By Y.C. Lim
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| Band members of Blue October. |
For those who do not know the band, Blue October is a rock band originally from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 and currently consists of Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, piano, backing vocals), C.B. Hudson (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Matt Noveskey (bass guitar, backing vocals).
As for the name Blue October, it came from the general mood of the band members in fall of 1995 when everyone first came together, Furstenfeld said.
"A lot of the band members were dealing with their own issues that weren't the happiest and uplifting things," he said. "Someone suggested Blue October and it just seemed to fit."
That name and the attitude overlapped into the band's music. Furstenfeld said their music is not always the happiest of sorts and the name reflects that.
Nowadays, listeners tend to listen only to beats and general flow of a song, thus missing out on beautiful lyrics that have been written and at the same time, a trend of increasing songs with lyrics that meant nothing more than words that rhymes topping charts all over the world.
Coming back to the song Hate Me by Blue October, at first, it might sound like another emo-love songs, little did we know the meaning behind. This song can be interpreted as how the singer's mother loves him, despite all the things that he did and did not do for her. After all that she have been through, she should have hated him instead of loving him. The singer wishes his mother to hate him, as it would make him feel better about himself, instead of guilt.
In an interview with the band, they said that this song was written by one of the band members after his mother passed away. Which makes the recordings in the beginning a memento of his mother, who loved him and stayed by his side through everything, which include getting sober from the grasp of alcoholism.
Nowadays, listeners tend to listen only to beats and general flow of a song, thus missing out on beautiful lyrics that have been written and at the same time, a trend of increasing songs with lyrics that meant nothing more than words that rhymes topping charts all over the world.
Coming back to the song Hate Me by Blue October, at first, it might sound like another emo-love songs, little did we know the meaning behind. This song can be interpreted as how the singer's mother loves him, despite all the things that he did and did not do for her. After all that she have been through, she should have hated him instead of loving him. The singer wishes his mother to hate him, as it would make him feel better about himself, instead of guilt.
In an interview with the band, they said that this song was written by one of the band members after his mother passed away. Which makes the recordings in the beginning a memento of his mother, who loved him and stayed by his side through everything, which include getting sober from the grasp of alcoholism.
Lyrics
Mother: "Hi Justin! This is your mother it is 2:33 on Monday afternoon. I was just calling to see how you were doing. You sounded really uptight last night, it made me a little nervous, and a little, well it made me nervous, but it sounded like you were nervous too. I just want to make sure you are really okay and wanted to see if you were checking in on your medication. You know I love ya. Take care honey, I know you're under a lot of pressure. See ya. Bye Bye!"
Mother: "Hi Justin! This is your mother it is 2:33 on Monday afternoon. I was just calling to see how you were doing. You sounded really uptight last night, it made me a little nervous, and a little, well it made me nervous, but it sounded like you were nervous too. I just want to make sure you are really okay and wanted to see if you were checking in on your medication. You know I love ya. Take care honey, I know you're under a lot of pressure. See ya. Bye Bye!"
I have to block out thoughts of you
So I don't lose my head
They crawl in like a cockroach
Leaving babies in my bed
Dropping little reels of tape
To remind me that I'm alone
Playing movies in my head
That make a porno feel like home
There's a burning in my pride
A nervous bleeding in my brain
An ounce of peace is all I want for you
Will you never call again?
And will you never say that you love me
Just to put it in my face?
And will you never try to reach me
it is I that wanted this
Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me so you can finally see whats good for you
I'm sober now for 3 whole months
It's one accomplishment that you helped me with
The one thing that always tore us apart
Is the one thing that I won't touch again
In a sick way I want to thank you
For holding my head up late at night
While I was busy waging wars on myself
You were trying to stop the fight
You never doubted my warped opinions
On things like suicidal hate
You made me compliment myself
When it was way too hard to take
So I'll drive so fucking far away
That I'll never cross your mind
And do whatever it takes in your heart
To leave me behind
Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn't do for you
Hate me in ways, yeah in ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see whats good for you
And when the sad hard eyes say bye to you and wave
Kicking shadows on the street
For every mistake that I have made
And like a baby boy I never was a man
Until I saw your blue eyes cry
And I held your face in my hand
And then I fell down yelling "Make it go away!"
Just make it stop
Come back and shine just like it used to be
And then she whispered:
"How could you did this to me?"
Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn't do for you
Hate me in ways, yeah in ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see
What's good for you, for you, for you, for you...
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