munns6691 Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 When it's time was like one of the first songs he wrote.. He was like 16 or something wasn't he?
Mar Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 when it's time is cute, fuck u guys It is very cute, and that's why I would never say I hate the song, but it probably rots my teeth faster than the meth did to the guy in the Geek Stink Breath video
Spike Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 I challenge you to come up with anything of substance from it Where in the world’s the forgotten? They’re lost inside your memory At this point, the 'forgotten' to which Billie is referring appears to be his ability to string a sentence together. The things lost inside his memory include a grasp of basic grammar and how good a lyricist he was 15 years ago. You’re dragging on, your heart’s been broken As we all go down in history Here, Billie seems to have been distracted from his songwriting and got caught up in a rousing rendition of Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer. Where in the world did the time go? It’s where your spirit seems to roam Like losing faith to our abandon Or an empty hallway from a broken home This verse tells the story of Billie going clubbing with Flava Flav, and later losing him in a graveyard. Quite what room an 'abandon' is is beyond me, but if someone has vandalised his house at some point this could be explained quite easily. Well don’t look away from the arms of a bad dream Don’t look away, sometimes you’re better lost than to be seen These lines seem to be implying that Billie has some kind of phobia of limbs which he is trying to overcome - a fear possibly engrained in him by his yellow Les Paul Junior, for we all know what damage his arms can cause to said instrument. This will not end well. As an aside, apparently if you don't look away you won't be seen. Maybe this song is about Stevie Wonder or, perhaps, Ray Charles. I don’t feel strange, it’s more like haunted Another moment trapped in time Billie clearly welcomes being haunted, and doesn't consider it strange. I'm glad he put that in such a figurative, eloquent way. I can’t quite put my finger on it But it’s like a child that was left behind Well he's clearly just given up at this point. Although quite how he manages to put his finger on it immediately after claiming he can't is rather indicative of substance abuse, isn't it? So where in the world’s the forgotten? Like soldiers from a long lost war We share the scars from our abandon And what we remember becomes folklore "Look guiz, I bought a rhyming dictionary!" There's that abandon he's talking about again. Maybe it was a soldier that vandalised his house. Well, don’t look away from the arms of a bad dream Don’t look away, sometimes you’re better lost than to be seen Don’t look away from the arms of a moment Don’t look away from the arms of tomorrow Don’t look away from the arms of a moment Don’t look away from the arms of love I don't quite know how one is meant to look at so many things at once, especially when it comes to non-tangible concepts, such as 'tomorrow'. What the arm of a moment is I do not know, but at this point it's quite apparent that these lyrics are the ramblings of a madman, so we should cut him some slack. Do the arms he is referring to contain the love from Oh Love, implying that Billie is, perhaps, raining from his appendages? So this song teaches us three things: 1) In conjunction with track 9 of Tre, we should walk away from things at the same time as maintaining eye contact at all times. Like this. 2) Billie fucking loves Twilight, and has successfully written a song insipid and nonsensical enough to provide the soundtrack to such a film. 3) Billie has fucking lost it.
Z J Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 The substance is Billie wanted another hit ballad but couldn't be arsed to write lyrics; therefore, he went online, found a handful of inspirational phrases on Google image search, and pasted them together. Of course, I'm sure Hermione has some insane retcon she made to justify it to herself. by the way, fucking brilliant man. Bravo, Not Anyone
Spike Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 by the way, fucking brilliant man. Bravo, Not Anyone Haha, thanks I might do requests.
Jollyroger118 Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Not Anyone Posted "That video is absolutely fucking fantastic. Thanks for sharing! I really do miss acoustic encores, they were the best part of the show. Now THAT is probably an unpopular opinion." You're welcome! They were my favorite part of the show too. I saw them in Phoenix and he played The Judges Daughter as an acoustic and it was so awesome. In fact if anyone has or can find a video of that that'd be awesome cause I'm pretty sure it's not on youtube
PleasedToMeetMe Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Where in the world’s the forgotten? They’re lost inside your memory At this point, the 'forgotten' to which Billie is referring appears to be his ability to string a sentence together. The things lost inside his memory include a grasp of basic grammar and how good a lyricist he was 15 years ago. You’re dragging on, your heart’s been broken As we all go down in history Here, Billie seems to have been distracted from his songwriting and got caught up in a rousing rendition of Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer. Where in the world did the time go? It’s where your spirit seems to roam Like losing faith to our abandon Or an empty hallway from a broken home This verse tells the story of Billie going clubbing with Flava Flav, and later losing him in a graveyard. Quite what room an 'abandon' is is beyond me, but if someone has vandalised his house at some point this could be explained quite easily. Well don’t look away from the arms of a bad dream Don’t look away, sometimes you’re better lost than to be seen These lines seem to be implying that Billie has some kind of phobia of limbs which he is trying to overcome - a fear possibly engrained in him by his yellow Les Paul Junior, for we all know what damage his arms can cause to said instrument. This will not end well. As an aside, apparently if you don't look away you won't be seen. Maybe this song is about Stevie Wonder or, perhaps, Ray Charles. I don’t feel strange, it’s more like haunted Another moment trapped in time Billie clearly welcomes being haunted, and doesn't consider it strange. I'm glad he put that in such a figurative, eloquent way. I can’t quite put my finger on it But it’s like a child that was left behind Well he's clearly just given up at this point. Although quite how he manages to put his finger on it immediately after claiming he can't is rather indicative of substance abuse, isn't it? So where in the world’s the forgotten? Like soldiers from a long lost war We share the scars from our abandon And what we remember becomes folklore "Look guiz, I bought a rhyming dictionary!" There's that abandon he's talking about again. Maybe it was a soldier that vandalised his house. Well, don’t look away from the arms of a bad dream Don’t look away, sometimes you’re better lost than to be seen Don’t look away from the arms of a moment Don’t look away from the arms of tomorrow Don’t look away from the arms of a moment Don’t look away from the arms of love I don't quite know how one is meant to look at so many things at once, especially when it comes to non-tangible concepts, such as 'tomorrow'. What the arm of a moment is I do not know, but at this point it's quite apparent that these lyrics are the ramblings of a madman, so we should cut him some slack. Do the arms he is referring to contain the love from Oh Love, implying that Billie is, perhaps, raining from his appendages? So this song teaches us three things: 1) In conjunction with track 9 of Tre, we should walk away from things at the same time as maintaining eye contact at all times. Like this. 2) Billie fucking loves Twilight, and has successfully written a song insipid and nonsensical enough to provide the soundtrack to such a film. 3) Billie has fucking lost it. Wow, over analyze much? Maybe it's not supposed to make sense to anybody but Billie . . that's how songwriting works.
