| Norma Jean – Vipers, Snakes, and Actors Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Like the title of the song implies, I think it's about fake people who say one thing and put on a façade to hide who they really are. They stand for the wrong things and try to act as though they are "perfect" people who can do no wrong until you get beneath the surface. So really they'll preach about one thing, and do another. | |
| Norma Jean – Everlasting Tapeworm Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Just a couple tweaks to the lyrics, these are the actual ones. | |
| Norma Jean – Everlasting Tapeworm Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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These countless times we fall to ruin These myriad days are so relentless It isn't everyones frailty to stop functioning To stop breathing Sway with the waves, Let the waves change And we'll find our way back to the shore when it's over The never content sensation of a tapeworm drug looking for it's angry fix Will mutual fear bring us peace? Is ruining your day, ruining your life? Sway with the waves, Let the waves change And we'll find our way back to the shore when it's over Sway with the waves, Let the waves change And we'll find our way back to the shore when it's over What happened to my noisy planet? When did the sun go nova? In dim light, I can tell by the hollow look in your eyes Using technology to live on this slow night I'm starting to realize I'll die long before I've been there before, To become extinct I've been there before, I'll become extinct Crunch the numbers 'til we become sick Sway with the waves, Let the waves change And we'll find our way back to the shore when it's over Sway with the waves, Let the waves change And we'll find our way back to the shore when it's over |
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| Norma Jean – Cemetery Like a Stage Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song is probably the best one to ever be produced by Norma Jean, it has a lot of meaning and you can feel the emotion behind it when he sings it. In my opinion it's about a young child that goes through an extreme hardship that corresponds to the death of a parent or very close family member and that he or she doesn't necesarilly understand, however, they kind of know what's going on. "There will be no more color, Broken I stand here, A new creation, On the stage of history, Where map and compass mean nothing at all." Everything that was familiar to he or she is lost and things have gone astray, it's a historical moment in their life and it has drained the happiness that they once knew. It's a new creation of emotion never felt before and their trying to learn how to handle it. "The arrows are in me, My spirit drinks poison, I joined the avalanche just to feel alive." The damage of what had happened is irreversable and the overall spirit and wellbeing is crushed by what's happened. I think the last part is a reference to how children and adolecents act out for attention because of a traumatic event in their lives. They do things to make themselves feel better because they don't know how to deal with the pain. "I remember sitting in my mothers room, And I watched them cry, We're not supposed to be here, Tonight I will sleep on the floor, Oh, Such weight." This shows what I meant by the child may not understand the pain caused by the event, by sitting there and seeing that kind of grief, they know something horrific has happened. They aren't supposed to be in this kind of position, so I see that lyric as him asking why this is happening. Kinda like this isn't supposed to happen, why are we here? He slept on the floor in the room to provide some form of colsolence, and to try to help out the situation. In essence to try to make his mother feel better because noone wants to see their mother in that kind of pain. The last part of this verse is hard but I look at it as how some children feel as though they might have had something to do with what's going on. So they feel partially responsible for the pain being felt by others, but they'll do anything to console them. "There are strangers in my house, Tripping over themselves to white wash this disaster, I am young but I am not blind." The people that are coming to a funeral maybe or to their home to give their condolences, are desperately trying to cover up what is really going on. They're looking at the child as being too young to understand what's going on, which in turn, is angering the child because he wants to know, and does kind of know what's going on. He's saying that he is young but he's not stupid. "The voice of heaven speaks with time, Dedication, This will never fade, I guess the body means nothing." This is the point of realization that as the child gets older, there is something out there much greater than themselves and there is no need to worry anymore. They now know that in time, they will again be reunited with that person they lost when it's their time and they are dedicating themselves to that realization of God and heaven. They will never forget that person, or what happened but they feel more at peace because these bodies are just a shell of our true forms found in heaven. There is a realization of everlasting life outside of this earth which helps them cope with what has happened. "Broken and unbroken." These few words deserve their own piece because of how they day so much with so few letters. It shows of very low points in the beginning but with time and understanding the wounds are healed and one can find peace and solace in what has happened. You can also go through periods of extreme lows and then peacefulness and then go back to being down again and vice versa in a day to day basis. "All colors rushing back, restoring frial life, we're broken here, we're ruined here." This is a rather difficult chorus to translate for me. What it means to be is that the child has found happiness again in God and are submitting themselves to Him. They are crying out saying I'm broken and ruined, please help heal these wounds. That's how I look at it at least. Overall a fantastic song and there are probably other interpretations to it but this is how I see it, enjoy! :) |
