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.
Come into my life
Regress into a dream
We will hide
Build a new reality
Draw another picture
Of the life you could have had
Follow your instincts
And choose the other path
You should never be afraid
You're protected from trouble and pain
Why, why is this a crisis in your eyes again
Come to be
How did it come to be
Tied to a railroad
No love to set us free
Watch our souls fade away
Let our bodies crumble away
Don't be afraid
I will take the blow for you
And I've had recurring nightmares
That I was loved for who I am
And missed the opportunity
To be a better man
Regress into a dream
We will hide
Build a new reality
Draw another picture
Of the life you could have had
Follow your instincts
And choose the other path
You should never be afraid
You're protected from trouble and pain
Why, why is this a crisis in your eyes again
Come to be
How did it come to be
Tied to a railroad
No love to set us free
Watch our souls fade away
Let our bodies crumble away
Don't be afraid
I will take the blow for you
And I've had recurring nightmares
That I was loved for who I am
And missed the opportunity
To be a better man
Lyrics submitted by punk_rock14, edited by hnter
Hoodoo Lyrics as written by Matthew James Bellamy Matt Bellamy
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I think this song is about moving from one life to another, as in, getting tired of an unhappy life and changing to a better one. In this song I think it's someone talking to themselves or their conscience.
"Come into my life Regress into a dream" The person is looking at the life they have and seeing the misery and sorrow. They want to change and forget about the bad stuff.
"We will hide Build a new reality" The person wants to hide from the misery of the past life and build a newer, better life.
"Draw another picture Of the life you could have had" The person is thinking over and over again about what would happen if they stayed the way they are, i.e. "the life they could have had" if they don't change.
"Follow your instincts And choose the other path" As opposed to doing what they normally would, the person is telling them to do the opposite to do the more moral or the better thing to do.
"You should never be afraid You're protected from trouble and pain Why, why is this a crisis in your eyes again" This bit is like the conscience telling him that he has nothing to fear and that good will come of his change, possibly because he can't sink any lower or it can't get any worse (protected from trouble and pain, i.e. because it's so bad it can't get any worse. the hardship protects him from anything more horrible happening.) His conscience also asks him why it's such a big deal for him to change if only good can some of it.
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"You'll have to set us free Watch our souls fade away Let our bodies crumble away" The person is asking his conscience for help in changing himself and fixing what he did wrong, because he thinks it might destroy him to do it.
"Don't be afraid I will take the cold for you" The conscience renforces the fact that he should worry about what will happen because it can only get better and that he will help the person by "talking the cold" or helping him make the tough decisions that he needs to make.
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