Now I understand,
Why words mean so much to you,
They'll never be about you..

Roddy (singer/writer) says that �American English� is about �how ever single love song ever written is written about the person who wrote it, nobody else�.

Ooh, get me away from here, I'm dying,
play me a song to set me free..

Alternative folkish. The lyrics are kind of random, which I like. I like the general feeling of this song.

Summertime, I'm the silence as the wind blows.

And while she looks so sad in photographs,
I absolutely love her, when she smiles

Amazing lyrics.

Wanna wake up where you are,
I won't say anything at all.
So, why don't you slide,
Yeah, I'm gonna let it slide..

This song is about a guy and a girl. The girl, raised by strict Catholic parents, got pregnant, and the guy and girl are trying to decide whether to have an abortion, get married, etc.

Their usual hard-rock sound missing, "Slide" continued a string of ballad-like hits for the Goo Goo Dolls.