In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in
Tied to a wheel fingers got to feel
Bleeding through a tourniquet smile
I spin on a whim, I slide to the right
I felt you like electric light
For our love, for our fear
For our rise against the years and years and years
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red machine head
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red
I walk from my machine
I walk from my machine
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in
Deaf dumb, dirty
Starting to deserve this
Leaning on my conscience wall
Blood is like wine
Unconscious all the time
If I had it all again
I'd change it all
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red machine head
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red
I walk from my machine
I walk from my machine
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe in, breathe in
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red machine head
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red
Better than the rest, better than the rest
Machine head
I walk from my machine
I walk from my machine
Breathe in
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in
Tied to a wheel fingers got to feel
Bleeding through a tourniquet smile
I spin on a whim, I slide to the right
I felt you like electric light
For our love, for our fear
For our rise against the years and years and years
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red machine head
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red
I walk from my machine
I walk from my machine
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in
Deaf dumb, dirty
Starting to deserve this
Leaning on my conscience wall
Blood is like wine
Unconscious all the time
If I had it all again
I'd change it all
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red machine head
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red
I walk from my machine
I walk from my machine
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe in, breathe in
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red machine head
Got a machine head, it's better than the rest
Green to red
Better than the rest, better than the rest
Machine head
I walk from my machine
I walk from my machine
Lyrics submitted by lilsweetness77, edited by Kyosanshugi, kt808
Machinehead Lyrics as written by Gavin Rossdale
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to me it totally sounds like he gets into a car wreck and dies, just read these lines carefully:
green to red machinehead and i walk from my machine i walk from my machine deaf dumb dirty starting to deserve this leaning on my conscious wall blood is like wine
"green to red", meaning like a sudden stop or crash "i walk from my machine/ deaf dumb dirty" i can just picture him crawling from the window of an upturned car "leaning on my conscious wall" when it caves he enters unconciousness, death
wow, u guys r adorably niave. Fingers got to feel, bleeding through a tourniquet smile. Wow, seriously, hes shooting up. Green to red, there searching for a vein, and hitting for real.
Blood is like whine, unconscious all the time (opiates will do that to you). If I HAD IT ALL AGAIN I'D CHANGE IT ALL! They were getting fucked up for sure like Chris said. Deaf dumb and dirty, Im starting to deserve this. Withdrawals from opiates make you sick as fuck, and addictions make you depresses. Some people do stupid shit to support there habbits because they lose there jobs.