Blood on the Ground

during a very large fight with a friend, i got the incubus morning view cd, and i was already a bit fan of science and make yourself. i listened to this song, and didn't like it. then i listened to the lyrics, and i love it. i reckon this song is about a person who's been betrayed by someone, a friend/lover, and now both of them are simply acting politely to eachother despite how they feel. i have never heard anything as descriptive as "seeing you is like pulling teeth, and hearing your voice is like chewing tin fooooil". i mean, damn that's good writing, and it happened to pick exactly how i felt. i love this song. it's some good incubus, mainly with such brilliant lyrics.

not every song is about a relationship that went bad.

i think its kind of ironic how 11am comes b4 this song on the cd. in 11am brandon sings about how much he misses his love and that he wishes he could have her back, its so sweet. then this song comes on and it goes on about how much he hates someone.....i just thought that was weird.

This song reminds me of working at a sh itty job, and having to bite your tongue around your superiors, even though there's so much you really want to say. At least that's what it makes me think of.

"Hand over my heart I swear I've tried everything I could Within all my power two weeks and one hour I slaved and now I've got nothing to show"

He slaved for two weeks and now he's got nothing to show for it. Definately reminds me of my job, lol. I'm not sure if this song is about a girl. Could be though.

When the band recorded this album, they all lived together.(they were even on MTV Cribs) It was no secret that Brandon and the then-bass-player for incubus had stopped getting along. i would be willing to bet it is written about Alex, but was left opened for your own personal interpretation on purpose. Brandon was trying to bite his tongue, as to not break up the band. (And of course, Alex was eventually replaced by Ben Kenney.)

the first time i heard this song was at a time in my life where i wasn't happy about a recent break-up, and everyone hated me for being 'childish' or whatever.

i felt like no one understood me, until i heard this song and it described exactly how i felt.

then i felt like there were cameras watching me and writing songs about my misfortune. i wasn't that much happier really, but hey, it's got a good beat.

i think this song is about him so eagar to please one person, but everytime he tries he ends up making a fool of himself. he feels its better to bite his tounge and hide the embarrasment than to let it be shown.(kinda like hiding blood in his mouth, rather than bleeding on the ground)....he has all of this pain inside and this song is letting it out for him because he chose not to "bleed on the ground".....n e wayz thats just what i think......

I think this song is about him (or whoever) and and ex (who he still feels something for) that fight all the time, and he'd rather not, so when she around he just shuts up (the art of silent war) and bites his tongue (blood in his mouth), because he'd rather not have his eyes scratched out or anything (blood on the ground).

I haven't been a serious incubus fan for too long but I do have all their albums and what not and I think they are quite possibly the most amazingly awsome band ever. Anyway I think this song shows a couple things that are characteristic of alotta their music. One is contrast. Just listen to the variation in the music between the chorus and the verses.

I think this song is about an ex-girlfriends new guy, he does'nt want to say anything just incase he says something bad and so Blood would be on the ground!