Lyrics to The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe

[suckerpunch1945]

i wont be held responisble...she fell in love in the first place

[wolfofthefayth]

Step 1.) Open a new tab

Step 2.) Go to YouTube

Step 3.) Search "rainy mood"

Step 4.) Click on the first video

Step 5.) Play this at the same time

Enjoy :D

[hpbetterthantwilight]

Thumbs up if you're watching this in over Nine THOUUSAAAAAAAND!!!!

[XXCorruptionXXRageXX]

True story



[marissa96k]

Kinda makes me think back on how I'd fight wiht my ex and at the end of every argument I took all the responsibility and all the blame

[Pissedoffwowlover]

like this if tumblr brought you here.

[sourcekappie]

spring lake, mi. !!!

[Brittanimorgan94]

@sourcekappie Shelby, MI (:

[rainbowdinosaur455]

@jsparkleprincess

[Eojana]

... So, true story. When I was a child I had no idea what this song was about.

[nicolemw426]

@Eojana same..

[dkings15]

@Eojana cool story bro

[maryks10]

I really love this song but it's so sad :'(

[MrBritneyfan27]

ONE TREE HILL MADE ME LOVE THIS SONG

[grant420ful]

meeeemoooriieees!!!! :)



[xMydearxJulietx]

what's the song meaning?

[SuperFlyEllis]

@xMydearxJulietx It's about one of his exes she had an abortion and he's trying to say it wasn't his fault. 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.

[jsparkleprincess]

Thumbs up if you're a FRESHMEN !

[EpicWootwoot]

words can not describe how much i love this song.

[sickleysweetmonster1]

this makes me think of my best friend.. i was the punk that never took advice. and for some reason he saw something in me..i was 16 and he was 17 when i got pregnant. we broke up when i miscarried. he blamed me for everything. school was hell after that.. i eventually left and changed schools. but it just makes you think. the decisions you make in life can shape your future

[soldersvampire]

i LOVE this song so very much!!!!!!!!

[pimphstrong1]

this song makes me cry but i still love it

[CallOfDutyGirl93]

love this song : )

[mangaloverbree]

Does Third Eye Blind have a similarly named or sounding song? I keep finding stuff on The Verve Pipe'sthe Freshman and Third Eye Blind's We Were Merely Freshman. So...similarly named, or just confused people?

[DASLNESS]

this song gives me the chills



[JDemshick]

Its most likely been a year since my 8th grade health teacher sang this song to our health class and I still listen to this song! Long Live The Verve Pipe.

[niveazesi]

@JDemshick i'm a teacher - that's really cool :)

[truecreature37e1]

the only part most people can relate too may be the chorus, but then you think about your freshman year, and everything that happened. premature nostalgia.

[FANPIRE1013]

what it this song about?

[TrunksBabyGirl]

@FANPIRE1013 I looked it up once. The main singer guy had a girlfriend and she had an abortion without telling him and it saddened him. everything else in the song is just a fill-in to make the song.

[WatchHuddy]

What is this song about?

[megelizabethd]

You know how you hated a certain song when you were younger but later on in life you wind up liking it. This is not one of those songs! FUCKING TERRIBLE! People who love this song,probably like Creed!

[mizushadow]

@megelizabethd So?

[devdesmusic]

@megelizabethd

so you're watching it because?

[bigmansteveg22]

@megelizabethd whats wrong with this or creed?

[Warkupo]

@megelizabethd Your mom likes creed.

[SJVEChannel]

Great lyrics

[todd8333]

I am sick of going on videos and see thumbs up if waching in 2012, 2014 ect. WTF does that mean this is still 2011?

[IAmC4m3ron]

@todd8333 People who are graduating that year bro

[todd8333]

@IAmC4m3ron Oh ok thanks.

[mizushadow]

@IAmC4m3ron If thats true, this is sort of a sad song for a graduating song lol

[PinkyRocksPink]

My friend told me to listen to this song cuz it fits what I'm going through. And she's right.

[TheKa4151]

one of my favorites

[mr76dukestah]

wow this song sucks. terrible

[Msmusiclove16]

Just saw them play at me church tonight!! :D

[hermangoering1]

i agree rap and hip hop is the stupidest fucking thing that was ever birthed by our mother earth but wtf is this about soul? this songs makes no sense his voice confuses me and now i have a headache from the music i belive this is a terrible song but this is just my opinion

[Wdfdude]

@hermangoering1 Obviously you can't interpret.

