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Division St. Lyrics
lights out on Division St.
and all the hate that rises through the cracks in the pavement
as the temperature falls (this is where it hits the ground).
lights out on Division St. I'm repeating
"goodbye" to the memories, the fever that will not break.
the night is pouring down, it's not enough to put this out.
I'll burn up before I wake up on Division St.
this is serious.
this is serious.
if this is serious I'll hide my heart in dark parades.
lights out on Division St.
I held you tight like an empty bottle
but the glass broke
and the poison spilled out of your mouth:
hello...hello... is anybody there?
the house turned black and sat in silence
while a mockingbird sang:
"lalalalalala listen to yourself
go on and on as if you spoke to someone else..."
if this is serious I'll hide my heart in dark parades,
to dance between the scissors' blades
without getting cut.
I drew an X on your city's name.
lights out. black out.
blow out the candle again.
spin the room around.
fall down. pass out. get up.
I can't keep repeating.
between the footsteps I hear crickets in the tress,
a silent army marching with me through a swarm of bees.
a needle dragged across a record, slowing down.
along Division St. the lights were dying out.
endless rows of houses stretched on for miles and miles and miles...
turn the windows black.
lights out.
turn the windows black.
and all the hate that rises through the cracks in the pavement
as the temperature falls (this is where it hits the ground).
lights out on Division St. I'm repeating
"goodbye" to the memories, the fever that will not break.
the night is pouring down, it's not enough to put this out.
I'll burn up before I wake up on Division St.
this is serious.
if this is serious I'll hide my heart in dark parades.
I held you tight like an empty bottle
but the glass broke
and the poison spilled out of your mouth:
hello...hello... is anybody there?
the house turned black and sat in silence
while a mockingbird sang:
"lalalalalala listen to yourself
go on and on as if you spoke to someone else..."
to dance between the scissors' blades
without getting cut.
lights out. black out.
blow out the candle again.
spin the room around.
fall down. pass out. get up.
I can't keep repeating.
a silent army marching with me through a swarm of bees.
a needle dragged across a record, slowing down.
along Division St. the lights were dying out.
endless rows of houses stretched on for miles and miles and miles...
turn the windows black.
turn the windows black.
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From an interview Geoff said that song dealt with his old friend's still doing hard drugs, and his girlfriend lived on division street. When he got to his girlfriends house she was either breaking up with him/or found a new man. When he left her house walking back he got stabbed by some thugs on the street.
Cant believe no one commented on this yet, oh well. but to me this song is about both absolutly loving and hating where you live because of the memories it holds from the past.
i concur
Geoff put it simply when I saw him this past winter:
"It's a song about hating the town you came from"
its so cool when he sings: I drew an X on your city's name. lights out. black out. blow out the candle again. spin the room around. fall down. pass out. get up. I can't keep repeating
but i totally agree with everything said abovee
OMG!...this song is freaking amazing...its probalby turning into my favorite off the album....i mean, the whole album is great, not one bad song in my opinion..but this song is starting to rule the day!!
how are there only 6 comments for the best song on WATT? oh well. this song is badass. I don't understand how this isn't a single. It kicks everyone's ass.
this song is about Loss of Friends
i heard geoff say in an interview that he attributed division st. to all the pain in his life at one point and that he feels if he stays away from division st. he can somehow not have to go through the pain again
I feel like Geoff writes atleast one song about New Brunswick, and how rough of a city it was, on every album (this side of brightness, cross out the eyes, and division st. id say). i like the running themes through this song obviously the lights out thing and the "i'm repeating...i cant keep repeating" if geoff writes a book i'm gonna read it.