Album: Tell All Your Friends (2002)

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• Jynx me something crazy
  Thinkin' if it's three then
  I'm as smooth as the skin rolls across the small of your back
  It's too bad it's not my style if you need me
  I'm out and on the parkway patient and waiting for headlights
  Dressed in a fashion that's fitting to the inconsistencies of my moods
  It's times like these where silence means everything and no one is to know about this
  It's times like these where silence means everything (so no one is to know about this)
  
  It's a campaign of distraction (distraction)
  Revisionist history, oh (and revisionist history)
  
  It's a shame I don't think that they'll notice
  It's a shame I doubt they even care
  No one is to know about this
  It's a shame I don't think that they'll notice
  It's a shame I doubt they even care
  Don't let me down
  
  But whatever I have been gettin' myself into lately
  Has been slicing inches from my waist
  It's my face vs. the bottle (and thank God you weren't there)
  And that's how bad could this hurt
  Against I won't feel a thing (and thank God you weren't there)
  I tell you all about
  It's just not working out (to watch me hit bottom)
  Not working out
  
  It's a campaign of distraction (distraction)
  Revisionist history, oh (and revisionist history)
  
  It's a shame I don't think that they'll notice
  It's a shame I doubt they even care
  No one is to know about this
  It's a shame I don't think that they'll notice
  It's a shame I doubt they even care
  No one is to know about this
  Don't let me down
  
  Better than
  This is we why (we why)
  We were taught so much better than this (so much better)
  This is going anywhere (than this)
  We like to rewind (better)
  We were taught so much (so much better)
  Better than, better than this (better than this!)
  
  This is what livin' like this does
  This is what livin' like this does
  This is what livin' like this does (like)
  This is what livin' like this does (this)
  This is what livin' like this does (livin' like this)
  This is what livin' like this does (livin' like this)
  This is what livin' like this does (livin' like this)
  This is what livin' like this does (livin' like this)
  This is what livin' like this does Writer/s: Adam Lazzara, Edward Reyes, John Nolan, Mark O'Connell, Shaun Cooper
  Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 9

• Brandon from Whiteville, NcAll you guys are sort of close, but the entire TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS album, is not about a girl. I used to think the same, but that was prior to the knowledge I later gained of Jesse and Adam's beef. This entire cd, is about/directed towards/fueding "come-back" responses as a result of BN's SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN. I'm actually constructing a blog right about showcasing the fued, when complete, you will be able to see and follow the fued, song for song, lyric for lyric responses and come backs between said Adam and Jesse. Take it upon yourself to ponder who "won" or squashed the beef. But I think it's pretty evident that after BN's release of Deja Entendu's "okay i believe you, but my tommy gun dont," that Jesse totally walked away the victor and had Adam totally pegged.
• Dani from Chicago, Ilit sounds like a guy gets cheated on and deals w/ it by drinking...and he's ashamed of it, and he's hit rock bottom.
• Cecily from Redding, CaThis song IS about a "love triangle" but it is written from the point of view of the "other man" and he is obviously upset about the silence. I think alcohol plays only a small role in the meaning of the song, maybe highlighting the dramatic depression as a result of the song. He is very regretful at the situation he is in where the girl wants to keep things quiet and keep her relationship with the other man, but he feels little self pity and much self-hatred. He's basically saying in the last lines that the situation was his choice and he has no right to cry about it, but he's going to scream about it instead. BTW, I seriously love this song.
• Hazel from Sikeston, United Statesthis is my favorite song!!!!its sad...and i do think its about an acoholic.... but i've heard its about a book...i forgot the name
  
• Tim from South Jersey, Nji think its about a guy that has turned to alcohol to sooth the pain of a break up. The break up was caused be his girlfriend cheating on him ("thinking if it's three")
• Captainrobin from Boston, Mai think it goes along with the song great romances of the 20th century and how he, as does everyone, has flaws. in this case it is alcohol, and how its getting in the way of their relationship. and the title is very interesting. i agree with Landon.
• Landon from Atlanta, GaJust something interesting to point out about the title, in a baseball game that needs ghost runners, you will never need to have a "ghost man on third" unless their is only one man on the team. If you are familiar with baseball, just think about it for a second. I find the title very interesting because of that.
• Bob from Jackson, MiThe title of the song refers to the backyard baseball practice of leaving a "ghost man" on base when the person occupying that base needs to go back and bat. Useful for very small games of baseball. :)
• Brandie from Jacksonville, AlI think this song may have been about a struggle with alcohol. (It's my fist vs. the bottle) and how it tends to take control of one's life. He is depressed and moody. He is ashamed of what he has become. (and thank god you weren't there...to watch me hit bottom)
  

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