This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Old friend
Your horse is ready to ride
When morning comes
From this church town
Where damning rumors drip
From holy tongues
It won't go away
The fever
To find a scapegoat fast
And fix the blame
I know
You never meant to leave
The way you came
Looking down from
Their stained glass steeples
They'll never know
Why you had to run
Ride as fast as you can
They're shooting to kill
Your horse is ready to ride
When morning comes
From this church town
Where damning rumors drip
From holy tongues
It won't go away
The fever
To find a scapegoat fast
And fix the blame
I know
You never meant to leave
The way you came
Looking down from
Their stained glass steeples
They'll never know
Why you had to run
Ride as fast as you can
They're shooting to kill
Lyrics submitted by ScreamingInfidelity
Suspect Fled the Scene Lyrics as written by David Shannon Bazan
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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VERSE 1: An exemplary Christian friend is getting ready to abandon and shun a friend who has made a stand against the church and town they both have grown up in together. But before he does this he decides to warn and help the friend in a cold and calculating sort of way.The "Good Christian Friend" is a mechanic who is working on the "Troubled" friend's car, "Your horse is ready to ride when morning comes"
CHORUS: "It won't go away."
VERSE2:The fever is WHAT won't go away. The fever that is the urge the "Troubled Friend" will develop to avenge himself or the want to kill himself.. "I know, you never meant to leave the way you came" means that the "Troubled Friend" is being banished from the town he was considered a something of a "foriegner" or "outsider" in.
BRIDGE: "Looking down from the stain glass steeple, they'll never know why you had to run"= In small towns there are those who are not in control yet thy are priveleged; in most cases they are the women, the children, the retarded, the very old, etc. the ones who believe everything they hear from the pastor. They are the weakest of the towns-people and the servants of the Christian church; they are THE FLOCK and are the characters who make up Bazan's "STAIN GLASS STEEPLE". They'll never know why he had to run because it's easier that way for them, to be in denial about the fact that they have an inability to accept a different type of person into their community.
CODA: "Ride as fast as you can they're shootin' to kill" = This one speaks for itself. The "Good Christian Friend" is telling the "Troubled Friend" to get the hell out of town before it gets worst. It is also an emphasis of the "Good Christian Friend's" selfish want to get rid of the "Troubled Friend," making it that much easier for him to cut his ties with him and go on living in the town. Bazan is a genius at storytelling; perhaps I'm a bit off in my interpretation, but still, there's a real story going on. And it's obviously being told by the "Good Christian Friend" who is quite a bit double sided in his understanding of the single and most crucial skill of which must be developed in order to maintain survival in Christian-Small-Town-America, DON'T FUCK WITH THE CHURCH.