Wait a minute..... I have ONE MORE INTERPRETATION!!
And this one is kind of playing at what someone else said and I think it might be the right one. I can't believe I missed this, and it would be great if someone could confirm this. How did Klayton's father die? And is he dead?
The reason I ask is because I think this song IS about suicide. The suicide of his father. I will show this.
(1)
Oh man, I can't believe that you did what they said you did
And to this day I've still gotta say that in my mind I question it
I wish I knew what you had meant before you went and left me wondering to just an echo of your voice
'Listen...'
(Self explanatory: "I can't believe you really killed yourself..
And to this day I've still gotta say that in my mind I question it
I wish I knew what your last words to me were before you killed yourself..)
(2)
Now I wait to take my turn to bleed
Like a kid playing with a razorblade
And wonder if I have the balls at all or am I gonna be afraid.
Where are you? What do you think? cause I'm not sure when knocking at death's door if I will be welcome in
or be left alone outside
(**Now I'm contemplating suicide or the prospect of it
Like a kid playing with a razorblade
And wonder if I have the balls at all or am I gonna be afraid.
Where are you? What do you think? I'm not sure... if I kill myself what will await on the other side for me? [[REFERENCE TO HAMLET'S "TO BE OR NOT TO BE" SPEECH. READ THE INTERPRETATION.]]")
(3)
I guess there comes a point when you
think to yourself
This isn't worth it, it isn't worth it.
And now I feel what you felt
And now I feel what you felt inside brother
And now I feel what you felt
This isn't worth it, It isn't worth it
(Not sure who the brother is. Might be his brother. Might be the other firstborn.)
(4)
I hear the sound of a heart from the shadow in the dark waiting for the poison to hit its mark
(Listen - My son)
I see the darkness surround the shape on the ground the killer straight up and a body face down
(Firstborn - Last one)
I hear the din of the screams, sorrow in streams the smell of farewell and gasoline
(Listen - My son)
I see a heart set free and my legacy hear a voice from a shadow that is beckoning me
(Firstborn - Last one)
(**The speaker hears the sound of a heartbeat that's coming from a shadow in the dark, waiting for a poison to take over.
Then the speaker hears the noise of screams, tears, and the smell of gasoline,
Then he sees a heart set free and his legacy and a voice that beckons him.
Here is what it means: The shadow is his dad. The heartbeat is his dad's increasingly fast heartbeat as he sits in the car. The poison is carbon monoxide (smells like gasoline)-- his dad committed suicide by locking himself in his car, in his garage, and turning on the engine, and waiting for the poison to get to his heart. The screams and tears are either from those of the witnesses or from his dad or even from himself.
His dad's heart is "set free" (it stops) and his legacy (his dad) is also set free (he dies), and the voice thereafter is the trauma itself. This image repeats in his mind just like it repeats in the song, and he can picture it again and again: the sights, the sounds, the smells))
(5)
Live a life in hell through a mortal shell asphyxiating smell
For a crime lifetime
Imagination locked in a cell
And to the other firstborn, I see the same scene that must play over in your mind and now how much more I'm sure it's fucked with your head just like it's fucked up mine.
(asphyxiating smell refers to the carbon monoxide, which asphyxiated his father to death. And this whole image that has been burned into his memory is like a life sentence. He is locked with his imagination in this cell, and he cannot imagine anything else but the suicide. And, the other firstborn, this is one I can't quite put a finger on.)
And the rest is self-explanatory.
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"I see the darkness surround the shape on the ground the killer straight up and a body face down"
"I see the darkness surround the shape on the ground the killer straight up and a body face down"
He sees a dark shape but can't make out what it is (the darkness might also be the gas/the smoke). The killer that's going straight up is the carbon monoxide rising up and mixing in the air. As it rises, it reveals a body facing the floor. His dad.
He sees a dark shape but can't make out what it is (the darkness might also be the gas/the smoke). The killer that's going straight up is the carbon monoxide rising up and mixing in the air. As it rises, it reveals a body facing the floor. His dad.
Wait a minute..... I have ONE MORE INTERPRETATION!!
