Pictures Of You by The Last Goodnight

Album: Poison Kiss (2007)

Charted: 70

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This song has a mildly political message about scientists wanting to help people vs. the government not letting them: "There is a drug that cures it all, blocked by the governmental wall. We are the scientists inside the lab, just waiting for the call."
Same-sex marriage is another huge political topic, possibly referenced in the line, "There is a title we can't win no matter how hard we might swing," as attempts to legalize it have not been consistent.
The song explores the good and bad sides of hope. The first lines talk about parents hoping to hear their baby's first words, but there's also the mother with a son in the army - she just wants him to come home alive. The part about the boxers fighting is the desperate, false hope that maybe they'll win after losing so many times before. >>>
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Jamie - Alameda, CA, for above 2

Comments: 5

Vashkadaj from Twilight Town, Ili would like to analyze this song to my best ability.
the quotes are the lyrics:

"This is the clock upon the wall/This is the story of us all"
-this is our now, what we have left/how we are using it.
"This is the first sound of a newborn child,/Before he starts to crawl"
-our innocent dependance and trusting
"This is the war that's never won/This is a soldier and his gun"
-no matter what time period or race the battle goes on/all that stands between us and the war
"This is the mother waiting by the phone,/Praying for her son"
-behind every war there is a mother who has to pick up the pieces

"Pictures of you, pictures of me/Hung upon your wall for the world to see/Pictures of you, pictures of me/Remind us all of what we used to be"
-no matter what is done reflects upon us/we should learn from the past

"There is a drug that cures it all/Blocked by the governmental wall/We are the scientists inside the lab,/Just waiting for the call"
-there's a way to fix this/but society vs reality influences out ability to rise from the chaos/we are the ones to fix this/but we are waiting to be led.
"This earthquake weather has got me shaking inside/I'm high up and dry"
-the turmoil is overbearing/literally: 'The english idiom reflects a feeling of utter physical exhaustion, as if one had been washed manually and left to dry.' he's fed up.

"Confess to me, every secret moment/Every stolen promise you believed/Confess to me, all that lies between us/All that lies between you and me"
-trust me, trust one another; learn to trust

"We are the boxers in the ring"
-we are the underling being controlled, yet needed.
"We are the bells that never sing"
-we are not being used to our full potentional--what's the point of a bell you don't ring?
"There is a title we can't win no matter/How hard we might swing"
-no matter what we do we will never grasp what we desperately need.

"Pictures of you, pictures of me/Hung upon your wall for the world to see/Pictures of you, pictures of me/Remind us all of what we could have been"
-(same as last)/remind us that we've learned and we can see what we aspire to be.
Gabby from Neenah, Wihonestly this song is about the life of many people and different points of view. some people have older children and they have to let them be free finally, and others get to see there kids growing up still. Also it talks about how we can make the change as long as we take the chances we need to in life in order to make them happen. lastly it tell the people that you need to be open about who and what you are doing... thank you ---GABBY!!
Christopher L. from Fort Worth, TxThis song is like a heroin addiction (I presume).
Charlie from Dublin, IrelandAwesome drums!! And the lyrics aren't half bad either.
Cristina from Long Beach, Cathis song got me uber hooked on these guys, the song to me is deep and has good beat unlike some other songs. i wish this band was more well known cuase i sound stupid when i start talkin about them

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