[Seventail7]

Ironic part is, we WERE freshmen... :(

[mcrgerardway923]

So, I just wanna say that Baby's Breath is a flower (yes, people have said that) but it's not just worn in the bride's hair, but usually found in the Bouquete. Baby's Breath is the flower of Innocence, so can't that work into the song? I think he's talking about the flower. They broke the innocence inside of them. :)

[Grayndle]

@mcrgerardway923 No. He's talking about an abortion. Verve said it themselves, when they discussed the song meaning.

[mcrgerardway923]

@Grayndle yes, idiot. They broke the innocence inside of themselves. The innocence is the baby, a new life, untainted of evil, and they got an abortion. So you see how even if you interperate it as the flower or the actual baby's breath, it comes out to mean the same thing anyways?

[Grayndle]

@mcrgerardway923 I really like your unprovoked hostility and namecalling.

[mcrgerardway923]

@Grayndle sorry, I was just in a bad mood... :)

[weese001]

I reminisce a lot of my childhood whenever I listen to this song :(( makes me cry

[christina1276]

a very sad song,but done so well!!!

[bluedove82]

If only I could tell myself "what the fuck are you doing!!" now I am looking at my self in the mirror and crying behind my dry eyes.

[manardi55]

i love this soooonnnnngggggg sooooooo muuuuuuccccccccccchhhhhhhhhhhh­. is it weird tht im only ten?

[g00dg0llymissm0lli]

i do listen to less rap and hiphop.

but its like someone u fuckin hate.

u hear them weather u want to or not cuz its everywhwere. haha

[SoldierxUnderground]

is it just me or do the vocals sound a little like the vocals from Live.......i know ive heard a voice sounding just like this somewhere

[kinojacknotabe]

um, is he talking about lesbians?

[kmaster1327]

one hit wounder

[kazooga1234]

what i also feel this song talks about is its the guys that tend to make women get abortions because i bet the guy married her then she wouldnt have felt the need to get an abortion when its also the males who are against the abortion and try to make women slaves

[fandore12]

this song brings me back....

[Britt8487]

Love this song!..<3



[angeldurst15]

love this song. =)

[AustinCole230]

Thumbs up if your watching this in 2014

[Jaymik99]

@AustinCole230

Thumbs up if you watched it back in '99

[tampabayismyhome]

@AustinCole230 No, i am watching this on my istone in 1204 BC.

[WildHunt25]

@AustinCole230 Seems like a waste of a time portal.

[tampabayismyhome]

@AustinCole230 no. i am listen to this in 5000 BC. on my irock

[PogoPantheon]

jay brannan i think truly captured the beauty in this song. but i still applaud the verve pipe for writing the original.

[chickenlips2015]

My new favorite

[iharttwilight99]

love this song

[endos140]

this song makes me all sad inside every timee i hear it

[Braxx11]

Hands down the best song ever written.

[arianachicka123]

the

[hihanniwaste]

Wow I always thought it was about a girl fell in love with the guy and his best friend and she got an abortion because she didnt know who the father was and because they were young. She was guilty so she killed herself and so him and his friend were sad because they felt it was their fault but it was no ones fault.... interesting

[notusmc67427]

baby`s breath means what ever it does to the person listening....

[7donkeys]

@notusmc67427 Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice - or - have an abortion so you don't have to get married... is what I think it means

[chickadee1991]

@7donkeys yah it is

[chickenlips2015]

@notusmc67427 no. stop a baby's breath means taking the life of the baby growing inside her through an abortion. this is a very good song with a strong message.

[LoveMyKittyKats]

i remember singing this song when i was five this is my favorite song for life!

[TheThetermanitor]

so much meaning

[ambadoodle]

<3333 love this song <33333 its soooooooooo sad though!! :'(

[NewZealandParkour]

this song is about the growing nuclear threat that is iran

[saradamsmc]

40 year olds who sing about how hard it is to be a teenager

[xdeadforlifex]

baby's breath does NOT refer to abortion. It's the name of a flower traditionally worn in the hair of young girls at weddings.

[notaswingset]

@xdeadforlifex okay, but in this case he is talking about an abortion...

[Vnonimouse0]

The first part was about him and the second part was about his friend and I totaly believe it.

That being said I love this song so much more now than I did before, I realise now how true and perfectly worded it is...it's brilliant! I think everyone should listen to this song so they know what they're getting themselves into when it comes to love. It is truly painful to love and then have that person replace you...or die and now I'm guilt stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor!

