*I'm coming out of my cage
And I’ve been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I’m falling asleep
And she’s calling a cab
While he’s having a smoke
And she’s taking a drag
Now they’re going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it’s all in my head
But she’s touching his—chest
Now, he takes off her dress
Now, letting me go
**I just can’t look its killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it’s just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
‘Cause I’m Mr Brightside
(repeat * and **)
I never...
I never...
I never...
I never...
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if it's poetry, what kind of poetry is it?
2006-07-15 14:49:47 · 5 answers · asked by mAan 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
It means that they were on something when they wrote it.
2006-07-15 14:53:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess any song is poetry if you take away the music. I guess it would be free-style.
It's just about a guy thinking about the girl he likes with someone else, and how you can't really stop thinking about it even though you really, really want to stop. The chorus hints that maybe he gets some larger benefit from missing out on the short-term pleasures of the relationship that he wants.
2006-07-15 14:55:33 · answer #2 · answered by nobody 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way i see it is...ok, no idea what the first bit about coming out of his cage is, perhaps that's just him taking a turning point in his life and like gaining confidence and going out and meeting a woman.
k, so, yeah, he meets this woman and it "starts out with a kiss" but then he starts falling in love with her when perhaps he shouldnt (maybe he knew that she would not be interested) so he asks himself "how did it end up like this" ie, how could he make the mistake of falling in love with a woman that's only interested in having a spot of fun.
--That's just my theory on the first half of the first verse, really.
My main interpretation comes in when it starts to talk about this other man that the woman is spending time with. Now, there are one of two situations this guy is in.
1) Him and this woman have just been seeing each other, she's not attached to him really. However, because he's fallen in love with him, he's angry and upset because he knows that she doesnt want him, and is just going off with 'the next guy on the list'.
2) They are together, and they do want each other, but every time she goes out with other male friends he starts getting jealous and worried. He imagines("and it's all in my head") these other guys getting with her, and it starts "taking control" of his head; that's all he can think about.
(2) seems quite likely to me, it fits in really well with the end of the verse and the whole chorus:
the talk about jealousy, sick lullabies - his thoughts&dreams(turned to nightmares by his paranoia)
and then he says "but it's just the price i pay" ie, he has to put up with this paranoia if he wants to be with her.
Dunno, i could be -entirely- wrong, but that's just what i think :)
2006-07-15 14:57:00 · answer #3 · answered by kisk29 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well the way i see it....... its a love story!
and "it started out with a kiss how did it end up like this it was only a kiss it was only a kiss"
it means that he kissed her and he didnt think anything of it then he started loveing her and in the 'it was only a kiss it was only a kiss" part hes talking about how he was confused about "how could i be in love?" and in the part where it says "and shes calling a cab" it means that he tried to get her in bed and she didnt love him and she got mad and went to call a cab to leave and the rest has a meaning to it all u just have to figure it out!!! but idk its each person to his or her own!!!
2006-07-15 15:27:31 · answer #4 · answered by Dane Cook is Beast(: 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means it's a stupid song.
2006-07-15 15:14:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