#i know the world’s a broken bone ( but melt your headaches call it home ) | junichirou ; reflections

[hazardsoflove]

hey moon please forget to fall down hey moon don’t you go down you are at the top of my lungs drawn to the ones who never yawn

[afterlifeoftheparty]

does anyone know why

[iryryro]

i know the world's a broken bone, but melt your headaches, call it home <3

[youknowwhatidoforaliving]

"The ink is running toward the page, it's chasing off the days

Look back at boat feet and that winding knee

I missed your skin when you were east

You clicked your heels and wished for me

Through playful lips made of yarn, that fragile Capricorn

Unraveled words like moths upon old scarves

I know the world's a broken bone

But melt your headaches, call it home."

Northern Downpour by Panic! at the Disco (Pretty. Odd., 2008)

[getaroomryden-moved]

Sun/Moon Lyric Theory Masterpost!

(full post under cut, here it is as a google doc also, if that's easier for you!)

Disclaimer that I am so aware most of these are probably not on purpose or linked to Ryden but please let just let me have my crazy Ryden truther moment thank you, enjoy :3

What is Sun/Moon lyric theory?

The sun/moon lyric theory states that there are many references to the sun and the moon in Panic!, The Young Veins and Ryan’s own songs, and it is thought that the sun and the moon represent Ryan and Brendon or were their “nicknames” or each other in songs, with Ryan being the sun and Brendon the moon.

This theory started with many of the lyrics in Pretty Odd and it is the album with the most references to the sun and moon and with the most evidence that it is about Ryden, however there are references to the sun and the moon in later albums, so it could also be interpreted that these lyrics are about Ryan (using the sun as a metaphor for him).

The majority of my knowledge of this theory comes from the video I linked in the first paragraph but some of this is my own interpretation/findings, but a very big credit to that video by Bethany White for introducing me to the theory and providing me with many of my examples.

Also there are definitely some people that believe the sun and moon’s roles can alternate at times, I don’t see it as much and also just for simplicity I will be saying Ryan is the sun and Brendon is the moon for all of this.

Pretty. Odd. (2008)

I Have Friends In Holy Spaces Written by Brendon Urie

I’m not complaining that it’s raining / I’m just saying that I’d like it a lot More than you think / If the sun would come out and sing with me You remind me of a few of my famous friends Well that all depends what you qualify as friends

This could just be saying how Brendon loves performing with Ryan and prefers to do things with him but the second two lines some people think is kind of poking fun saying that it depends what you qualify as “friends” since they are “more than friends”. Another interpretation I’ve seen is that Brendon wants Ryan (the sun) to come out and say that they are “more than friends”.

Northern Downpour Written by Ryan Ross

Hey moon, please forget to fall down / Hey moon, don’t you go down

Northern Downpour is considered a notorious Ryden song, due to Seattle theory and also Ryan saying this in an interview with Rolling Stone on the 3rd of April 2008.

“It was about touring and girlfriends and love and everything that’s been important to us in the past few years. There’s a line in the song that goes ‘I know the world’s a broken bone, but melt your headaches, call it home’ I told Brendon (Urie, lead singer) to pay special attention to that line.”

However, it could be argued its the other way round just because there is a concert clip from 2008 where Brendon sings “Hey moon, don’t you go down” and Ryan responds with “Never will”, but this could just be due to the fact that Brendon is the singer so even though Ryan wrote it, Brendon will be singing it on stage so could not reply as the moon, so Ryan was just responding to Brendon’s singing. 

There also have been many instances post-split of Brendon tearing up/getting visibly emotional on stage when singing that line. This is not super relevant specifically to the “moon” line but it could be interpreted that Ryan wrote the song specifically with Brendon in mind/for him.