[notogirl]

Have loved this song for the longest time. If I can ever get it on my MP3 player it will never be taken off. I was told by someone that this song was about a girl who killed her self after she got raped. Nice to know what it is really about.

[notogirl]

Have loved this song for the longest time. If I can ever get it on my MP3 player it will never be taken off

[MrJlr19]

If you want to find out what the song is about check out songfacts com there is an interview with the song writer

[iLyHannahhhx]

ABORTION

[alexis99jbfan]

This is a great song

[xocrusherzxo]

ugh... tyson...

[relic424]

aye this brngs back memories of the 1990's ! skating on my qouter pipe

[D3TROITR0CKC1TY313]

i hear 40,000 different meanings to this song!!!!!! if u really wanna know the meaning WIKIPEDIA THIS SHIT!!!!! GREAT SONG

[CrashBandikoot7]

stop a babys breath and shoe full of rice, whhaattt??? lol

[rogeriosantos77]

nice music

[kdawson2010]

Eleven years ago I heard this song for the first time at my sisters various graduation responsibilities, three years later again at my brothers from the same school. My freshman year I moved, all the teachers and students I had known all these years through my family and myself were gone. But I just graduated this past may, and we used this song for several things also. Its so true everywhere, and it was so special for me to still feel connected to my past in this way,

[OriginalBloodPromise]

story of my life....great song... means soo much to me...

[iloveSELENAGOMEZfan1]

For the life of me I cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins we were merely freshmen...

Tells an amazing story. And not all crap about stupid stuff... Now days there's never songs like this anymore, which is why it's so hard to find a decent song.

Here's some advice for the music business. START WRITING SONGS LIKE THIS.

[MakeMusic9019]

@iloveSELENAGOMEZfan1 you should be the one to start as should I

[ThePaperFlowers]

I LOVE the chorus. Can't get over it. I'm a little confused about the overall story, though.

[libbysealy]

I love this song, but some of it doesn't make any sense. What do this song, literally, in details mean?

[goldiebee19]

This song is actually referring to freshmen in COLLEGE, but I think that the lyrics work well for high school freshmen as well. I was a whole lot more clueless and self-absorbed in my freshman year of high school than I was as a freshman in college last year.

[ismokeot420420]

when i was freshman in high school i was so directive and knew where i was going,,,now 6 years later im purely instinctively lost

[0on0o]

@ismokeot420420 so true

[kendrakisses4u]

The Verve Pipe's lead singer, Brian Vander Ark, wrote this about his ex-girlfriend getting an abortion. In the second verse, his girlfriend overdoses on Valium to commit suicide, but this part never happened and was made up by Vander Ark

[XxJosielxX]

What do they mean by she was touching her face??

[sakeau]

@XxJosielxX The person who wrote the song had watched a movie where the chick was touchin her face all sexy-like, so he means the girl was being seductive. I suppose since its largely about an abortion it fits.. though at first I was like, Wtf? Really?

[rockableproductions]

my english teacher introduce this song to me last year in 9th grade for our poetry in music unit. I've been listening to this song ever since. I love it. It's so emotional/

[ReeSkillet]

I can't get over this song. It's perfect.

[smirch]

Great song but it's pretty melodramatic. I danced a jig after my first abortion. Helloooooo rest of my life!! Yay!!

[carlissa2]

why is it that its th esongs from when we were all kids are just better then the songs from now???

[Fishy2680]

This song totally changed my life...The Verve Pipe are insanely amazing

[heartmulgrew15]

this song has bn in my head for soo long !! lol vi didnt even know wat it was called lol

[carlissa2]

@heartmulgrew15 i havent heard this song in years and i still remember th elyrics without even having to look at the screen lol

[RodThaBod]

I always liked the start of the song. A great song!

[TheLucky1995]

i love this song great song....muh favorite.

[sirhcist]

absolutely!

[areuabadfish]

hell ya g00dg0llymissmolli fuck that niger shit

[25shinedown]

GOD I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!

[TheUtterlyMundane]

The girl in the song gets an abortion and then commits suicide after dating his best friend, which puts a huge strain on their friendship.

"She was touching her face" means that we was trying to be sexy and seduce him.

