OneRepublic: Secrets Meaning
Song Released: 2009
Secrets Lyrics
Something to get off my chest
My life gets kinda boring
Need something that I can confess
'Til all my sleeves are stained red
From all the truth that I've said
Come by it honestly I swear
Thought you saw wink,...
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Personally, it's just about a web of lies.. Created by society, the people who surround him, and himself as well.. It's like everything is tainted in his life.. Like society for example. People want success ( "drivin shiny big black cars") but then no one cares about the REAL stuff. The truth ( "all the problems...") . And in order to stay relevant in any light/ circle you need to keep up with the trends. You need to like something whether you genuinely do or not. Everyone refuses to be honest with who they are and the things they must go through. However, someone is always going to pick out the flaws in a person's mask . So what's there to lie about now? (" critics jump in line"). Personally. This song reminds me of my life.. I hold a deep secret and i think it's what drives me insane.. And to make matters worse. Everyone around me is full of shit.
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This song is saying that if you tell lies to cover up a secret, it's probably better to just give all your secrets away than to kept them 'bottled up inside'. PEACE! be kind to each other!
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if you're going to comment about the song at least get the lyrics right...they're right there.....
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It's about being homosexual and then having to be honest. Written from the gay male faking straight perspective.
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I love this song--and think it simply is about a songwriter who is making a promise to those who listen to the band, that he will always write songs about something real to him.
He acknowledges that the truths he writes about may not be as impressive as the song stories of other songwriters, because he has not experienced the trials and tribulations others have. But he's promising to his listeners that he'll always write what's true for him; he hopes he can find a subject that'll excite them, but he won't cater to sensationalism, exaggerate his songs, or write about newsworthy situations just to sell albums. In a way, he basically states he can't.
He acknowledges that in some cases, writing this way may make him 'disappear' because his songs may not be as exciting or hot topic as those of other bands. This is the fear he has, of disappearing, despite always being honest with his listeners. He also acknowledges that such songwriting might not win over critics and may not always be the best written songs. But the best he can do, for himself and for his listeners, is to be one-hundred percent honest in everything he writes. And that's the promise he makes, to us, in the song.
In a way I think the song is almost a disclaimer for the band, letting everyone know that they're writing what is true to them, and whether it's criticized, or popular, or whether and we like it or not, it will always represent who they truly are. -
The first four lines are total sarcasm...dancing into and around the whole farce of the relationship. One is tired of it... with one still not wanting to give it up just yet, like throwing the guilt on the other.. So baby, what's it gonna be today, type thing...into the question, What do you really want???
They have been living a lie, being insincere to each other. Telling each other what the other thinks they want to hear...but that will only go so far till it crashes and burns. One never meant to hurt the other. It just happened. Amazed that they made it that far...what else could they possibly get out of it? Relief that the secret is out...Not going to worry what the friends, family or anyone else who think they need to be "in the know" say. One of them approached the problem previously but it didn't feel right or sincere enough at the time. Thinking/thought of all the energy/time wasted to have what? An illusion...of love? Lust made into Love can be very deceiving. You can't make someone love you.
But like the rest of you..it could take on a couple of meanings.... Caught someone you thought you knew in a lie and you're gonna reveal them...and about the famous. -
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This song means a great deal to me because what I get out of it is something very deep and personal not even my family or girlfriend knows. Sorry for a long post.
"I need another story
Something to get off my chest"
-Story would be making up something such as doing this great event or a lie to make you look better. Getting off my chest would be him knowing that deep down he can't live this way.
"My life gets kinda boring
Need something that I can confess"
-My life is boring to me and I make up a lot of events or stories to make it look more flashy and glamorous. Boring also means not what I wished for, I wanted to join the army since a baby but I was born blind in my right eye and have never filled the void of not being able to fulfill my dreams. This would be me starting to realize that I need to confess all my lies due to me not even knowing my self and trouble deciphering between reality and fiction. (I'm only 21 as well and am well aware I have a psychologic issue.
"'Til all my sleeves are stained red
From all the truth that I've said"
-This would be the Truth coming out but also all that would be ruined by it. I see it as me dying if I told the truth of my lies because I would have to start a new life since majority of mine has been lies.
"Come by it honestly I swear
Thought you saw wink, no
I've been on the brink, so"
-This would be showing how little people really know you. For instance, my girlfriend talks about my parents and my childhood and my past with me and she sees it as a good thing and us becoming closer when really I wish she would realize I'm on the verge of a serious depression that she will never know about.
"Tell me what you want to hear
Something that were like those years
Sick of all the insincere
So I'm gonna give all my secrets away"
-This would be me opening up and deciding to find the help I need to bring me back to when I was happy years ago. Sick of all the insincere to me is about all the selfish people that use me for my abilitys and not because they care for me which I am just started to learn.
