Comments on: Lyrics: Falling Off The Roof (07.08.07) http://blogthatjanelikes.com/2007/07/09/lyrics-falling-off-the-roof-070807/ A Dave Matthews Band Weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:35:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Martin http://blogthatjanelikes.com/2007/07/09/lyrics-falling-off-the-roof-070807/#comment-8239 Martin Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:24:56 +0000 http://blogthatjanelikes.com/2007/07/09/lyrics-falling-off-the-roof-070807/#comment-8239 Went through for a second listen with all of your suggestions and I think they're pretty good as they stand. Still open to other interpretations, however. I see this song having a lot of potential. Went through for a second listen with all of your suggestions and I think they're pretty good as they stand. Still open to other interpretations, however.

I see this song having a lot of potential.

]]> By: Dagwin http://blogthatjanelikes.com/2007/07/09/lyrics-falling-off-the-roof-070807/#comment-8238 Dagwin Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:31:23 +0000 http://blogthatjanelikes.com/2007/07/09/lyrics-falling-off-the-roof-070807/#comment-8238 Here's my take on the lyrics the best I can hear: Falling off the roof: Fallin’ off the roof. Tryin’ to get closer to the stars and further from the world. Rudely awakened from a dream. Like changin’ lanes with a truck in your blind spot. All the time in the world, and your time is up. Couple of minutes late, in a rush, and you never saw the truck; you couldn’t stop. Pretend you bet them on the winning one. Pretend you took a chance, and here comes your jackpot. She’s on a rocket to the moon. She’s gonna leave you all behind, and you’ll be sorry soon. Everybody’s got a dream. You can touch the stars (scars?), but you can’t remember… Pretend you bet them on the winning one. Pretend you took a chance, and here comes your jackpot. And then you could say that it was easy. Not to step to the edge and lean until you fall. Yeah, you could say that it was easy. Not to turn the wheel into the wall. Pretend you bet them on the winning one. Pretend you took a chance and you hit the jackpot. Don’t you go too soon. Don’t you go too soon. Everybody’s got a dream. It sticks to them like a scar or a birthmark. Pretend you bet them on the winning one. Pretend you took a chance, and here comes your jackpot. Pretend you bet them on the winning one. Pretend you took a chance, and you hit the jackpot. And you could say, “man it was easy.” Not to turn the wheel into the wall. Yes, you could say, “man it was easy.” Not to walk to the edge and lean until you fall. Here's my take on the lyrics the best I can hear:

Falling off the roof:

Fallin’ off the roof.

Tryin’ to get closer to the stars and further from the world.

Rudely awakened from a dream.

Like changin’ lanes with a truck in your blind spot.

All the time in the world, and your time is up.

Couple of minutes late, in a rush, and you never saw the truck; you couldn’t stop.

Pretend you bet them on the winning one.

Pretend you took a chance, and here comes your jackpot.

She’s on a rocket to the moon.

She’s gonna leave you all behind, and you’ll be sorry soon.

Everybody’s got a dream.

You can touch the stars (scars?), but you can’t remember…

Pretend you bet them on the winning one.

Pretend you took a chance, and here comes your jackpot.

And then you could say that it was easy.

Not to step to the edge and lean until you fall.

Yeah, you could say that it was easy.

Not to turn the wheel into the wall.

Pretend you bet them on the winning one.

Pretend you took a chance and you hit the jackpot.

Don’t you go too soon.

Don’t you go too soon.

Everybody’s got a dream.

It sticks to them like a scar or a birthmark.

Pretend you bet them on the winning one.

Pretend you took a chance, and here comes your jackpot.

Pretend you bet them on the winning one.

Pretend you took a chance, and you hit the jackpot.

And you could say, “man it was easy.”

Not to turn the wheel into the wall.

Yes, you could say, “man it was easy.”

Not to walk to the edge and lean until you fall.

]]> By: James McKillen http://blogthatjanelikes.com/2007/07/09/lyrics-falling-off-the-roof-070807/#comment-8236 James McKillen Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:27:56 +0000 http://blogthatjanelikes.com/2007/07/09/lyrics-falling-off-the-roof-070807/#comment-8236 And the first time you have "shes on her way to the moon" , it sounds like "shes on a rocket to the moon". And the first time you have "shes on her way to the moon" , it sounds like "shes on a rocket to the moon".

]]> By: James McKillen http://blogthatjanelikes.com/2007/07/09/lyrics-falling-off-the-roof-070807/#comment-8235 James McKillen Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:23:01 +0000 http://blogthatjanelikes.com/2007/07/09/lyrics-falling-off-the-roof-070807/#comment-8235 In the first verse fourth line you have "will be awaken from a dream". I was at this show and i watched the video a couple of times and i think it might be "rudely awaken from a dream", but you could be right. In the first verse fourth line you have "will be awaken from a dream". I was at this show and i watched the video a couple of times and i think it might be "rudely awaken from a dream", but you could be right.

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