This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
I tied the devil to the tracks
(Can you hear the train coming?)
I served him papers with a seal from the governor
The spoiler throwing voices
The vapors that they built this city on
But he don't write much for me anymore
When we keep hell in our hearts
We make no excuse for our genius
So what's my excuse now that hell has abandoned me?
I enticed the devil out with a bottle
But maybe it was he who lured me out instead
When we slept in penitent beds
We awoke in the loving arms of attrition
So what's my excuse now that hell isn't courting me?
Give me the strength to be widowed
Now that the honeymoon's over
Grant me the privileges saved for the sailors
Condemned with you all
Goddamn you all
Condemned with you all
Goddamn you all
I marched across the muddied stream
Illuminated from beneath
And the lock was picked with the church's key
We found on the belt of the veteran
And to open bar tabs in the taverns
Assembled in levels by the damned and fanatic for me
We never loved ourselves so well
As when we lusted after another
We hummed along to electric guitars
And the standard, whoa oh oh oh's
And we drank each other under the covers
I eased the devil back with the throttle
'Cause I'd rather live my life in regret than not take part in it
Ooh, if the devil don't mind, well it's alright with me
So what do I do when the devil don't notice me?
Give me the strength to be widowed
Now that the honeymoon's over
Grant me the privileges saved for the sailors
Condemned with you all
Goddamn you all
Condemned with you all
Goddamn you all
And in my 27th year
I was dragged kicking and screaming into light
And I looked at God in the face and I said
I said, ?God?, I said, I said [Incomprehensible]
I tied the devil to the tracks
Can you hear the train coming?
And I tied the tracks in a lover's knot
Around the finger of a beautiful girl
I'll keep hell, I'll keep hell
I'll keep hell if hell will have me
I'll keep hell, I'll keep hell
I'll keep hell if hell will have me
(Can you hear the train coming?)
I served him papers with a seal from the governor
The spoiler throwing voices
The vapors that they built this city on
But he don't write much for me anymore
When we keep hell in our hearts
We make no excuse for our genius
So what's my excuse now that hell has abandoned me?
I enticed the devil out with a bottle
But maybe it was he who lured me out instead
When we slept in penitent beds
We awoke in the loving arms of attrition
So what's my excuse now that hell isn't courting me?
Give me the strength to be widowed
Now that the honeymoon's over
Grant me the privileges saved for the sailors
Condemned with you all
Goddamn you all
Condemned with you all
Goddamn you all
I marched across the muddied stream
Illuminated from beneath
And the lock was picked with the church's key
We found on the belt of the veteran
And to open bar tabs in the taverns
Assembled in levels by the damned and fanatic for me
We never loved ourselves so well
As when we lusted after another
We hummed along to electric guitars
And the standard, whoa oh oh oh's
And we drank each other under the covers
I eased the devil back with the throttle
'Cause I'd rather live my life in regret than not take part in it
Ooh, if the devil don't mind, well it's alright with me
So what do I do when the devil don't notice me?
Give me the strength to be widowed
Now that the honeymoon's over
Grant me the privileges saved for the sailors
Condemned with you all
Goddamn you all
Condemned with you all
Goddamn you all
And in my 27th year
I was dragged kicking and screaming into light
And I looked at God in the face and I said
I said, ?God?, I said, I said [Incomprehensible]
I tied the devil to the tracks
Can you hear the train coming?
And I tied the tracks in a lover's knot
Around the finger of a beautiful girl
I'll keep hell, I'll keep hell
I'll keep hell if hell will have me
I'll keep hell, I'll keep hell
I'll keep hell if hell will have me
Lyrics submitted by black eye event
INRIhab Lyrics as written by Keith Michael Buckley Jordan Taylor Buckley
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I've been thinking about getting the lyric "Give me the strength to be widowed now that the honeymoon's over." tattoo'd for a long time now. It has meant a lot to me especially in the past 8 months. I was wondering if you had any information about this line?
"And in my 27th year, I was dragged kicking and screaming into the light. And I looked God in the face and I said "God," I said, "I've (_____) in heaven the whole time"
correction- "I looked at god in the face and I said, I said god I said ' I thought I was in heaven the whole time'"
Fave song offa the new album.
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I'm surprised no one's commented upon the religious elements in this song. INRIhab, the first part, is on the cross on which jesus hangs. It means, "Iesvs Nazarenvs Rex Ivdaeorvm" in english :Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. I believe keith is commenting on escaping from darkness, and finding salvation, and making jokes upon faith.
Seems to me Keith is a pretty big fan of the darkness. INRIhab is a clear play on the cross that last honest man has pointed out; he'd rather go out and have the time of his life than worry about salvation and faith. He's being rehabbed from the light and is going back to the darkness, not the other way around... well, at least IMO.
Awesome song.
I completely concur. I've always thought that ETID, or at least Kieth(He is a big fan of Nietzsche BTW), was not religious. I read this as rehab from Jesus(or faith of any kind) not rehab via Jesus.
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in short what i got out of this song is that this dude really wants to live the life that would be easiest for him, which is probably touring and hanging out with random broads here and there building somewhat meaningfull relationships even though he's pretty much gonna be fucking around with a different broad in every city and the entire time of course he's partying and drinking but he's still conflicted with the allure of a normal life
"I marched across the muddied stream, illuminated from beneath. The lock was picked with the church's key we found on the belt of the veteran to open bar tabs in the taverns assembled in levels by the damned and fanatic for me."
I believe this part of the song is sang by Dallas Green from Alexisonfire and City and Colour
the song seems to be me about partying really hard all the time, and trying to ease off it, and finding it hard to return to normal life, which is something Keith talks about often in interviews
i thought it was dallas to juno... great song. i love how that initial riff isn't in a standard timing. makes it sound all wrong, but in every time i die's case, oh so right! "because I'd rather live my life in regret than not take part in it."