"This time, don't need another perfect line
Don't care if critics never jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away"
-This would be me realizing that I'm ok as I am and I don't need the perfect story to make people like me because the critics that never jump in line are the people I don't need in my life anyways.
"My God, amazing how we got this far
It's like we're chasing all those stars
Who's driving shiny big black cars"
-I'm very religious and to me this is just aknowledging that I am so lucky to be where I am today and I have no doubts about that. Chasing all those stars would go back to me disappointed in my life and me making up stories to keep my dreams alive.
"And everyday I see the news
All the problems that we could solve
And when a situation rises
Just write it into an album"
-This is me realizing that there is so much more I could do if I only stopped worring so much and just focused on bettering my self and not my image.
"Oh, got no reason, got not shame
Got no family I can blame
Just don't let me disappear
I'ma tell you everything"
-This is showing that I know I have no reason, And for never getting caught I have no shame. I blame a lot of issues on my family which I realize now that it's really my fault now if I don't make effort to fix it. Disappearing is the fear that I won't accomplish a amazing feat that will put me in history like I want to so bad. But now I come to terms it's no way to live a life so "I'ma tell you everything".
Travis P. -
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I think that the song is riddled with different meanings. As I believe, the best songs are the ones we cannot understand. However, I'll present 2 different meanings that I think best fit in with the passion and lyrics of the song.
1st Meaning: He (or she) has been living a dreadful, questioning life. He has seen many things, engaged in many things, and seen only black and white his whole life (metaphor, of course). He's never really had a conscience of decision and now he's experiencing the heat of it. No more lies, dishonesty, no more living a second life! He's quote "Givin' all my secrets away!"
2nd Meaning: In close relation to the 1st meaning, he has met someone remarkable, a special someone who stands out from the everyday dreadful humdrum of his life. He really wants to impress this someone (or possibly prove himself in some way) and he's giving all his secrets away.
As I said before, various meanings of the lyrics could apply to this song. Although we can all agree on one thing: this is one darn good song!!! -
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Think this song is about a person who's living alone, he's living the same daily life, the same routine, and he has this new friend...and he doesn't this friend to go or to get bored of him too, so he's telling me I'm sick of this insincere and I'm gonna be honest I'm gonna make you hear something will enlighten the new friend about me..I'm not gonna give a shit about what sick close-minded are gonna say about what I do or what secret I'm gonna tell you..
he has no reason not to do this..it's not a shame to do it..
it's AN AWESOME SONG!! LITERALLY !! -
Lyrics with my interpretation attached :
Verse 1:
I need another story (needs a secret)
Something to get off my chest (wants to relieve himself of a burden)
My life gets kinda boring (his life is boring...)
Need something that I can confess (wants to tell a secret)
Verse 2:
'Til all my sleeves are stained red (blood and truth are generally linked)
From all the truth that I've said (<-- what is written)
Come by it honestly I swear (the truth and nothing but the truth)
Thought you saw me wink, no (girl winks at him)
I've been on the brink, so (he doesn't know if she's flirting or something else)
Chorus:
Tell me what you want to hear (what secret does the girl or people want to know about him)
Something that will light those ears (satisfy her/their curiosity)
Sick of all the insincere (sick of liars who use him to get him to spill his secrets)
I'm gonna give all my secrets away (he will tell everyone everything so he was be a truthful honest man)
This time, don't need another perfect lie (another reference to people (paparazzi?) who want to know his secrets)
Don't care if critics never jump in line (wanting to know more about him)
I'm gonna give all my secrets away (they will have nothing on him if he is a "clean" man)
Verse 3:
My God, amazing how we got this far (amazed at how people lap up all the news about people)
It's like we're chasing all those stars (people chasing the lastest on film stars..etc)
Who's driving shiny big black cars (what cars they drive)
Verse 4:
And everyday I see the news (watches the news about stars)
All the problems that we could solve (the news about stars is pointless, they could be solving real issues)
And when a situation rises (when singers, film star go through difficult problems)
Just write it into an album (they write songs about it)
Singing straight, too cold (singing it but do they really mean the lyrics they are singing)
I don't really like my flow, no, so (Doesn't like this idea of life)
Chorus again: (just scroll up to read it again)
Verse 5:
Oh, got no reason, got not shame (he has no reason or shame)
Got no family I can blame (no family he can blame his problems on)
Just don't let me disappear (doesn't want to be sucked up into the lies)
I'm 'a tell you everything (He'll tell all the secrets)
Chorus again twice : (just scroll up to the first chorus!)
For the full lyrics you can go here: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/o/one_republic/secrets.html
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