he waits for the greater silence
as every day goes faster
a cipher he knows too well
of killing himself by looking closer

you got so much love locked up inside you
just waiting to come out
you'll heal the world in spite of itself
and make a better one
you say you're a veteran

he waits for the reign of his tyrants
to tire of their games, god save him
he'll be the one to fracture their fractus castles
and scatter their tiers on the pavement

you've got so much love locked up inside you
bursting at the seams
you'll kill the world in spite of itself
and make a better one
you say you're a veteran

caspian can wait sometimes
he'll be in the way sometimes
immortalized with every anguish we yield
this is our christening
nobody's listening

caspian can wait sometimes
he'll be in the way sometimes
immortalized with every anguish we sell
this is our chirstening
nobody's listening


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    This isn't a song about love. All of The Velvet Teen's song seem to be about love. It is about a person, a person who thinks alot, a person who ikes to rant, possibly about politics. A person that witnesses people around him with 4.0 GPAs but who do not transcend rote thinking. He wants to make a difference and share his thoughts, but who will listen? What will it do. So he will go on thinking, and go on hoping, and go on saving the world over a over again in his mind. He will win vast battles of the courtroom in the shower, and he will win admiration in his head. Possible he doesn't have the want to share his opinions, maybe he has witnessed people do certain acts and join certain groups to be a "resume whore" to be a number in another equation of society. All in all this person is waiting, he is waiting for his chance, and he will know it when he gets it.

    I believe this is what the song means i felt a strong connection to my own life....

    GypsyRhapsodyon January 16, 2007   Link

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