"How I Go" is a Yellowcard song off the album Lights and Sounds. It is heavily based on the movie Big Fish. Yellowcard is a punk band from Jacksonville, Florida, though their use of a violin makes them slightly unique to this genre. ... Lights and Sounds is the long-awaited follow-up to Yellowcards 2003 studio release Ocean Avenue. ... Big Fish is a 2003 movie directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Jessica Lange, Matthew McGrory, Danny DeVito, Alison Lohman and Billy Crudup. ...

The song is backed by acoustic guitars and a 25-piece orchestra. Look up Acoustic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For the study of sound, a branch of physics, see acoustics. ... An orchestra is a musical ensemble used most often in classical music. ...

The track is a duet between Ryan Key and Dixie Chicks vocalist Natalie Maines. The band had long wanted to record a song with Maines, and got their chance when the Dixie Chicks happened to be recording in the same studio. The Dixie Chicks: Martie, Natalie and Emily The Dixie Chicks are an American country music all-female trio. ... Natalie Maines (born October 14, 1974) is an American country music singer and songwriter, born in Lubbock, Texas and currently living in Dallas. ...

The character Ed Bloom refers to his death as "how I go". It is repeated several times in the movie.

Ed Bloom's tall tales are referenced in the song in the following ways: A tall tale is a story that claims to explain the reason for some natural phenomenon, or sometimes illustrates how skilled/intelligent/powerful the subject of the tale was. ...

Specific References to Big Fish

• "My friend the giant"
• "Traveling sales"
• "Drying out"
• The phrase "how I go" in reference to one's death
• "A man not so tall who said, 'life's a circus'"
• "A girl that I saw / I froze in the moment"

Big Fish is a 2003 movie directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Jessica Lange, Matthew McGrory, Danny DeVito, Alison Lohman and Billy Crudup. ...

Implied references to Big Fish

• Speaking to a son
• Telling stories
• Laying in the water