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.
The serpent knows,
When the curtain falls,
In denials blindfold,
It greets another day
Don't believe the mask
It attempts to lie,
The perfect ten,
When reality caves in
Don't tell me,
Tell my ghost,
Cause I blame him
For all I don't want to know
I found secrets about life untold
Life's wrapped in a riddle,
Easier said than done,
Hate to play the victim,
Rather run and hide.
I found secrets about life untold,
Let them take me far away
Call back in place,
It easier to cope behind the curtain,
Wipe the worries away
No thought about consequence
I found secrets about life untold,
Let them take me far away
When the curtain falls,
In denials blindfold,
It greets another day
Don't believe the mask
It attempts to lie,
The perfect ten,
When reality caves in
Don't tell me,
Tell my ghost,
Cause I blame him
For all I don't want to know
I found secrets about life untold
Life's wrapped in a riddle,
Easier said than done,
Hate to play the victim,
Rather run and hide.
I found secrets about life untold,
Let them take me far away
Call back in place,
It easier to cope behind the curtain,
Wipe the worries away
No thought about consequence
I found secrets about life untold,
Let them take me far away
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In relation to this song I think it’s one of the best pieces on the album. And as for it’s meaning. . There’s some symbolism and imagery with the concept of the “serpent” (deception, trickery, manipulation..etc.) Imo, it’s just what I believe, and every song is interpreted differently by everyone anyway no doubt about that. . .AAHHH I’M BLABBERING AGAIN! T_T The song is about an individual who holds two personas. One, which is the real self. . The ego. . And the other the mask that they wear (Their face for the outside world). The ‘Ghost’ representing the person’s mask (which is clever metaphorical language since a ghost lacks of life and essence). A person’s false façade or the mask they wear for others lacks of life since it’s all-fake and manufactured. They’re not allowing their self to express their true persona (Therefore they’re not living). I think they’ve come to a stage in their life when they come to terms with the consequences of having a reflection or living the life of a person on the other side of the mirror .
”Don’t believe the mask It adapts to any lie, The perfect ten, When reality caves in”
Here the individual is saying to its listeners to not believe what’s on the surface and take a single truth they hear as the ONLY truth. . Because it can be a lie since nothing is certain in life.
”Don’t tell me, tell my ghost, Cause I blame him For all I don’t want to know”
“Me” being a reference to the person’s true self…their ego. He’s saying he doesn’t want everything about reality to affect his true self (possibly to keep their ignorance and innocence of the world) and that if anyone has anything cynical or realistic to say they should inform his other persona instead. . The mask he wears to keep himself protected from the truth. . And it’s because of his split persona, he feels because of this mask. . His true self doesn’t know anything (which didn’t allow for his being to give room for growth and wisdom.. because he’s been feeding all this information to the lie he created in order to keep his innocence intact).
thats just my take on it. .must go blabbering on other In flames songs...