Boys Like Girls - On Top Of The World Meaning

On Top Of The World Lyrics

Look up, the stars are fading
And I am still here waiting
To see you again
Be with you my friend

When the moon is gone forever
I hope you're up there somewhere
I'll see you again
Be with you my friend

'Cause all the roads they lead to...

1. Katherine Marie Oripaypay

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   Aug 28th 2011 !⃝

   It's for his mother who died of breast cancer when he was 16. And he's saying that someday he will be with her and misses her so much. :]
2. anonymous

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   Jul 23rd 2011 !⃝

   This song was written mostly by vocalist Martin Johnson. It is about how his mother died when he was just sixteen years old. It's about how he'll see her someday in heaven, and he also misses and loves her. :)
3. anonymous

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   Nov 29th 2009 !⃝

   Well, it is actually a song about a band member losing his mom to cancer, but my interpretation is a forbidden love song.
   
   "Look up, the stars are fading
   And I am still here waiting
   To see you again
   Be with you my friend"
   -- It says that that every thing is going wrong since she left him --
   
   "When the moon is gone forever
   I hope you're up there somewhere
   I'll see you again
   Be with you my friend"
   -- Same here, everything is downhill --
   
   "'Cause all the roads they lead to where you are
   And all the streetlights shine like they were stars
   That's where you are"
   -- He feels they are meant to be, but it just doesn't happen --
   
   "Let's spend tonight on top of the world
   And we can do anything,
   We can be anything
   I'll meet you tonight on top of the world"
   -- Pretty much what it says --
   
   "As real as it seems,
   You're only in my dreams"
   -- That he knows it wont happen in real life --
   
   
   
4. anonymous

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   Aug 26th 2009 !⃝

   Singer/Guitarist Martin Johnson told euphoniaonline.net about this song: "Even though this song subconsciously comes off as a love song (possibly because it was in its first generation), it is about losing my mother to cancer when I was 16, and giving her a promise to find her again somehow."