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I don't listen to J.A.R. enough

You don't come in here much, do you?

"I don't feel strange, it's more like haunted" pretty much sums up all I think is wrong with those lyrics. "I can’t quite put my finger on it But it’s like a child that was left behind" First he says he does not have a clue what it is, and then he uses a metaphor that only makes things even more confusing. "Like losing faith to our abandon" And what the heck this even means? Is it the same Abandon who causes those scars that they "share"? I appreciate good poetry and good allegories and metaphors when I see ones, but to me the Forgotten just feels like a bunch of metaphors and aforisms that may sound deep, but actually have nought substance. The chorus is lyrically decent, but to me it seems to be more like your usual "seize the day"-stuff and nothing special. Where in the world did my mind go, as our spirits walk on earth equivocal but examious these sonorous words I blurt Once I used to make some sense but then I bought a rhyming book now it all sounds so abstruse but to me it all seems off the hook Do I make a sagacious impression Like the first man on the moon Don't ask what that stands for Or you gonna look like a fool.

talking about the forgotten and potential: i actually don't find the lyrics that bad. i found it incredible cheesy (the music) when it came out at first (maybe the twilight video played its part in that too). but the video posted above changed that for me... i got to appreciate the melody. and yeah it has simple chord progressions... like... uhm... 98% of green days songs. when you look for complex music, maybe don't listen to green day? i think the lyrics were written about a an overall feel about life and whats important. they describe the disappointments of the past and acknowledge how the memories of better times can wear you down. and when you feel all sorry for yourself and dwell in the past you should remember, that the past is only "where your spirit seems to roam". but your spirit is in the present and what we remember of the past is a distortion of reality anyways ("what we remember becomes folklore"). you should live in the present and see that it's wasted time to grieve about someone or something too long. may it be disappointed love, friends who abandoned you or changed, etc... ("You’re dragging on, your heart’s been broken"). see the present as a chance to experience all you seem to have lost again: "Well, don’t look away from the arms of a moment Don’t look away from the arms of tomorrow Well, don’t look away from the arms of a moment Don’t look away from the arms of love"

Save yourself while you still can.

Thanks for calling me a fool. Well, to me the words make sense somehow, but nevertheless I don´t have to interprete them word by word, sentence by sentence. And, yes, even if he was just joking, and is laughing at the dumb fools who seem to find some meaning in his stupid words - I know, this song has an impact on me, and I like it. Maybe it´s just rubbish, I don´t give a damn. I don´t need intellectual interpretations of music or lyrics. The only thing I´m interested in is does it speak to me or not, is there a resonance or not. And I don´t need to know anything else about it.

Hm, I like the lyrics of the Forgotten. Because they create (for me) a certain sad, lost, melancholic atmosphere. A sad, thoughtful song. I like sad songs. I like The Forgotten, because the words remain rather unclear. But still -I can understand them or what they create in me.

he is perfect....

07/10 Moderately good troll

And your thoughts have taken their toll When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul Your faith walks on broken glass and the hangover doesn't pass Nothing's ever built to last, you're in ruins this and Did you try to live on your own? When you burned down the house and home? Did you stand too close to the fire? Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone this from 21 Guns definitely tops Well, don’t look away from the arms of a bad dream Don’t look away, sometimes you’re better lost than to be seen Don’t look away from the arms of a moment Don’t look away from the arms of tomorrow Don’t look away from the arms of a moment Don’t look away from the arms of love 21 Guns definitely has a bit of that vagueness to it, so it's a valid comparison but I think 21 Guns has far better lyrics and a far better composition

Green Day poster ( inside new Kerrang issue)

Funny to think that a big portion of these misheard lyrics are from JoS. As a matter a fact, I have my own: "Like the lonely bitches of a shopping mall." It makes total sense too.