So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
And this is my last remaining filter on my last remaining words
It's leaving the taste of something bitter on my tongue
I'm leaving a letter full of reasons along with a line that starts to blur
Into a page that says you faded way too young
'Cause you're leaving something short of innocent
I'm still thinking of the times we should of spent
It's as if this form of treason crawled up deep inside your head
And left you notes on how to keep your insides dead
If I had any other heart if any other piece spoke louder
If I had any other hands I wouldn't need the voice to tell
The world about the coward that refuses to stand and claim the blood on your hands
If I had any other heart beside my own we might have left you cold
I'm handed a book about instructions on when I should know to go
And tracing my fingers down the binding I get cold
'Cause I've been this awful shade of lonely since your reasons left the room
And I'd see everything get warmer if you decide to follow suit
If I could paint the town with all your good intent
I'd leave these walls as red as my eyes could have been
While picking comfort for my Father for a place to rest his head
If I had any other heart if any other piece spoke louder
If I had any other hands I wouldn't need the voice to tell
The world about the coward that refuses to stand and claim the blood on your hands
If I had any other heart, if I had any other heart beside my own
If I were king of the world and I could build you a day
I'd smile just to rip it all away
I would to blaze a memory in your head that screams about regret.
If I had any other heart if any other piece spoke louder
If I had any other hands if I had any other hands
If I had any other heart
If I had any other hands
Are you still refusing to stand and claim the blood on your hands
If I had any other heart
If I had any other heart
It's leaving the taste of something bitter on my tongue
I'm leaving a letter full of reasons along with a line that starts to blur
Into a page that says you faded way too young
'Cause you're leaving something short of innocent
I'm still thinking of the times we should of spent
It's as if this form of treason crawled up deep inside your head
And left you notes on how to keep your insides dead
If I had any other heart if any other piece spoke louder
If I had any other hands I wouldn't need the voice to tell
The world about the coward that refuses to stand and claim the blood on your hands
If I had any other heart beside my own we might have left you cold
I'm handed a book about instructions on when I should know to go
And tracing my fingers down the binding I get cold
'Cause I've been this awful shade of lonely since your reasons left the room
And I'd see everything get warmer if you decide to follow suit
If I could paint the town with all your good intent
I'd leave these walls as red as my eyes could have been
While picking comfort for my Father for a place to rest his head
If I had any other heart if any other piece spoke louder
If I had any other hands I wouldn't need the voice to tell
The world about the coward that refuses to stand and claim the blood on your hands
If I had any other heart, if I had any other heart beside my own
If I were king of the world and I could build you a day
I'd smile just to rip it all away
I would to blaze a memory in your head that screams about regret.
If I had any other heart if any other piece spoke louder
If I had any other hands if I had any other hands
If I had any other heart
If I had any other hands
Are you still refusing to stand and claim the blood on your hands
If I had any other heart
If I had any other heart
Lyrics submitted by lp670sv, edited by JTB1205, brandonburnett
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Well, in my opinion this song is about being a young & maybe a little naive &/or introverted girl and finding yourself loving a man who is at first very charming, carefree & outgoing, and seems at first to be without limits, as in
"There was a time
you opened up every doorway
you didn't mind if everything
wasn't your way"
then that man starts to gradually become more introverted & shows their more possessive/obsessive side to you as the relationship progresses, even while they keep up the appearance of being carefree & outgoing to everyone else,
"Don't pull away
that goes against what you told me
I look in your eyes
I realize what you've sold me
is love in a vacuum"
so you confront them about the way they're acting and of course they deny it,
"I think you've changed
but you insist that
that's not true"
quite possibly they are an addict of some sort, my guess would be cocaine, &/or showing very obsessive behavior towards you (early on in the video for this song we see the man hanging a picture up, it is a very large portrait of Aimee & it is prominently displayed in his/their apartment for the duration of the song), thus their "love in a vacuum",
"You look so strange, so distant
that you're hardly you
Now I can see
how you have been acting different
You say it's me
but I know
that it isn't
it's love in a vacuum"
but still you are in love with them and don't want to leave them and you know that they are truly in love with you and they don't want you to leave them either, maybe they are convinced you can save them from themself, maybe they are so broken that the possibility of an overdose &/or suicide attempt is very real and you want to get through to them that their behavior not only dangerous but it is also just pissing you off and if they don't wise up they run the risk of loosing you, as in the lines
"You will be lonely
if you leave me alone", so you want to save them but can't get through to them due to the addiction &/or emotional problems they have,
"Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
love in a vacuum
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
You will be lonely
if you leave me alone
You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough"
you want them to understand that the love they are giving you is not enough when it is filtered through the vacuum of their drug addiction &/or emotional impairment,
"You will be lonely
you'll be the only one who feels this way
it's just not enough
and just wait
you will be lonely
Love in a vacuum
Love in a vacuum
and that's not enough
Love in a vacuum".
