This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
They're getting ugly
They're a horror show
And now we're laughing
Because they'll never know
That they have everything
We give them all of our own
And they tell us they're sick and they're all alone
They make fools of us together but we always think of them
All their laughing and their talking and their wasting of our time
And it always hurts to see them now that everything is different
We don't like to see their eyes cause they will never look the same
They shut the door
We fell far behind
We try forgiveness
But they cross the line
And now the moment has passed
And we can't rewind
We are dead long before we run out of time
They make fools of us together but we always think of them
All their laughing and their talking and their wasting of our time
And it always hurts to see them now that everything is different
We don't like to see their eyes cause they will never look the same
They're a horror show
And now we're laughing
Because they'll never know
That they have everything
We give them all of our own
And they tell us they're sick and they're all alone
They make fools of us together but we always think of them
All their laughing and their talking and their wasting of our time
And it always hurts to see them now that everything is different
We don't like to see their eyes cause they will never look the same
They shut the door
We fell far behind
We try forgiveness
But they cross the line
And now the moment has passed
And we can't rewind
We are dead long before we run out of time
They make fools of us together but we always think of them
All their laughing and their talking and their wasting of our time
And it always hurts to see them now that everything is different
We don't like to see their eyes cause they will never look the same
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Yo La Tengo
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Great version of a great song,
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Ed Sheeran
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Page
Ed Sheeran
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The first thing to understand about The Birthday Massacre is that they're a very imaginative band. As most of us know their original name was "Imagica" before they had to change it due to copyright issues.
That being said some of their songs might not have definitive meanings but instread be abstract poetry meant only to evoke a certain fantastical, dreamlike scene. (Think of the blue music video)
The lyrics to Horror Show are vague so I can only decipher a basic outline of meaning. It seems to be an egotistical, self-glorifying song where they (the band) are looking back on all the people who were popular in highschool, people they used to think were cool and want to befriend or go out with and were basically intimidated by and now they see themselves as the superior ones and are basically saying "look at those people now, they all have such ugly, mundane lives compared to us. Why did we ever think those people were cool or even give them the time of day?" etc.
I don't know if that's the meaning for certain or if it's what the whole song is about, but I definitely sense there's a message like that in some of the parts.