I go outside
Ask the air if you'd like to hide
Take a deep breath
Walk inside my prise
In my lungs I still feel young
But my body won't play along
I'm thinking this must not be where we belong

And the world
Split in two from the throng
Of every living soul
Screamin' atop of their lungs
Singin' this is my word
But somehow we never get heard
There's just an echo from a lost and lonely world

And I dare you to survive
Being grown for the rest of your life
From adulthood no one survives

Ten million feet
Pounding into the ground each week
Every secret, every burden they keep
Each ones waiting on the chance
To be lifted off the ground, but then
To discover that we'll all be dust again

And I dare you to survive
Being grown for the rest of your life
From adulthood no one survives

And I dare you to survive
Being grown for the rest of your life
From adulthood no one survives
From adulthood no one survives


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    My Opinion

    I see this song as a response to the previous track on the album Dead.

    Dead seems to be about what happens after death and from the point of view of a doubter of religion and someone scared of death.

    This seems to be about the religious masses, the fact that they are scared of death and go to chuch/other religious buildings every week to try and perpetuate the idea to themselves that there is a life after death:

    "Ten billion feet Pounding at the ground each week"

    But their foot pounding is all done in vain:

    "Each one’s waiting on the chance To be lifted off the ground but then To discover that we’ll all be dust again"

    I think this part best sums up my interpretation of the song:

    "But somehow we never get heard There’s just an echo From a lost and lonely world"

    blekkon September 22, 2012   Link

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