When The Day Met The Night Written by Ryan Ross

When the moon fell in love with the sun / All was golden in the sky All was golden when the day met the night

When the sun found the moon / She was drinking tea in a garden Under the green umbrella trees / In the middle of summer

When the moon found the sun / He looked like he was barely hanging on But her eyes saved his life / In the middle of summer

In these lyrics the sun is male (he) and moon is female (she), obviously they would have had to make the relationship mentioned in the song between a male and female but still could be interpreted as being about Ryan and Brendon. It also hints that Ryan does in fact refer to himself as the sun as he said this song was about a love interest, and so the song is from the sun or Ryan’s point of view.

In the middle of summer / All was golden in the sky All was golden when the day met the night

So he said, "Would it be all right / If we just sat and talked for a little while If in exchange for your time / I give you this smile?"

So she said, "That's okay / As long as you can make a promise Not to break my little heart / Or leave me all alone in the summer"

Well, he was just hanging around / Then he fell in love And he didn't know how / But he couldn't get out Just hanging around / Then he fell in love In the middle of summer

Overall, it is theorised that this song is about/for Brendon, due to the use of their sun/moon nicknames in songs, and this one is the clearest example of that.

She Had The World Written by Ryan Ross

The sun was always in her eyes / She didn’t even see me But that girl had so much love / She’d wanna kiss you all the time

I didn’t actually realise this link on my own, most of this interpretation is from Bethany White’s video which I linked earlier. This song is about unrequited love, he was always in her eyes but never truly saw him, then later in the song he says he doesn’t love her. Ryan has said that this song was about an ex-girlfriend.

Mad As Rabbits Written by Ryan Ross

Paul Cates bought himself a trumpet from the salvation army But there ain’t no sunshine in this song, we must reinvent love

“Paul Cates is a public education director for the Lesbian and Gay rights project of the American civil liberties union”

“Reinvent love” is a quote from gay French poet Arthur Rimbaud who said “I don’t like women, love must be reinvented, it's obvious” and Ryan has said that Mad As Rabbits is a love song.

This isn’t really a link to the sun or the moon but the line itself does say “there ain’t so sunshine in this song, we must reinvent love” which could be interpreted as, since love hasn’t been reinvented, Ryan or the sun cannot be there, so in order for the sun to shine, love must be “reinvented” first.

Nine in the Afternoon Written by Ryan Ross

Your eyes are the size of the moon

Not necessarily a link to Ryden but it is another reference to the moon on this album, however I have seen the interpretation that this could be referring to the way the pupil expands when you see someone/something you love.

Take a Vacation! (2010) By The Young Veins

When You Walk In The Room Covered by The Young Veins

I see a summer’s night and a magic moon / Every time that you walk in the room

I literally cannot find any concrete link anywhere but it mentions the moon and summer which is a slight link, however it’s definitely a reach here, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this song was chosen intentionally to be a reference due to Brendon consistently being referred to as the moon throughout Pretty Odd, but I am aware it’s definitely a reach.

C’mon (2011) Written by Brendon Urie

And if the sun should lift me up, would you come back?

This song is not part of an album, but still had a reference to the sun, this was written and released post-split. The song is about missing someone and was after Ryan and Brendon had gone separate ways.

Vices & Virtues (2011)

The Ballad of Mona Lisa

Say what you mean, tell me I'm right / And let the sun rain down on me

(Unverified annotation from the genius lyric page) “The narrator then wishes for the sun to ‘rain down’ on him, another contradiction that likely represents his wishes for happiness to return to his life.”

If Ryan is represented by the sun it could be argued that he wants the happiness of being with Ryan (romantically or platonically) back in his life, also with the “give me a sign I wanna believe” it could be that he wants a sign they could reunite and be together again. Another interpretation is that these lines mean that the narrator wants whoever they’re talking to to “say what they mean” or communicate properly with them, which could link to Brendon wanting to communicate with Ryan.