[Nokechan]

this song is about his girlfriend getting an abortion, but it's also about his best friends girlfriend killing herself hence: My best friend took a week's

Vacation to forget her

His girl took a weeks's worth of

Valium and slept

And now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his

Head on the floor

Thinks about her now

[Sacorian]

like most of you this song hits me hard. I have a couple of questions Im not sure about. 1. is this song about the singer or his mate? 2. what exactly does it mean by "She was touching her face".

[mariehansler]

@Sacorian When he says: "She was touching her face" he is saying that she was feeling sorry for herself.

[airconditionedgypsy2]

song breaks my heart

[g00dg0llymissm0lli]

this is the kind of music we need these days. music that tells a story- not that stupid shit that talks about how rich u are and how many hoes u can do in a day. we need more of this. <3

[Eworthing2011]

well put haha

[lubetube2009]

@g00dg0llymissm0lli hehehe, what a classic answer to this song. Love it !!.

[RmeVet80]

@g00dg0llymissm0lli what about the watch they have and the car they drive

[returnoftheramble]

@g00dg0llymissm0lli that's because they're demoralizing us in some delusional ploy. That's not the answer. We'll just kill the "stars" and break up then move on, like Babel.

[wolvana]

@g00dg0llymissm0lli you are so right! and they all have the same style too. whatever happened to diversity? im starting to wondering if it ever exists anymore.

[chyeahh1617]

@g00dg0llymissm0lli  i agree, we need more music that has meaning. i agree 100%

[cole10diaz]

@g00dg0llymissm0lli amen

[iamcrazypants]

@g00dg0llymissm0lli yesssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!

[juggaluggalotus17]

@g00dg0llymissm0lli amen



[sprinklesdabomb]

@g00dg0llymissm0lli but i wanna do mad hoe's and shit, while i listen tot his.

[gonzojmg04]

@g00dg0llymissm0lli Yeah, there you go! I love these comments, there needs to be more soul in our music, ohh, and fuck pitbull!!

[Terrr05]

@g00dg0llymissm0lli You should listen to less rap and hip hop then.

[xxxxxx8Dxxxxxx]

@g00dg0llymissm0lli AMEN!! I'll drink to that!! =)

[makemelegendary]

The actual story behind this song is pretty depressing. Abortion and suicide O.o eek.

[TheCoCaCoLa527]

seriously?wow thats freaky ().()

[makemelegendary]

@TheCoCaCoLa527 yeah, the lead singer wrote it based on his gf getting an abortion a while back, though she didn't really kill herself.

stop a baby's breath= abortion

and a shoe full of rice=stop a wedding

still love the song though<3

though it's insanely old. haha

[TheCoCaCoLa527]

thnks 4 explaining that for me^^

[legoman779363]

@makemelegendary oh wow. this song has more meaning in it than i thought. thanks for your comment :) we need more music like this. songs with meaning that tell a story maybe even share some wisdom.

[PandaHeartsManicBoys]

@makemelegendary actually...just a wedding.. The white flowers in a bundle of roses... Is called Babys Breathe. :]

[kendrakisses4u]

@PandaHeartsManicBoys

no, they were right the first time...its an abortion and a wedding.

[sakeau]

@PandaHeartsManicBoys Actually, at first I thought that too, but the writer of the song said in an interview or in his meaning of the song (whateverr) that stopping a baby's breath is just that. Abortion. =)

[TheNightGemini1718]

@makemelegendary I was told it was about a story he read in the newspaper about a group of boys thought it would be fun if they made this one girl fall for one of them She did fall in love with one of the boys and he broke up with her. She was so heartbroken she killed herself. Stop baby’s breath = when the young innocent girl took her life

A shoe full of rice = no wedding like she dreamt of.

We tried to wash are hands of all of this= the never ending guilt of what they'd done.

[makemelegendary]

@TheNightGemini1718 idk. I read that in an online article with the singer because I wrote a report on the lyrics and had to analyze them.

That makes sense too.

Either way, deep song lol

[xdeadforlifex]

@makemelegendary BABY'S BREATH is a flower that girls wear in they're hair at weddings

[Kurisuta1]

@xdeadforlifex okay, but *stop a* baby's breath could take on a whole different meaning. 

[Nokechan]

I love this song, "we were merely freshmen"

[billabonghewett]

Good song.

[MrMarson123456]

im first to say this is a good song

[billabonghewett]

Yep, brings back memories.

[kanoodle1023]

1st

[MrMarson123456]

im first stay away  jk

[MrMarson123456]

3rd

[TheAtomic1234321]

2nd

[MrMarson123456]

3rd

[MrMarson123456]

1st