we could live beside the ocean
when i moved in with my dad way back in february, i didn't plan on actually going to his house. i just planned on getting out of my mum's house. and i packed a bag with the most important things. clothes, food, a lighter, my discman, the most important cd's. and a little piece of paper printed with pink writing. what did it say? that's the crazy part. one of my most important things was a piece of paper all about the song "konstantine". it's little facts i collected from here and there. and now i'm putting what it says in here. because i can.
-andrew usually says something along the lines of "this is about a girl who broke my heart, so i'm going to break her heart ten times over"
-andrew always changes "konstantine" around in some form or another when he plays it live. he constantly changes it around, depending on his mood, feelings, or the particular relationship he is in.
-there is a jimmy eat world song called "for me this is heaven" on their "clarity" cd, and it starts with the line, "the first star you see may not be a star"
-why does andrew keep referring to rooms? he says it's a reference to "making out"
-is konstantine a real person? yes, but her name is krystal. she is one of andrew's ex's.
-there was nothing constant about the relationship, except for the inconsistency of it all, i suppose. so he called the song constantine and then added a k at the beginning in tribute of krystal's name, and hoped that it would all "make sense"
live - 12.12.03 (one of the eight live versions i have so far)
"this is about a girl i used to think i knew...it's called konstantine"
i can't imagine all the people that you know. and the places that you go. when the lights are turned down low. and i don't understand all the things you've seen. but i'm slipping in between. you and your big dreams. it's always you in my big dreams. and you tell me. that it's over. wake up lying in a patch of four leaf clover. and you're restless. and i'm naked. you've got to get out. you can't stand to see me shaking. no, could you let me go? i didn't think so. and you don't want to be here in the future. you say the present's just a pleasant interruption to the past. and you don't want to look much closer. you're so afraid to find out all this hope. you had sent into the sky by now had crashed. and it did because of me. and then you bring me home. afraid to find out that we're alone, no. and i'm sleeping in her living room. but we don't have much room. to live. and i had these dreams, i learned to play guitar. maybe cross the country. become a rockstar. and there was hope in me that i would take you there. but damn it you're so young. well i don't think i care. and if i hurt you then i'm sorry. please don't think that this was easy. and then you bring me home. 'cause we both know what it's like to live alone, no. and i'm sleeping in her living room. 'cause we don't have much room. to dream. and konstantine is walking down the stairs. doesn't she look good. standing in her underwear? and i've been thinking. but i've been thinking. we've been drinking and it doesn't get me anywhere. i saw my konstantine walking down the stairs. and i swear all that i could do was touch that long blond hair. and i've been thinking but, but i've been thinking. that we've been drinking did it ever get us anywhere at all? it never got me anywhere. it never got me anywhere at all. from the curve of your jaw. to the curve of your thigh. to the curve of your lips hanging down beneath your eyes. that filled with tears. 'cause i'm not here. but i'm never here. this is because i can spell konfusion with a k and i can like it. it's to dying in anothers arms and why i had to try it. it's to jimmy eat world and those nights in my car. when the first star you see may not be a star. i'm not your star. isn't that what you said? what you thought this song meant? you thought this song meant. i don't wanna wait in vain for your love. i don't wanna wait in vain for your love. i don't wanna, i don't wanna, i don't wanna, i don't wanna, i don't wanna, i don't wanna, i don't wanna wait in vain. for your love. if this is what it takes. to lie with my mistakes. and live with what i did to you. all the hell i put you through. but i always catch the clock it's 11:11. and now it's time to talk. it's never hard to dream. you'll always be my konstantine. my konstantine. oh my konstantine. they'll never hurt you like i do. no, no, they'll never hurt you like i do. no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. this is to a girl she got into my head with all these pretty things she did. hey you know you keep me up in bed. it's to a girl who got into my head with all these fucked up things i did. hey maybe baby, you could keep me up in bed. my konstantine. i watch her spin around me like a dream we played out on this movie screen. and i said, did you know i miss you? did you know i miss you? did you know i don't wanna wait in vain for your love? no no, i said i miss you. i said i miss you. i said i miss you. i'll always miss you. and then you bring me home. and we go to sleep but this time not alone, no no, and you kiss me in your living room. but i know, i know you'll miss me in your living room. 'cause these nights i think maybe that i need you in my living room. but we don't have much room. i said, does anyboy need that room? because we all need a little more room. to live. my konstantine.
