Is there a meaning behind "The Joker and the Thief" by Dashboard Confessional, and if there is what is it?

Question

Im sorry by Wolfmother. I was listening to "Stolen" when i wrote the question.

Answer 1

That song is by Wolfmother and http://www.songmeanings.net/ is your friend. :)

Here's the song's profile:
http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858559852

Answer 2

I don't know that particular song, but in the classic "All Along the Watchtower" (written and performed by Bob Dylan; incredibly covered by Jimi Hendrix), there's a line, "there must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief."

Answer 3

i've never heard a song called 'the joker and the thief' by Dashboard Confessional, But there is a song called 'The joker and the thief' by a band called Wolf Mother

Answer 4

Without any reference to "what the books actually ARE", there's not enough information to "rewrite" the sentence due to the lack of information about "the books". In English "the books" can have a variety of meanings: could mean a number of literary works (as in the "book" 'The Da Vinci Code') "the books" can mean also in English "accounting ledgers"............ They way that the sentence is written now, it sounds to ME (as this is a personal interpretation) "The books got left behind" means to ME: "The books that were meant to be taken [with one] were forgotten [to be taken] by the person in question." Another complete example of the re-worked sentence would be: Due to the fact that we were in a hurry to leave for the airport, the books that we needed for the trip got left behind. I hope this helps............ Christopher K.