a year ago a coworker ended his life. This song really spoke to me. Over the last year I had the opportunity to visit the west coast. I never had the opportunity, & this was a fluke. I stood on the coast observing the beauty and it reminded me that my world is bigger than my problems. Miss you Captain... Wish we would have known what was up. We cared for you like a brother.
Listening to this song takes me back when I was suicidal,and I am glad I didn’t take my life. I wouldn’t have been able to have seen the west coast. (Metaphorically of course,I’ve never been to that part of the country,yet)
These guys bring back so many memories for me, good and bad! They were my absolute favorite band in high school in the late 2000s and early 2010s! I had a nostalgia kick and started going through these songs I loved back then and it put a smile on my face! Definitely got me through some rough times back then.
This song... In never sat down to really listen to the lyrics. I have no words to say how brilliant these lyrics are... how much I needed to hear them. How it makes me feel like there is hope... A West Coast. Thank you Emery.
second wave TnN is GOAT'd. I wish I spent more time with Emery and Underoath but I was still in middle school spending so much time with TFK and FM Static and Hawk Nelson.
Then I definitely recommend listening to their album The Question. Most of my favorite Emery lyrics are from that one. It's really a work of art musically and lyrically.
I listen to this song every time I'm sad or having a panic attack. I find myself repeating the line, "If I could just kill myself" every time my thoughts turn this way. But when I listen to the song, it just calms me so much and I don't know why....
Basically, the song is a description of "those thoughts in the middle of the night," from debating suicide to trying to find out who you really are. The end of the song though is hopeful in saying that when you feel this way you're never alone, and that while it may feel like you'll never see the "west coast," together with those who love you and feel the same as you, "we" (meaning the singer and everyone who's ever felt that way) are eventually going to see the other, brighter side of it all.
I believe it stems from the idea of Horace Greeley's quote, "Go West, young man" which was popularized during Manifest Destiny when America was expanding west. Half of the continent was an unexplored area, a chance for a new life, new opportunities, something mysterious and we had this insatiable need to discover every distant corner. You could leave your life behind and just go west. So in relation to the song, the narrator fails to achieve this hope for a new life and rebirth, metaphorically.
However I think the genius in a lot of Emery's lyrics are the multiple meanings of certain things. You could also take the whole coast thing literally, as something that the narrator really wanted to do but never did and now on the threshold of suicide he regrets not being able to do that. So at the end, he says to those who feel lost and hopeless that it'll get better, and you should take advantage of being alive and do all those little things you've ever wanted to do (like see the west coast).
Thanks! So what the singer is saying is that he never got to see his new life or happier times? But in the end he tells those who are going through the same he is going through that they still have a chance to see their "west coast"?
I don't think that is what is meant by that line. I think he is saying that no matter how bad things get, hold onto something because there is someone else out there that feels just like you do. There is always something to live for, even if it is as silly as wanting to see the west coast.
I always thought of it as the suicidal kid realizing hes gunna keep on living and saying, "since im still here, we gotta go see the west coast" to his friends. realizing we gotta live like we could doe tomorrow to make life worth it. just my interpretation though.
@DarkWarriorSafeGuard well, I'm not really a christian person, I rather believe in my friends, but still, thanks :) I was in a really bad mood when wrote that comment.
a year ago a coworker ended his life. This song really spoke to me. Over the last year I had the opportunity to visit the west coast. I never had the opportunity, & this was a fluke. I stood on the coast observing the beauty and it reminded me that my world is bigger than my problems. Miss you Captain... Wish we would have known what was up. We cared for you like a brother.
seriously anyone who can find a bad song by emery should get a million dollars they're too good
Listening to this song takes me back when I was suicidal,and I am glad I didn’t take my life. I wouldn’t have been able to have seen the west coast. (Metaphorically of course,I’ve never been to that part of the country,yet)
And the burn from the drink dose soothe my aching mind
I am extremely sad right now, but, this song makes me feel better
These guys bring back so many memories for me, good and bad! They were my absolute favorite band in high school in the late 2000s and early 2010s! I had a nostalgia kick and started going through these songs I loved back then and it put a smile on my face! Definitely got me through some rough times back then.
This song... In never sat down to really listen to the lyrics. I have no words to say how brilliant these lyrics are... how much I needed to hear them. How it makes me feel like there is hope... A West Coast.
Thank you Emery.
I wish I could of told my little brother this before he ended it.. one day we have to see the west coast..
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This song is so beautiful I want to cry.