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-andrew usually says something along the lines of "this is about a girl who broke my heart, so i'm going to break her heart ten times over"
-andrew always changes "konstantine" around in some form or another when he plays it live. he constantly changes it around, depending on his mood, feelings, or the particular relationship he is in.
-there is a jimmy eat world song called "for me this is heaven" on their "clarity" cd, and it starts with the line, "the first star you see may not be a star"
-why does andrew keep referring to rooms? he says it's a reference to "making out"
-is konstantine a real person? yes, but her name is krystal. she is one of andrew's ex's.
-there was nothing constant about the relationship, except for the inconsistency of it all, i suppose. so he called the song constantine and then added a k at the beginning in tribute of krystal's name, and hoped that it would all "make sense"
live - 12.12.03 (one of the eight live versions i have so far)
"this is about a girl i used to think i knew...it's called konstantine"
i can't imagine all the people that you know. and the places that you go. when the lights are turned down low. and i don't understand all the things you've seen. but i'm slipping in between. you and your big dreams. it's always you in my big dreams. and you tell me. that it's over. wake up lying in a patch of four leaf clover. and you're restless. and i'm naked. you've got to get out. you can't stand to see me shaking. no, could you let me go? i didn't think so. and you don't want to be here in the future. you say the present's just a pleasant interruption to the past. and you don't want to look much closer. you're so afraid to find out all this hope. you had sent into the sky by now had crashed. and it did because of me. and then you bring me home. afraid to find out that we're alone, no. and i'm sleeping in her living room. but we don't have much room. to live. and i had these dreams, i learned to play guitar. maybe cross the country. become a rockstar. and there was hope in me that i would take you there. but damn it you're so young. well i don't think i care. and if i hurt you then i'm sorry. please don't think that this was easy. and then you bring me home. 'cause we both know what it's like to live alone, no. and i'm sleeping in her living room. 'cause we don't have much room. to dream. and konstantine is walking down the stairs. doesn't she look good. standing in her underwear? and i've been thinking. but i've been thinking. we've been drinking and it doesn't get me anywhere. i saw my konstantine walking down the stairs. and i swear all that i could do was touch that long blond hair. and i've been thinking but, but i've been thinking. that we've been drinking did it ever get us anywhere at all? it never got me anywhere. it never got me anywhere at all. from the curve of your jaw. to the curve of your thigh. to the curve of your lips hanging down beneath your eyes. that filled with tears. 'cause i'm not here. but i'm never here. this is because i can spell konfusion with a k and i can like it. it's to dying in anothers arms and why i had to try it. it's to jimmy eat world and those nights in my car. when the first star you see may not be a star. i'm not your star. isn't that what you said? what you thought this song meant? you thought this song meant. i don't wanna wait in vain for your love. i don't wanna wait in vain for your love. i don't wanna, i don't wanna, i don't wanna, i don't wanna, i don't wanna, i don't wanna, i don't wanna wait in vain. for your love. if this is what it takes. to lie with my mistakes. and live with what i did to you. all the hell i put you through. but i always catch the clock it's 11:11. and now it's time to talk. it's never hard to dream. you'll always be my konstantine. my konstantine. oh my konstantine. they'll never hurt you like i do. no, no, they'll never hurt you like i do. no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. this is to a girl she got into my head with all these pretty things she did. hey you know you keep me up in bed. it's to a girl who got into my head with all these fucked up things i did. hey maybe baby, you could keep me up in bed. my konstantine. i watch her spin around me like a dream we played out on this movie screen. and i said, did you know i miss you? did you know i miss you? did you know i don't wanna wait in vain for your love? no no, i said i miss you. i said i miss you. i said i miss you. i'll always miss you. and then you bring me home. and we go to sleep but this time not alone, no no, and you kiss me in your living room. but i know, i know you'll miss me in your living room. 'cause these nights i think maybe that i need you in my living room. but we don't have much room. i said, does anyboy need that room? because we all need a little more room. to live. my konstantine.
♥somethingcorporate