Foo Fighters: Best of You Meaning

Song Released: 2004

Best of You Lyrics

I've got another confession to make
I'm your fool
Everyone's got their chains to break
Holdin' you

Were you born to resist or be abused?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the...

1. anonymous

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   Sep 18th 2011 !⃝

   At a show, I dont remember where but it was broadcast on the air, dave explained that this song is about his sister and an abusive relationship she was in.
2. anonymous

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   Aug 7th 2011 !⃝

   See, I agree with some interpretations of this song that it's about moving on, but couldn't it also be about being the best person can be, through the thick and thin and giving your all despite what happens... or that's how I see it anyway XD
3. anonymous

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   Jun 21st 2011 !⃝

   It means drugs, obviously. He is in love with drugs but can't admit it. But his heart knows that the drugs are the best thing of his life.
4. anonymous

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   May 12th 2011 !⃝

   I think the guy has never experienced true love
5. anonymous

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   Apr 12th 2011 !⃝

   Well, this song came out at a very bad dark time in my life. It felt as though Dave was singing to me... I was in an abusive relationship and was almost murdered by him. He took the best of me in every way of the word. He broke my trust, abused me both physically and emotionally draining me... Well now, Someone is getting the best of me, we will be married in June. When I hear this song, It reminds me how lucky and blessed I am today. I chose to resist in the end. Now I'm happy and loved.
6. anonymous

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   Mar 12th 2011 !⃝

   It is about the fight of speaking out against demestic violence
   
7. John_Lennon

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   Feb 24th 2011 !⃝

   This is a song about Kurt Cobain. Everytime Dave plays it he says this one is for you know who. and the album name is in your honor.
8. anonymous

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   Feb 2nd 2011 !⃝

   The singer asks, "Is someone getting the best of you?"
   
   There are two ways to hear that phrase and I hear them both. In the first half of the song, the singer asks, "Is someone taking advantage of you?"
   
   In the second half, the singer asks, "Are you truly giving your best effort to the ones you love?"
   
   When you face the first question and answer "yes", you're being abused and you can you can choose to resist, refuse, to break loose. When you face the second and answer "no", remember it's the life, the love you'd die to heal.
   
   Change your life right now. Give nothing but your best, every day.
9. anonymous

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   Feb 2nd 2011 !⃝

   It's a double meaning:
   
   1) Is someone getting the best of you? Meaning... someone is taking advantage of you or is a thorn in your side and no matter how hard you try, they seem to get the best of you in the end.
   
   2) Is someone getting the best of you? Meaning... are you giving your best to someone (wife/husband, son/daughter, father/mother, friends, work, life in general. Are you being the best "you" that you can be?
10. anonymous

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    Jan 7th 2011 !⃝

    In Storytellers Dave Grohl says he wrote this song for his sister who was in an abusive relationship and wouldn't leave. It was frustrating for him to have to watch her continue to divulge information to him about the horrors of the relationship but go back to it over and over.
11. Jam4man

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    Nov 8th 2010 !⃝

    The way I look at the song is a question posed to yourself. Is someone getting the best of you? not in the conventional sense of taking advantage of you, but rather, are you giving the best of yourself to someone you love.
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    Aug 29th 2010 !⃝

    Though it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense, I like to believe this song is about sexual abuse.. I'm almost 100% sure it's not, but some of the lines describe being a victim of sexual abuse well.
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    Jun 1st 2010 !⃝

    Well I know this song was written for Kurt Cobain's wife. He wrote Best of You to her saying that he died for her and that's why he's saying he gave he the best.
14. RealDeal

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    Apr 25th 2010 !⃝

    It's about the struggle we have with loving each other, because of the issues we've experienced in life... "Everyone's got their chains to break".
15. anonymous

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    Feb 9th 2010 !⃝

    He was abused as a child, watch the video, its so clear.

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