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The Freshmen -- Verve Pipe
What the hell is this song about? Anyone?
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Re: The Freshmen -- Verve Pipe
Is that the "can't be held responsible" song?
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Re: The Freshmen -- Verve Pipe
<insert obvious smartass answer about freshmen here>
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Re: The Freshmen -- Verve Pipe
When I was young I knew everything,
And she, a punk who rarely ever took advice Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbin' with my head on the floor Stopped a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no... BRIDGE: Can't be held responsible She was touchin' her face I won't be held responsible She fell in love in the first place CHORUS: For the life of me I can not remember What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise For the life of me I can not believe we'd ever die For these sins We were merely freshmen My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her His girl took a week's worth of valium and slept And now he's guilt-stricken, sobbin' With his head on the floor Thinks about her now and how he never really wept he said BRIDGE CHORUS hey yeah yeah yeah yeah hey yeahhhhhhh hey yeah yeah yeah yeahhhhhh We tried to wash our hands of all of this We'd never talk of our lacking relationships And how we're guilt-stricken sobbin' with our heads on the floor We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip we'd say... BRIDGE CHORUS x2 We were merely freshmen We were only freshmen |
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Re: The Freshmen -- Verve Pipe
Sorry for the formatting, not my words:
In 2001, Brian Vander Ark explained what the song means to him: WHEN I WAS YOUNG I KNEW EVERYTHING. We all think we know everything at a young age. I thought I did. I realize I didn't know sh*t until i was 36.AND SHE, A PUNK, WHO RARELY TOOK ADVICE. How many people do we know like that? NOW I'M GUILT STRICKEN, SOBBING, WITH MY HEAD ON THE FLOOR. Something happened, that caused this reaction, but I wouldn't want to give that away this early in the song, so let's through in an some ambiguity: STOP A BABY'S BREATH, AND A SHOE FULL OF RICE, NO. First of all, forget the NO. Stop a baby's breath is just that. Abort the baby. A shoe full of rice is a result of a wedding. So - stop a baby's breath AND then you stop a wedding. She's pregnant, get her to abort, and then there's no wedding. And you know what? I CAN'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE, CAUSE SHE WAS TOUCHING HER FACE. When I wrote this song, The Divinyls had a song out called I touch myself. The TV was on, she was touching her face in the video. Very sexy. So, I can't be held responsible because she was trying to be sexy, trying to seduce me, etc. I WON'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE, SHE FELL IN LOVE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I didn't tell her to fall in love. FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT MADE US THINK THAT WE WERE WISE, AND WE'D NEVER COMPROMISE. What was i thinking back then. Who am I to put a girl though that? Why was I unable to compromise? Guilty feelings. FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CANNOT BELIEVE WE'D EVER DIE FOR THESE SINS, WE WERE MERELY FRESHMEN. We were just kids, let it go, we all make mistakes, etc. MY BEST FRIEND TOOK A WEEKS VACATION TO FORGET HER. He needed to get away because of what happened. HIS GIRL TOOK A WEEK'S WORTH OF VALIUM AND SLEPT. This is why this song is not that strong literally - it's confusing. HIS girl is MY girl. the same girl that had the abortion has now killed herself. NOW HE'S GUILT-STRICKEN SOBBING WITH HIS HEAD ON THE FLOOR, THINKS ABOUT HER NOW AND HOW HE NEVER REALLY WEPT HE SAYS. He has the same guilty feelings that I do about the abortion and death. WE TRIED TO WASH OUR HANDS OF ALL OF THIS, WE NEVER TALK OF OUR LACKING RELATIONSHIPS. We rarely spoke after the incident - we just tried to forget it. We never spoke of her or the fact that we can't have a decent relationship with anyone since then. WE FELL THROUGH THE ICE WHEN WE TRIED NOT TO SLIP. No matter how careful you might be, there are other perils out there. The girl is real, the abortion is real. the death is not. it's poetic license--to make the story more interesting. |
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Re: The Freshmen -- Verve Pipe
He raped her.
