I am just everyone i've ever met and the reason why wars are fought.
i am why blood is shed. the cause of soldier's deaths.
i've sent my envy over seas.
to dark alleys and abandoned streets.
to seep through to unprotected eyes.
to harden hearts. to make them cold.

we've sculpted ourselves into machines.
we've shaped our love into greed.

we are the clone of a clone.
the cause of broken homes. the thought of being alone.
we've fallen further than we know.

we've sent our lust through these wires.
to show that all we are, are liars.
to seep through to unsuspecting lives.
to break them clean just for our own gain.

dispel the serpent's lie. unveil what we need to see.
break through this blueprint and speak to me.

we are worth more than this earth.
i am worth more than this earth.
we are more than this world.
i will show them an image of you.
you are worth more than this earth.
i will send my love as far as i can.
to unveil what we need to see.
until my last breath from my exhausted chest has left.

love holds no record of wrongs


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Shapes Lyrics as written by Lou Cotton Eric Choi

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    this song is ok, not as good as dreams tho. cant really interpret the meaning

    FallenSaint97on April 20, 2009   Link
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    this song is actually pretty good. this band has a future :) I haven't taken the time to really figure out the meaning

    BrandonFTWon June 07, 2009   Link
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    :D

    juliecantswimon September 20, 2009   Link
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    I think this is trying to show how far the world has fallen from the God given meaning of man kind. I know this is not a "christian band," but their songs definitely support what christianity stands for. Shapes is showing all the faults of man in the recent years, and how much of an impact one person has on world conflict; that not only do we need God in the world, but we need to rid the world of hate and evil. "Dispel the serpent's lie," symbolizes ridding the world of Satan's (the serpent) lies. "Unveil what we need to see," is speaking to God, asking to show man how to live the way we were meant to. I know this is a very religious meaning, but you're all free to interpret it any way you want. No matter what, they only want good in the world, and it's shown deeply through their lyrics.

    CDW188on March 22, 2011   Link
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    I AM JUST EVERYONE, EVERYONE I'VE EVER MET (the masses largely parrot patterns of thought and behavior around them and rarely create their own identity.) AND THE REASON WARS ARE FOUGHT (this is used to mind control the population using the media to support war/genocide) I AM (those who perpetrate this deception of mankind breeding global corruption through the mass hijacking of consciousness) WHY BLOOD IS SHED THE CAUSE OF SOLDIERS DEATHS I'VE SENT MY ENVY OVERSEAS 2X (resources desired by the Anglo American empire) THROUGH DARK ALLEYS AND ABANDONED STREETS (curfew imposed in military controlled cities of Afghanistan and Iraq) SEEPING THROUGH TO UNPROTECTED EYES (Psychological warfare waged upon unaware minds) TO HARDEN HEARTS, TO MAKE THEM COLD WE'VE SCULPTED OURSELVES INTO MACHINES (We have been conditioned to be self centered, apathetic, and to become an ignorant flock of sentience whom care not about anyone but ourselves in any real or meaningful way. We are not human beings anymore. Divide and conquer!) WE'VE SHAPED OUR LOVE INTO GREED (Human traits have been perverted for an end.) WE ARE THE CLONE OF A CLONE (Parroting, mimicking, copying this madness around us. Most people simply lack the creative mindset to create a perception of reality independent of others. It is difficult to think for oneself. So let others do it for you.) THE CAUSE OF BROKEN HOMES (This pattern of madness destroys relationships between human beings, including family members.) THE THOUGHT OF BEING ALONE (sometimes being alone and free of distraction and outward influence allows us to see through the veil of manipulation and into reality. So why would they train people using culture to fear this? Because it is one way to break free of this matrix of control.) WE'VE FALLEN FURTHER THAN WE KNOW (It is not readily obvious to victims of this matrix to what is truly going on) WE'VE SENT OUR LUST THROUGH THESE WIRES (Lust for power, this brainwashing is our method to accomplish it) TO SHOW THAT ALL WE ARE ARE LIARS (We hide the information in plain view so that only the initiated and truly freethinking human beings can break free of this mental prison.) TO SEEP THROUGH TO UNSUSPECTING LIVES (People for the most part have no idea they are being bullshited and that this reality is directly effecting their lives.) TO BREAK THEM CLEAN JUST FOR OUR OWN GAIN (Make people cold and self centered and you can manipulate them in ways that was never possible before to achieve goals once impossible. Like getting them to kill one another. Divide and conquer tactics.) DISPEL THE SERPENTS LIE (Reference to the secret societies whom own corporations who in turn control government and effect even you the reader's life whether you know it or not. The serpent swallowing it's own tail.... They basically are saying wake up!) UNVEIL WHAT WE NEED TO SEE (Wake up.) BREAK THROUGH THIS BLUEPRINT AND SPEAK, TO SPEAK TO ME (Wake up, communicate, organize, and DO SOMETHING.) WE ARE WORTH MORE THAN THIS EARTH (Ignore the fact that the rings of Saturn are melting and the sun is going through a solar maximum. Humanity is the main culprit for causing global warming. Lets convince the public of this so we can justify methods to lower population.) I AM WORTH MORE THAN THIS EARTH WE'VE SENT OUR LUST THROUGH THESE WE ARE MORE THAN THIS WORLD 2X (WE, who we are. Our personality and values. Ultimately the manifestation of how our brain operates. THIS WORLD=this dimension. Do you honestly believe our mind operates in one dimension? That memory of the past has no similarities to time travel? That sleep is a third dimensional state of mind?) I WILL SEND THEM AN IMAGE OF YOU (This is the reality. These are the people responsible for the chaos in our world. These are the cowards whom murder innocent children and brainwash billions out of greed and selfishness. Ordo Abchao) YOU ARE WORTH MORE THAN THIS EARTH (Human life has more value than resources found on this planet. For consciousness in the universe is the rarest of jewels and we are its greatest vessels on this planet.) I WILL SHOW THEM AN IMAGE OF YOU I WILL SEND MY LOVE, AS FAR AS I CAN (Love coupled with awareness and disobedience is the solution to taking back our civilization from criminal murderers.) TO UNVEIL WHAT WE NEED TO SEE UNTIL MY LAST BREATH FROM MY EXHAUSTED CHEST HAS LEFT MY CHEST (Speak out. Do not be silenced.) LOVE HOLDS NO RECORD OF WRONGS 2X

    Knowledge is power, and ignorance is slavery!

    ignoranceisslaveryon August 06, 2011   Link

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