Free at last, I'm the past,
Undone in unknown prison,
I'm holding on.
Peace and need?
A mouth to feed?
I'm standing way on
The other side.
I'm staring
Right back at my cell,
And through it's frozen image,
I'm laughing right back
At my hell, lifelong
Arms in knots, liver spot,
My blood is paving your woe
Stealing keys
Sold to me
It kills the brotherhood
Writhes with pain.
I'm staring
Right back at myself,
And through it's frozen image,
I'm laughing right back
At my deal, lifelong
I'm a lifer.
I'm staring
Right back at my cell,
And through it's frozen image,
I'm laughing right back
At my tale
I'm staring
Right back at my cell,
And through it's frozen image,
I'm laughing right back
At my hell
I'm a lifer.
Undone in unknown prison,
I'm holding on.
Peace and need?
A mouth to feed?
I'm standing way on
The other side.
Right back at my cell,
And through it's frozen image,
I'm laughing right back
At my hell, lifelong
My blood is paving your woe
Stealing keys
Sold to me
It kills the brotherhood
Writhes with pain.
Right back at myself,
And through it's frozen image,
I'm laughing right back
At my deal, lifelong
Right back at my cell,
And through it's frozen image,
I'm laughing right back
At my tale
Right back at my cell,
And through it's frozen image,
I'm laughing right back
At my hell
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There's an interview where Phil talks about this song and about 'Lifers', who are, in his words, people who do nothing else except music, who don't want to do anything else except play music.
This song is about Phil talking about being on the cover of a magazine, he's looking at a picture of himself, his 'frozen image'.
Also, the lyrics are wrong in every place they're transcribed, everywhere. These lyrics are also WRONG.
It doesn't say 'myself' and 'my health'. It says 'my cell' and 'my hell', if you listen closely - the chorus actually changes each time you hear it. This is not because Phil was high, this is because there are DIFFERENT LYRICS.
First chorus: My cell, My hell
Second verse:
Arms in knots Liver spot My blood is paving your woes Stealing keys Sold to me It kills the brotherhood Writhes with pain
Second chorus: Myself, My Deal
Third chorus: My Cell, My Tale, My Cell, My Hell
Good call on the lyrics.
Good call on the lyrics.
I've always heard the second verse as "My blood is paving your world"
I've always heard the second verse as "My blood is paving your world"
you missed a whole verse there buddy
Ya Swan Song is also missing alot.
yeah,thats not the whole thing! Still,Down's best song.Awesome time change in the middle.
there is no time change, its just a tempo change
this song is about having the same mantality your whole life and never following any trends, being a lifer
tempo cahnge then. i cant even remember what it sounds like now.
Nola is one of the best harderish rock albums ever created.
he just took was in the book, which is missing half
Brotherhood of eternal sleep...for LIFE.
This song is about living life for the sake of life once you're free, because in there end that's all there is.