Skipping rope

Jump Rope is a song by American rock band Blue October, which was published in 2009 and is part of the album Approaching Normal. It is the first song of the band, which was represented in the German single charts. The highest ranking of the song was the 65th place, where the song was able to keep one weeks and 9 weeks remained generally in the German charts. The song is included in the Bravo Hits 68 Compilation.

Content

The song is about life, described from the perspective of an omniscient narrator. The song begins with Furstenfeld asks the protagonist to remember how this in his childhood all the people trying to make it clear that he could not wait for the new day and that he could be say no stress.

"You just add a little blush. To paralyze your school crush. Now you're older. And the weight is on your shoulder. Make the world a little colder. No more hidin ' in the old day. "

It continues that Furstenfeld cheer the protagonist never give up hope, even if the whole burden of life now lies on the shoulders of the protagonist.

In the second verse, the singers the protagonist having to make the choice a decision and says that he will thereby get bumps and bruises. Towards the end of this verse says Furstenfeld that the protagonist is not to be ashamed, when he cries, and all the negative things can change for the better.

" There'll be a bump there will be a bruise. There'll be alarms and there will be a snooze. There'll be a path did you want to have to choose. There'll be a win and there will be a loose. And you gotta hold your head up high And. Watch all the negative a-go by. Do not ever be ashamed to cry. You go ahead! "

In the bridge Furstenfeld tries to cheer the protagonist that sometimes improves everything by itself. Furthermore, it means that you should follow anyone, but go his own way and never lose hope.

" I want to tell you did everything will be okay. That everything will turn Eventually Itself to gold. So keep pushing through it all Do not follow, lead the way. Do not lose yourself or your hope. "

In the chorus it says that life is like a jump rope is and it always goes up and down, like jump-rope. He thinks that some situations can be difficult, where you should look to the future anyway.

"Up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, yeah. It will get hard. Remember, life's like a jump rope. Up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, yeah. It will get hard. Cause it will get hard. ( Up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, yeah). Life's like a jump rope. "

Video

The video shows the childhood of the protagonist. It will be shown throughout the video clips of various events, such as a ride on the school bus, or even a group of artists who demonstrate a break dancing in costumes. Toward the end, the video shows a child's birth celebration, where games such as egg and spoon race and sack race is played. In the last chorus, the video shows people who from an elevated point of jumping into the water.

Live Performance

At a concert at Stubb's in Austin, the singer has brought several children on the stage, jumping rope during the chorus.