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.
Black dirty teeth, in the crease
Was the proof too good to be believed?
It's the cunt with the tongue
Who belongs on broken knees
So far it occurs to me
That everybody in the world is afraid of me
Just one more sin and down we go
But the news is out and I think I'm going to kill myself
Or fuck myself, or tell myself
About the only thing that matters now
We bury what we fear the most
Approaching original violence
Is the silence where you hide it?
'Cause I don't recognize you anymore
To each his own
Life can do with one less watered-down excuse
If this is over you can tell me it's no use
Use, just tell me it's over
Today we will deceive our better selves
Into assimilating pain from something else
Put on your face and show me why
Behind the scenes we had to simply comply
Now the community doesn't feel any better than it used to be
I want to be a judge in a criminal case
You covered up, did you cultivate?
Be yourself, not yourself, know yourself
'Cause no one seems to know you now
We carry what we can't control
Approaching original violence
In the silence there's a nihilist
Who doesn't care and never did
To each his own
Life can do with one less watered-down excuse
There comes a time when we can't take the same abuse
If this is over you can tell me it's no use
Use
Drug out, pissed on, everything's the same
Bitch and moan, it doesn't matter, nothing's going to change
I don't want to watch another brother fucking die
So discarded, fallen by the side
Don't tell me it's the only way
Just another reason why you never take the bait
The trials, the scheming, the burden of the beast
Both your faces turn your back on everything you fought to save a dream
Now that it's over
When this is over
We are the angels, fear to tread
Approaching original violence
We're the silence, we'll deny it
We can't continue on like this
To each his own
Life can do with one less watered-down excuse
There comes a time when we can't take the same abuse
My god, it would've taken just one word to stay from you
Now that this is over you can tell me it's no use
Now that this is over you can tell me it's no use
Use, just tell me it's over
It doesn't matter what you say
It doesn't matter what you do
We can't continue on like this
Was the proof too good to be believed?
It's the cunt with the tongue
Who belongs on broken knees
So far it occurs to me
That everybody in the world is afraid of me
Just one more sin and down we go
But the news is out and I think I'm going to kill myself
Or fuck myself, or tell myself
About the only thing that matters now
We bury what we fear the most
Approaching original violence
Is the silence where you hide it?
'Cause I don't recognize you anymore
To each his own
Life can do with one less watered-down excuse
If this is over you can tell me it's no use
Use, just tell me it's over
Today we will deceive our better selves
Into assimilating pain from something else
Put on your face and show me why
Behind the scenes we had to simply comply
Now the community doesn't feel any better than it used to be
I want to be a judge in a criminal case
You covered up, did you cultivate?
Be yourself, not yourself, know yourself
'Cause no one seems to know you now
We carry what we can't control
Approaching original violence
In the silence there's a nihilist
Who doesn't care and never did
To each his own
Life can do with one less watered-down excuse
There comes a time when we can't take the same abuse
If this is over you can tell me it's no use
Use
Drug out, pissed on, everything's the same
Bitch and moan, it doesn't matter, nothing's going to change
I don't want to watch another brother fucking die
So discarded, fallen by the side
Don't tell me it's the only way
Just another reason why you never take the bait
The trials, the scheming, the burden of the beast
Both your faces turn your back on everything you fought to save a dream
Now that it's over
When this is over
We are the angels, fear to tread
Approaching original violence
We're the silence, we'll deny it
We can't continue on like this
To each his own
Life can do with one less watered-down excuse
There comes a time when we can't take the same abuse
My god, it would've taken just one word to stay from you
Now that this is over you can tell me it's no use
Now that this is over you can tell me it's no use
Use, just tell me it's over
It doesn't matter what you say
It doesn't matter what you do
We can't continue on like this
Lyrics submitted by static111, edited by mggt, danieljv94, Tundra1234, damnitdaniel, sinrise
AOV Lyrics as written by James Root Corey Taylor
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i can't be positive but this looks like its about joey jordinson and possible substance abuse. again this is speculation but the lines about losing another brother and the later lyrics about trials definitely point towards this.
Corey Taylor specifically said in one of his interviews that none of these songs are about Joey, but rather about Paul and Corey himself. So this song may be referring to Paul's substance abuse.
It sounds to me like this song is about anyone turning on them through the bands hiatus namely Joey and Brenda Gray, and cutting them off.
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