La Dispute - Nine

I recall once on the church steps,
When I moved to kiss your chest,
How we paid such close attention
To each sweet and stuttered breath,
I should've stopped to paint our picture,
Captured honest pure affection,
Just to document the difference between attraction and connection.

I can see all of my friends and
I break into empty buildings,
When the coast was clear,
With backpacks full of beer,
We'd throw our bottles from the rooftops
At the city; it looked endless.
Guess I still don't see the difference between real purpose and that urgent adolescence.

And I remember in a basement sharing sweat
With all these stranger boys and girls,
"We'll change the world!" We sang,
"We'll change the world!" But,
Nothing seems to change and
They say none of them will listen,
But I still see much more power in that basement than in heartless politicians.

And if we get beaten by this winter,
If we get strangled by regret, just
Let our love of life and tension
Gasp in sweet and stuttered breaths, and
Have them lay us in a basement,
Smash some bottles on the ground, and
Say we couldn't tell the difference between the feeling and the sound,

Remember not our faulty pieces,
Remember not our rusted parts,
It's not the petty imperfections that define us but
The way we hold our hearts,
And the way we hold our heads,
I hope they write your names beside mine on my gravestone when I'm dead.
And when we're dead let our voices carry on
To find a better song.
To find a better song and sing along.

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[musicforlife101]

Heard this while I was high. These 4 lines kept repeating themselves.

"And if we get beaten by this winter,

If we get strangled by regret, just

Let our love of life and tension

Gasp in sweet and stuttered breaths" for what seemed like hours. Felt reassuring and made me want to be more than what I am now. Kinda like a purpose. La Dispute changes lives. <3

[Ohhaidarlingx3]

I guess no one really understands or cares about how anyone feels these days. No one really wants to help, they just don't want to deal with you. What is love? What is care? What is compassion? A simple definition in the dictionary? No, its something no one can explain. We all want to change the world, and put our past behind us. We want to live, being happy. Its hard to live, but its easy to breathe I get the pain you're feeling. The sadness you're hiding behind that beautiful smile of yours.

[eatparewhilesheshot]

@iggehbear same

[eatparewhilesheshot]

Dear Travis,

If you ever come across this comment, please know i'm thinking about you. "I should've stopped to paint our picture, captured honest pure affection, just to document the difference between attraction and connection."

[amfglawl]

I usually don't like the rhythm of songs overcoming lyrics, but this song calms down my mind and into a state I've never fully felt.

[itsjacksongrant]

@Hurriicane89 Agreed entirely, I thought I was the only one who felt this way.

[Hurriicane89]

This song makes me feel strange.

I like it.

La Dispute has this thing... I don't know what it is, but it makes you not only hear the music, but feel it. These guys are great.

[SpiralSerpent]

I have no words to describe how awesome is this song, how it makes me feel. Empty but full at the same time. ALL is perfect, the lyrics, the rythm, the voice...

La Dispute changed my life.

[NeverGiveUp11Valeria]

This song means so much to me,so much to me

[iggehbear]

I want this song played at my funeral.

[NeverGiveUp11Valeria]

I found myself in this band,damn..tears

[FingersAndFriends]

My favourite line is "we'd throw our bottles from the rooftops at the city- it looked endless".

As a teenager, I can relate to this quite a lot. Sneaking into empty buildings and casually flinging bottles from the roofs edge, half from amusement, half perhaps from frustration. From what? The world, society, people, reality? Breaking out the idealistic fantasy of childhood, and into the stark reality of adulthood.

No wonder they say adolescence is a tough time for everyone.