Trade Mistakes

I may never sleep tonight / As long as you're still burning bright If I could trade mistakes for sheep / Count me awake before you sleep

I interpret this as being a sun/moon lyric despite not explicitly saying it because the sun “burns bright” which made me think this lyric was related. Also “count me awake before you sleep”, implies that Brendon (the moon) would be awake, and the moon is out at night, whilst Ryan (the sun) was sleeping, as the sun goes down at night.

The Calendar

Put another ex on the calendar / Summer's on its deathbed

It could be argued that some references to summer tie into the sun/moon lyric references, I say this since in When The Day Met The Night it says “in the middle of summer” so to me, at least, references to summer also could link to Ryden. (See also Golden Days)

Also despite on Spotify it saying “another X on the calendar”, the Vices & Virtues CD lyric booklet says “ex on the calendar”, showing it was an intentional play on words, this implies the song is about a break up. In interviews, the band said that originally the song was about a break up but over time came to be about the splitting of the band.

Stall Me

So curse everyone and everything / Even the sun

Baptized in the river of you / Hold on death / The moon's just a sliver of you

Once again I’m not entirely sure if there is a concrete Ryden link but it's another mention of the sun and moon in this album.

Sun and Moon Written by Jon Walker

I don’t need the sun and the moon to tell me what to do

This is a solo song by Jon, separate from Panic! or The Young Veins. I am not saying this song is definitely about Ryden because it was Jon’s own song, nothing to do with the others so I don’t want to act like everything he does is linked to Panic! or the other members. However, when you read the lyrics it does seem like it could be interpreted as about them. Some other lyrics are:

What’s the point in holding on / If the two of you just don’t belong?

It could be saying that Brendon and Ryan weren’t meant to be together or had a rocky relationship towards the end of the band, which was obvious to others/or just Jon, this is possibly tension that catalysed the split or arguments within the band. The first lyric could also indicate that Ryan and Brendon or the sun and moon, took charge in the band and made a lot of the musical decisions, but now Jon was making music by himself, he no longer has to have them telling him what to do in terms of his music. Once again, not saying this is definitely about them but it is an interpretation.

Lonely Moonlight (2013) Written by Ryan Ross

The sun went down over my head, another day I’ve lost, filled with regret I wander through the sunshine, remembering when you were mine, lonely moonlight When I had a younger heart, you told me not to fear the dark, lonely moonlight Someone I love loves someone else another day I lost, all by myself 

This song is from Ryan’s solo album, talking about how the sun and the moon remind him of someone special, and since Brendon’s nickname was moon, it could be interpreted that the “lonely moonlight” is him. These are all the lyrics to the song, the rest of it is just these lyrics repeated. Whilst, of course, not everything Ryan does is a link to Brendon, the sun and moon metaphor was very much their thing and so it does point towards there being a possible link.

Here is a link to the song if you want to listen to it.

Another link I found in the comments section of Bethany White’s video was Ryan’s other song.

Where I Belong Written by Ryan Ross

If you wanna see the sun, you're gonna have to dig your way out

Once again, not a concrete link, but another reference to the sun in Ryan’s music.

Death Of A Bachelor (2016)

Golden Days

I found a pile of polaroids in the crates of a record shop

This is not sun/moon but I have seen the interpretation before that this is a link to before the band broke up as its “polaroids” or old memories in a “record shop” which sells music, so he found memories in their old music or relating to it.

In the summertime In the summertime

The genius lyric page for Golden Days points out the similarity between this line and “In the middle of summer” from When The Day Met The Night, so at least to me, the summer in general as well as the sun and the moon, could be a link to Ryden.

Oh, don't you wonder when the light begins to fade?

This is a reach but the light fading could be the sun (or Ryan) going away/leaving, as when the sun leaves, so will the light and it will become dark.

We’ll stay drunk, we’ll stay tan, let the love remain And I swear that I’ll always pain you / Golden days

Once again the line “Golden days” is similar to the “Golden in the sky” in When The Day Met The Night. This could also be a reference to the “golden days” of Panic!, so when the band was still together and they first began gaining popularity, or when he still had Ryan, either romantically or just in his life in general.

