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1 minute ago, DookieLukie said:

Maybe I'm just at a point in my life where these sort of lyrics don't connect with me anymore. I remember Lazy Bones hit me hard bc I was in a rough spot, but I'm pretty content now and maybe these angsty lyrics don't do it for me. I loved Bang Bang's lyrics bc it's an issue I'm interested in, and RevRad's lyrics were sort of the same way.

or may be this song doesn't have good lyrics.After what Billie told about this song , me and a lot of people got ready to get hit by lyrics , may be a lot them did but i didn't . And it's not because i am emotionless cause the other day i cried to Poprocks and Coke :lol: it's just the song doesn't have good lyrics .. subject may be heavy but lyrics are...shit. That's not because you're unconnected.

if it makes you feel better i don't like this song either. But i'm also disappointed cause i expected a lot. as a song from my land says  , expectations only makes you sad.

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This song is gold. Considering the context where it's going to be published it's platinum. Just find another contemporary band able to put inside the same record four songs with four so different styles and energies like Bang Bang, Revolution Radio, Still Breathing and Ordinary World. I love these guys and this record is going to be mind-blowing :wub:.

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I think Bang Bang was a deceptive single. It made people think the album would be hard, fast, and raw. Turns out it's the fastest and hardest song on the album.

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8 minutes ago, DookieLukie said:

Maybe I'm just at a point in my life where these sort of lyrics don't connect with me anymore. I remember Lazy Bones hit me hard bc I was in a rough spot, but I'm pretty content now and maybe these angsty lyrics don't do it for me. I loved Bang Bang's lyrics bc it's an issue I'm interested in, and RevRad's lyrics were sort of the same way.

I'm not disagreeing with your reasoning for not liking it (that's a perfectly reasonable explanation). But personally I look at this song as positive, not angsty. It's all about how you may have been through a tough time, you might've almost died, you might be struggling, but hey, you're still here and that's worth celebrating. That's worth trying to find your way back to your loved ones and trying to gain healthy perspective on what you've experienced.

Even Billie said in one of the early RS interviews that he hopes this song makes people happy and that they can relate to it. So I definitely don't think he intended it to drag people down. 

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I'm like a child looking off in the horizon
I'm like an ambulance that's turning on the sirens
Oh, I'm still alive
I'm like a soldier coming home for the first time
I dodged a bullet and I walked across a landmind
Oh, I'm still alive

Am I bleeding? Am I bleeding from the storm?
Just shine a line into the wreckage, so far away, away
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
My way to you

I'm like a junkie tying off for the last time
I'm like a loser that's betting on his last dime
Oh, I'm still alive
I'm like a son that was raised without a father
I'm like a mother barely keeping it together
Oh, I'm still alive

Am I bleeding? Am I bleeding from the storm?
Just shine a line into the wreckage, so far away, away

Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way, my way...

As I walked out on the ledge
Are you scared to dance to live?
I been running all my life
Just to find a home that's for the restless
And the truth that's in the message
Making my way, away, away

Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way, my way...
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
My way to you



 

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Just now, dolce_amore93 said:

I'm not disagreeing with your reasoning for not liking it (that's a perfectly reasonable explanation). But personally I look at this song as positive, not angsty. It's all about how you may have been through a tough time, you might've almost died, you might be struggling, but hey, you're still here and that's worth celebrating. That's worth trying to find your way back to your loved ones and trying to gain healthy perspective on what you've experienced.

Even Billie said in one of the early RS interviews that he hopes this song makes people happy and that they can relate to it. So I definitely don't think he intended it to drag people down. 

Oh it's not dragging me down. Maybe what I need is more angst then lol. I just feel like the topic itself has been done to death. I respect Billie for letting these words out from a dark place, but I think the lyrical content is just not that compelling to me.

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Just now, Alan86 said:

So what lovely person what's to post the lyrics.? I know they must have been posted somewhere on this thread.

That's what I found so far, I don't know how accurate they are. 

