| Between the Buried and Me – Desert of Song Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Hey guys, sorry that the lyrics have been wrong for a few months. I tried doing them by ear when the song was on Youtube and such, but I failed haha. The correct lyrics are up now. | |
| Between the Buried and Me – Desert of Song Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| They are all my favorite in different aspects. Probably a tie between SttM and D,I,M | |
| Between the Buried and Me – Desert of Song Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Haha ya I wanted to be the first. I got a lot of Obfuscation, but I can't make out some words here and there. | |
| Between the Buried and Me – White Walls Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| They allude to The Silent Circus a few times in this album. | |
| Between the Buried and Me – White Walls Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"This song is about growing as a band and as individual musicians. I wrote this song after we did Ozzfest (also known as a big metal talent show). The music business really shows how stagnant and boring popular music is. Everyone tries to sound and look the way they are supposed to in order to “get big”. Obviously all bands aren’t like this… but it seems that more and more people are starting bands to become rock stars, not because they love music. This song is about growing and realizing what you need to do in order to make yourself happy in music… cause when its all said and done, this is what people hear when we die. When I started playing music it was a blank canvas (white walls) and this journey I’ve lived so far are the paintings that will be seen when I die." -Tommy |
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| Between the Buried and Me – Viridian Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"Viridian is a blue-green pigment… we felt it really fit the mood of the song." It's an excuse for Dan to be a badass. |
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| Between the Buried and Me – Ants of the Sky Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"I wrote this song in an airport. When I listen to music on my headphones, I like to watch the world work and think about what every single person is doing that day. This song is about each one of us creating our own itinerary and flying through our life on one big vacation. Trying to find happiness, perfection, and love. It’s a “bloody, bumpy” road for most, and others it’s a wonderful journey. We fly away from our problems and towards our solutions (at least what we think are our solutions). We are the ants of the sky...aka the walking dead." -Tommy |
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| Between the Buried and Me – Informal Gluttony Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"This song is about rebuilding our lives as individuals and as an entire society. Some themes in the song: “Construction paper traffic”: the idea of building cities with paper… trying to find a child like mood in all the bullshit we create as adults. “Clock tower”: living our lives by a 9 to 5 mindset… constant routines. “Wrinkle free clients of doom”: being the perfect model of a beautiful human being. “All you can eat trumpet”: food consumption taking over our lives. “Corner office tubes”: living as mice. “Feed me fear”: we are a scared nation." -Tommy |
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| Between the Buried and Me – Foam Born (B) The Decade of Statues Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"Foam Born: the idea of being born again in many different forms (gas, liquids, and solids). This song is about growing old and realizing the most important things in your life. Even though the world gives you many ups and downs, you have to keep waiting to find what truly makes you happy. I use some imagery such as waves pushing me to an isolated island where it’s just me and my thoughts (the environment I tried to mentally be in when writing this record). This song also speaks of the horrible writers block I get every time we write a new record… the older I get, the happier and more peaceful I seem to be (the idea I spoke about before) … and the more peaceful I become the harder it is for me to write about negative aspects of life (something I’ve always written about in the past). The end of this song is basically saying thanks to all of those who enjoy the music and lyrics we create with each record. A lot of bands take their lives for granted and forget that they are here because of their fans. Thank you." -Tommy |
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| Between the Buried and Me – Foam Born (A) The Backtrack Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"Foam Born: the idea of being born again in many different forms (gas, liquids, and solids). This song is about growing old and realizing the most important things in your life. Even though the world gives you many ups and downs, you have to keep waiting to find what truly makes you happy. I use some imagery such as waves pushing me to an isolated island where it’s just me and my thoughts (the environment I tried to mentally be in when writing this record). This song also speaks of the horrible writers block I get every time we write a new record… the older I get, the happier and more peaceful I seem to be (the idea I spoke about before) … and the more peaceful I become the harder it is for me to write about negative aspects of life (something I’ve always written about in the past). The end of this song is basically saying thanks to all of those who enjoy the music and lyrics we create with each record. A lot of bands take their lives for granted and forget that they are here because of their fans. Thank you." -Tommy |
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| Between the Buried and Me – Prequel to the Sequel Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Darn you! You beat me to it lol. Anyways, here is the meaning from Tommy: "This song is a story about the beginning of time (prequel) and its life building up till its demise (the sequel… also know as ‘lost perfection” from the “silent circus”). I chose the idea of a lady (mother nature) creating a headless person (the earth) and that person living amongst three lovers (humans). Branches grow from its headless neck and create nutrients for the world to enjoy. It talks of its life and how everyone soon took all of it qualities for granted. Taking all it nutrients and natural elements and wilting the tree into the ground. Slowly bringing all life to its end." |
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| Between the Buried and Me – Sun of Nothing Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Here is the interpretation from Tommy: "This song is about a man that gets tired of his life. He decides the only natural way to rid himself of this world is to fly to the sun and burn his body. He builds a rocket ship (he has already been named the “spaceman” in his town) and starts his journey. The song is the thought process during his voyage towards death. He evaluates all the different aspects of his life and towards the end realizes he had it better than most. He has regret but there’s no turning back cause he is already floating towards the sun." |
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| Between the Buried and Me – Roboturner Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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