And this one is kind of playing at what someone else said and I think it might be the right one. I can't believe I missed this, and it would be great if someone could confirm this. How did Klayton's father die? And is he dead?
The reason I ask is because I think this song IS about suicide. The suicide of his father. I will show this.
(1) Oh man, I can't believe that you did what they said you did And to this day I've still gotta say that in my mind I question it I wish I knew what you had meant before you went and left me wondering to just an echo of your voice 'Listen...'
(Self explanatory: "I can't believe you really killed yourself.. And to this day I've still gotta say that in my mind I question it I wish I knew what your last words to me were before you killed yourself..)
(2) Now I wait to take my turn to bleed Like a kid playing with a razorblade And wonder if I have the balls at all or am I gonna be afraid. Where are you? What do you think? cause I'm not sure when knocking at death's door if I will be welcome in or be left alone outside
(**Now I'm contemplating suicide or the prospect of it Like a kid playing with a razorblade And wonder if I have the balls at all or am I gonna be afraid. Where are you? What do you think? I'm not sure... if I kill myself what will await on the other side for me? [[REFERENCE TO HAMLET'S "TO BE OR NOT TO BE" SPEECH. READ THE INTERPRETATION.]]")
(3) I guess there comes a point when you think to yourself This isn't worth it, it isn't worth it. And now I feel what you felt And now I feel what you felt inside brother And now I feel what you felt This isn't worth it, It isn't worth it
(Not sure who the brother is. Might be his brother. Might be the other firstborn.)
(4) I hear the sound of a heart from the shadow in the dark waiting for the poison to hit its mark (Listen - My son) I see the darkness surround the shape on the ground the killer straight up and a body face down (Firstborn - Last one) I hear the din of the screams, sorrow in streams the smell of farewell and gasoline (Listen - My son) I see a heart set free and my legacy hear a voice from a shadow that is beckoning me (Firstborn - Last one)
(**The speaker hears the sound of a heartbeat that's coming from a shadow in the dark, waiting for a poison to take over. Then the speaker hears the noise of screams, tears, and the smell of gasoline, Then he sees a heart set free and his legacy and a voice that beckons him.
Here is what it means: The shadow is his dad. The heartbeat is his dad's increasingly fast heartbeat as he sits in the car. The poison is carbon monoxide (smells like gasoline)-- his dad committed suicide by locking himself in his car, in his garage, and turning on the engine, and waiting for the poison to get to his heart. The screams and tears are either from those of the witnesses or from his dad or even from himself. His dad's heart is "set free" (it stops) and his legacy (his dad) is also set free (he dies), and the voice thereafter is the trauma itself. This image repeats in his mind just like it repeats in the song, and he can picture it again and again: the sights, the sounds, the smells))
(5) Live a life in hell through a mortal shell asphyxiating smell For a crime lifetime Imagination locked in a cell And to the other firstborn, I see the same scene that must play over in your mind and now how much more I'm sure it's fucked with your head just like it's fucked up mine.
(asphyxiating smell refers to the carbon monoxide, which asphyxiated his father to death. And this whole image that has been burned into his memory is like a life sentence. He is locked with his imagination in this cell, and he cannot imagine anything else but the suicide. And, the other firstborn, this is one I can't quite put a finger on.)
And the rest is self-explanatory.
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Oh I missed the line:
Oh I missed the line:
"I see the darkness surround the shape on the ground the killer straight up and a body face down"
"I see the darkness surround the shape on the ground the killer straight up and a body face down"
He sees a dark shape but can't make out what it is (the darkness might also be the gas/the smoke). The killer that's going straight up is the carbon monoxide rising up and mixing in the air. As it rises, it reveals a body facing the floor. His dad.
He sees a dark shape but can't make out what it is (the darkness might also be the gas/the smoke). The killer that's going straight up is the carbon monoxide rising up and mixing in the air. As it rises, it reveals a body facing the floor. His dad.
Another thing: maybe the suicide was committed by the mother, and not by the father. Then again who knows.
Another thing: maybe the suicide was committed by the mother, and not by the father. Then again who knows.