I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Sweep the black super market!Sweep it up with your teeth!
Put your feather in your box (Take off! take off!)Send it off to me!
I smell oxygen, precious. Bareback on your horse, gallop off course.
Get off (Get off! Get off!)filled with fury's force.
There's a fire in the peach pit, a blaze in the snake pit.
You erased it but we saw you fake it.
There's blood on the good book, love in the bad brook.
Suck out all the nerve and make it yours!
"You brought me to my knees. Your art it brought me to my knees"
You're so perfect to please us! You make all the right noise!
Get the business clothes off (Take off! Take off!) and strip down to your voice!
We will show you your future and choke the air from your world.
You can be our once-twice-thrice-four times then goodbye girl!
There's a crack in the blank stare, back in the black raised hair. It's not fair.
I don't know who told you that but it's a lie. Believe me. I swear I shall not deceive thee.
I don't know who sold you that but it's a fake. Remind me.
My eyes see straight behind me. I've never killed nobody.
I promise you're my first; you always remember your first
Put your feather in your box (Take off! take off!)Send it off to me!
I smell oxygen, precious. Bareback on your horse, gallop off course.
Get off (Get off! Get off!)filled with fury's force.
There's a fire in the peach pit, a blaze in the snake pit.
You erased it but we saw you fake it.
There's blood on the good book, love in the bad brook.
Suck out all the nerve and make it yours!
"You brought me to my knees. Your art it brought me to my knees"
You're so perfect to please us! You make all the right noise!
Get the business clothes off (Take off! Take off!) and strip down to your voice!
We will show you your future and choke the air from your world.
You can be our once-twice-thrice-four times then goodbye girl!
There's a crack in the blank stare, back in the black raised hair. It's not fair.
I don't know who told you that but it's a lie. Believe me. I swear I shall not deceive thee.
I don't know who sold you that but it's a fake. Remind me.
My eyes see straight behind me. I've never killed nobody.
I promise you're my first; you always remember your first
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Clearly one of the greatest songs ever written. Not to take anything away from their other amazing material, but this song just kills me every time I hear it.
I think hes talking about his first critic, bot obviously not the last "you always remember your first". How critics can sometimes make you or break you. We will show you your future, choke the air from your world. Then they move on to their next "victim". He's trying to break this trend with the last verse, saying he will defeat or "kill" the critic. "Ive never killed nobody, promise your my first, you always remember your first. Great song and I could be wrong, this is just my take on it, i would like to see other opinions.
arent these lyrics kinda wrong? or maybe i got a different version or something, but heres wat i got: sweep the black super market sweep it up with your teeth put your feather in a box (take off, take off) send it off to me i smell oxygen, precious bareback on your horse gallop off course, get off (get off, get off) filled with fury's force
there's a (fire) in the peach pit a (blaze) in the snake pit (You) erased it but we saw you fake it there's (blood) on the good book (love) in the bad brook suck out all the nerve and make it yours there's a (fire) in the peach pit there's a (fire) in the peach pit there's a (fire) in the peach pit we saw you fake it
you brought me to my knees your art it brought me to my knees your art it brought me (brought me) brought me (brought me) brought me to my knees
you're so perfect to please us you make all the right noise get the business clothes off (take off, take off) and strip down to your voice we will show you your future and choke the air from your world (choke choke choke) you can be our once, twice, thrice four times then goodbye girl
there's a (fire) in the peach pit a (blaze) in the snake pit (You) erased it but we saw you fake it There's a (crack) in the blank stare, (black) in the raised hair. (black) It's not fair. there's a (fire) in the peach pit there's a (fire) in the peach pit there's a (fire) in the peach pit
you brought me to my knees your art it brought me to my knees your art it brought me (brought me) brought me (brought me) brought me to my knees
i don't know who told you that who told you that? i don't know but it's a lie, believe me i swear i shall not deceive thee (yeah) i don't know who sold you that but it's a fake, I don’t know who sold you that baby but it’s a fake remind me cos my eyes see straight behind me i've never killed nobody i promise you're my first you always remember your first
ok bring me fucking down
you brought me to my knees your art it brought me to my knees your art it brought me (brought me) brought me (you brought me) you brought me to my knees
he's having a dig at bands who change their sound to 'make it' - "your so perfect to please us, you make all the right noise" - and warning people of the fakers - "i dont know who sold you that baby but it's a fake". i dont know, its one way of looking at it.
i can also see that he's singing from the point of view of a critic maybe? the verses in the song are incredibly negative, raging at the state of the industry, yet the chorus is uplifting, maybe the "your art it brought me to my knees" is a reference to genuine music, like his own. again, just an opinion
i didn't really like this song the first time I heard it, but it kinda grew on me and now I love it like all other say anything songs. I have no idea what it means though.
Actually I think I may have an idea of what it means... I think it's about how critics always tend to gang up on artists and the line "you always remember your first" maybe about how you remember your first review. I doubt that's right but it's an idea.
oh fuck i love this song so much i saw say anything once at the shelter in detroit they were effin awesome but they didn't play this. i wish they did. but yeah i have absolutely no clue what it means.
max bemis wrote this album to be a kind of rock musical chronicalling his point of view of the music industry and all that kind of stuff. what i take from this song is how some artists tend to change their original art forms in order to really make it but then swear that they haven't changed. and also how the music industry just uses up artists then spits them out when they're done with them
this song is genius. it seems like its about his struggle with record labels, and people trying to control him and his band, and where they are going. max bemis is a god amongst men. hes my fucking idol. jeez
this song is genius. it seems like its about his struggle with record labels, and people trying to control him and his band, and where they are going. max bemis is a god amongst men. hes my fucking idol. jeez