I bet they never even thought about / The glitter dancing on the skin The decades might've washed it out / As the flashes popped like pins

This is once again me reaching but I see this line as maybe linked to the band due to their glittery/flashy costumes, especially in the A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out era, they never thought it would go away or they would no longer have the band or this stage presence, or even if they knew it would one day end they never thought at the time it would end so quickly. And since the “decades washed it out”, when Death Of A Bachelor was released (2016) it had been over 10 years since the release of Fever (2005).

Impossible Year

There’s no sunshine in this impossible year

I’m not going to say this song is definitely about Ryan, as I read on the genius lyric page about how this song was mainly about Brendon’s own struggles that year, but it does say “sunshine” so I thought to include it in this document. It is a possible link to not having Ryan anymore, but as a whole I don’t necessarily think the song was intended to be about that, whilst it could still be interpreted that way.

I would like to say that I am not saying that all these songs are definitely about Ryden, whilst I am definitely a truther, I do know that not every single thing one of them does is about the other person, this is kind of just for fun and also the part of me that does like to find all the references and see all the possible interpretations, mainly because it’s interesting.

Thank you to my best friend Tea (@thistooisphanyuri / @myfagicalromance) for proof reading this and also enduring my constant Ryden infodumping <333

Also, thank you so much for reading if you got this far! I hope you enjoyed :3

[number-1-blind]

Ryden Sun & Moon Theory, A Summary

A short (actually long) and incoherent summary of the sun and moon theory from the beginning to end.

Disclaimers

I have a few things to say before I get into the good stuff, I apologize. I would like to clear up that this is all speculation as well as for fun. I don't usually encourage the shipping of real people but in the case that there is a large amount of evidence in regards to it I often like to entertain the idea. I would also like to say that throughout their whole careers Brendon nor Ryan has not denied or confirmed the rumors.

Confirmation of… Something

However, Brendon and Ryan have acknowledged their “moments” on stage. In an interview Ryan was asked: “Are you toying with the idea of bisexuality?” To which he answered: “There was never a point where we were going for that or trying to make a statement,” and, “We're just having fun,”

In the same interview Brendon spoke about how he is “playful” with Ryan on stage. He said things like: “For our first headline tour I would go up to Ryan and like kiss him on the neck or kiss him on the mouth,” and “I would hang out with friends and after five or six beers we're just kind of smooching on each other,”

So here, we clearly know they've at least kissed. If it's on stage for fun and Brendon admits to “smooching on” his friends, I'd say it's pretty fair to say it's happened behind closed doors as well.

Although, it is also clear that some moments in shows are scripted. This is regarded as stage gay and is a marketing tactic. It's essentially queer bait.

Ryro and B-Den Relationship Timeline

Generally, Ryan is regarded as the sun and Brendon as the moon. However, this also changes based on their relationship status. In 2004 Ryan was with a girl who is commonly referred to as S for privacy reasons. Throughout their relationship and break-up he was highly emotional and it led to beloved songs such as Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off. In this time he had taken on the role of the moon and Brendon was his sun, coming to him in a time of need and helping him.

From late 2005 to 2006 Ryan went on to get together with scene queen Jac Vanek. This resulted in Brendon meeting and dating another scene queen Audrey Kitching. Both their break-ups were rough, involving cheating and a faked miscarriage (allegedly).

In late 2006, enters another girl, Keltie Colleen. She was a dancer for them for a VMAs performance and got with Ryan afterwards. There's a lot to get Into here but during his relationship with Keltie is when he transitions from moon to sun alignment.

It was a rough relationship and before leaving to the cabin where Pretty. Odd. was written they went through a very difficult situation. Throughout his time at the cabin Keltie was not contacted and she began to wonder if he was cheating.

