Does anyone have any thoughts on the meaning of the lyrics in "I Dare You" by Shinedown?
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"I Dare You"\n\nHello, let me introduce you to\nThe characters in the show\nOne says yes, one says no\nDecide - which voice in your head you can keep alive\n\nEven in madness, I know you still believe\nPaint me your canvas so I become\nWhat you could never be\n\nI dare you to tell me to walk through the fire\nBrand my soul and call me a liar\nI dare you to tell me to walk through the fire\nI dare you to tell me\nI dare you to\n\nHello, are you still chasing\nThe memories in shadows\nSome stay young, some grow old\nCome alive, there are thoughts unclear\nYou can never hide\n\nEven in madness, I know you still believe\nPaint me your canvas so I become\nWhat you could never be\n\nI dare you to tell me to walk through the fire\nBrand my soul and call me a liar\nI dare you to tell me to walk through the fire\nI dare you to tell me\nI dare you to\n\nHello\nHello...\nI dare you to tell me to walk through the fire\nBrand my soul and call me a liar\nI dare you to tell me to walk through the fire\nI dare you to tell me\nI dare you to\nHello...\nHello...\nI dare you to tell me\nI dare you to\nI dare you to tell me\nI dare you to
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I think it's a love song fore someone unattainable.  "Yellow" to me, like the stars he mentions in the song - meant that the girl was aloof, she was up on a pedestal.  He wrote a song for her, he tried his best, but she was just indifferent, "yellow" - like, mellow yellow, no passion, no desire.
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this song is about being an orphan...\n... talking about his mothers death in the first lines\nAnd even though the moment passed me by I still can't turn away \nI saw the dreams you never thought you'd lose tossed along the way \n\nAnd now we're grown up orphans that never Knew their names \n- they never really knew their true history... "names" is just an analogy to their family/history that they have no clue about\nDon't belong to no one that's a shame \n- this is pretty self explanatory.. they're orphans\n\nScars are souvenirs you never lose , the past is never far \n- someone said they thort this part was about slitting their wrists... that cood be right.. but i have another thort. since they are orphans.. their original parents... or even their foster parents could have abused them.. leaving scars... "the past is never far" means that the scars wont let them forget what happend..\nDid you lose yourself somewhere out there , did you get to be a star \n- i think this part means... the subject in the song left the orphanage... i think they wanted a family and he wants to know if it was what she/he had imagined?\nDon't it make you sad to know that life is more than who we are \n- it is sad to them... because 'what' they are.. thats all they have... they dont have a history, and life is all about your family... history etc... and they dont have that\n\nYou grew up way too fast and now there's Nothing to believe \n- they were forced to grow up... they had no choice.. maturity was forced upon them.. \nAnd reruns all become our history \n- its the only history they know\n\nI think about you all the time \nBut I don't need the same \nIt's lonely where you are come back down \nAnd I won't tell em your name\n- now this part..... i believe it means.. the subject of the song has left the orphanage... hence hes thinking about her all the time cos shes gone.. she left because you NEEDED a family... needed somewhere to belong. but he didnt need that. he could be independent (ie but i dont need the same).. then he says if its lonely where you are, come back down.. meaning when she realises that moving in with a family does not necessarily make you feel belonged and loved... she just liked the thought of it. \nlastly... im possibly thinking that 'name' also means... who she is... as in 'i wont tell no one your name'... as in he will keep her secrets... he wont tell people everything shes gone thru.. and even what she hasnt gone thru (that she is indeed and orphan)..\n\nHere's a link to meanings for this song below !!  Hope this helps you ! :o)
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It is Switchfoot - Dare You to Move\nLyrics below for you :\n\nWelcome to the planet\nWelcome to existence\nEveryone's here\nEveryone's here\nEverybody's watching you now\nEverybody waits for you now\nWhat happens next\nWhat happens next\n\n[Chorus]\nI dare you to move\nI dare you to move\nI dare you to lift yourself up off the floor\nI dare you to move\nI dare you to move\nLike today never happened\nToday never happened before\n\nWelcome to the fallout\nWelcome to resistance\nThe tension is here\nTension is here\nBetween who you are and who you could be\nBetween how it is and how it should be\n\n[Chorus]\n\nMaybe redemption has stories to tell\nMaybe forgiveness is right where you fell\nWhere can you run to escape from yourself?\nWhere you gonna go?\nWhere you gonna go?\nSalvation is here\n\nI dare you to move\nI dare you to move\nI dare you to lift yourself up off the floor\nI dare you to move\nI dare you to move\nLike today never happened\nToday never happened\nToday never happened\nToday never happened before
