GASLIGHT ANTHEM

- Great Expectations Lyrics

Mary, this station is playing every sad song.
I remember like we were alive.
And I heard and sung them all from inside of these walls,
In this prison cell where we spent those nights.
And they burnt up the diner where I always used to find her.
Licking young boys blood from her claws.
And I learned about the blues from this kitten that I knew.
Her hair was raven and her heart was like a tomb.
My heart's like a wound.

I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife.
Everybody leaves and I'd expect as much from you.
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my old life.
Everybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?

Mary, I worried and stalled every night of my life.
Better safe than making the party.
And I never had a good time, I sat my bedside,
With papers and poetry about Estella.
Great Expectations, we had the Greatest Expectations.

I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife.
Everybody leaves and I'd expect as much from you.
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my old life.
Everybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?

It's funny how the night moves.
Humming a song from 1962.
We were always waiting...
Always waiting...
We were always waiting for something to happen.

I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my first wife.
Everybody leaves and I'd expect as much from you.
I saw tail lights last night in a dream about my old life.
Everybody leaves, so why, why wouldn't you?

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Facts about Great Expectations

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Who wrote Great Expectations lyrics?


Great Expectations is written by Brian Fallon.
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When was Great Expectations released?


It is first released on August 18, 2008 as part of Gaslight Anthem's album "The '59 Sound" which includes 13 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Great Expectations lyrics?


When we take a closer look at its interpretation, 'Great Expectations' is a song by The Gaslight Anthem that deals with loss, nostalgia, and unfulfilled dreams as the main topics. The lines reveal a feeling of being left alone and wanting again, and show this through the metaphor of 'tail lights' as the index of going away and the inner sensation of being left behind. The singer reports the conflicting feelings of acceptance and desire, bringing to mind the past connections and happenings, and at the same time, admitting that people would always eventually move on. The lyrics of Great expectations deal mainly with love pain, self-examination, despair, outburst of feelings and loneliness. In the meantime, they point to the same losses and the feelings of abandonment, nostalgia and the like, and unfulfilled hopes as the main factors. The lyrics introduce themes of loss, sorrow, and even violence, such as 'licking young boys blood from her claws,' which could be too intense for children under 13. The emotional intensity and mature themes of the song definitely make it PG-13.
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Which genre is Great Expectations?


Great Expectations falls under the genre Alternative.
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How long is the song Great Expectations?


Great Expectations song length is 3 minutes and 09 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Brian Fallon
Record Label(s): 2008 Side One Dummy
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