From his relationship with Audrey up until 2009 Brendon was always single. He transitioned to his moon alignment during this time. Generally the rule is if Brendon is single he's moon and if Ryan is single he's sun.

Pretty. Odd.

Pretty. Odd. is really when the sun and moon symbolism starts. The first song where this shows is I Have Friends In Holy Spaces which was written by Brendon. He says: “I'm not complaining that it's raining, I'm just saying that I'd like it a lot more than you think, if the sun would come out and sing with me,” I particularly like this because he's saying he wishes Ryan would sing with him more often and enjoys it very much.

Northern Downpour is in my opinion one of the most Ryden heavy songs and gives us so much to work with. In an interview with Rolling Stone Ryan had said, “It was about touring and girlfriends and love and everything that’s been important to us in the past few years. There’s a line in the song that goes, ‘I know the world’s a broken bone, but melt your headaches, call it home.’ I told Brendon to pay special attention to that line,”

Ryan had also said that Jon wrote “the sugar cane part,” but the rest of the song was written by him. Although, it's a very common theory that it was written as a correspondence between Ryan and Brendon. This is especially thought about because of Ryan specifically telling Brendon to pay attention to, “I know the world’s a broken bone, but melt your headaches, call it home,”

I personally think that the line “I missed your skin when you were east, You clicked your heels and wished for me,” is Brendon talking to Ryan. I think it's referring to Ryan's time with Keltie in New York while Brendon was in Las Vegas or even just while they were all in New York. Also, of course all the “Hey, Moon,” lines could be Brendon talking to Ryan but I'm unsure if these are included in the parts Jon had written or not.

There's a lot more to Northern Downpour but that should all be saved for a post of its own. So, let's talk about the next Ryden heavy song, When the Day Met the Night. This song is completely about the sun and moon and leans into the theory heavily. In the song, the sun has he/him pronouns and the moon has she/her but in live performances Brendon has used he/him for both. However, neither me nor my source has found the clip so I'm unsure if it's true.

A very intriguing part, however, is the line: “as long as you can make a promise not to break my little heart and leave me all alone in the summer,” This line is not only sung in first person but it also reveals something extremely interesting. Ryan left the band on July 6th of 2009, July would fall in the middle of summer. I don't think they would have known he would leave, so it's highly possible it's a coincidence but the amount of coincidences that happen to this band is insane.

Vices and Virtues & The Departure of Ryan

Ryan left the band after a very well known time in Capetown. There he had met a woman who he swore to spend his life with. Everyone told him not to chase her and he responded by throwing his passport into the crowd saying, “My heart belongs in Capetown,” Unbeknownst to him, she had a husband in jail. With Ryan, Jon Walker also departed from the band to join Ryan in The Young Veins.

That's another story though, I want to focus on Brendon Urie – my beloved B-Den. Him and Spencer Smith went on to write the album Vices and Virtues. In this album we have the wonderful song The Ballad Of Mona Lisa. We theorize that Ryan is Mona Lisa.

In The Ballad Of Mona Lisa Brendon says, “Say what you mean, tell me I'm right, and let the sun rain down on me,” which likely references their fight in Capetown. He's telling Ryan to say what he means and tell Brendon he's right, perhaps about the woman they urged Ryan not to be with. The sun “raining down on” him could mean that Ryan's words were raining down on him. This also has so much substance it could be a post of its own so I'll leave this here.

After Ryan's departure Brendon was always extremely emotional singing older Panic! songs. He could never get through the one line in Northern Downpour that he was always told to pay attention to. He also could never sing the song without crying. At this time he had also started dating Sarah but I don't think he transitioned back to moon alignment until their engagement after Vices and Virtues.

Ryan had sung the song as well after his departure, in 2019 with his girlfriend Elizabeth Berg. Ryan was also clearly emotional while performing the song. However even though he was in a relationship he seemed to be in sun alignment, still in contrast with Brendon. In true sun fashion, he seemed to perform the song very happily despite being emotional.

