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Verse 1
X4
G|-----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------|
D|---------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|
Chorus
X2
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------|
Verse 2
X2
G|-----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------|
D|-----------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-3-3-----------|--3-3-3----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------2-2-2------|---------------2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2----2----2---|
Chorus
X2
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------|
Bridge
X2
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
X2
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2--2-2-2----2-2-2--2-2-2----2-2-2--2-2-2----2-2-2--2-2-2--5-5-5--5-5-5-----|
Chorus
X4
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2-----2----2-2-2-2--2-----------|
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Zach Wanna Be |
#1 by Zach Burnigjt at Jan 5, 2006 at 1:06 PM EST |
| the song to me means dont try to hard at life but dont just go through life without a care this is one of my favorite songs on the new cd SENSES FAIL RULES!!!! | |
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Plead the 5th, Professional |
#2 by Plead the 5th, Cuz You Can't Plead the 1st at Mar 19, 2006 at 4:50 AM EST |
| Armless Penguin! You have it perfect! | |
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techni-color wh Average |
#3 by techni-color whore™ at Mar 19, 2006 at 11:58 AM EST |
| Hahahah, you guys are fucking idiots. Geist, what the fuck is all that shit you were saying this song's about? Please. This band isn't that smart or that good of songwriters. Don't be a moron. And who lashed out at that person for breaking up the topic when they said this was their favorite song. You kids are MORONS! | |
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TJ Average |
#4 by TJ Smalley at Apr 3, 2006 at 9:27 PM EST |
| I was reading a magazine article that talked about this song and Buddy talked about the whole Daoism thing like Geist said. | |
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Adam Average |
#5 by Adam Baine at Apr 24, 2006 at 4:33 AM EST |
| what the hell? i downloaded this song but the lyrics are TOTALLY different. im wonderin if the song names just screwed up er something, cuz it says something about the 4th of july, and thats not even in the lyrics. but yah senses fail kicks ass. institutionalized is the best :) | |
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n00b! |
#6 by at Apr 28, 2006 at 7:33 PM EST |
| good! | |
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Jonathan Average |
#7 by Jonathan Mehlman at Jun 7, 2006 at 10:37 AM EST |
| OMG god another BLack on this.this song could be the next single...Fuk all poser senses fans..this song one of the best on the Cd.. | |
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Professional |
#8 by |
| This song is based on the 9th chapter/passsage of Dao De Jing book or teachings. I'm not quite sure what it's technically called. The passage reads "Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after your money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity." I think the song is about, freeing yourself of extremes and of what others think of you. The chorus about "trapped in our own private hells" refers to the line in the passage about being others prisoner and the part about "the broken hearts that are soaked with fear" refers to seeking for approval that you never win. | |
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Jer Average |
#9 by Jer at Jul 30, 2006 at 5:46 PM EST |
| XPerroneX: "...and the lyrics of "Slow Dance" are comprised of lines from Dao De Jing." "I was really into Daoism for a while and I really to write a song explaining what it was about -- the ideaof living a pacifist path. You let things come and you let things go. You don't get overexcited or overly upset. I'm a very emotional guy. I'm either really upset or really happy. There's no in between. So I'm always tryin to find that middle ground where I can be happy." -- http://www.vagrant.com/vagrant/bands/bands.jsp?rec_num=29 You, sir, are the moron | |
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Denniej Average |
#10 by Denniej de Visser at Jul 31, 2006 at 5:17 AM EST |
| Suuuure. That's a bunch of bullshit to me. | |
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eric Average |
#11 by eric hough at Jul 31, 2006 at 6:19 PM EST |
| the 4th of July song is NJ Falls Into the Atlantic (Track 9). | |
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dav Average |
#12 by dav id at Aug 20, 2006 at 8:34 AM EST |
| hi. i have no life. you are all f-ing posers. and i'm a 14 year old boy who is so tough i could beat your mom up. i am a sk8ter and i will c you f-ing posers later. haha - anyways, i like this band. | |
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Slayer Average |
#13 by Slayer Slayer Slayer at Sep 12, 2006 at 6:13 AM EST |
| Senses Fail was on Drive-Thru, no wonder there are 'poser' fans. I haven't heard the term 'poser' since I was a 12 year old skater just learning how to kickflip condescending upon everyone else that sucked worse than I did. You'll learn soon enough that the 'poser' fans won't last. And, they don't matter. Get over yourself, Senses Fail is too big to be concerned about 'poser' fans, because to someone, you're a poser fan too. | |
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Anthony Average |
#14 by Anthony Chattha at Sep 23, 2006 at 6:21 AM EST |
| Threexover says what needs to be said, so ill continue his trendy actions. Irishcrraka: i dont care if these two songs rocked so hard you pissed in your mom's face. the fact of the matter is that bbalmann34 got some good discussion going, and you were dumb enough to interrupt that to flap your floppy dick for a few seconds of limp fun. bballmann34, i think your on the right track there. this song seems really zen and slightly nihilistic to me. the message seems to be that if you want balance in your life, you need to just let it happed (let it enfold you), and wheather the bad shit. this is a central idea in taoism, where you should model the river and bear the rocks in the stream. this song was actually taken from the teachings of a taoist book (the name escapes me) | |
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Amanda Average |
#15 by Amanda Legge at Nov 7, 2006 at 1:39 PM EST |
| ThreexOver sounds a lot like me. That's exactly what I thought when I read the first post. nothing more to be said about that. they already said it for me. And I'm sorry but if your not a senses fail fan and you're just gonna bash em then why the fuck are you even on here? xperronex you sir are the morron for being a big enough dumbass to come around a bunch of hard core fans that will jump your ass. I mean honestly! what the fuck were you thinking? ya know I really don't understand people.. | |
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Tom Wanna Be |
#16 by Tom Miller at Dec 9, 2006 at 8:55 PM EST |
| This song is awesome.. everyone else, except for some loser who thinks he's a hard ass, pretty much said what I think it's about.. Senses Fail is brilliant. | |
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Oliver Average |
#17 by Oliver Russ at Dec 31, 2006 at 3:27 PM EST |
| This song is cool...it was one of my first favorites on the cd but then I starting liking other songs and then i loved them all. But it gets points from me because it didn't have to grow on me so it must be good. SF rocks | |
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maniak Rhythm Player |
#18 by maniak phoenix at Feb 26, 2007 at 10:58 PM EST |
| threexover has many good points...this song is sick though...i'm not sure what the songs means...i think it's about like...balancing everything out...cus how he talks about pulling the rope too hard...and it will break...that could mean like...if you try at something too hard...you'll fail...but then if you leave some slack...it won't hold...if you don't try hard enough at something, it won't happen. I don't know what i'm talking about really. | |
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Dylan Lead Player |
#19 by Dylan |
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Hector Wanna Be |
#21 by Hector Torres at Sep 8, 2007 at 3:14 AM EST |
| this and angela baker & my obsession with fire are the two best songs on the cd....everything else is awesome but these two just rock | |
