She told me don't let them in. You're a copy of a copy.
She told me don't come again. This is awful. This is all wrong.

Now I feel it coming back again. Slide down the walls, on the floor.
Oh, I'll pretend this isn't happening this time.

She told me, stop listening to the voices, and what they said.
She told me don't fall again. I am wretched, I am loathed.

She told me, don't kill the villains.
The pain is not escaping.
She told me, don't kill the villains.
Just let them feast on their own perfection.
She told me, don't kill the villains.
The pain is not escaping.
She told me you cannot stay.
But I'm stable. I'm okay.

I said it, we all regret it. Now this room is cold and spinning.
Give us cause to keep them breathing again this time.
She told me don't let them in.
You're a copy of a copy.









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    When I hear the song I feel that he talking to a person with prior belief that fell out or has come to the realization that no cares. "She" is trying to tell him(who by the way believes in God and so forth), to give up on the people(maybe even herself). He keeps trying, but he keeps feeling that its pointless. She tells him that just forget about it, don't try to change people let them sin. In the end he is asking god to give him the strength to go on and not give up on people, "Give us cause to keep them breathing again this time."

    The title is just saying you heard on christian you heard them all, copy of a copy, you're just another one.

    Love the song, its cussing excellent :P

    Sooperdooper777on December 29, 2009   Link

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