This song has some of the best lyrics.
second wave TnN is GOAT'd. I wish I spent more time with Emery and Underoath but I was still in middle school spending so much time with TFK and FM Static and Hawk Nelson.
This is the most honest song I've ever listened to.
Such a powerful song God give me strength to keep going on
i've seen the east coast, the west coast, the south coast, the japanese coast, and soon i'll be seeing even more coasts. and i STILL love this song
I love this song so much! So true!
Great song. east coast for me everyone.
everyone can relate to this song sooner or later. everybody faces hardships. ;/
Then I definitely recommend listening to their album The Question. Most of my favorite Emery lyrics are from that one. It's really a work of art musically and lyrically.
hermosa cancion ¡¡¡ i love Emery forever ¡¡¡ soy fan de esta gran banda y esta hermosa cancion ¡¡
I love this song.
I love this song, is my favorite from Emery, it sounds to me like a kind of "Lifesong".
I just love this song!
I just love this song :D
Just an awesome song (:
I love playing this song on the bass and guitar
this song kind of tells my life story
so does "Fix me"
and also the Thousand Foot Krutch songs "this is a call" and "look away"
I listen to this song every time I'm sad or having a panic attack. I find myself repeating the line, "If I could just kill myself" every time my thoughts turn this way. But when I listen to the song, it just calms me so much and I don't know why....
RIP Chris. I hope you found the west coast. Take it easy, buddy.
Basically, the song is a description of "those thoughts in the middle of the night," from debating suicide to trying to find out who you really are. The end of the song though is hopeful in saying that when you feel this way you're never alone, and that while it may feel like you'll never see the "west coast," together with those who love you and feel the same as you, "we" (meaning the singer and everyone who's ever felt that way) are eventually going to see the other, brighter side of it all.
yup
I believe it stems from the idea of Horace Greeley's quote, "Go West, young man" which was popularized during Manifest Destiny when America was expanding west. Half of the continent was an unexplored area, a chance for a new life, new opportunities, something mysterious and we had this insatiable need to discover every distant corner. You could leave your life behind and just go west. So in relation to the song, the narrator fails to achieve this hope for a new life and rebirth, metaphorically.
it is not about the west coast it is about the other side of everything that we never is even if we want to. :)
good moral
i only got to see one of the west coasts :(
However I think the genius in a lot of Emery's lyrics are the multiple meanings of certain things. You could also take the whole coast thing literally, as something that the narrator really wanted to do but never did and now on the threshold of suicide he regrets not being able to do that. So at the end, he says to those who feel lost and hopeless that it'll get better, and you should take advantage of being alive and do all those little things you've ever wanted to do (like see the west coast).
the people who like this song Never got to see either the west coast or west coast... the people who dislike this song already got to see both o_o
Thanks! So what the singer is saying is that he never got to see his new life or happier times? But in the end he tells those who are going through the same he is going through that they still have a chance to see their "west coast"?
story of my fucking life... period.
I listen to this song to keep my sanity before I decide to end it I stay alive bc I wanna see the west coast
you have to come here and see the west coast my nigga
Would someone explain to me what the meaning of "West Coast" is? I know it's not literal, but it still kind of eludes me to the meanign of it.
"One day we gotta see the west coast" I think we all realized that he's talking about Heaven.
I don't think that is what is meant by that line. I think he is saying that no matter how bad things get, hold onto something because there is someone else out there that feels just like you do. There is always something to live for, even if it is as silly as wanting to see the west coast.
Daltosaurus Rex I thought he was singing about going to L.A. and Hollywood lol
I always thought of it as the suicidal kid realizing hes gunna keep on living and saying, "since im still here, we gotta go see the west coast" to his friends. realizing we gotta live like we could doe tomorrow to make life worth it. just my interpretation though.
Anyone know where I can find the image used as a background?
@DarkWarriorSafeGuard well, I'm not really a christian person, I rather believe in my friends, but still, thanks :) I was in a really bad mood when wrote that comment.
@xangel08 One day we gotta see the east coast.
This song squeezed my whole fucking life into 4 mins :/
does anyone know the font?
in Bradenton?
I dont know if she reading this. Probably not but this just needsto c
:D
well it only has one dislike... so person.
holyfucksdjkfhskdjfh. I have seen the light.
I dont know if shes reading this or not, but this just needs to come off my chest. Im sorry, i dont
@ohentibi message me. I wanna talk to you privately.
don't think ill make it past 3mins, im sorry
the best part is past that
This song is really depressing
so am I the only one who knows that this song has NOTHING to do with the actual west coast?
That post gave me cancer.
alright....... not great
*cough cough* gay *cough cough*