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Murder by Death – End of the Line Lyrics 21 years ago
well since murder by death means murder by the devil, and the entire album is about the story of how the devil got shot in a bar fight in a small town in new mexico, and comes back to the village to extract his revenge, i think the end of the line is, like prayingmantis84 said, the prelude to the big climax. the villagers are prepping themselves for, no matter how corny it may sound, the big showdown between the devil and themselves.
interestingly enough, adam turla (vox) was a religions major in college and decided to write a story, and thought "what better background then the devil", everyone recognizes and associates certain things with the devil. so he put his story to music.
Also, MBD is currently writing and recording a new album, featuring the song "end of the rope" which is about prisoners on death row, (sarah balliet's(cello)mother works in a program that helps prisoners get their lives back together after jail, so this song is mainly about her and her work. They play this song live as well

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