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One day the dreamers died within us
When all our answers never came
We hid the truth beneath our skin but
Our shadows never looked the same
A ghost is all that's left
Of everything we swore we never would forget
We tried to bleed the sickness
But we drained our hearts instead
We are the dead
And when we couldn't stop the bleeding
We held our hearts over the flame
We couldn't help but call it treason
After that we couldn't fill our frames
After that our shadows never looked the same
In summers past we'd challenge fate
With higher pitch and perfect aim
And standing fast, we'd radiate
A light we loved but never named
But the answers never came
And our shadows never looked the same
A ghost is all that's left
Of everything we swore we never would forget
We tried to bleed the sickness
But we drained our hearts instead
We are the dead
A ghost of everything we thought but never said
We tried to bleed the sickness
But we drained our hearts instead
We are the ones who lost our faith
We dug ourselves an early grave
We are the dead, can we be saved?
When all our answers never came
We hid the truth beneath our skin but
Our shadows never looked the same
A ghost is all that's left
Of everything we swore we never would forget
We tried to bleed the sickness
But we drained our hearts instead
We are the dead
And when we couldn't stop the bleeding
We held our hearts over the flame
We couldn't help but call it treason
After that we couldn't fill our frames
After that our shadows never looked the same
In summers past we'd challenge fate
With higher pitch and perfect aim
And standing fast, we'd radiate
A light we loved but never named
But the answers never came
And our shadows never looked the same
A ghost is all that's left
Of everything we swore we never would forget
We tried to bleed the sickness
But we drained our hearts instead
We are the dead
A ghost of everything we thought but never said
We tried to bleed the sickness
But we drained our hearts instead
We are the ones who lost our faith
We dug ourselves an early grave
We are the dead, can we be saved?
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well first of all i'd like to point out that just because the band holds christian beliefs does not mean all of the songs, or even MOST of the songs have anything at all to do with christianity. having said that, on to my humble theory!
to me it seems that this song is inspired by the short story "the dead" by james joyce. this story, as you may or may not know, is regarded by many literary thinkers as the best short story ever written. the fact that the writer is very well read (so i hear) makes me suspect that this song has little or nothing to do with religion (unless you use the term loosely), but instead puts into song the thoughts inspired by Joyce's story, also as some sort of tribute to Joyce. the story may seem a little dry, but it's really deep if you look for it--i won't explore all the parallels between it and the song, but if you read it (it's not that long)(short story, duh) you may see what i saw. you'll also notice that in the song the phrase "we are the dead" is so strongly emphasized, a casual listener might think that was the name of the song--i do not think this is an accident. so anyway, read the story, listen to the song, see if you agree with me.
when i drew the connection i thought for sure i could confirm it, but no one else seems to have seen this! so either i'm way off, or no one else just bothered to post about it, but it seems highly unlikely i'm the only one who noticed!