Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
The I.V. drips, the days drag on,
The anesthetics now wearing off
Adjust the light switch in the hall
This is the end
These are the last days
These are the last days
Now take our hands in a roll of red tape,
Genetic information strands are tighter than trip wires
And we awake in the light of other lives,
This can't be happening, these sirens are for me, yeah
So what happened to the hospital,
To cut the cost of collected health?
Dying in the shadow of the hospital
We got the city in our blood and it's making us sick.
But you stay alive until their blood fills up your wallet,
Blazing up the sky
These are the last days
These are the last days
Where we all wake
Where we all wake
The I.V. drips, the days drag on,
The anesthetics now wearing off.
Adjust the light switch in the hall,
Someone has left it on
And maybe the x-ray screen keeps it from getting dar
The bulb burns out when it gets too hot
Are we just a blink in the eyes of a pulse machine?
It's lightning divorcing the storm
Try to shut it off, codeine catch, the windows latched and
The clock keeps circling the room tick, tock
We lost control
(White out white out)
In white outs followed magnetic fields to the fire
(White out white out)
Out of control
We fight currents in the water, we can't let go to shore
We lost control
The anesthetics now wearing off
Adjust the light switch in the hall
This is the end
These are the last days
These are the last days
Now take our hands in a roll of red tape,
Genetic information strands are tighter than trip wires
And we awake in the light of other lives,
This can't be happening, these sirens are for me, yeah
So what happened to the hospital,
To cut the cost of collected health?
Dying in the shadow of the hospital
We got the city in our blood and it's making us sick.
But you stay alive until their blood fills up your wallet,
Blazing up the sky
These are the last days
These are the last days
Where we all wake
Where we all wake
The I.V. drips, the days drag on,
The anesthetics now wearing off.
Adjust the light switch in the hall,
Someone has left it on
And maybe the x-ray screen keeps it from getting dar
The bulb burns out when it gets too hot
Are we just a blink in the eyes of a pulse machine?
It's lightning divorcing the storm
Try to shut it off, codeine catch, the windows latched and
The clock keeps circling the room tick, tock
We lost control
(White out white out)
In white outs followed magnetic fields to the fire
(White out white out)
Out of control
We fight currents in the water, we can't let go to shore
We lost control
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the simplest meaning to this song is the most obvious. america is the only western country that doesnt have free health care. '(To cut the cost of collected health)'. you guys NEED to see sicko.
"The I.V. drips the days drag on Adjust the light switch in the hall Maybe the x-ray screen keeps it from getting dark But the bulb burns out when it gets too hot"
is from Thursday's song "The Other Side of the Crash/Over and Out(of Control)
There is the obvious allusion to the song Panic by The Smiths where you'll find the recurring line "panic on the streets of" followed by the names of cities like London and Birmingham, in Thursdays case, Healthcare City
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_(song)
Though the title is more likely inspired by the film Panic In The Streets which "tells the story of Clinton Reed, an officer of the U.S. Public Health Service (played by Richard Widmark ) and a police captain ( Paul Douglas ) who have only a day or two in which to prevent an epidemic of pneumonic plague after Reed determines a waterfront homicide victim is an index case"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_in_theStreets%28film%29
Yes, you're right. These lyrics are from "The Other Side Of The Crash", but they are switched around. This is because this is basically the very first demo of "The Other Side Of The Crash". This song is what turned into "The other Side of The Crash".
That's why the lyrics are very similar, but a little different in certain parts, and a lot different in some.
the song is based on new brunswick, the coolest place around
"blood fills up your wallet"
"I open up my wallet, and it's full of blood" -Dead Flag Blues by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
"these are the last days"
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From the CD booklet... "A B-side from War All the Time, though two of the parts later became 'Other Side of the Crash.' New Brunswick calls itself 'Health Care City' which is appropo considering it's being taken over by Johnson & Johnson."
Did anyone notice that in the WATT jacket, there's a section where it says "in a city built on health care and it's making us sick"? It's on the page opposite of the lyrics for Signals Over the Air.
what the fuck...
honestly. they combined two songs...and fucked it up.
i love this song =] i think i prefer it to the other side of the crash just a couple of lyric correction suggestions: 'the anaesthetics 'not' wearing off' - instead of 'now' wearing off, not 100% sure though. an awesome line conveying a feeling of numbness.
and my interepretation of the indecipherable screaming: We lost control (we're out, we're out) In what have we followed magnetic fields to the fire (we're out, we're out) but once again, im not sure, just what i hear =]