The Bucket

Album: Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004)
Charted: 16
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  • I'll be the one to show you the way
    You'll be the one to always complain
    Three in the morning come a bang bang bang
    All out of fags and I just can't wait
    Cancel the thing that I said I'd do
    I don't feel comfortable talking to you
    'Less you got the zipper fixed on my shoe
    Then I'll be in the lobby drinking for two

    Eighteen, balding, star
    Golden, fallen, heart

    Look at the shay's what's with the blush
    Fresh off the plane in my fuzzy rush
    Everyone's gathered to idolize me
    I hate the way you talk your Japanese scream
    It's been too long since I left the shed
    You kick the bucket and I'll swing my legs
    Always remember the pact that we made
    Too young to die but old is the grave

    Eighteen, balding, star
    Golden, fallen, heart

    I'ma gonna show the way
    I'ma gonna show the way
    I'ma gonna show the way
    I'ma gonna show the way

    Eighteen, balding, star
    Golden, fallen, heart Writer/s: Anthony Caleb Followill, Ivan Nathan Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Royalty Network, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Comments: 5

  • Giselle from Birmingham, AlI read that Caleb wrote this song about Jared. It makes a lot of sense. They were touring a lot, and Jared's the youngest (eighteen). It's basically Caleb's observations about Jared (how he's dealing with the fame), and the things that would get on his nerves. look at it in the context of the song, "I'll be the one to show you the way, you'll be the one to always complain. three in the morning come a bang bang bang, 'all out of fags and I just can't wait.' " another clue is in the last verse when he says "I hate the way you talk, your Japanese scream." not only is Jared known for his girly laugh... the first bass he played was Japanese. But at the end of the day, as cliché as it may be, it's about brotherly love, "always remember the pact that we made. too young to die, but old is the grave."
  • Mike from Chicago, Ili think this song is about suicide "u kick the bucket and ill swing my legs" swing my legs meaning hang myself. also "too young to die but old is a grave" i think thats about the fear of growing old and saying that becoming old is just as bad as dying
  • Josh from Trenton, IlThis is the song that got me hooked on this band
    Great Band
  • Nick from Seattle, Albaniai heard this song was about jareds changing emotions, how the band got famous when he was really young.
  • Matt from Houston, Txawesome band ... first comment
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