The Curse Of Celestial Lovers

It's not very well known but Celestial/Star-Crossed Lovers are destined to never be together in the end. This is the case no matter the celestial alignment. Even if it's a moon or sun and star, such as popular ships Wolfstar and Jegulus. However, it is often worse when it's the moon and sun trying to come together.

As of now, Ryan is living alone in LA and Brendon has married Sarah and is living in Seattle. It is unknown if they are in touch or if they have met recently. Ryan has re-entered social media and done shows recently and Brendon is coming back for the WWWY tour to perform in Las Vegas.

I wonder if Ryan will be there…

Sources:

I urge you to please read my sources as well as they make even more points and provide more evidence!

https://www.chickensmoothie.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=3499771#p110413618

https://www.tumblr.com/vengeancevixen/735869372234612737/panic-fact-okay-time-to-clear-up-some?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/pathetic-at-the-disco/170881574411/the-tragic-love-life-of-ryan-ross-part-1?source=share

https://panicatthedisco.fandom.com/wiki/Northern_Downpour

https://aminoapps.com/c/panic-at-the-disco/page/blog/sun-and-moon-theory/lXkm_Y1etQugVpz7WEgXLEdMrkg7rB5erPY

[otrtbs]

hope you know everytime i read your header/user, I think of northern downpour's line "i know the world's a broken bone, but melt your headaches call them home" and i just have to sigh. it's a little tew real

and then she said she can't believe genius only comes along in storms of fabled foreign tongues. tripping eyes and flooded lungs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! northern downpour sends its love!!!!!!

yeah i love that song so bad actually !!! one of the best. so glad that's what it's giving !!!!

[fuck-you-upmusicbracket]

Pierre (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812)

It's dawned on me suddenly/And for no obvious reason/That I can't go on/Living as I am/The zest of life has vanished/Only the skeleton remains/Unexpectedly vile/I used to be better

“Before I got diagnosed and treated for my OCD, I’d find myself leaving class and singing the “I used to be better” part of the song on my way to my office hours. I firmly believed that I’d become a worse professor and that song was my compulsion.”

Northern Downpour (Panic! At The Disco)

Through playful lips made of yarn, that fragile Capricorn/Unraveled words like moths upon old scarves/I know the world's a broken bone/But melt your headaches, call it home

"The lyrics have always just messed me up so much, the whole metaphor inside of metaphor and play on words that make the lyrics so beautiful. It makes you feel nostalgic for something to cry over."

[nofunclvb]

hey i know the world's a broken bone. but melt your headaches call it home

[lucifersresources]

soft romantic lyrics rp meme

i need something to rely on.

tell me when you're gonna let me in.

is this the place that i've been dreaming of?

why don't we go somewhere only we know?

i'm used to loving from a distance.

i'll give you just enough to make it seem like i'm exposing all my secrets.

my guard's up.

you're breaking my armour down.

you're the only one i'm seeing.

i'm terrified of you leaving.

oh my god, i fucking love you.

i'm all in now.

i'm always bracing for the impact.

i'm always sure that nothing good can last.

i got so used to running so fast; with you, it isn't like that.

i missed your skin when you were east.

i know the world's a broken bone, but melt your headaches, call it home.

northern downpour sends its love.

i'm so in love i let the world go by me.

nothing matters but you.

every dream i dream, i dream about you.

loving you is all i want to do.

they don't know the worlds i conquer when i'm kissing you.

baby, i'm yours.

i'll be yours until the stars fall from the sky.

i'll be yours until the sun no longer shines.

i'm gonna stay right here by your side.

nothing in the world could drive me away.

you're the only thing i need.

even if my heart stops beating, you're the only thing i need.

pretty boy, you did this with me.

baby girl, look where we made it.

as long as i got you, i'm gonna be alright.

