| Brand New – Gasoline Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Gasoline is about the battle to find yourself and growing older in a world of darkness and corruption. "I wanna know I've left the Great Divide. I wanna know what I've become." This phrase is the epitome of the speaker's life with the final realization that he/she is a "trainwreck". "It feels like I'm jumping towards a train." Obviously it is a reflection of the dwindling sanity of mankind. It starts with good intentions but during a bout of inexperience, gasoline is thrown on the fire. Epic fail! The fire grows and destroys everything in its path. The "congregation" being a religious reference to the community the speaker came from casts blame and he/she tries to defend their good name by self-justification. The "sickness" refers to the corruption of sin and self-justification and its effect on the purity of humanity brought on by misinterpretations of religious ideals and doctrines. The vaccine has "drowned in Holy Water" and the speaker calls out to the "congregation" which represents the religious world desiring honest morality. "I swear it's like dying to catch a ghost. It feels like I'm trying to hold smoke." Shows the frustration with this tragic life. Living it is futile. Another chance to prove self-worth but cowardice drives them away from the front lines of a battle. This leads to another realization that this person's life will never be anything but one catastrophe after another. The battle may be an actual, physical war or even an internal battle this person has had with themselves their entire life. After so long, they begin to unravel. Possibly planning to commit suicide "loading up your gun". They feel like a trainwreck and the line"Well I'm trying to find a way" expresses the desire to find a solution to their tragic predicament: apathy for life. |
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