Tom has made it clear that he doesn't enjoy touring anymore, plus Travis might feel weird about doing it. Mark felt like he was being left out of this cool new project and even though Tom invited him to sing on Elevator, the unresolved tensions over BCR ultimately contributed to blink's break up. He invited his friend David Kennedy (who later became a founding member of Angels and Airwaves) to play guitar and Travis became involved because Tom didn't wanna pay for a studio drummer.this is where things took a turn for the worst. Tom took this time to explore the musical ideas and themes he couldn't do in blink. Mark wanted to make an album that was essentially Enema of the State Part Two, while Tom wanted to incorporate heavier elements inspired by post-hardcore bands like Fugazi.Īfter they finished touring for the album, the band took a small break. This "song meaning" is inspired when I asked tom what the song was about when I met him once.When blink was recording Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, Mark and Tom clashed over creative differences.
So he brought some of them on the tour and decided to wrote her back when coming home from the tour. There will be a hidden message about a boy thatīeing home, getting post-it notes and stuff like that from his girlfriend. With every single letter in every single word
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I've given a lot of thought of how to write you back this fall asking: will you sleep tonight ? and other cute stuff and deep inside he knows being on tour destroys their relationship, "shake it off pretend its all okey" that his girlfriend feel exactly the same. Here he means being on tour and get calls from his girlfriend. That there someone out there who feels just like me Will I shake this off pretend its all okay Will you sleep tonight, will you think of me He told his girl he loved her, she told him back. He had to laid down when took a shower cause he couldnt stand straight up. and the words about the bathroom: there also he means bein in pain. This is about thinkin back, sentimental shit. Where I laid and told you, but you sweared you loved me more" I faintly remember breathing on your bedroom floor "I've given a lot of thought to the nights we use to have Vacation dosnt help when you're in pain, taking meds, bein oon tour and drive for 13-hour straight makes you think a lot of how it used to be. I miss the grinding concrete where we sat past 8 or 9Īnd slowly finished laughing in the glow of our headlights" I've given a lot of thought on this 13-hour drive He had problems with girlfriend and the life off the road and to get it all together. He had huge problem with his back and couldn't stand up for more than 5 minutes. Tom says this song is about being in pain after taking to many meds just like tom did when recording this album. and he knows that his girlfriend or whoever feels the exact same way he does. He thinks the only way to go on is to pretend the distance between them and the separation of their love is the right thing. The chorus has the tone of confusion and helplessness (feelings often felt when separated from a loved one).
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The entire second verse is just talking about how she wrote him letters and that whatever he puts in the letter would be full of his love, regardless of what it may actually say. The rest of the first verse is recalling past events they had. The pills can be drugs (maybe not) and are used to symbolize ways people cope with hardship (sometimes people can take drugs to get over broken hearts). The vacation and 13 hour drive are just ways of describing the distance between the 2 of them. Whether its a breakup, college, or a break from a relationship is not defined, but its possible that its left open to interpretation to many listeners to the song feel it relates to their situation or one they've been in. It can just be about the separation of two people that love each other.
Yet I think that it doesn't have to be about a breakup or going to college. We all agree that in the song a boy loves a girl.