Like a rush shot through you
Everyone is watching you
Told you why I see no need for the sun
I've found a reason to say
A love you light is a love soon gone
If this is it

Don't bother cause this love is a lie
I'm a chemical kid
You're a mechanical bride
When every vein is red out of the blue
I held a diamond to the sun
To count the moments on account of the way you
Smile for me
Oh, we're in slow motion when you
Smile for me

But oh my God I've been looking
But I still hold your breath so you won't leave
Pastel red and porn star white
Ghost on the altar
We breathe don't leave
Say that the night sings alone
And if there's a God
Then I'm letting Him go
All for you
You alone

Raise my hands
At the thought of you leaving me alone
What if I still care
Don't torture me or beg me
Can you make me believe in tiring
As you fall fast asleep it reminds me
Of the slow symphonies behind me

They sing along
All the nightmares you'll see tomorrow
All the stars on your ceiling they glow
But not for you
Through the trees I'll blow


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    i hope i'm not completely out of line for saying this, but i've always had the idea that part of this song is about having sex with someone when you're kind of being pressured into it. "if there's a god then i'm letting him go, all for you." for someone who was religious, premarital sex would in a sense mean letting god go. another thing that kind of related to that is "a love you light is a love soon gone." which i've always interpreted as the same as the Emarosa lyric "love turns to lust then back to nothing." it also talks about her falling asleep next to him. oh and when it says "if this is it, don't bother, cuz this love is a lie. i'm a chemical kid, you're a mechanical bride." it could mean that he's seeing that their "love" was really nothing more than lust, and therefore not going anywhere. as for the chemical kid/mechanical bride thing i'm not really sure what that means lol. oh and then there's the whole "pastel red and porn star white" thing...which sounds rather sexual to me haha. the video isnt really related to this concept, but it is about letting go and taking a chance (the boy leaving the house.) so i can kind of see the similarity.

    DollFaceAdaliaon September 10, 2010   Link

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