This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Never mind all the lines, I'm coming
And there is no better part of me
You'll see, the darkest light, the blind I'll be
I accept that you chose to forget
The horrid thing you made of me, my dear
It is alright, it is so
The laughing feels so good
But the world misunderstood all I said
There was no joke in what I meant
Someone, please come shelter me from
All that I am and never again will I
Believe the same old story
Someone, please come shelter me from
All that I am and never again will I
Believe the same old story
I've given up on all I loved
For an honest moment of clarity
Well, I need to feel alright
Please let me breathe
In the life I made out of nothing
To cleanse this useless identity
Will you hear all the world in it's whys?
Just wait, will the later half be as good?
Well, if only I misunderstood
I weight all this judgment I've been blamed
Someone, please come shelter me from
All that I am and never again will I
Believe the same old story
Someone, please come shelter me from
All that I am and never again will I
Believe the same old story
I've failed you, I've failed
There's no understanding in miracles
When the worst, it always comes true
I am the nothing you have saved
Someone, please come shelter me from
All that I am and never again will I
Believe the same old story
Someone, please come shelter me from
All that I am and never again will I
Believe the same old story
It eats us like cancer, we're coming for something
Maybe an answer with all that you've done for me
I'll give you nothing
It eats us like cancer, we're coming for something
Maybe an answer with all that you've done for me
Made out of nothing
Made out of nothing, made out of nothing
Made out of nothing, made out of nothing
Made out of nothing, made out of nothing
Made out of nothing, made out of nothing
And there is no better part of me
You'll see, the darkest light, the blind I'll be
I accept that you chose to forget
The horrid thing you made of me, my dear
It is alright, it is so
The laughing feels so good
But the world misunderstood all I said
There was no joke in what I meant
Someone, please come shelter me from
All that I am and never again will I
Believe the same old story
Someone, please come shelter me from
All that I am and never again will I
Believe the same old story
I've given up on all I loved
For an honest moment of clarity
Well, I need to feel alright
Please let me breathe
In the life I made out of nothing
To cleanse this useless identity
Will you hear all the world in it's whys?
Just wait, will the later half be as good?
Well, if only I misunderstood
I weight all this judgment I've been blamed
Someone, please come shelter me from
All that I am and never again will I
Believe the same old story
Someone, please come shelter me from
All that I am and never again will I
Believe the same old story
I've failed you, I've failed
There's no understanding in miracles
When the worst, it always comes true
I am the nothing you have saved
Someone, please come shelter me from
All that I am and never again will I
Believe the same old story
Someone, please come shelter me from
All that I am and never again will I
Believe the same old story
It eats us like cancer, we're coming for something
Maybe an answer with all that you've done for me
I'll give you nothing
It eats us like cancer, we're coming for something
Maybe an answer with all that you've done for me
Made out of nothing
Made out of nothing, made out of nothing
Made out of nothing, made out of nothing
Made out of nothing, made out of nothing
Made out of nothing, made out of nothing
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Made Out of Nothing (All That I Am) Lyrics as written by Travis Stever Claudio Sanchez
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I'm with everyone else on the someone part.
He does elongate the 'so,' which kind of kills the 'me' part, but he definitely says something at the end that makes an 'ne' sound.
Essentially it sounds to me like 'sooone please come shelter me,' understood as 'someone.'
plus 'someone' has the syllables that would make sense with the melody, which Claudio talks about guiding the music:<br /> <br /> "The lyrics will help create the foundation of the melody, if that makes any sense. You can hum and do all sorts of things, but without syllables to start guiding and strengthening the melodies, there's nothing there. They all come together at the same time."<br /> <br /> ...quoted in an interview about the new album at shockhound.com/features/1098-coheed-and-cambria--the-juggernaut-returns<br />