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| Norma Jean – Everlasting Tapeworm Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The first word of the song is "These" and not "The" first off, lol. In my opinion this song is about addiction, not just drug addiction but anything that one can become addicted to (i.e sex, money, drugs, earthly possesions, gambling ect.). "These countless times we fall to ruin. These myriad days are so relentless." This part shows how people have an everyday struggle with their addictions and how everyday is the same. The weight of the burdens they carry everyday are unrelenting and it seems hopeless. For those of you who didn't know and/or were curious a myriad is an endless amount, so "myriad days" translates to endless days, that's where I got this from. "It isn't everyone's frailty to stop functioning and stop breathing." This also contributes to that conclusion because frailty is another word for weakness. In other words, not everyone wants to go through the same hardships everyday with the same crushing results that have brought them down many, many times before. "The never content sensation of a tapeworm drug looking for it's angry fix" This line represents the need to repeat the same actions (such as using drugs) to sate the restlessness or pain you're experiencing. In essence, you'll never be content with yourself without that daily fix. And the last part of the sentence implies reluctance to use that drug or object, but you feel you need it to be normal again. "Will mutual fear bring us peace? Is ruining your day, ruining your life?" The first question is pretty much asking are you willing to risk everything (like you have countless times before) just for that moments satisfaction. Everyone, including yourself knows what you're doing is wrong, but you continue to do it anyways. The second question is just self explanatory, lol. "What happened to my noisy planet? When did the sun go nova? In dim light, I can tell by the hollow look in your eyes." This part could pertain to one individual or a whole group of people doing essentially the same things. Like the first two questions represent the same thing, pretty much asking, "What happened to you?". Saying that before all of this, you were a different person than what I can see now, look at what you're doing to yourself. Just by looking into your eyes I can see how this has changed you and caused a "metamorphasis", if you will. "Using technology to live on this slow night." This just show how you're unable to live with yourself so you need to replace an "emptiness" in a sense with the addiction, just replace the word technology with drugs or sex or whatever it may be. "I'm starting to realize I'll die long before." No matter how many times you try to help someone, unless they want to change it won't happen. The person trying to help another, is giving up hope that they can be of any service to turn this persons life around. "I've done it before, to become extinct. I've done it before, I'll become extinct." This part is about how someones been in that same position, and if they continue on that path, it'll end up in their undoing and possibly death. "Crunch the numbers till we become sick." This states the statistics against the actions you're taking, looking at how the addiction has been the downfall of so many other people, it's insanity that so many others would do that same thing knowing what the results will be. "Sway with the waves, with the waves change, and we'll find our way back to the shore when it's over." I saved the chorus for last because it has the strongest message of the song. The first part shows how the addiction has taken over and now you're "swaying" in it. You're life is completely changed by chasing this around only resulting in a vicious cycle that'll end up in your destruction. However, the last part shows hope, that if you can really be shown what is going on and how this is destroying you, you can find yourself again. It's also saying that during this period you drift away from God and when it's all said and done, his unconditional love will welcome you with open arms. But for those that don't believe it could be any higher power or person that helps you to change your life around, for me personally it is God that's shown me how to live again. This is how I interpretted it because I've struggled with addiction and God has shown me a better way of life. Hopefully this makes sense to those of you reading this, this is only my opinion though. Norma Jean keeps getting better and better since their start and this song by far, is the best one on the "Meridional" album in my opinion. |
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