You can find your hope amongst the crowds
Of all the people you've let down,
We'll find a way to make this okay.
We skip through the night,
It's all that we need too,
And maybe it's all that we'll ever need,
Just to make us feel alive.
You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now)
You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now)
I will never give up on you
For all the times you sat and sang to me
Trying to make me better.
So now I'm trying to let you know
That this is the English way to make
Us all fit back together.
Please don't speak these words just save them,
Walk with me and take a trip
We'll only stop for water and some other things.
We skip through the night,
It's all that we need to
And maybe it's all that we'll ever need
Just to make us feel alive.
You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now)
You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now) [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/f/fightstar/the_english_way.html ]
You can find your hope amongst the crowds
Of all the people you've let down,
We'll find a way to make this okay.
We skip through the night,
It's all that we need too,
And maybe it's all that we'll ever need,
Just to make us feel alive.
You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now)
You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now)
I will never give up on you
For all the times you sat and sang to me
Trying to make me better.
So now I'm trying to let you know
That this is the English way to make
Us all fit back together.
(All within reason all this is going to be over, all within reason all this is going to be over)
Too many lives have been lost
Under orders of too many people
That have lost their voices.
You can find your hope amongst the crowds
Of all the people you've let down,
We'll find a way to make this okay.
We skip through the night,
It's all that we need too,
And maybe it's all that we'll ever need,
Just to make us feel alive.
You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now)
You are, you are, your all around (you are, you are, you are, your all around right now)
I will never give up on you
For all the times you sat and sang to me
Trying to make me better.
So now I'm trying to let you know
That this is the English way to make
Us all fit back together.
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The English Way lyrics
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by Unregistered on Oct 21st 2011 12:28 pm
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I think this song is about war and fighting " too many lives have been lost, under orders of too many people" this makes you think that is about war and the general for example giving orders to the troops to go to fight which has resulted in lives lost. And "i will never give up on you" this makes you think that they are trying to say that they will never give up 'obviously' on the troops and the "english way" is to try and help them our by sending them home or bringing them back. "we escaped through the nights" could mean that they were free in their dreams during their sleep because they dream of getting home to their families. "all within reason all this is going to be over, all within reason all this is going to be over" this makes you think that they are trying to say that the war will end someday and it will be all over. Thats what i think anyway haha =]
I believe the meaning of this song is, about the english way of hiding behind objects that we believe to be english. If you watch the video they have lots of things considered to be english all over the place. These objects are miss treated and not used correctly showing the bands views of the english way. The song shows how "too many lives have been lost under orders, of too many people that have lost their voices" people lose their voices when they keep their emotions inside. It is part of english culture to "have a cup of tea, and then everything will be alright". I guess you could argue that fightstar belive people lose their lives in an emotional sense, when they conform to "the english way", which is commonly passed down as part of their culture. The lyric "i will never give up on you" is to me an offer of protection from the english way, so long as you sit and listen to his song as he sits and sings to you trying to make you better. The verses are really trying to draw the listener in to break free along with them. Break free and live without the stress the english way that he is trying to make us aware of in the chorus. You really have to analyse the video to see all this. It really amplifies it all, by making it all aparent.
I studied this for my degree by the way if anyone wonders.
If my corrected version ends up not showing... Here are the correct lyrics to the english way by fightstar: (oh, and as for what my meaning of this song is, i'd probably just say that based on these lyrics, this band isn't a fan of the higher authority - don't blame 'em)... Onto the lyrics:
You can find your hope amongst the crowds,
of all the people you've let down. We'll find a way to make this okay. We all escaped through the nights,
it's all that we need too,
and maybe it's all that we'll ever need,
just to make us feel alive.
You are, you are, you’re all around (you are, you are, you are, you’re all around right now)
you are, you are, you’re all around (you are, you are, you are, you’re all around right now)
I will never give up on you,
for,
all the times you've sat and sang to me,
trying to make me better. So now i'm trying to let you know,
that,
this is the english way it'll make,
us all fit back together.
Please don't speak these words to save them,
walk with me and take a trip,
we'll only stop for water and some other things. We all escaped through the nights,
it's all that we need too,
and maybe it's all that we'll ever need,
just to make us feel alive.
You are, you are, you’re all around (you are, you are, you are, you’re all around right now)
you are, you are, you’re all around (you are, you are, you are, you’re all around right now)
I will never give up on you,
for,
all the times you've sat and sang to me,
trying to make me better. So now i'm trying to let you know,
that,
this is the english way it'll make,
us all fit back together.
(all within reason all this is going to be over, all within reason all this is going to be over)
Too many lives have been lost,
under orders of too many people,
they have lost their voices.
I will never give up on you,
for,
all the times you've sat and sang to me,
trying to make me better. So now i'm trying to let you know,
that,
this is the english way it'll make,
us all fit back together.