Lose Your Illusion 1
The Lawrence Arms Lyrics
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Liars are lying to themselves
I'm lost or I'm losing everything
I'm wasted, I can't keep the night from falling down
Don't recreate the scene
Or reinvent the meaning
Cause all that shit, it means nothing
You just take it as it comes
And let it all fade away
And all those times you felt something
But your heart was on the run
So it goes, so it goes
I'm lonely like a lazy weekend
My feet never touch the ground
I'm drunk or I'm drinking everything
My face has blossomed like a flower now
Don't recreate the scene
Or reinvent the meanings
Cause all that shit, it means nothing
You just take it as it comes
And let it all fade away
And all those times you felt something
But your heart was on the run
So it goes, so it goes
Somewhere along the way
I lost my destination
And then I ended up
In a thousand different places
The road is long tonight
Maybe we'll be somewhere by morning
We're never anywhere
Never either coming or going
Yesterday means nothing to me
You've gotta move on, there is no other way
Yesterday is nothing but a dream to me
The Lawrence Arms's "Lose Your Illusion 1" is a song that highlights the singer's feeling of being lost and disjointed. The first stanza portrays the confusion and disorientation the singer is experiencing. He feels sober like a Sunday morning mass, yet everything around him seems to be faltering, and he cannot prevent the night from falling down. In the second stanza, the singer brings to light the meaninglessness of assigning meanings or recreating scenes. Instead, he suggests taking everything as it comes and letting it fade away, even the times when we feel something but are unable to act on it. The singer's overall message is to keep moving forward even if it may feel lonely and confusing; it is the only way to break free from the past.
The song has a sense of melancholy and vulnerability as the singer admits their struggles, but it also carries a tone of resilience as the song's lyrics show a sense of perseverance. The chorus contains the repeated lines of "so it goes," which signifies acceptance of life's ups and downs, suggesting that the best thing to do sometimes is to keep moving forward.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm sober like a Sunday morning mass
I am sober and clear-headed like someone who has gone to church on a Sunday morning
Liars are lying to themselves
People who lie to others are also deceiving themselves
I'm lost or I'm losing everything
I am confused or continuously experiencing failure in every aspect of my life
I'm wasted, I can't keep the night from falling down
I am drunk and unable to prevent the darkness of night from taking hold
Don't recreate the scene
Do not try to recreate what has already happened
Or reinvent the meaning
Or try to come up with a new explanation for something that has already been explained
Cause all that shit, it means nothing
Because all of that doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things
You just take it as it comes
You simply have to accept things as they happen
And let it all fade away
And allow those experiences to gradually fade into the past
And all those times you felt something
And all those moments when you felt something deeply emotional
But your heart was on the run
But you were too scared to face those feelings head-on
So it goes, so it goes
That's just the way it is, there's nothing you can do to change it
I'm lonely like a lazy weekend
I feel lonely and isolated like when you have a lazy weekend with nothing to do
My feet never touch the ground
I feel like I am drifting through life without any solid sense of purpose
I'm drunk or I'm drinking everything
I am either currently drunk or have been drinking way too much
My face has blossomed like a flower now
My face is red and bloated from alcohol consumption
Somewhere along the way
At some point during my life
I lost my destination
I lost sight of my goals and purpose
And then I ended up
And as a result, I found myself
In a thousand different places
In countless different situations and locations
The road is long tonight
The journey ahead of me is going to be difficult and challenging
Maybe we'll be somewhere by morning
Perhaps we will finally reach our destination by the morning
We're never anywhere
No matter where we are, we never feel completely fulfilled
Never either coming or going
We never feel like we are making progress or moving forward
Yesterday means nothing to me
The past is not important to me
You've gotta move on, there is no other way
You have to let go of past experiences and move forward with your life
Yesterday is nothing but a dream to me
Yesterday is nothing more than a memory or a figment of my imagination now
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