Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
Well, here we are again
Throwing punchlines, no one wins
As the morning sun begins to rise, we're fading fast
And we won't work this out
No, we're not gonna work this out tonight
(We won't work this out) no, we're not gonna make this right
So I'll give a kiss and say goodbye
(Give a kiss goodbye) 'cause we're not gonna work this out, tonight
Every single word's been said (whoa-oh-oh)
Broke each other's hearts again (ohh-oh-oh)
As the starlit sky begins to shine, we're breaking down
She screams out
No, we're not gonna work this out tonight
(We won't work this out) no, we're not gonna make this right
So I'll give a kiss and say goodbye
(Give a kiss goodbye) 'cause we're not gonna work this out, tonight
(Oh, oh, tonight, tonight, oh, oh, oh) we don't have to fight, tonight
(Oh, oh, tonight, tonight, oh, oh, oh) we just gotta try
Tonight (we gotta work this out)
(Oh, oh, tonight, tonight, oh, oh, oh) we don't have to fight, tonight
(Oh, oh, tonight, tonight, oh, oh, oh) we just gotta try
Tonight
No, we're not gonna work this out tonight
(We won't work this out) no, we're not gonna make this right
So I'll give a kiss and say goodbye
(Give a kiss goodbye) 'cause we're not gonna work this out, tonight
Well, there's no need to fight, we're just wasting time
(Tonight) if you give it a try well then maybe you'll find
(We might work this out) well, we know we're in love so let's keep it alive
Keep it alive, keep it alive (tonight)
I'm starting to see the morning light
We finally worked this out
Throwing punchlines, no one wins
As the morning sun begins to rise, we're fading fast
And we won't work this out
No, we're not gonna work this out tonight
(We won't work this out) no, we're not gonna make this right
So I'll give a kiss and say goodbye
(Give a kiss goodbye) 'cause we're not gonna work this out, tonight
Every single word's been said (whoa-oh-oh)
Broke each other's hearts again (ohh-oh-oh)
As the starlit sky begins to shine, we're breaking down
She screams out
No, we're not gonna work this out tonight
(We won't work this out) no, we're not gonna make this right
So I'll give a kiss and say goodbye
(Give a kiss goodbye) 'cause we're not gonna work this out, tonight
(Oh, oh, tonight, tonight, oh, oh, oh) we don't have to fight, tonight
(Oh, oh, tonight, tonight, oh, oh, oh) we just gotta try
Tonight (we gotta work this out)
(Oh, oh, tonight, tonight, oh, oh, oh) we don't have to fight, tonight
(Oh, oh, tonight, tonight, oh, oh, oh) we just gotta try
Tonight
No, we're not gonna work this out tonight
(We won't work this out) no, we're not gonna make this right
So I'll give a kiss and say goodbye
(Give a kiss goodbye) 'cause we're not gonna work this out, tonight
Well, there's no need to fight, we're just wasting time
(Tonight) if you give it a try well then maybe you'll find
(We might work this out) well, we know we're in love so let's keep it alive
Keep it alive, keep it alive (tonight)
I'm starting to see the morning light
We finally worked this out
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Tonight Lyrics as written by Joseph Adam Jonas Gregory Robert Garbowsky
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another good new one.
and totally more mature than their last album.
I just downloaded this song off of iTunes and I love it!
but there's a few corrections in the lyrics, I think. This is what it sounds like to me, but I couldn't understand a couple lines at the end..
Well here we are again Throwing punch lines, no one wins As the morning sun begins to rise We're fading fast We won't work this out
No, we're not gonna work this out tonight (We won't work this out) No, we're not gonna make this right So I'll give a kiss and say goodbye (Give a kiss goodbye) 'Cause we're not gonna work this out tonight
Every single word's been said, whoa Broke each other's hearts again, whoa As the starlit sky begins to shine We're breaking down She's screams out
No, we're not gonna work this out tonight (We won't work this out) No, we're not gonna make this right So I'll give a kiss and say goodbye (Give a kiss goodbye) 'Cause we're not gonna work this out tonight
We don't have to fight tonight We just gotta try tonight We don't have to fight tonight We just gotta try tonight
No, we're not gonna work this out tonight (We won't work this out) No, we're not gonna make this right So I'll give a kiss and say goodbye (Give a kiss goodbye) 'Cause we're not gonna work this out tonight
To all this fighting, we're just wasting time (Tonight) We're gonna give it a try and then maybe you'll find (We might work this out) ? (We might work this out) ? (Tonight) ? morning light (We finally worked this out)
well this is onee freaking great song and obviously about a break up! i love the chorus; i really think ima gunna buy the album :D
Here's the thing about the Jonas Brothers:
They CAN sing. And they ARE extremely attractive. And they have the potential to make really good music. Mandy, on their first CD, was an excellent song. The style sounds good, the lyrics are creative, and its a fun, original song. But pretty much the rest of the CD, except possibly a couple not-so-awful songs, TOTALLY SUCKS! The writing is awful, and the sound is crappy.
And their second CD. It was pop perfection. The sound was fun, the singing was good, and all the songs flowed well. But it was boring. It was pop crap, and no matter how well you sing pop crap, its still crap. The songs got very boring after a while, and while they weren't so awful, they were far from very good.
But I'm really hopeful about their new CD. Burnin' Up is fun, and a little more interesting. Pushin Me Away is still kind of poppy and pretty much like their old CD, but it's alright. A Little Bit Longer is pretty, and sad, and about something different then "love" and girls and petty drama. And this song. This song is brilliant. It's similar to the style of Mandy, and it's about ten times better. It's fun. It sounds really good. The lyrics are different then their usual. It's almost unrecognizable from their pop crap on the last CD. I really hope there are more good songs like this on the new CD!
i think this is about a couple that is having trouble in their relatinship not exactly breaking up.
i love the jonas brothers XD some of their songs are kinda childish, like lovebug. but they CAN sing and they do have a lot of good songs. they are a whole lot better than miley cyrus! who doesn't have class and CAN'T sing to save her life.
that's my opinion XD
this is probably my favorite song by them. i think it sounds more mature and i think it sounds really good.
it looks like it's about a boy and a girl who have broken up many times. they try to work it out but it never seems to work. i'm getting the vibe that when they break up they fight but there are no hard feelings (So I'll give a kiss and say goodbye). then in the end they finally work it out.
this isn't music. this is banal pop major label bullshit.
Led Zeppelin is music. Jimi Hendrix is music. Death From Above 1979 is music. Tool is music. and Nirvana is music.
these bands talked about things that mattered, and played their music with motherfucking heart.
but not The Jonas Brothers. this is pure fucking filth. this is garbage and you people who like them make me and many other people fucking SICK.
And assholes like YOU, who bash other bands just because you don't like them (and for stupid reasons at that), make me sick. Why should you care anyway about what other people listen to? Oh, that's right, because you seem to like to act like a music elitist, and also seem to like to put other people down. Just stop it.
hey look dudes i don't mind joe bros but i agree, pop is bs and real music is green day!
hey look dudes i don't mind joe bros but i agree, pop is bs and real music is green day!