[Verse 1]
I'm like a child looking off in the horizon
I'm like an ambulance that's turning on the sirens
Oh, I'm still alive
I'm like a soldier coming home for the first time
I dodged a bullet and I walked across a landmind
Oh, I'm still alive

[Pre-Chorus]
Am I bleeding? Am I bleeding from the storm?
Just shine a line into the wreckage, so far away, away

[Chorus]
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
My way to you

[Verse 2]
I'm like a junkie tying off for the last time
I'm like a loser that's betting on his last dime
Oh, I'm still alive
I'm like a son that was raised without a father
I'm like a mother barely keeping it together
Oh, I'm still alive

[Pre-Chorus]
Am I bleeding? Am I bleeding from the storm?
Just shine a line into the wreckage, so far away, away

[Chorus]
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way, my way...

[Bridge]
As I walked out on the ledge
Are you scared to dance to live?
I been running all my life
Just to find a home that's for the restless
And the truth that's in the message
Making my way, away, away

[Chorus]
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way, my way...
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
My way to you

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1 minute ago, DookieLukie said:

I think Bang Bang was a deceptive single. It made people think the album would be hard, fast, and raw. Turns out it's the fastest and hardest song on the album.

I think they had to that. Everything from the trilogy was so mid-tempo they needed a change of pace to start this era.

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14 minutes ago, DookieLukie said:

Hermoine, your opinion doesn't count because you love everything :)

Even you :P 

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10 minutes ago, J a c said:

That's what I found so far, I don't know how accurate they are. 

 

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[Verse 1]
I'm like a child looking off in the horizon
I'm like an ambulance that's turning on the sirens
Oh, I'm still alive
I'm like a soldier coming home for the first time
I dodged a bullet and I walked across a landmind
Oh, I'm still alive

[Pre-Chorus]
Am I bleeding? Am I bleeding from the storm?
Just shine a line into the wreckage, so far away, away

[Chorus]
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
My way to you

[Verse 2]
I'm like a junkie tying off for the last time
I'm like a loser that's betting on his last dime
Oh, I'm still alive
I'm like a son that was raised without a father
I'm like a mother barely keeping it together
Oh, I'm still alive

[Pre-Chorus]
Am I bleeding? Am I bleeding from the storm?
Just shine a line into the wreckage, so far away, away

[Chorus]
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way, my way...

[Bridge]
As I walked out on the ledge
Are you scared to dance to live?
I been running all my life
Just to find a home that's for the restless
And the truth that's in the message
Making my way, away, away

[Chorus]
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way, my way...
Cause I'm still breathing
Cause I'm still breathing on my own
My head's above the rain and roses
Making my way, my way
My way to you

 

 

Thank you.

 

edit: only 2 things I hear differently.

"Just shine a LIGHT into the wreckage"

and

"are you scared to DEATH to live?"

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Just now, Thisnamehasnoreason said:

So where can i find the leak for the whole song?

 

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really feels to me like the most honest personal song billie has written in a long time. i didn't love it on first listen but i'm sold on it now. i got a little emotional listening to it while i was driving :P 

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I'm surprised and conflicted. I think it's catchy as fuck, and a perfect radio-friendly track, but it doesn't sound like the band I know and love. When I was listening to the chorus specifically, I was like "Is this even Billie singing?" I think the lyrics are great and emotional. However, they're overshadowed by the generic melody and overall sound. To me, it sounds like any other pop song that was made with one purpose: topping the charts. This track is disappointing for me personally, but I can see it being a mainstream success.

I appreciate the variety of sound from each of the singles so far, though. Seems like the album will be a mix of everything. Now excuse me while I go listen to Insomniac. :lol:

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in my opinion the song looses a lot of felling and soul in the verse because of the tempo

should have been a bit slower... Still diggin the verse, the chorus as well as the bridge are okay but nothing too special

The lyrics are great and I love that there's a different feel to this song. 

The Co-writer thing kind of takes down my enthusiasm because not knowing what is Billies content freaks me out.

What I am missing in this song are some personality and some spicy guitar bits or some different instruments.

This song still might grow on me so let's see.

 

I'd say it's a 6.5/10

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I love it for its power, but I'd love to hear a slower version of this song. Can you imagine how beautiful an acoustic cover would be? I agree that there would be a little something extra there if it wasn't quite as fast.

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50 minutes ago, Steven Seagull said:

This chorus is so fucking awesome. Wish Bang Bang had a chorus like this or Revolution Radio.

Yeah I get what you mean. While I personally wouldn't change anything about the other two songs, This one has a HUGE chorus!

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it'll be the next BOBD. it's so good and catchy! i guess, I'll sing it at my college's fresher's night :D

 

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