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Eight Of Nine Lyrics
these hospital walls are the palest of white
here in this desert they're reciting my last rites
the smell of these halls
brings temporary comfort
as the oxygen flows through my blood
el corazon was poisoned tonight...
she's on her eight of nine.
when half of all your prayers are insincere,
the other half are lies.
here is this watermark under this bridge.
the point where it all crested,
rolled back and drifted into the sea.
i climb from this wreckage
as the smoke begins to clear from my lungs.
the closest of close calls has happened tonight.
it's time that i made things right
for the first time,
since the last time.
let this moment of clarity
lift this curse that has been cast upon me.
appreciate the good times,
but don't take the worst for granted.
'cause you only get so many second chance
here in this desert they're reciting my last rites
the smell of these halls
brings temporary comfort
as the oxygen flows through my blood
el corazon was poisoned tonight...
she's on her eight of nine.
the other half are lies.
here is this watermark under this bridge.
the point where it all crested,
rolled back and drifted into the sea.
i climb from this wreckage
as the smoke begins to clear from my lungs.
the closest of close calls has happened tonight.
for the first time,
since the last time.
let this moment of clarity
lift this curse that has been cast upon me.
but don't take the worst for granted.
'cause you only get so many second chance
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I love the ending "appreciate the good times, but don't take the worst for granted. 'cause you only get so many second chance "
I'm definitely going to live my life with this quote always in mind.
This is a really good song... One of my favorites from So Long Astoria actually... but i was talking with other ataris fans.. and we cant figure out what the song is about---- a car crash we suppose --- but who's she? -- shes on her eight of nine.. life? -- If anyone can help us out on the meaning of this song that'd be great.. I'm writing to Kris to see what its really about, but a reply won't come for a long time.
I thought the song was about him almost dying in a house fire awhile back. He always talks about ashes and stuff on other songs like "So Long, Astoria" and "Fast Times at Dropout High"
"as the smoke begins to clear from my lungs"
But I must have been wrong
this song is about him almost dieing 8 times in arizona, and she is the van dubbed "el corazone" which means the heart
treat every day like it was the last day of your life because you never know when it will be your turn to go...
i agree with all thats been said about this song, "shes on her eight of nine" that whole 9 lives thing cats have, shes on the eighth life and its gonna be soon
actually this song is about everytime he goes to AZ he almost dies and hes like a cat when he says 8 of 9 because cats have 9 lives and hes on his eighth and el corazon is their van when it caught on fire. he actually has a tattoo of the AZ state flag witha horseshoe above it that says lucky on it to give him better luck in az
Wow, I saw that tattoo when I saw them played last week and as i drove home (through Arizona) I wondered why the hell Kris had an Arizona state flag tottoo. Thanks for answering that.
how has he almost died 8 times? and this is a good song.
I think that when he's says she's on her eight of nine, he's talking about his heart and he's saying that he just used up his 8th life and he's in the hospital and know's that he only has one life left to live.