks romantically, he hates the women he has these one night stands with and thinks of them as cheap. It is a very sexual song, raw, hard unfeeling sex (for the guy anyway, purely a physical need). He sings about being apologetically dressed as if he is sneering at the girl.

anonymous June 30th, 2008 03:47AM  
I'll have to agree with anon's interpretation. It seems more fit to The Killer's feel.

Killervictim11 January 1st, 2009 01:35PM  
I think this song is about a man who is deeply in love with his girlfriend, but his girlfriend as done something that he can't forgive which is explained through the lyrical process. etc;

" we took a back road, were gonna look at the stars we took a back road in my car"- he's taking out for a romantic evening look at the stars etc, and back road basically to make out.

" down to the ocean its only water and sand but in the ocean wel hold hands"- the beach, its not much but it will do they enjoy it obviously (wel hold hands)

" but I don't really like you"- this is were the forgivness is wearing out inside him, he is forcing himself to not like her.

"apoligetically dressed to the best put on a heartbeat line/glide"- this is why he keeps forgiving her, by the way she's dressed, " a heartbeat line" he obviously is very attracted to the girls figure/appareance.

"without an answer the thunder speaks for the sky and on the cold wet dirt I cry"- without an answer basically means without an apoligy my emotions speak for theirself and he is breaking down and crying he feels she is not bothered to what she has done.

"dont you wanna come with me don't you wanna feel my bones on your bones its only natural"- this is explaining that they should be together because its natrual they are so used to it.

" a cinematic vision ensued like the holiest dream"- its like wha t she wanted is going to persued she is going to have her way"

"theirs someone calling an angel wispers my name but the message relayed is the same, wait for tomorrow youl be fine but its gone to the dogs in my mind" this basically means the voice in his head is telling him just tell her tomorrow tonight is too perfect to end it, she is pursuing the dream.


"but its gone to the dogs in my mind"- he's not letting it slip this time, its time to end it.

"I always hear them
when the dead of night
comes calling to save me from this fight.
But they can never wrong this right"- he must think about it a lot of night from this fight maybe means nightmares, but they can never wrong this right, these voices can't tell him its ok, its not. never wrong this right etc.

back to the verse.

Don't you wanna come with me? Don't you wanna feel my bones
on your bones?
It's only natural.
Don’t you wanna swim with me? Don’t you wanna feel my skin
on your skin?
It's only natural.

(Never had a lover)
I never had a lover
(Never had soul)
I never had soul
(Never had a good time)
And I never had a good time
(Never got cold)
I never got gold.

Talking about he's never going to find the right girl he's never had it and he doesn't know whether to stay with this girl he's not sure if he's right with her as he's never had it before, its like the backing vocals are the voices saying stay with her because "you never had a good time" etc. and he's kinda agreeing with the repeated lyric.

correct me if I'm wrong, this is my interpretation I might not be right, but this is how I see Brandon pursuing the song.

thanks, email me if you like it so I can do more ;D

raleelee88 June 9th, 2009 02:07PM  
I think in this song he's amazed at how our souls are in human bodies, made up of bones and skin. He's just explaining how awesome it is to have the touch of another person. It just feels good...

llhuntz July 26th, 2009 12:15AM  
There is so much desperation in this song. Brandon is making a plea, he has given in to lust. He is not waiting 'til tomorrow to analyze the situation. The thing is I think it is a song of unrequited lust. I don't think he gets the girl even though she is right there, I think it is too desperate of a come on, and that is what the song is about. I also think the lyric is never felt whole.

Woo March 2nd, 2010 11:20AM  
I love this song, and the video for it always makes me chuckle. But I think I see it a bit differently from most of you fine folks out there. So, bear with me, and please forgive any spelling mistakes. ^^

I get the feeling this song is about a young couple, quite an early relationship that neither of them are sure about. They go to the beach, likely because they don't have the money or freedom to do much else, but the narrator, most likely a young male, feels that the location is somehow inadequate. "it's only water and sand" Maybe he's worried the setting isn't good enough for the girl? He likes her well enough, but doesn't like the way she is "apologetically dressed in the best" and so perhaps seemingly high maintinance?

"On the cold wet dirt I cry" Is unlikely to refer to actual tears, but to an emotional outcry, it's like he's begging this girl "Don't you wanna come with me? Don't you wanna feel my bones, on your bones? It's only natural." He longs to feel some deeper connection with her, because so far she has been superficial and shallow. The boy is combining his lust with a yearning to find something deeper and more spiritual about the girl, he wants the sensuality of skin, but he also wants to find something cleaner and purer deep down, and while he stumbles to explain it, the closest he can think to it is bones. The clean, hard core of what we are, the structure that holds us up, much like our morals or spirituality.

"A cinematic vision ensued/like the holiest dream." It feels like what follows next isn't really happening to him, it's like a sacred vision, he is a part of it, but separate somehow. "An angel whispers my name, but the message relayed is the same: 'Wait till tomorrow, you'll be fine.'" He was getting so into the idea of this dream that he almost believed he might get what he asked for, but the girl just tells him to wait. From the sound of it, it isn't the first time this has happened, "The message relayed is the same" but this time, he isn't entierly satisfied with her answer. "But it's gone to the dogs in my mind" And he wants to persist. Usually this internal conflict is ignored, "When the dead of night comes calling to save me from this fight" ie he finds something to persuade himself not to persue, but he realises that this was never really a resolution to how he felt, he was ignoring how deeply his feelings ran. "They could never wrong this right" he knows that his emotions are well founded, he feels he's done the right thing, but that now is the right time to progress.

So he keeps asking her, he gets more fluent with his speech, and he opens up to her, perhaps hoping she will do the same.
"(Never had a lover)
I never had a lover
(Never had soul)
I never had soul
(Never had a good time)
And I never had a good time
(Never felt whole)
I never felt whole."
This could be his subconscious making him realise the reasons he craves so desperately to get closer to the girl, and he begins to realise how lonly he has been, and how much he just wants some intimacy and human connection. He decides to explain this to her, He wants her to know how he feels, because he wants her to trust him. He asks her again, but less tentatively. He has now convinced himself that he's right, and that they should pursue the relationship. Not in a way that is meant to pressure the girl, and not in any perverted manner. Perhaps te girl is being prudish or coy with him? Perhaps she wants to give in, but is nervous?

I could just be grasping at entirely the wrong end of an utterly different stick, but hey! Thats the joy of opinions. :3