All my life I've been debating
All the crows they sit there waiting
Wondering what I'm going to eat
Until I have it I can't breathe

I only see you on the floor
Your hearts not beating anymore
My lust for you it cannot wait
Your skin it tastes like chocolate

Staring blankly at the sun
Waiting for my time to come
Your good life it makes me sick
All the screaming sounds like music

Losing all my holy dreams
Someone tell me what they mean
There's a smell of iron blood in the air
But I can't find it anywhere

I've been waiting for someone to find me
And become a part of me (A part of...)
I've been waiting for you
To come here
And kill me
And set me free
I've been waiting for the one

Blood's flavor is so metallic
It's smell makes me go phrenetic
Textures that I find in you is a thick vicious glue
Some nights I become so clean
With all I touch and all I see
There's an iron smell of blood in the air
But now I see it everywhere

I've been waiting for someone to find me
And become a part of me (A part of me...)
I've been waiting for you
To come here
And kill me
And set me free (Oh)
I've been waiting for the one

I've been waiting for someone to find me
And become a part of me (A part of me...)
I've been waiting for you to
Come here
And kill me (Oh)
I've been waiting for the one


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    Well with all of the low growling at the begining I think it has something to do with the hellhounds, possibly from the perspective of Sam as she controls them. Maybe the desire to kill the four chracters is not a willing decision.

    It may also be from the perspective of Fluffy shortly before killing Sam and Dr. Maxis, based on the cries of what sounds like a girl near the begining and middle of the song.

    Poissonon February 05, 2011   Link
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    General Comment

    This whole song is a literal and metaphoric viewpoint of the zombies.

    LeadoffGKon August 15, 2011   Link
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    yeah, leadoffGK is right. this whole song is supposed to be a metaphorical view of how a zombie thinks and feels. it talks about how they find some kind of enjoyment out of death and eating people and on the other hand it says they been waiting for "someone to come here and save me" and "come here, kill me, and set me free." which is referring to how they can't help what they are doing but they do it anyway.

    jamezman1on October 04, 2011   Link
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    As leado and jamez says, is from the point of view of a zombie, BUT in Samantha's perspective, 'cuz she is the one that controls them.

    HunkShagrathon November 09, 2011   Link

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