30 Seconds To Mars: The Kill Meaning

Song Released: 2006

The Kill Lyrics

What if I wanted to break
Laugh it all off in your face
What would you do? (Oh, oh)
What if I fell to the floor
Couldn't take this anymore
What would you do, do, do?

Come break me down
Marry me, bury me
I am finished with you

What if...

1. naturepants9

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   Oct 14th 2006 !⃝

   I think it's about self-hate. He's arguing with himself. The video makes this clear.
2. anonymous

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   Sep 22nd 2006 !⃝

   Jared leto dated cameron diaz for awhile, they split some say because of she wanting to be a big actress, and he wanted to pursue the band, he wrote the song to her. The rest is pretty much self explanitory. Not being gay.
3. anonymous

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   Sep 10th 2006 !⃝

   In an interview jared leto said that this song was about losing your mine, about going crazy
4. Evanescencefreak

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   Aug 25th 2006 !⃝

   Yeah, I think this is a song about how his girlfriend, or whoever he's with, is trying to change him. Like with the line
   
   "marry me
   bury me"
   
   Would she take him and then change who he really is "bury" his real personality. And he's breaking down.
   
   "this is who I really am inside
   finally found myself"
   
   he's finally saying, "forget it, that's not who I am. Iknow who I am already, and you can't redifine me"
   that's my interpretation anyway.

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5. anonymous

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   Aug 23rd 2006 !⃝

   This song is clearly about fighting temptations to be gay. Lets look at a few things here... The first is that jeared leto is the lead singer... Brokeback mountain ring any bells? Second he is fighting within himself to become who he really is... Gay. At the end when you see everyone with themselves you can see that represents guy on guy and girl on girl. Just my opinion

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6. anonymous

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   Aug 18th 2006 !⃝

   This song is about going insane.
   
   Check out the first couple of sentences used to describe the song.
7. anonymous

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   Aug 17th 2006 !⃝

   I think this song has to do with a girl. Hes done something wrong to her but not intentionally. "what if I wanted to fight, beg for the rest of my life" I think means he's trying to say why would I do something to hurt you and sit here trying to get you to forgive me.

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8. anonymous

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   Aug 13th 2006 !⃝

   Alright :), I think this song is about a girlfriend trying to change her boyfriend and after a while he just couldn't take it... "what if I wanted to break laugh it all off in your face what would you do? What if I fell to the floor couldn't take this anymore what would you do?"... That verse to me says that changing for her is putting a lot of pressure on him! And like he feels like he isn't living his life any more. He feels like his girlfreind is making him live another life as antother person..."what if I wanted to fight, beg for the rest of my life". It also seem like he wants her to see what she is doing, and that he at one point did anything she told him to becuase he loved her so much: "come break me down marry me, bury me I am finished with you, look in my eyes you're killing me, killing me, all I wanted was you" then he says: "I tried to be someone else but nothing seemed to change I know now, this is who I really am inside finally found myself fighting for a chance, I know now, this is who I really am"...And that makes me think, hey this guy actually changed to meet his girl friends demands but then after he did all that it wasn't enough. She just found more things wrong with him. After a while he noticed he wasn't him anymore so he..."finally found myself fighting for a chance"...Then I think maybe he is saying..."this is who I really am"...To the girl. You know telling her he won't change anymore. I think this is a really powerful song and I love it. I first heard it on fuse. Yeah fuse rox
   -bookworm
9. anonymous

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   Jul 27th 2006 !⃝

   This is a song about the battle one faces with oneself. Basicly it is a man slipping into insanity.

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