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The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen Lyrics
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When I was young I knew everything
She, a punk who rarely ever took advice
Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor
Stopped a babies breath and a shoeful of rice, no
Can't be held responsible
'Cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise
And we never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe
We'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept
And now he's guilt-stricken, sobbing with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept he says
Can't be held responsible
'Cause she was touching her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise
And we never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe
We'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
Hey Yah Eee Hah Eee Hah Eee Yah
Hey Yaaah Hey Yah Eee Hah Eee Yah
We tried to wash our hands of all of this
We never talk of our lack in relationships
And how we're guilt-stricken, sobbing with our heads on the floor
We fell through the ice
When we tried not to slip
We'd say
Can't be held responsible
'Cause she was touching her face
And I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise
And we'd never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe
We'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
For the life of me
I cannot remember
What made us think that we were wise
And we'd never compromise
For the life of me
I cannot believe
We'd ever die for these sins
We were merely freshmen
We were merely freshmen
We were only freshmen
 lyrics corrected on 19-10-2009 |
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11-12-2004 03:49 tearsinheaven37 | 
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hey i feel your pain with the freshmen deal. but that song is more than that. these things really happened. and its not just about how his freshmen year was hard and how everyone else's is. its about a real event that happened to him and then to his friend. to me, using the excuse of them being freshmen almost seemed a way of dealing with the guilt that he felt after all this. i mean, he can't be held account because 'we were merely freshmen...'. i don't know. theres a million ways to interpret everything haha | | 11-12-2004 03:54 dashboard5 |
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| no that makes sense...it probably was his way to deal with it, chalking it up to being young and naive...i think it's a way that alot of people deal with things and try not to feel guilty
great song though, its confusing what it's about the first few times then you get the hang of it | | 17-02-2005 23:50 666SatanLady |
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I love this song so much.
I'm "merely a freshman" and I still appreciate it.
But what was this terrible thing that he did that he's trying to blame on his adolescence? | | 17-02-2005 23:52 EmoRockGirl85 | 
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| i can't decide if it's a college freshmen or a high school freshmen. | | 17-02-2005 23:55 666SatanLady |
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| I would say Highschool freshman because by the time your a college freshman yor pretty mature (much more than highschool freshmen anyway) | | 19-02-2005 02:01 mrsaiken16 |
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| Yeah, the other day i was going throught my sisters songsoon her comp, and i came across this one, and omg, even though i can like barely relate to it at all, idk, it was just like "wow this song is os awesome"!! I love it soo much!! i just want to know like what happened to him, cause i got what happened to his friend, but i was sort of confused about what happened to him!! I know this is probably i rly dumb question, but thatnx toanyone who will take the time to tell me!!! | | 03-04-2005 02:38 ALI_Mmm |
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| yeah i wanted to know about it too and no doubt you're over it by now but i found a website which may be helpful to any others
um dont know if this will work buuut..
[url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=2474] | | 17-04-2005 10:49 purple_hippo | 
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I adore this song so very much | | 06-06-2005 16:17 spodawg |
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I heard, some girl they were friends wi' got pregnant by one of the band members and she fell in love with one of them, then killed herself.
Made sense to me. Ironic that it made them rich javascript:insert('  ')
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My cousin listened to this song, that was before he died... this song is so important to me. But odd thing is, i just got over being a Freshman. Weird huh? | | 01-10-2005 06:59 Terellymon |
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yo man i lurrrve this song, it like totally explains the hardship of bein a teen adults just dnt undastand how we live  r they singing about bout how two peeps were boyf, girlf and then she got pregnant they couldnt handle the pressure and sent the baby 'away'. and about his bst friend breakup and she killed herself? im pretty sure thats it but cn never be too sure these dayz........rad song  | | 20-10-2005 16:50 enter_night |
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i've never really gotten this song...all I know is that so far, my freshmen year sucks...
