Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay

Searching for blood in the salty sea
The sun beating down on the chest and back of me
Looking for drugs in a southern town, hey, hey, hey, hey
I've got this red right hand that points me south
The puke green cloud just spat me out
Into the hot heartland, I've landed with no shoe

I hear, hey, hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey

Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon

Alright, we're gonna do it again for you now, okay
Yeah, oh yeah, yeah

They've got the army of ears, they can hear you now
I've got the piss in my veins and these furrowed brows
You've got this one last chance to burn me, turn me down
If not, I've got these last twelve bucks to spend on you
You can take me anywhere your sick mind wants to
I'll use your south to fuel me using you

Oh, I hear, hey, hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey

Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon

Oh, oh

I hear, hey, hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Come pollinate me, hey

Hey, hey come pollinate me
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon
Across the room, across the room
I hope to watch you writhe again soon

I hope to watch you writhe again soon


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  • +14
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    no. it doesn't describe your situation perfectly

    you're not in the holocaust

    i actually signed up on this site just to tell you that

    being grounded by your parents does not equal the holocaust...

    southeastjeromeon March 07, 2006   Link
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    the first song that i ever heard by say anything and it made me immediately fall in love with them.

    monkiebobon June 30, 2004   Link
  • +3
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    Its about his grandparents and their experience in world war 2

    Wafflepantson September 08, 2006   Link
  • +2
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    "holocaust and love... duh" <<< wow...holocaust and love...AMAZING...imagine how hard a song like that is to write..this isn't a song that is just about any relationship between a boy and a girl. this is max being the best song writer in the entire world

    jkalk5on October 10, 2004   Link
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    When I went on wikipedia.com and I searched for them it said that this song is about the lead singer's grandmother who was/is a holocaust survivor and they wondered how it might have felt to be in the holocaust and get seperated from your loved ones/lovers so they wrote this song on how they felt it must have been like for people who were in the holocaust and in love

    ♥Whatever it may or may not mean I love this song regardless it's very catchy and addictive and the lyrics are so deep when you think about it♥

    843_chickon October 20, 2006   Link
  • +2
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    I like how everyone's calling it a Holocaust "theory", in an ironic way, because what do you all think Treblinka was? Its a great song, and even though the opening lyric might shock listeners at first.. when you take it in context and put yourself in the place of lovers, it's just mindblowing to think about. With our current war, and all the different wars going on, like the one in Sudan right now, this story is being replayed day after day. When you're talking about the power of love and uncontrollable forces pulling it apart, i think it's wrong to suggest that the physical side of love is in anyway demeaning to anyone's memory. ".. Right in plain view, oh yeah" isn't about being raunchy. It's about DEFIANCE. How can you say sex is ugly in the face of such a war? Any war.

    shawnathanon December 26, 2006   Link
  • +1
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    holocaust and love... duh

    WouldItBeYouon September 20, 2004   Link
  • +1
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    Matt Skiba is excellent.

    Though, I would like anyone's input on what this song's part in the entire record as a whole is. You know, the whole satire on the industry thing, and the whole "rock opera" thing. How does it fit in with that? I read somewhere that the song was about his grandparents finding love and what not, dont know if thats true. But some real input would be helpful, none of the "OMG I LOVE THIS SONG ITS THE BEST SONG EVER BESIDES A WALK THROUGH HELL OMG OMGOMG I LOVE SAY ANYTHING". Thanks.

    leeko518on January 26, 2006   Link
  • +1
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    kaleidoscopeeyes8:

    "falls to the Axis" As in Axis Powers...go to class.

    Foureyeson February 11, 2006   Link
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    by boroaskitur on 02-24-2006 @ 04:33:59 AM
    i have a really long, beautiful infatuation about this song.

    so i've been grounded. for about two months. and this boy i've been snekaing out wiht sends me snippet sof this song in texts rather often. i am his bonnie and he is my clyde. i am the belle to his serbastian. and i told him im on the holocaust diet (lots of soup) and so we always play up the nazi camp story, how was the soup today, the factory was rather cold, etc. and i love this song for it. and it describes my situation perfectly.

    ARE YOU F*ING KIDDING ME? YOU'RE ALL OF 17? WHAT THE HELL DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ANY OF THIS? YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL CAPABILITY TO SAY ANYTHING REMOTELY INTELLECTUAL. GIVE YOURSELF 10 YEARS, THEN POST SOMETHING ABOUT A SONG. UNTIL THEN HAVE FUN BEING SOMEONE'S "BONNIE" YA DOUCHE.

    missblackeyelineron October 04, 2006   Link

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