Spike Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Wow, over analyze much? Maybe it's not supposed to make sense to anybody but Billie . . that's how songwriting works. Also, no. Songwriting is generally more successful if anyone has a clue what it's about. Not even necessarily what it's meant to be about - Billie's always maintained that he writes songs that are personal to him, but if other people get other meanings from them then so much the better. Wake Me Up When September Ends is an example of that. And this is my interpretation of The Forgotten, it's perfectly valid and I think Billie would approve.
Anaïs. Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Wow, over analyze much? Maybe it's not supposed to make sense to anybody but Billie . . that's how songwriting works. But it's poor songwriting, I'd argue, if no one else can relate to it. If you're going to write something that only makes sense to you and keep it to yourself, that's fine, but if you're asking someone to pay to listen to your music, you have an obligation to attempt that make that purchse enjoyable and relatable for the listeners in addition to yourself.
Spike Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 But it's poor songwriting, I'd argue, if no one else can relate to it. If you're going to write something that only makes sense to you and keep it to yourself, that's fine, but if you're asking someone to pay to listen to your music, you have an obligation to attempt that make that purchse enjoyable and relatable for the listeners in addition to yourself. Counterargument: Dos.
Anaïs. Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Counterargument: Dos. Except no one bought or listens to Dos.
Spike Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Hey, you owe me royalties for using my sig. You owe me royalties for quoting me. Oh, and Green Day owe me royalties for Stay The Night. I rejected that pre-verse riff for one of my songs about 5 years ago
Anaïs. Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 You owe me royalties for quoting me. Oh, and Green Day owe me royalties for Stay The Night. I rejected that pre-verse riff for one of my songs about 5 years ago ROYALTYCEPTION. Hey, someone had to do it. LOL, that's awesome.
Spike Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 ROYALTYCEPTION. Hey, someone had to do it. LOL, that's awesome. Haha, indeed they did. Yeah, that was so weird. I first heard Stay The Night and was like "Hey, I recognise this," and about a month later while I was choosing songs to go on my album I came across that. Weirdly it's not the first time it's happened, I did it with a Manic Street Preachers song in 2009. I scrap all my best work
Z J Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vEIRYaOqmE the acoustic Extraordinary Girl at the beginning of this video makes me almost like the song
Asa. Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Except no one bought or listens to Dos. you need to stop lying right now
JOE THE X-KID Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Hey guys, I love the forgotten, when its time and dos. Cum at meh
bjrules Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 I still don't get why people have so much hate for The Forgotten. Yeah it's kind of boring, but it's no worse than When It's Time. It's just bland an inoffensive to the point where it's not even worth hating. It's not like they're ever gonna play it live and, ironically, we'll all have forgotten about it this time next year. It's a shame that they're making songs like this, but if we're going to be vitriolic about anything it should be Dos. I think part of the issue with The Forgotten is that it was hyped up to be so much more than it is. It was built up to be some sort of epic piano ballad, a really memorable song. The fact that it was the final song of the trilogy didn't help with it being over hyped either. Yet then when it was released it turned out to be a meandering and unremarkable piano tune that really doesn't go anywhere, and was a bit of a let down. On the other hand, When It's Time was never hyped up (at least to my knowledge) to be any more than what it actually is.
Hermione Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 The substance is Billie wanted another hit ballad but couldn't be arsed to write lyrics; therefore, he went online, found a handful of inspirational phrases on Google image search, and pasted them together. Of course, I'm sure Hermione has some insane retcon she made to justify it to herself. Already done darling : The perfect sentiment to end the little story of Uno Dos and Tre on, to embrace the now and the future and love. I love the simple positive message of it. Although I wouldn't say enjoying or finding meaning in a song is something that requires justification.
Jax Teller Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Hey guys, I love the forgotten, when its time and dos. Cum at meh Me too.
Guest Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 You know that vague sense of pity that you get but can't quite place? I'm getting that right now.
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