[m0tor8aby]

So my friend asked me why I love northern downpour and I ended up ranting and analysing like mad, here's what I told him:

A) I'm a Capricorn and I like deluding myself that that line had to do with me

B) the whole of those two verses but specifically that one have some of my favourite word play in the entirety of music. "The ink is running toward the page, it's chasing off the days

Look back at both feet and that winding knee

I missed your skin when you were east

You clicked your heels and wished for me

Through playful lips made of yarn, that fragile Capricorn

Unraveled words like moths upon old scarves

I know the world's a broken bone

But melt your headaches, call it home" like? It's incredible

C) what the verse means it's just. Like okay, the person with playful lips made of yarn, that fragile Capricorn basically means that like, they speak without thinking. They try to be playful, they want to have fun. They're fragile, yet they want to have fun in the only way they know, with their words and playful jokes. The issue is that they don't recognise when the things they say are no longer funny, when they say things that bring the mood down or hurt his feelings. The "unraveled words like moths upon old scarves". They weigh him down. She says things but he can't tell her how he feels about them, because he doesn't want her to become insecure or be upset - she's fragile. It's the push and pull of him being in love with someone who, while loving him, hurts him unintentionally. The theme of that is pretty strong through the whole album, with the line "I don't love you I'm just passing the time, you could love me if I knew how to lie, but who could love me I'm out of my mind?" It's that feeling of I'll settle, because I love this person more than I can explain, but they make me feel alone, they hurt me, Which is why the chorus is "sugar cane in the easy morning, weathervanes my one and lonely"

It's sweet in the morning when they wake up together. They want to be happy together, they feel like they belong together in that moment. It's easy, it's what love is meant to feel like. Weathervanes are those things that point you in the direction of the wind - it's meant to show you what way to go, but if it's a northern DOWNPOUR , it would be going wild, showing he doesn't know where to go. The usage of "one and lonely", instead of "one and only" shows that he loves this person, his one, he considers them the best thing. But the "lonely" goes to show that he knows it's not working, he knows it's not going to continue and that they won't ever be happy together but he doesn't care, it's the repeated line of sugar canes in the easy morning weathervanes my one and lonely shows that he's having to constantly reassure himself that this is the best plan because he LOVES them, or that he keeps going through the saga of falling for people whom he knows are bad for him.

TLDR/ I love northern downpour

[hazardsoflove]

i know the worlds a broken bone…….but melt your headaches call it home……..

[mattnotonfire]

IF ALL OUR LIFE IS BUT A DREAM, FANTASTIC POSING GREED THEN WE SHOULD FEED OUR JEWELRY TO THE SEA

FOR DIAMONDS DO APPEAR TO BE

JUST LIKE BROKEN GLASS TO ME

AND THEN SHE SAID SHE CANT BELIEVE

GENIUS ONLY COMES ALONG IN STORMS OF FABLED FOREIGN TONGUES

TRIPPING EYES AND FLOODED LUNGS

NORTHERN DOWNPOUR SENDS IT LOVE

HEY MOON, PLEASE FORGET TO FALL DOWN

HEY MOON, DONT YOU GO DOWNN

SUGARCANE IN THE EASY MORNING, WEATHER VANES MY ONE AND LONELYYY

THE INK IS RUNNING TOWARD THE PAGE, ITS CHASING OFF THE DAYS, LOOK BACK AT BOTH FEET AND THAT WINDING KNEE

I MISSED YOUR SKIN WHEN YOU WERE EAST

YOU CLICKED YOUR HEELS AND WISHED FOR ME

THROUGH PLAYFUL LIPS MADE OF YARN, THAT FRAGILE CAPRICORN, UNRAVELED WORDS LIKE MOTHS UPON OLD SCARVES

I KNOW THE WORLDS A BROKEN BONE, BUT MELT YOUR HEADACHES, CALL IT HOME

HEY MOON, PLEASE FORGET TO FALL DOWN

HEY MOON, DONT YOU GO DOWN

SUGARCANE IN THE EASY MORNING, WEATHER VANES MY ONE AND LONELYYYY

SUGARCANE IN THE EASY MORNING, WEATHER VANES MY ONE AND LONELYY

SUGARCANE IN THE EASY MORNING, WEATHER VANES MY ONE AND LONELY

SUGARCANE IN THE EASY MORNING (HEYY MOON)

