Easier to Be

[allie]

Since there was a tie and i'm making these threads i get to pick the one i voted for. easier to be! (yay koen! we made it...)

Lyrics:
Chasing fireflies
Elusive dreams
This pre life crisis
Is killing me
Beautiful tragedy
Who I was wasn't me
Yeah yeah

Do do do do
You make it easier to be
Easier to be me
It's hard to believe
You make it easy...

We speak in silence
Words can't break
It feels like we are
Falling awake
In a place and a time
Of our own
Yeah yeah

Do do do do
You make it easier to be
Easier to be me
Hard to believe

It felt like the world
Fell from my feet
Gave up on myself

You didn't give up on me
Let myself go
You were still there
Like coming home
Coming up for air
Yeah yeah


now this is one of my favorite songs so i want to do it justice. ill post mine later, but go on fellow fans! discuss.

and i want another song.... only one is my choice. i cant even decide how i interpret it! figure itd be a good one... and frankly im sick of the WWA ones.. the rest are kinda obvious and wont hold much discussion i dont think (or i just dont like them. )

[RunningAway]

this song is one i relate to my group of friends from high school. these are the people that i see myself being friends with for the rest of my life.

but i love this song cause it immediately made me think of how they make me feel comfortable around them. i'm very shy around new people and have a hard time being myself. but my friends make me feel like i can show them who i really am and they won't judge me or think i'm weird. i also feel this way about many of my lifehouse friends.

"we speak in silence" we don't have to tell each other if something is wrong...somehow we just know when the others aren't doing well.

"like coming home, coming up for air." i love coming home after being at school for so long and having them there and know me. its definitely a breath of fresh air to have people that you don't have to try to be something around.

[Yuliya]

I love this song. I know a lot of people aren't too fond of it, but I think it's a really nice song.

To me, in the first part, where he's talking about the "pre-life crisis", I see it as him realizing, that he's been trying to be this person that he's not. Maybe to please the people around him, or to live up to expectations or something, but then he realizes, this isn't the person that he really is. Then then the chorus is him telling someone (a friend, or lover, or family member, or someone), that he feels like he can be his real self around them. Then it's basically saying, that this person understands him.

I love the part where it goes "felt like the world, fell from my feet. gave up on myself, you didn't give up on me. Let myself go, you were still there, like coming home, like coming up for air".
To me, he's saying that this person has been there through everything, and is someone that you know you can rely on. Sometimes when everything is really stressful, the world can seem suffocating, but his friend/lover can make it easier to relax and just be who he is.

Yeah

[FrancisMartin]

Jul 10, 2008 17:49:11 GMT -5 Yuliya said:

I love this song. I know a lot of people aren't too fond of it, but I think it's a really nice song.

To me, in the first part, where he's talking about the "pre-life crisis", I see it as him realizing, that he's been trying to be this person that he's not. Maybe to please the people around him, or to live up to expectations or something, but then he realizes, this isn't the person that he really is. Then then the chorus is him telling someone (a friend, or lover, or family member, or someone), that he feels like he can be his real self around them. Then it's basically saying, that this person understands him.

I love the part where it goes "felt like the world, fell from my feet. gave up on myself, you didn't give up on me. Let myself go, you were still there, like coming home, like coming up for air".
To me, he's saying that this person has been there through everything, and is someone that you know you can rely on. Sometimes when everything is really stressful, the world can seem suffocating, but his friend/lover can make it easier to relax and just be who he is.

Yeah

Yay,that's exactly what i feel about this song. Thanks Yuliya,you said it all.

I already said, more than once, that i love it.
After a long and stressful day, i always listen "Easier to be"...it makes me feel so good.
I will make a suggestion, for everyone.Just try to listen this song, at the end of the day, with your eyes closed...


"...We speak in silence, words can't break...It feels like we are, falling, awake, in a place, and a time...of our own, yeah yeah..."

[CVonC]

probably my favourite song of the album besides broken

[sylviagrace]

Yeah, I agree with Yuliya. The song doesn't mean much to me, but I really like those lyrics, especially, "I gave up on myself. You didn't give up on me."

[Chris]

Jul 11, 2008 15:30:37 GMT -5 sylviagrace said:

Yeah, I agree with Yuliya. The song doesn't mean much to me, but I really like those lyrics, especially, "I gave up on myself. You didn't give up on me."

yeah i really agree with that i don't feel for this song, there's not a big connection, but its a really sweet song

but then again when i think about it, i see exactly where maureen is coming from

Jul 10, 2008 13:44:03 GMT -5 RunningAway said:

this song is one i relate to my group of friends from high school. these are the people that i see myself being friends with for the rest of my life.

but i love this song cause it immediately made me think of how they make me feel comfortable around them. i'm very shy around new people and have a hard time being myself. but my friends make me feel like i can show them who i really am and they won't judge me or think i'm weird. i also feel this way about many of my lifehouse friends.

"we speak in silence" we don't have to tell each other if something is wrong...somehow we just know when the others aren't doing well.