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Take everything left from me\nAll!\nTo!\nBlame!\n\nHow can we still succeed, taking what we don't need?\nTelling lies, alibis, selling all the hate that we breed.\nSupersize our tragedies! (You can't define me or justify greed)\nBought in the land of the free! (Land! Free!)\n\nAnd we're all to blame,\nWe've gone too far,\nFrom pride to shame,\nWe're trying so hard,\nWe're dying in vain,\nWe're hopelessly blissful and blind\nTo all we are,\nWe want it all with no sacrifice!\n\nRealize we spend our lives living in a culture of fear.\nStand to salute; say thanks to the man of the year.\nHow did we all come to this? (You can't define me or justify greed)\nThis greed that we just can't resist! (Resist!)\n\nAnd we're all to blame,\nWe've gone too far,\nFrom pride to shame,\nWe're trying so hard,\nWe're dying in vain,\nWe're hopelessly blissful and blind\nTo all we are,\nWe want it all.\nEveryone wants it all with no sacrifice!\n\nTell me now, what have we done? We don't know.\nI can't allow what has begun to tear me down,\nBelieve me now, we have no choice left with our \nBacks against the wall!\n\nAnd now we're all to blame,\nWe've gone too far,\nFrom pride to shame,\nWe're hopelessly blissful and blind\nWhen all we need\nIs something true\nTo believe,\nDon't we all?\nEveryone, everyone,\nWe will fall.\n\n'Cause we're all to blame\nWe've gone too far,\nFrom pride to shame,\nWe're trying so hard,\nWe're dying in vain,\nWe want it all,\nEveryone, don't we all?
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if you know the chorus put some of it into google.  that's what i do and i always get the lyrics.\ngood luck
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Hope can have many meanings so, surprise everyone with this song:\n\nDowntown:\n\nhttp://www.stoneylarue.com/music.html
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hey..\n  i too like that song very much.. i also have been searching for the meaning.. at last one of my frnds who noes tamil translated it for me..\n  it means..\n  oh beautiful.. my world revolves round u..\n  as ur photo, in my pocket constantly touching my heart..\n       my heart goes crazy about u..\n  your eyes blosoms at me and i float in the sky.. \n     and start dreaming with my eyes opened..(daydreamin)\n\nit is the meaning!!!\nhope  like it..
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Hi\nHere's a rough translation! I've tried to translate as close to the original meaning as possible (eg by translating some idiomatic phrases into their english counterparts with similar meanings)\n\nHataraku yo (Move it) *\n(by Puffy)\n\nMove it, those of you who can move it\nShow your ambition to be a pro\nIt’s when you feel like crying that you have to strive\nYou’d put on your makeup as always\nShowing everyone a happy face\nSometimes even deceiving with your smiles\nBut I have to tell you, it’s not worthwhile\nThe true end-result is everything\nIt’s only you, from the bottom of my heart\nIt’s only you, who shows her tears\nYou’re a hard-worker, so brighten up\nOr it’ll somehow be a painful thing\n\nGet on and move it, those of you who can move it\nIf you fall in love, things get uncertain\nAnd everything seems to be a dream \nSo don’t show anyone your tears\nTry an image change\nWin a victory, with your true face\nDon’t think about failure\nOr you’d be gambling with your own future\nYour mother and I have just one\nIdea firm in our hearts:\nThat a strong girl\nHas to be a good girl\nSo move it, move it\n\nShow your ambition to be a pro\nTry your very best right when you long to cry from sorrow\nShow everyone a happy face:\nMove it, move it\nWhen you fall in love, you get confused\nAnd everything seems to be a dream\nBut don’t show us your tears\nMove it, moving one\nMove it, move it.\n\n*Hataraku can either mean to physically work (in a job, etc) or to make use of one's brains, etc. But the context of the song makes "get moving" or "get cracking" more fitting \n\n--hope it helps! cheers and happy thanksgiving
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It's really good to hear your voice saying my name \nIt sounds so sweet \nComing from the lips of an angel \nHearing those words it makes me weak \nAnd I,\nnever wanna say goodbye \nBut girl you make it hard to be faithful \nWith the lips of an angel \n\nFound these on a lyrics website....hopefully they are right!
