Three Days Grace: Just Like You Meaning

Song Released: 2003

Just Like You Lyrics

I could be mean
I could be angry
You know I could be just like you

I could be fake
I could be stupid
You know I could be just like you

You thought you were standing beside me
You were only in my way
You’re wrong if you think that I’ll...

1. Death4fallin

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   Nov 2nd 2008 !⃝

   Everybody says its about parental it can give a turn like that but with the video i think its about a facilty or something trying to control everything or everybody getting them all to be the same or somthing like that. Regardless its a great song
2. Bennzino

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   Aug 31st 2008 !⃝

   I think he is talking about his relationship with his father "On my own, because I can't living with you" So he is living with this person,as a teenager I remember feeling some resentment towards my father and the feeling of "I can't wait to move out", it is kind of a stage of growing up. Of course the lead singer may have had a REALLY bad experience with his father which inspired him to write a song.
3. anonymous

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   Aug 19th 2008 !⃝

   I think this song is about either his mother or father,
   YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE THERE TO GUIDE ME, YOU WERE ONLY IN MY WAY YOUR WRONG IF YOU THINK I'LL THAT I'LL BE JUST LIKE YOU
   it kinda gives off some sort of parental guidence that they never wanted and that they found it in the way and frustrating.
   i love the song but.
   
   happy_in_a_sad_way
4. anonymous

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   Mar 1st 2008 !⃝

   I think I agree with all of the other interpretations...but before I read them I thought that maybe he was talking about his father.
   
   "You thought you were there to guide me..you're wrong if you think that I'll be just like you"
   
   that kind of made a "paternal" impression on me. Like maybe his father wasn't so great..and the dad wants him to grow up to be just like him..but he didn't want to because of the example that the dad had set for him by being "weak, stupid, mean and ruthless".
   
   just a thought :]
5. anonymous

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   Aug 19th 2007 !⃝

   You're you. There's only one you. and that's never going to change.
   screw what everyone around you expects you to conform to.
   yeah. Self explanatory.
6. anonymous

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   Jul 9th 2007 !⃝

   Kaii
   the Whole First Three Days Grace Album Is About Him & His Ex/Gf

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
7. moderator

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   Mar 31st 2007 !⃝

   It's probably about how his dad thought he had the upper hand and tried to lead his life.
8. music_is_my_life

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   Nov 16th 2005 !⃝

   This song is about how you should be your own person, and not like other people. Don't try to be something your not just to fit in. JUST BE YOURSELF.
9. rumis4drinking

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   Oct 26th 2005 !⃝

   I think the songs more about how he could be just like his father... angry, mean, fake, etc., but he won't, hence "you're wrong if you think that I'll be just like you."
10. slipknot_fiend666

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    Oct 2nd 2005 !⃝

    The song is about the singer's dad being a hypocrite.

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