I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Come now to the edge of the room soon they'll come in and come up here let them find an effigy you can see them all crowdin' around but they'll never find me head man I live to see you roll away they'll never ever ever find me they'll never ever ever find me head man, walkig, right infront of me don't you, look in, I'm not here you see dead man told me wher I am to hide said he's waitin' there, where it's all even... you can feel them coming up through your heels the hidden afraid are never betrayed outside misconstructed the search continues by the already gound and taken away oh and in a different place the hands that hold your face are only trying only tryin' to keep you warm they'll never ever ever find me they'll never ever ever find me hedman, walking, right in front of me don't you, look in, I'm not here you see deadman told me where I am to hide said he's waitin thre, where it's all walk on, will we, walk on even... with our heads to the wall let them find that they'll never find us all hey I wanted a life less hidden they wanted a life but I'll never give them part of me... part of me... I will save my right so hard to the ground til we lay ourselves down til we lay down
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this is a great song...something to do with war is all i can see... if anyone has a shot in the dark as to anything else you can get out of it...go for it.
See i know this is so wrong, but hey what the hell its worth a shot....its kinda like they don't want to follow everyone else...being the headman and the people all watching...they want to be on their own and stay back and do their own thing, like the deadman. yeah its wrong oh well
I somewhat agree with justpeachy, but I think the title of the song has more to do with the explanation. "Even" I guess is a lot more equal, than something like Capitalism, I think the narrator of the song wants to hide from the competitiveness and inherent inequality found in capitalist America, the deadman he talks to probably is probably referring to a heaven of some sort, hiding from the headman who represents the reality that is our society.
Here's my take on it...The background commentary made by the elderly man during the interlude makes it clear that the song is about World War 2. Considering the anti-war message found in The General, I think it is safe to say that this song is also anti-war. I think it is about a soldier who would rather hide is safety than fight in the war. ("Deadman told me where I am to hide") The place "where it's all even" is probably heaven, since the "deadman" is waiting there. That's my take on it. What do you think?
this song reminds me of alice in chains so much. its creepy.
this song his about chad's grandfather's place in war. then were really close and when they were recording it he got a call from someone saying that his grandfather had passed away. apparently that's why they don't play it often in concert. you could say that it's sacred. i love this song.
Snoyarc, do you know if that is Chad's grandfather talking in the background?
snoyarc, howd you ever find that out?
first off, this song friggin rules. with the war theme in mind, I want to comment on the one line "outside, misconstrued, the search continues, the hidden afraid are never betrayed by the already found and taken away" he is hiding from the enemy somewhere, or even from his own army, afraid to fight. the locations of the rest of those hiding are not given away by those who have been found, either because of an oath of silence or they are dead.
Spatcher3, I think you're right on!