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.
All of this comes crashing down
Cornerstone's gone
Sleepless
Hopeless
No end in sight
Ink well has run dry, fill it with blood of the scribe
Rest comes easy to the guiltless
The vampire laments as he prays for the sun
Doom, despair, tragedy are the tools of the trade
Cut to the bone
Rob the grave
Unearth the stone
Lay to waste
Defile the tome
Rip the page
Strip mine the vein
Lay to waste
Frayed at the edge
Flat lined
The anvil cracks The hammer
Relentlessly comes down
A new pariah is born
Cut to the bone
Rob the grave
Unearth the stone
Lay to waste
Defile the tome
Rip the page
Strip mine the vein
Lay to waste
Chastisement lays you down to sleep, tucks you in with bloody kisses
Gifts of nightmares bittersweet
Type A negative shuts me down
Catch phrase will be the death of me
Is this not what you came to see?
What, are you not entertained?
Climb the walls 'til nails bleed
Rip the hair, tear the seams
Break the glass
Head in hands
Bell tolls endlessly
No end in sight
Cornerstone's gone
Sleepless
Hopeless
No end in sight
Ink well has run dry, fill it with blood of the scribe
Rest comes easy to the guiltless
The vampire laments as he prays for the sun
Doom, despair, tragedy are the tools of the trade
Cut to the bone
Rob the grave
Unearth the stone
Lay to waste
Defile the tome
Rip the page
Strip mine the vein
Lay to waste
Frayed at the edge
Flat lined
The anvil cracks The hammer
Relentlessly comes down
A new pariah is born
Cut to the bone
Rob the grave
Unearth the stone
Lay to waste
Defile the tome
Rip the page
Strip mine the vein
Lay to waste
Chastisement lays you down to sleep, tucks you in with bloody kisses
Gifts of nightmares bittersweet
Type A negative shuts me down
Catch phrase will be the death of me
Is this not what you came to see?
What, are you not entertained?
Climb the walls 'til nails bleed
Rip the hair, tear the seams
Break the glass
Head in hands
Bell tolls endlessly
No end in sight
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this is my favorite lamb of god tune, cant believe theres only 3 comments
fo shizzle!<br /> Super Awesome-ass SOng!<br />
Great New Lamb of god \m/
is "...Bloody Kisses...Type A Negative..." an allusion to the Type-O album?
this is one of my favorites too jhoo. so i'll make a comment.
first, egghead, not all blood means type-o. lots of songs talk about blood. try finding a true metal or hardcore album that never uses the word blood.
I love the vampire preys for your soul pun.
and this song is about depression and its awesome. I love the deviations from politics in Ashes of the Wake
This song has fuckall to do with the government. I quite like the riffs in this song though.
doesnt matter wht its about.....its kickass \m/ >_< \m/
oh and when he says "laid to waste" it still sends a chill down my spine
I think this is yet another song about the politics that goes on in America."Rest comes easy to the guiltless" the head leaders can lie and manipulate the public and knowing its wrong they can still sleep at night no caring about it."Doom, despair, tragedy are the tools of the trade" This is what are stupid ass fucking president use to get us to agree to go to war in iraq."rob the grave" the government will rob or do anything to hide the truth. even denying that someone existed.
I have to agree with ferry on this one. I really like the lyrics to this song. This song is one of my favorites, about half this cd is a favorite song to me, LOG has some good stuff.
Why does everyone think the only thing Lamb of God write about is politics? Yeah, sure, we all hate Bush, get over it.
I'd say this one is about depression for sure, MAYBE about suicide.
"Ink well has run dry, fill it with blood of the scribe" "Cut to the bone"