| Atreyu – The Crimson Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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If anyone else has actually read the first few books of the Vampire Chronicles by ANNE RICE you'd probably realize that this song isn't really about any personal experience (at least that's how I'm taking it) Its just about identifying with the character Lestat de Lioncourt that she writes about.(For those of you less inclined to reading: Lestat would be Tom Cruise in Interview with the Vampire and Stuart Townsend in Queen of the Damned, Louis being Brad Pitt in Interview with the Vampire) Everything in the verses references things that happen in either Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat or Queen of the Damned hence the line "I'm an Anne Rice novel come to life" Alex (Vox and songwriter), like Lestat and Louis, is probably looking back on things he's done in his past that he's done on instinct or that he needed to do to survive that were damnable in the eyes of God and regretting them, but doesn't know how to repent or how to keep on living without doing them. The Chorus "Will you still hold me when you see what I have done? Will you still kiss me the same when you taste my victim's blood? So crimson and red I feel it flowing from your lips My heart is dead and so are you " Is Alex wondering if anyone can trust him once they find out about his past, and he's pessimistically looking ahead to when he'll fuck up and hurt another person. |
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| Atreyu – Demonology and Heartache Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Maybe I'm just a hopeless romantic, or not pessimistic enough for you people, but I think that the song is to someone who's been really messed up by relationships she's been in before and the speaker is so in love with her that he'll do anything he can to get her to be able to trust him. I don't really think he's angry about her complaining because after "You claim to know a thing or two about heartache And what it's like to have your insides torn out," he says "And I believe you" "I see it every time your pallbearer's pallor is obscured By the darkness dancing across your face And when the blackness veils your eyes in pain" shows that she tries to keep her composure and not let him know that she has a hard time trusting people, but when she lets her guard down he can tell The second stanza is expressing that he knows what she's going through, and he was able to get over it (so maybe he can help her too) "love letters read like obituaries And photo albums are the books of the dead" mean that the love that he had in other relationships has died and its like the people he was in them with have too. The Chorus is expressing that he wants to heal all the wounds inflicted on her heart by her past relationships and he really believes that if she didn't have him her ability to love would be lost forever. "Love kills Romance is dead And I don't even trust myself But I love you" Shows that he knows that love can really hurt, but he's willing to risk everything to be with the girl he loves The last part is telling the girl that, if she really gets to know him, she'll be able to see that he really does identify with what she's been through and won't hurt her like everyone else has. "No life after death" signifies that once she completely gives up on people she won't ever be able to regain her trust in them again (I did a paper on this last year...) |
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| Atreyu – Demonology and Heartache Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Maybe I'm just a hopeless romantic, or not pessimistic enough for you people, but I think that the song is to someone who's been really messed up by relationships she's been in before and the speaker is so in love with her that he'll do anything he can to get her to be able to trust him. I don't really think he's angry about her complaining because after "You claim to know a thing or two about heartache And what it's like to have your insides torn out," he says "And I believe you" "I see it every time your pallbearer's pallor is obscured By the darkness dancing across your face And when the blackness veils your eyes in pain" shows that she tries to keep her composure and not let him know that she has a hard time trusting people, but when she lets her guard down he can tell The second stanza is expressing that he knows what she's going through, and he was able to get over it (so maybe he can help her too) "love letters read like obituaries And photo albums are the books of the dead" mean that the love that he had in other relationships has died and its like the people he was in them with have too. The Chorus is expressing that he wants to heal all the wounds inflicted on her heart by her past relationships and he really believes that if she didn't have him her ability to love would be lost forever. "Love kills Romance is dead And I don't even trust myself But I love you" Shows that he knows that love can really hurt, but he's willing to risk everything to be with the girl he loves The last part is telling the girl that, if she really gets to know him, she'll be able to see that he really does identify with what she's been through and won't hurt her like everyone else has. "No life after death" signifies that once she completely gives up on people she won't ever be able to regain her trust in them again (I did a paper on this last year...) |
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