[ QUOTE ] When I was young I knew everything, And she, a punk who rarely ever took advice Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbin' with my head on the floor Stopped a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no... BRIDGE: Can't be held responsible She was touchin' her face I won't be held responsible She fell in love in the first place CHORUS: For the life of me I can not remember What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise For the life of me I can not believe we'd ever die For these sins We were merely freshmen My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her His girl took a week's worth of valium and slept And now he's guilt-stricken, sobbin' With his head on the floor Thinks about her now and how he never really wept he said BRIDGE CHORUS hey yeah yeah yeah yeah hey yeahhhhhhh hey yeah yeah yeah yeahhhhhh We tried to wash our hands of all of this We'd never talk of our lacking relationships And how we're guilt-stricken sobbin' with our heads on the floor We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip we'd say... BRIDGE CHORUS x2 We were merely freshmen We were only freshmen [/ QUOTE ] |
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He raped her. [/ QUOTE ] I think he just impregnated her and then forced her to have an abortion, JUST LIKE ME! Cool.... |
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Re: The Freshmen -- Verve Pipe
looks like it is about abortion
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so then what does the friend have to do with this? that's where they lose me. every time. damn freshmen.
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Re: The Freshmen -- Verve Pipe
[ QUOTE ]
Sorry for the formatting, not my words: In 2001, Brian Vander Ark explained what the song means to him: WHEN I WAS YOUNG I KNEW EVERYTHING. We all think we know everything at a young age. I thought I did. I realize I didn't know sh*t until i was 36.AND SHE, A PUNK, WHO RARELY TOOK ADVICE. How many people do we know like that? NOW I'M GUILT STRICKEN, SOBBING, WITH MY HEAD ON THE FLOOR. Something happened, that caused this reaction, but I wouldn't want to give that away this early in the song, so let's through in an some ambiguity: STOP A BABY'S BREATH, AND A SHOE FULL OF RICE, NO. First of all, forget the NO. Stop a baby's breath is just that. Abort the baby. A shoe full of rice is a result of a wedding. So - stop a baby's breath AND then you stop a wedding. She's pregnant, get her to abort, and then there's no wedding. And you know what? I CAN'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE, CAUSE SHE WAS TOUCHING HER FACE. When I wrote this song, The Divinyls had a song out called I touch myself. The TV was on, she was touching her face in the video. Very sexy. So, I can't be held responsible because she was trying to be sexy, trying to seduce me, etc. I WON'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE, SHE FELL IN LOVE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I didn't tell her to fall in love. FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT MADE US THINK THAT WE WERE WISE, AND WE'D NEVER COMPROMISE. What was i thinking back then. Who am I to put a girl though that? Why was I unable to compromise? Guilty feelings. FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CANNOT BELIEVE WE'D EVER DIE FOR THESE SINS, WE WERE MERELY FRESHMEN. We were just kids, let it go, we all make mistakes, etc. MY BEST FRIEND TOOK A WEEKS VACATION TO FORGET HER. He needed to get away because of what happened. HIS GIRL TOOK A WEEK'S WORTH OF VALIUM AND SLEPT. This is why this song is not that strong literally - it's confusing. HIS girl is MY girl. the same girl that had the abortion has now killed herself. NOW HE'S GUILT-STRICKEN SOBBING WITH HIS HEAD ON THE FLOOR, THINKS ABOUT HER NOW AND HOW HE NEVER REALLY WEPT HE SAYS. He has the same guilty feelings that I do about the abortion and death. WE TRIED TO WASH OUR HANDS OF ALL OF THIS, WE NEVER TALK OF OUR LACKING RELATIONSHIPS. We rarely spoke after the incident - we just tried to forget it. We never spoke of her or the fact that we can't have a decent relationship with anyone since then. WE FELL THROUGH THE ICE WHEN WE TRIED NOT TO SLIP. No matter how careful you might be, there are other perils out there. The girl is real, the abortion is real. the death is not. it's poetic license--to make the story more interesting. [/ QUOTE ] that's a better response than I ever could have expected ... thanks |
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