'Love In A Vacuum' for me is a hauntingly truthful acute argument on the loneliness of obsession and almost inevitable loss of love that follows people who are broken in some way or another; the obsessives, the coke heads, the drunks, addicts or the just-plain-old emotionally broken; a razor sharp, lyrically driven, deceptively poppy, yet ultimately-depressing-in-the-best-way song.
Quintessential Aimee Mann.
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
These were the lyrics I got from their website, and this is my interpertation of this beautiful song <3
And this is my last remaining filter on my last remaining words It's leaving the taste of something bitter on my tongue I'm leaving a letter full of reasons along with a line that starts to blur Into a page that says you faded way too young Cause you're leaving something short of innocent I'm still thinking of the times we should of spent It's as if this form of treason crawled up deep inside your head And left you notes on how to keep your insides dead
He's saying that this is the last time he's going to watch his words, because covering up what he's trying to say isn't helping at all, So he's writing her about what happened, and only meant it to be a couple of lines, but instead (as we all know) it turned into a big rant that turned into a page saying basically one thing, "That she faded way to young" Meaning, she's changed but changed too soon. And now she's leaving him as a different girl "Short of innocent." And he's thinking of the times that they were alone, that they should have been spending together. And the voice of "treason", is saying that she has to keep the old her, (person that she used to be) dead.
If I had any other heart if any other piece spoke louder If I had any other hands I wouldn't need the voice to tell The world about the coward that refuses to stand and claim the blood on your hands If I had any other heart beside my own we might have left you cold
Hands are probably used as a symbol in this song, as to what he could do with them. Like, how much he could hold, or handle. So he's saying if he had anyother hands, he might be able to handle it better than using his (amazing) voice to tell the world about the situation. He's clearly not happy with her, and he's saying if any other peice of him (that says to leave her) spoke louder than his heart, he could have just left her easily. "The coward" Is the girl and she's making excuses, and trying to lighten the situation and blame his pain on everyone else.
I'm handed a book about instructions on when I should know to go And tracing my fingers down the binding I get cold Cause I've been this awful shade of lonely since your reasons left the room And I'd see everything get warmer if you decide to follow suit If I could paint the town with all your good intent I'd leave these walls as red as my eyes could have been While picking comfort for my Father for a place to rest his head Well Tallahassee will stay gray outside instead
He's saying that a lot of people are telling him when to go, and he's thinking about listening but he can't let go of her. Once her excuses started to become meaningless, he's been very sad. To "follow suit" is an idiom for doing the same thing as what someone's done to you, and he's saying if she would just treat him the way he's treated her, he'd feel a lot better about staying with her. He's saying that she didn't have any good intentions for them, and that he would have to leave the walls as red as his eyes could have been. Meaning, he wouldn't have much color to use because she only ever made him mad, and cry. And he could be just as angry and sad like when he was making decisions about where his dad would lay. But he'd rather see the town gray, than angry.
If I were king of the world and I could build you a day I'd smile just to rip it all away I would to blaze a memory in your head that screams about regret
Simply put, if he were on top of everything, and could make her feel good, he'd take everything away from her in a heart beat, and then that would be the feeling of regretting what she's done to him.
Beautiful, but very complicated song.
Jason said in an interview that Any Other Heart isn't about a girl
This is what he said<br /> <br /> “This record spans the last four years of my life. It’s really about growing up,” says LANCASTER. “I'm 27 years old now, and I've written so many songs about girls, so we collected ourselves to talk about bigger things in life that are important to everyone. There are songs on LUCKY STREET about religion, lack of religion, lack of faith, birth and death. It's really a wide spectrum of topics.”<br /> <br /> ( "It's really about growing up." )<br /> <br /> It may not be about a girl, but it's about his past. And he's talking about the people that were apart of it, It's a wide spectrum of topics. Also, I put at the top, my interepertation. I may have kept saying "her," but by saying "her" and "girl" It could be about anyone/anything. I was giving "anyone" a shorter name, and a pronoun.
I don't know what anyone else thinks but this song is absolutely phenomenal; Jason's voice has become so much better than I could have ever thought possible and I cannot wait to hear the rest of the new album.
Since we're supposed to say what the song is about, I'm not really sure what I think it's about. Naturally, people assume and want to relate it to relationships with significant others but maybe it's about having to let go of a bad friendship. Like, I can kind of see it being someone (Jason) having a friend that took a wrong turn somewhere and he/she needed help that she wasn't ready to accept.
