What does Attack mean?

30 Seconds To Mars: Attack Meaning

Tagged:   No tags, suggest one.
Album cover for Attack album cover

Song Released: 2005


Attack Lyrics

I won't suffer, be broken, get tired, or wasted
Surrender to nothing, or give up what I
Started and stopped it, from end to beginning
A new day is coming, and I am finally free

Run away, run away, I'll attack
Run away, run away, go chase...

  1. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Jul 7th 2018 !⃝

    This is about a relationship that ended. It could be between two individuals or a internal battle of something or someone holding you down and you basically setting your foot down and not letting it or them bring you down. Like Jared said its about freedom. From who? Now that is the real answer only the listener can form. I personally see it as a relationship that ended between two people and hes not gonna let all the bad things that follow destroy him. "I'll attack" "We had to sever" "I wouldve kept you forever" i prefer to see it as that.

  2. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Aug 29th 2014 !⃝

    I believe this is about overcoming our self destructive tendencies; our fears; our inner voice that lies to ourselves. It's about creating new ways of thinking, and discovering ourselves in a new day.

  3. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    May 29th 2012 !⃝

    its about renouncing god and saying that he can finally see now that he's done that, he's no longer a sheep. "your promises look like lies" heaven and hell dont exist. and if they try to bring him back (xtians) he'll attack

  4. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    May 24th 2012 !⃝

    i believe it's a boy, who left a girl he truly likes,maybe cause she died(?), and now he's with some chick he doesn't, hence, "I would have kept you forever, but we had to sever". and "IT ended for both of us"
    so yeah 8U
    and he's leaving the new girl

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
  5. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Sep 29th 2011 !⃝

    Jared Leto sad: 30STM is an artwork. The Song, the Melody and the Visuals.

    So i'll think its a mixture of all ur theories.
    The girl in the video, which stands also for drugs.
    The narrator tries to breaking free from the relationship between him and the subject (The girl what affects like a drug)

  6. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Apr 26th 2011 !⃝

    Umm... I don't think that its about drugs. When it says
    "Run away, run away, i'll attack"
    I think it's about conflicting emotioms inside of the person. How would that have to do ANYTHING with taking drugs??
    If you really think about it, it could be about how the US is always helping other countries and attacking instead of running away i dunno i just know i like the song.

  7. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Apr 20th 2011 !⃝

    In my opinion there is no absolute interpretation for this or any song. It is a piece of art and art's content is subjective to the viewer and their life, their views, and beliefs.
    To me though I feel that this song is is about coping with depression and anxiety. When he speaks of having to sever and that it would kill them both i feel like that speaks of suicide. If he didn't separate himself from it, the depression and anxiety would have killed him. I think the chorus is consistent with this thought. He wants to his self negating thoughts to run away. Attacking them is a metaphor for his anger and hatred for such feelings

  8. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Nov 5th 2008 !⃝

    hi i;m from puerto rico so im not that good at english and im 13.(girl)

    This song is the first time i heard it and it was very interesting i think:
    Is saying at first,im a person im not a thing that can be broken and i wont be with you,but i wont give up and even do it might hurt i will finish what i started then tomorrow is a nother day whit a nother life.
    I will run away and there i will show what i can be run away and you will have to change from what you are
    You would be with me but it ended all so fast that im losing control but is better to be without you.
    I will run away and there i will show what i can be run away and you will have to change from what you are
    your promisses were imposible so they loked like lies your honesty hurt cause it wasent even the truth and i promisse you that im finally free from you
    (you can be anybody)

  9. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Apr 13th 2008 !⃝

    Videos have nothing to do with the song. This band says themselves that there is no exact meaning for their songs. This one is about freedom. But can be taken on different levels, this is not a typical song about a girlfriend/boyfriend thing.

  10. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Mar 6th 2008 !⃝

    I think this song is about the end of a relationship, and he's angry and a bit bitter that he made all the effort and she still walked away. 'I would have kept you forever' shows how much he loved her, but he's saying he won't let it break him-'I won't suffer, be broken' and saying she can runaway from the truth but if she wants it spelled out he will attack. The album that this track comes from was written around or just after he split with Cameron Diaz, so an element of them could be mixed up in this, don't know if this is right or not, it's just how I interpret it.

  11. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Nov 20th 2007 !⃝

    The song does not have some hidden evil meaning, and it is not about a relationship. You might describe The Kill as a song about a relationship, but it is one with yourself.

    Anyways, it is about breaking free of people that judge and critize you, and showing them what you can be.

    "Fuck the non believers"-They said it themselves.

  12. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Sep 18th 2007 !⃝

    The main theme of this song is freedom. This song is about being controlled by somebody and breaking free from it.

  13. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Aug 21st 2007 !⃝

    I'm not really sure what the song actually means, but I think it might be something like just starting a fresh kinda thing cause you know how they say a new day is coming and I am finally free. yeah well that's what I think anyway :P
    awesome song, awesome band :)

  14. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Jul 17th 2007 !⃝

    It's about a girl who getting sick of her current life (a b**ch, maybe, from the video) and wants a change, so she plans to make an "attack" (maybe to her boss) to gain freedom.

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
  15. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Jul 5th 2007 !⃝

    This song is about a relationship. a guy has had enough about a girl and he just wants too lash out


More 30 Seconds To Mars songs »


 


Latest Articles

 


Submit Your Interpretation

[ want a different song? ]




Blog posts mentioning 30 Seconds To Mars

Just Posted

Rock Show anonymous
Don't Go anonymous
Tek It anonymous
Taking Over Me anonymous
All The Good Girls Go To Hell anonymous
Wingriddenangel anonymous
I Spoke to The Devil in Miami anonymous
This Woman's Work anonymous
Action! Not Words anonymous
Everybody Loves Me, Baby anonymous
Fall in to Sleep anonymous
Lemon Boy anonymous
Drama Club anonymous
Gravity anonymous
Our First Time anonymous

(We won't give out your email)