I'm pretty sure Josh said this song was based on a crazy stalker fan he had once, and wrote the song from their perspective. The "you" in this song is Josh Ramsay, the singer, it's supposed to be creepy
The lyrics are chilling when you hear them a second time around, especially "..I deserve better after all that we've been through..." and "Don't you look so shocked this isn't the way I planned it" (implying he broke in to "surprise" them) and "This will hurt less if you just submit". The scariest one is where he mentions being martyred for him, suggesting death is in the cards for the object of his obssession-if they aren't six feet under already. This is the catchiest Yandere song I've heard in ages.
People saying how this song is creepy/stalkish lol you're not wrong but before you fly off the handle. All of the songs on this album are connected, you're only seeing one part of the whole story
Who’ll be my Montague now, To this broken Capulet How, how, how if not for you And you’ll be my local hero Be my role model And don’t, don’t, don’t fail me now (My love) Don’t you wanna love, Don’t you wanna love, I’m your biggest fan It’s so good to finally meet ya I deserve a little more Wouldn’t you say-oh, a-oh, a-oh (My love) Don’t you wanna love, Don’t you want to Don’t you think I deserve better after all that we’ve been through (love) Don’t you wanna love (love) Now what you say-oh, a-oh, a-oh To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers Toy soldiers I will love you like goodbye I will love you like you died, died A martyr for me (My love) Don’t you want love Don’t you want this Don't you look so shocked This was not the way I planned it I deserve a little more Wouldn’t you say-oh, a-oh, a-oh (My love) Don’t you want love, Don’t you fight back Know this will hurt less if you just submit so (love) How bout a little gratitude For what I say-oh, a-oh, a-oh To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers They don’t know you Not like I do Only you and I were meant to be Understand you Just like I do Just like you and I were meant to be forever One day you will Learn to love me One day you will Thank me, you’ll see If I can’t have you No one can Follow you like (toys) To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like (follow you like toys) To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow you like To-o-o-o-o-oy soldiers I’ll follow Understand you Just like I do Just like you and I were meant to be Don’t know you Not like I do Only you and I were meant to be Understand you Just like I do Just like you and I were meant to be forever Submit Corrections Thanks to Tyler Peters for adding these lyrics. Track "Marianas Trench" on Bandsintown Writer(s): Josh Ramsay AZLyrics M Marianas Trench Lyrics album: "Ever After" (2011) Ever After Haven't Had Enough By Now Truth Or Dare Desperate Measures Porcelain Fallout Stutter Toy Soldiers B Team So Soon No Place Like Home Search
Yeah this song is supposed to be really creepy I think. It's supposed to chronicle the mindless obsession you can have with a crush before he realises later on So Soon that he's just ended up driving her away due to his bullshit, and even though he still secretly wishes she hadn't moved on he's realised how much he truly fucked up and hasn't really changed from MT
The song’s based on a creepy letter Josh received from a fan. It inspired him to write this song, which (I presume) the idea is about those who blindly follow and obey out of love(love is blind), to the point of becoming borderline obsessive. Some of the lyrics are from the letter, though I don’t know the specifics. Either way, you can clearly hear the stalkerish vibe this song has through the lens of that. Though, in context to the Album’s story, this is what I was able to pick up from it: 1 - Queen Coralina manipulating Josh into staying with her, gaslighting him, showing that this is a one sided, toxic relationship. Multiple times within the song she constantly tries to keep him close, like during the chorus “They don’t know you, not like I do, Only you and I were meant to be”, and parts like “This’ll hurt less if just submit so, how about a little gratitude about what say” and so one, it just seems clear that this is an abusive relationship. 2 - The toy soldiers in the story represent what I mentioned previously, with they are in complete obedience to Coralina and follow her orders. Not just because she’s queen, but they are literally toys to her; she can do whatever she wants to them. They may be strong soldiers, but in the end their just tools/objects to her to use. Though I don’t blame you for thinking this way, cause even now and after their marriage, Josh clearly loved Amanda a lot. But I guess if you wanna add that context to the song, I feel as though Josh amplified that obsessive love more, just for the theme of the song and album, which is about the growing, and crumbling of a relationship, but also a story about a man trying to escape Toyland and save its land from an evil queen. Either way, their’s A LOT of ways to see this song(heck, every one of MT’s songs). And depending if you’re a fan of MT or not, with or without context of the concept album, and the context of Josh writing from experience, I think the point is able to make it across regardless. Either way, I love this song and the album a lot, and have WAY too much time analyzing and the meaning to everything. (I love this band if you couldn’t tell lol dang this is long)
Maybe the reason I absolutely adored this song when I was younger was that (and I've just realised) this absolutely would be great in a Thoschei video like this fits their dynamic way to well 👀
Is it just me or does he sound a bit like Vic Mignogna when he sings at certain points? EDIT: Vic's the voice actor for Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist
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