But who really knows.
Correction: "I would to blaze a memory in your head that screams about regret" it's I want to place a memory in your head that screams about regret
and the second time through the chorus instead of ending <br /> "If I had any other heart beside my own we might have left you cold"<br /> it ends <br /> "If I had any other heart, If I had any other heart beside my own" <br /> <br /> also the third time through actually isn't the chorus. It goes:<br /> <br /> "If I had any other heart, If any other piece spoke louder<br /> If I had any other hands, If I had any other hands<br /> Oh God If I had any other heart<br /> Whoa if I had any other hands<br /> <br /> And your still refusing to stand or claim the blood on your hands<br /> If I had any other heart<br /> If I had any other heart"
these lyrics are copied and pasted from Go Radio's official Website, written by their Drummer. Now it could still be wrong, CD booklets dont always match the song so it could be the same case im just saying theyre straight from the band
Actually, Jason himself said that it wasn't about Mayday Parade. And if you want to argue, here's the direct link and what he said:
altpress.com/features/entry/track_by_track_go_radio/
"This song is a delayed reaction to being abandoned by my stepmother after my father's passing. She cut off communication with all of us, stopped calling, writing, anything. We found out later that she had remarried and just started over about six months after we last talked to her. The time between the funeral and her deciding to start over? Roughly two weeks. Janet (or whatever your name is now), you deserve what you get."
So glad someone posted this. Holy crap people He's not gonna write a song about Mayday Parade they're friends again now if he was going to write something it would have been a long time ago. Also since I know Altpress isn't great about keeping articles up the track by track can also be found here, yes i just copy pasted it from altpress into the thread because well as I said altpress sucks at keeping there features posted they usually take them down every month<br /> <br /> community.wearegoradio.com/forum/topics/jason-goes-track-by-track
lastfmdiscover.radio.com/2011/04/04/go-radio-any-other-heart-live-at-last-fm-discover/
here he explains the story behind it.
Wanna know the beauty about this all? Music is open to interpretation.
Someone could take it as it is about mayday parade, or as Jason clearly said its about his step-mother.
But the song still has the same core to it. That hurt of betrayal.
For me personally i use this song and Thanks For Nothing to fit the situation of two bestfriends that fell apart when one commits an unforgivable act of betrayal.
The song is about his step-mother and how she handled his dad's death.
lastfmpresents.radio.com/2011/04/04/go-radio-any-other-heart-live-at-last-fm-discover/
Everyone is saying that Jason was the main "brains " of Mayday Parade. I disagree as a huge fan and they all play their part. Lyrically Derek was and still is (after Jason left) a huge part of the passion and emotions portrayed as he went through a lot to write what he does, and also co-writed the songs we know and love. I don't think Mayday suck without him, they have evolved.
Also Jason said himself that this isn't to do with him leaving MP. Jason still is a great songwriter and inspiration. And I listen to Go Radio and his new solo material, and its amazing.
Personally I See It As A Description Of How He Handled The Mayday Split :P And How If He Had Any Other Heart He Would've Spoke Out About How They Treated Him, But Was Scared He'd Be Hated For It...
"the coward that refuses to stand and claim the blood on your hands" The "Blood" Being The Effort And Hard Work He Put Into Mayday That He Wasn't Credited For
"It's as if this form of treason crawled up deep inside your head And left you notes on how to keep your insides dead" About How The Band Had No Feelings Towards How He Needed To Spend Time With His Father During His Last Few Months And They Wouldn't Let Him Take Time Off...
"I'd leave these walls as red as my eyes could have been While picking comfort for my Father for a place to rest his head" How He Could've Wasted His Time Crying And Being Aggressive Towards Mayday But Instead Channelled His Energy Into Making His Dad's Last Few Months Enjoyable
Is there any reason you decided to start every word with a capital letter?
S'Just How I Type... Always Have Done :P
This song is clearly about his exiting relationship with Mayday Parade, specifically Derek. Anyone who has followed Mayday Parade/Go Radio in the past knows this. I started following Go Radio before it ever released any song, when it was just an “idea” of Jason’s. Jason was the reason I had listened to Mayday Parade. His voice is the replica of perfection and emotion, in my opinion. Also, his lyrics are striking, passionate, and emotionally inciting. All of the good/early songs of Mayday Parade were his words. He was the brains of Mayday Parade, and now they suck without him. They have completely sold out and lost their true value (seems like they’re turning into a pop band with girls targeted as their main audience).
Jason Lancaster is one of the best artists out there, in every regard that counts (voice, passion, emotion, lyricism, genuine), and I will continue to support him as I have for several years.
Jason himself has stated this song is about his step mother, it has nothing to do with Mayday.