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DARE YOU TO MOVE\nBy: Switchfoot\n\nWelcome to the planet\nWelcome to existence\nEveryone's here\nEverybody's watching you now\nEverybody waits for you now\nWhat happens next?\n\nChorus:\nI dare you to move\nI dare you to lift yourself up off the floor\nI dare you to move\nLike today never happened\nToday never happened before\n\nWelcome to the fallout\nWelcome to resistance\nThe tension is here\nBetween who you are and who you could be\nBetween how it is and how it should be\n(Chorus)\n\nMaybe redemption has stories to tell\nMaybe forgiveness is right where you fell\nWhere can you run to escape from yourself?\nWhere you gonna go?\nWhere you gonna go?\nSalvation is here
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I've never paid attention to the words before, and just briefly looked at the text ( http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bee-gees/15578.html )\n\n\nThe song impresses me as being sung by a person with dreams but no idea on how to fulfill them. (Got the wings of heaven on my shoes / Life goin’ nowhere. somebody help me.)\n\nThere is so much sensual stimulation that the singer can't find time to think about where he is headed ( Music loud and women warm,) It is a plea for help from a life of existence to ....a life with purpose, perhaps?
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The video that goes with the song gives a better interpretation of its meaning, but if you listen carefully you will note that its a beautiful world for you, not me, meaning not for DEVO. They were trying to bring home the point that while there are many wonderful things in the world, people are still starving and there is still war and hate and violence, as if we are all kidding ourselves about how evolved we have become. Which, is in essence the whole point of DEVO, to teach us about the meaning of Devolution, which is very real. So this song goes down in the DEVO catalog as being one of the most important songs that they have ever written, and as such a very favorite of DEVO fans.
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"With every new day\nYour promises fade away\nIt's a fine day to see\nThough the last day for me\nIt's a beautiful day"\n\nThe above lines would mean: (My interpretation)\nMy love, All through out my life, you have promised me so many things. But it took one full life to get away with all those promises. i.e., never were those promises kept and always those promises of yours kept haunting me, kept giving me a hope..!!!!! \n\nNow that i am almost dying, I see those promises getting fulfilled, because I won't be there anymore. Its a beautiful day for you because you have no more burdens on your shoulders.. \n \n-kardan
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i think this song deals with a couple things..i think this guy singing..was supposed to marry this girl..but things got all messed up and she ended up being like a bride girl..so they like separated or whatever and cancelled everything and he says.."would you be depressed if i attend that wedding but only as a guest"..i think that means like would you be mad if i went to the wedding as a guest and just watched the bride girl..with no one there as her groom..bc hes the one thats supposed to be the groom...like i dont know how to put it. .. so then ..you got "Such an unfaithful bride draped in dress Spun with threads of my regret"...i think that means well..you can already tell what that means. \nMake eye contact so you know I care \nYou know I care \n\n^ i like that right there. how they have one thing, that means something then the next thing has the same format of words but it means a different thing.. like so you know i care..then its like ..you know i care.
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I'm taking a wild guess here but I'm going to say what I think the song is about. As they say though, every person sees the meaning of a song in a different way.\n\nAnyway, I think the video is about a relationship that went bad. And the reason I think it went bad is because the person was being fake, or pretending to be something they wasn't in other words. I mean thats what some of the lyrics mean to me.\n\n\nHow much is real, so much to question\nAn epidemic of the mannequins\ncontaminating everything\nWe thought came from the heart,\nBut never did right from the start\nJust listen to the noises (no more sad voices)\nBefore you tell yourself\nIt's just a different scene\nRemember its just different from what you've seen. \n\nAnd the other thing that makes me think that's what it is about is because watch every time they photograph a person  in the video, they turn to cardboard. So therefore I get the idea that they are saying that the person isn't real.
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The lyrics are on the page below.