In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Welcome to the abandoned land
Come on in child, take my hand
Here there's no work or play
Only one bill to pay
There's just five words to say
As you go down, down, down
You're gonna burn in hell
Oh, burn in hell
You can't believe all the things
I've done wrong in my life
Without even trying
I've lived on the edge of a knife
Well, I've played with fire
But I don't want to get myself burned
To thine own self be true
So I think that it's time for a turn
Before I burn in hell
Oh, burn in hell
Take a good look in your heart
Tell me what do you see?
It's black and it's dark
Now is that how you want it to be?
It's up to you
What you do will decide your own fate
Make your choice now
For tomorrow may be far too late
And then you'll burn in hell
Hear no evil, don't you
See no evil, don't you
(Oh, burn in hell) lay no evil down on me
You're gonna burn in hell
Speak no evil, don't you
Think no evil, don't you
(Oh, burn in hell)
Play with evil, 'cause I'm free
Hear no evil, don't you
See no evil, don't you
Lay no evil down on me
(You're gonna burn in hell)
Speak no evil, don't you
Think no evil, don't you
Play with evil, 'cause I'm free
(You're gonna burn in hell)
Hear no evil, don't you
See no evil, don't you
Lay no evil down on me
(You're gonna burn in hell)
Speak no evil, don't you
Think no evil, don't you
Play with evil, 'cause I'm free
(You're gonna burn in hell)
Hear no evil, don't you see no evil
(Oh, burn in hell) don't you lay no evil down on me
(You're gonna burn in hell)
Speak no evil, don't you think no evil
(Oh, burn in hell) don't you play with evil, 'cause I'm free
(You're gonna burn in hell)
Hear no evil, don't you see no evil
(Oh, burn in hell) don't you lay no evil down on me
Come on in child, take my hand
Here there's no work or play
Only one bill to pay
There's just five words to say
As you go down, down, down
You're gonna burn in hell
Oh, burn in hell
You can't believe all the things
I've done wrong in my life
Without even trying
I've lived on the edge of a knife
Well, I've played with fire
But I don't want to get myself burned
To thine own self be true
So I think that it's time for a turn
Before I burn in hell
Oh, burn in hell
Take a good look in your heart
Tell me what do you see?
It's black and it's dark
Now is that how you want it to be?
It's up to you
What you do will decide your own fate
Make your choice now
For tomorrow may be far too late
And then you'll burn in hell
Hear no evil, don't you
See no evil, don't you
(Oh, burn in hell) lay no evil down on me
You're gonna burn in hell
Speak no evil, don't you
Think no evil, don't you
(Oh, burn in hell)
Play with evil, 'cause I'm free
Hear no evil, don't you
See no evil, don't you
Lay no evil down on me
(You're gonna burn in hell)
Speak no evil, don't you
Think no evil, don't you
Play with evil, 'cause I'm free
(You're gonna burn in hell)
Hear no evil, don't you
See no evil, don't you
Lay no evil down on me
(You're gonna burn in hell)
Speak no evil, don't you
Think no evil, don't you
Play with evil, 'cause I'm free
(You're gonna burn in hell)
Hear no evil, don't you see no evil
(Oh, burn in hell) don't you lay no evil down on me
(You're gonna burn in hell)
Speak no evil, don't you think no evil
(Oh, burn in hell) don't you play with evil, 'cause I'm free
(You're gonna burn in hell)
Hear no evil, don't you see no evil
(Oh, burn in hell) don't you lay no evil down on me
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this song rocks i loved this song ever since i heard it in Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure haha Listen to the Dimmu Borgir version of this song it kicks ass !!!
Okay, so a lotta people have compared Dee Snider with the likes Christina Agulara, but listen to their actual songs and you will see they are nothing alike (they are authentic musicians, unlike Agulara).
Anyway, yeah, this a pretty damn good song. One of their best!!!
As to the meaning: We decide our fate in the choices we make, and we'd better figure it all out, if that's what we want, before it's too late (before we die). Then it's down, down, down. lol
First its not lol this is real. the choices are believing in Jesus saving you from your sins or not believing in which case you will burn in hell. The song does seem to have the christian twist to it.
Is is just me. or does this song have a Christian Meaning? gasp Like even Dimmu Borgir wouldn't give two shits, cause its such an awesome song! TURN IT UP!
That is because Dee Snider is Christian....look up a clip of him speaking to committee that was first trying to control music lyrics
also check out several other songs "The Beast", "Sin After Sin", "Power and the Glory"
w-o-w this iz a freaky song its weird that a band like twisted sister 2 sing this
i just sayin ts freaky if u play it backwords i i played this line "HEAR NO EVIL, DON'T YOU SEE NO EVIL, DON'T YOU LAY NO EVIL DOWN ON ME YOU'RE GONNA BURN IN HELL SPEAK NO EVIL, DON'T YOU THINK NO EVIL, DON'T YOU PLAY WITH EVIL, 'CAUSE I'M FREE"
and i heard these words "free me god help people"
kinda weird
It seems like someone who's had a really bad past, who's realized his mistakes in his old age, is warning someone younger who's going down the same path. They'll either head his warning or they'll choose not to, but in the end, it is their choice.
i effing love this song. i tried to dedicate it to my ex on the radio...they wouldnt do it...stupid fuckers...
Just that. It's a warning. We all choose our fates. One of those fates just happens to be to BURN IN HELL.
And dude, next time I hear this song, I shall think of your ex.
One their Best Songs EVER
This song can be easily be a Christian song since Dee Snider is a Christian. The beginning part would be the voice of a devil, and then it goes to say... You can't believe all the things I've done wrong in my life Well, I've played with fire, but I don't want to get myself burned To thine own self be true, so I think that it's TIME FOR A TURN BEFORE I burn in hell
In other words, turn your life around, stop doing bad things before you die and burn in hell.
Take a good look in your heart, tell me what do you see It's black and it's dark, NOW IS THAT HOW YOU WANT IT TO BE? It's up to you, what you do will decide your own fate Make your choice now for tomorrow may be far too late
There it is again, your heart is dark and Dee Snider is questioning your actions. There is a choice of how to live, for tomorrow may be far too late. And then it goes into the chorus....
Hear no evil, don't you See no evil, don't you Lay no evil down on me Speak no evil, don't you Think no evil, don't Play with evil.
For Dee Snider to speak about getting away from evil is a positive message. The idea of Hell is in the Bible, since Dee Snider is a Christian person. This song is saying, stop doing evil before it's too late, before you die and burn in Hell.
This is not the first Christian song they made. The Song 'Sin after Sin' off of their 1982 'Under the Blade' album. Sin after Sin lyrics has some similiar lines with 'Burn in Hell'
Sin after Sin - "You must open up your eyes before you're burning deep in Hell"
And of course they have the Twisted Sister Christmas and the song 'O Come all ye faithful' couldn't be anymore Christian than that. It's a good song too.
great thoughts they fit well