WEATHER VANES MY ONE AND LONELY (HEY MOON)

SUGARCANE IN THE EASY MORNING (HEYY MOON)

WEATHER VANES MY ONE AND LONELY (HEY MOON)

SUGARCANE IN THE EASY MORNING (HEY MOON, PLEASE FORGET TO FALL DOWN)

WEATHER VANES MY ONE AND LONELY (HEY MOON, DONT YOU GO DOWN)

SUGARCANE IN THE EASY MORNING (YOU ARE AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS)

WEATHER VANES MY ONE AND LONELY (DRAWN TO THE ONES WHO NEVER YAWN)

SUGARCANE IN THE EASY MORNING (HEY MOON, PLEASE FORGET TO FALL DOWN)

WEATHER VANES MY ONE AND LONELY (HEY MOON, DONT YOU GO DOWN)

SUGARCANE IN THE EASY MORNING (YOU ARE AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS)

DRAWN TO THE ONES WHO NEVER YAWNN

i cant stop listening to northern downpour😞 i actually love this song so much

[prettyoddfever]

i was reading your post about northern downpour and how you don’t understand how newer fans find it sad even though it’s a happy song. i cant speak for everyone but personally, actually i really dont know how to describe it, but the way it’s played and the way that it’s sung (clearly ryan really knew what he was doing when directing brendon haha) i feel like i can describe it as a calming kind of bittersweet feeling, it’s got this ‘life’s been shit for so long but everthing will be okay’ kind of vibe to it and it’s just so relieving to listen to that it makes me want to cry, i get the same kind of feeling listening to ‘everyone but you’ -TYV and ‘farewell and goodnight’ -the smashing pumpkins, songs like that. if that makes any sense at all hahaha.

but as well as that the lyrics are just so good, like the juxtaposition, similes, metaphors (if you can call it that) in the lines like ‘for diamonds do appear to be, just like broken glass to me’ ‘through playful lips made of yarn’ ‘unraveled words like moths upon old scarves’ ‘the ink is running towards the page, it’s chasing off the days’, i find them so fascinating and perfect to describe this feeling of being stuck or forgetting that life keeps going or the morality of everything.

and parts like ‘hey moon, please forget to fall down’ where it’s almost like wanting time to stop and to just live in that one moment forever and then it goes to ‘sugarcane in the easy morning, weather vanes, my one and lonely’ taking in whatever is happening in the moment but also everything reminding you of the past, and of course ‘i know the worlds a broken bone, but melt your headaches call it home’ it’s like being able to be content with your life and feeling the relief of that.

oh my god i’ve just gone on a tangent at this point and forgotten why i even started writing this sorry HAHAHA

this is just how i’ve interpreted the song, i dont think everyone will have the same thoughts obviously, and i doubt it’s even close to what ryan’s vision was when writing it, but everyone finds ways to relate to things but that’s just the beauty of music and i think that also adds to why a lot of people find this song to be ‘sad’

I love this tangent! It's totally relatable & understandable... thanks for taking the time to share all of that! Yeah, at the bottom of this post I was genuinely curious why younger fans seem to focus so much on "crying to Northern Downpour" if they aren't hit with the nostalgia for 2008 & the depth of everything that that song represented back then. So what you said makes sense that now it's more like the powerful impact of the song itself in a general sense that anyone can tie into their own lives. I love that.

[butter-your-flies]

i know the world's a broken bone, but melt your headaches, call it home

[blood-injections]

I KNOW THE WORLDS A BROKEN BONE BUT MELT YOUR HEADACHES CALL IT HOME