But I love this song so much. | | 24-10-2005 03:11 Alison25 |
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this song is so well written...and so wonderful. check this out>> www.songfacts.com and look up the freshmen it tells u all about why and what the song it written about.... very very useful site too!  | | 08-11-2005 17:03 z_artemis |
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I have been looking for this song for a really long time! I've loved it since I first heard it, and it's true about more than just freshmen, I'm now a sophmore and finding how hard things are, I'm losing friends just as fast as I'm making new ones, this is the time of alotta drama, which I don't always like, but it's a gorgeous song! the lyrics really have a truthfulness to them and the meaning is really good.... the fact that when your young you make mistakes, and hes trying to forget and trying to deal with pain and blame. | | 12-11-2005 07:23 Unforgiven2 |
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In 2001, Brian Vander Ark (The Verve Pipe) explained what the song means to him:
[b] We all think we know everything at a young age. I thought I did. I realize I didn't know sh*t until i was 36. AND SHE, A PUNK, WHO RARELY TOOK ADVICE. How many people do we know like that? NOW I'M GUILT STRICKEN, SOBBING, WITH MY HEAD ON THE FLOOR. Something happened, that caused this reaction, but I wouldn't want to give that away this early in the song, so let's through in an some ambiguity: STOP A BABY'S BREATH, AND A SHOE FULL OF RICE, NO. First of all, forget the NO. Stop a baby's breath is just that. Abort the baby. A shoe full of rice is a result of a wedding. So - stop a baby's breath AND then you stop a wedding. She's pregnant, get her to abort, and then there's no wedding. And you know what? I CAN'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE, CAUSE SHE WAS TOUCHING HER FACE. When I wrote this song, The Divinyls had a song out called I touch myself. The TV was on, she was touching her face in the video. Very sexy. So, I can't be held responsible because she was trying to be sexy, trying to seduce me, etc. I WON'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE, SHE FELL IN LOVE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I didn't tell her to fall in love. FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT MADE US THINK THAT WE WERE WISE, AND WE'D NEVER COMPROMISE. What was i thinking back then. Who am I to put a girl though that? Why was I unable to compromise? Guilty feelings. FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CANNOT BELIEVE WE'D EVER DIE FOR THESE SINS, WE WERE MERELY FRESHMEN. We were just kids, let it go, we all make mistakes, etc. MY BEST FRIEND TOOK A WEEKS VACATION TO FORGET HER. He needed to get away because of what happened. HIS GIRL TOOK A WEEK'S WORTH OF VALIUM AND SLEPT. This is why this song is not that strong literally - it's confusing. HIS girl is MY girl. the same girl that had the abortion has now killed herself. NOW HE'S GUILT-STRICKEN SOBBING WITH HIS HEAD ON THE FLOOR, THINKS ABOUT HER NOW AND HOW HE NEVER REALLY WEPT HE SAYS. He has the same guilty feelings that I do about the abortion and death. WE TRIED TO WASH OUR HANDS OF ALL OF THIS, WE NEVER TALK OF OUR LACKING RELATIONSHIPS. We rarely spoke after the incident - we just tried to forget it. We never spoke of her or the fact that we can't have a decent relationship with anyone since then. WE FELL THROUGH THE ICE WHEN WE TRIED NOT TO SLIP. No matter how careful you might be, there are other perils out there.
The girl is real, the abortion is real. the death is not. it's poetic license--to make the story more interesting. | | 12-11-2005 08:31 Terellymon |
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| thats deep real deep, im trying not to cry right at this moment. this song is titled as 'the freshmen' isnt it 'MERELY FRESHMEN'???? | | 05-12-2005 08:52 FighterNZL |
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| "She fell in love in the 1st place..."
Aw man I love this song. | | 21-07-2006 18:35 xoparisxo617 | 
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| I love this song so much. | | 19-08-2006 23:04 rainking883 |
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great song to play (and to listen to  ) | | 02-09-2006 01:34 LunaticGirl_x |
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My favorite song. | | 01-12-2006 15:08 Inmykakypants |
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the song is great
very heartfelt, and very good
Its a sad story, about a guy and a girl who had an affair and then aborted the baby and broke up. This led to the girl's suicide, and the guy's depression. The guy tries to justify himself by saying that they were only freshmen, and didnt know anything. | | 29-12-2006 04:13 Kelsaa |
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Absolutely LOVE this song! It's sooo depressing but, oddly enough, it speaks of something that I think everyone can relate to. And that is what makes an incredible song. I'm a huge fan...(even if it has a tendency to bring tears!) | | 31-12-2006 00:59 MidnyteFox |
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I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!! | | 27-03-2007 02:27 xxlost89xx |
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| it was a little confusing the first time i heard it but after listening to it again, i really liked it. Its so sad, but still really good. | | 12-06-2007 16:50 redskull619 |
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Powerful, beautiful song. I love the way it builds (musically and intellectually). |
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