I heard this line one time 'bout tryin' to save the world
But have you ever tried to save yourself
A wide-eyed suicide drive
Remains a fake
As if you'd ever
Ever go and make the same mistake
Strung out as the night comes crawlin'
Your halo of thorns is fallin'

[Chorus]
Blood runs cold
I feel it in my bones
But you don't know your time is up
Blood runs cold

Somebody somewhere is screamin' out the words
But do they ever really ease the pain
I guess what I'm trying to say
Is whose life is it anyway because livin'
Living is the best revenge
You can play
This fall from grace
I see your face
It's over

[Chorus]

From you love was kind
Resolved left scarred and blind
Wasted and naked in the wings

Denying twist of fate
Demanding Heaven's gate
Lying in wait above the wind

Strung out as the night comes crawlin'
Your halo of thorns is fallin'

[Chorus]

Blood runs cold
Blood runs cold


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    My Opinion

    Although Steve Clark's death wasn't a suicide, he did have "suicide drive" behavior before sadly losing his life in 1991. Maybe that what "You don't know your time is up" signifies.

    In this song, Joe Elliot and Phil Collin are sharing their feelings of losing their good friend. Perhaps the songwriters are also giving advice to people considering taking their own lives: "as if you'd ever go and make that same mistake." The cold running blood in this song belongs to the songwriters who say "I feel it in my bones." A reminder that suicide inflicts pain on the living. Powerful imagery. This song could be stronger with an anti-suicide message -- after the end of the guitar solo, instead of repeating "Strung out as the night comes crawlin' / Your halo of thorns is fallin'" the lyrics could repeat : "...because livin' / Livin' is the best revenge you can play." Emphasizing the optimistic and hope for the living, inspite of Steve's death.

    lyricalONEon July 16, 2012   Link

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