"like coming home, coming up for air." i love coming home after being at school for so long and having them there and know me. its definitely a breath of fresh air to have people that you don't have to try to be something around.

i like that feeling around people when i can totally be myself and not worry about an impact. its the same idea as the masks that we wear... we wear different masks around different groups of people to be who they want us to be, not what we want to be... and then we aren't being ourselves... it seems like its a suddle love song, and that he is always comfortable around this person (his wife i'm assuming) and that she makes him live and breathe easier

[breann]

I love this song! It's so light and airy (if that makes sense), and I think that is probably the general feeling they were going for, and the feeling he was trying to describe with the lyrics. Also, it could take different meanings, especially certain parts. And sometimes when I am really thinking about a song I "hear" things that aren't necessarily there...so hopefully what I say makes sense, lol.


Chasing fireflies / Elusive dreams / This pre-life crisis / Is killing me / Beautiful tragedy / Who I was wasn't me / Yeah yeah

This part confuses me more than any of the others. I'm not really sure what exactly it could mean. Maybe something about how he (or anyone) is chasing his goals and dreams, but he never seems to catch them (at least not all of them). Possibly, despite all he had, there was still something missing? (Pre-life crisis, I think, is what confuses me about this.)


You make it easier to be / Easier to be me / It's hard to believe / You make it easy

The chorus is self-explanatory to me personally, but it is difficult to describe exactly what I feel it means. It is hard to be yourself and accept everything about yourself for some people. The person (or people, whoever) is making it easier to be yourself...you don't have to second guess yourself or over think everything when you are around them. You don't have to be ashamed or embarrassed. They accept you (and everything about you), so it is easier to accept yourself. I can really relate to all of this, because of how hard it is for me to accept myself, and to completely be myself...around anyone, really. I still don't know that there is anyone like that. And if there was, "it's hard to believe" would definitely be something I would say (or feel, rather).


We speak in silence / Words can't break / It feels like we are / Falling awake / In a place and a time / Of our own / Yeah yeah

To me this says that, when you are around this person, neither of you have to speak to know what the other is thinking or feeling. And perhaps you even understand more clearly than if you actually spoke the words. They are so close that it sort of feels like they are in their own world (that it seems no one but them would really understand).


It felt like the world / Fell from my feet / Gave up on myself / You didn't give up on me / Let myself go / You were still there / Like coming home / Coming up for air / Yeah yeah

To me here he was describing a situation in which he felt that the the world (or the rug, as some might say) was pulled out from under him, and everything was upside down. After which, he gave up on himself, or hope for whatever the situation was, but his friend (or wife, or whomever) did not. They were still there for him, and helped him through the situation, and pulled him out of the "hopelessness." This doesn't seem to tie exactly with what I thought the rest of the song was saying, but maybe it's supposed to be an example, or a better way to explain what he was saying, and what this person has done for him.


Sorry this was so long!! I should probably try to use fewer words next time.

[Deleted]

This was another instant favorite off of WWA for me.

I am one of those fans that didn't know the background of Jason's religious upbringing, so I was caught completely off guard when I found out some of the songs were written from a spiritual perspective.

I really think this is one of his spritual songs, but that's not how I interpret it for myself. I project it onto my husband and other people in my life that make it "easier to be me." When you read the lyrics, one thing that makes sense to me from Jason's perspective throughout is a thanksgiving to God.

Either that or marijuana.

[love4andrea]

Jul 10, 2008 18:19:05 GMT -5 FrancisMartin said:

Jul 10, 2008 17:49:11 GMT -5 Yuliya said:

I love this song. I know a lot of people aren't too fond of it, but I think it's a really nice song.

To me, in the first part, where he's talking about the "pre-life crisis", I see it as him realizing, that he's been trying to be this person that he's not. Maybe to please the people around him, or to live up to expectations or something, but then he realizes, this isn't the person that he really is. Then then the chorus is him telling someone (a friend, or lover, or family member, or someone), that he feels like he can be his real self around them. Then it's basically saying, that this person understands him.

I love the part where it goes "felt like the world, fell from my feet. gave up on myself, you didn't give up on me. Let myself go, you were still there, like coming home, like coming up for air".
To me, he's saying that this person has been there through everything, and is someone that you know you can rely on. Sometimes when everything is really stressful, the world can seem suffocating, but his friend/lover can make it easier to relax and just be who he is.

Yeah :)

Yay,that's exactly what i feel about this song. Thanks Yuliya,you said it all. :)

I already said, more than once, that i love it.
After a long and stressful day, i always listen "Easier to be"...it makes me feel so good.
I will make a suggestion, for everyone.Just try to listen this song, at the end of the day, with your eyes closed... ;)


"...We speak in silence, words can't break...It feels like we are, falling, awake, in a place, and a time...of our own, yeah yeah..."

I feel the same! To me, Easier To Be just pin points my feelings for Lifehouse! It also reminds me of my friends and family, but LH more. I love it!