Buried A Lie

Maybe the dead body is a metaphor. I interpret it as a girl who is "dead" emotionally to Buddy. She has her reasons why she fell out of love, others have theirs, and he wants the truth since he smells "foul play." ....Just a thought.

The song's theme is about refusing to let go while continually trying right a wrong, which ultimately can be applied to a number of siuations, from relationships to actual cases of murder. For more insight into this idea, go see the film I Am Legend. The music video itself literally follows the lyrics word for word. The girl in this song was obviously murdered (yes, literally), yet the song writer want's to accomplish much more than proving that she was murdered; he wants to clear her name and thus justify his reasons for loving her. He wants to prove to her (who is dead) as well as himself that their relationship had value you to it, and was something worth holding onto. He becomes obsessed with proving this to both her, himself, and others and eventually digs up her body. As you can tell from the lyrical content, he suffers a mental breakdown. It can therefore be suggested that both the girl and Buddy had issues beyond what is presented. Buddy could have even killed her to prove his point (same thing was done in film starring Kevin Spacey...can't remember the name) and is suprised that everyone could not find who actually killed her and still writes her off as suicidal. So the lyrics are actually very dark and examines the idea of how far some will go to prove to others as well as themselves that they did the right thing.

its a metaphor guys....shit.

Buddy comments about this song in a live video. He says it's about losing faith. I imagine there's no direct reference to the actual meaning because it's a touchy subject and considering it was the 'pop' song off of this CD the band/producers wouldn't want to take away from it's sell-ability. The lyrics seem to be a metaphor for self-scrutiny, other forces did not 'get to the bottom' of the crime so he's digging up all the evidence to find out the truth for himself.

That's my take on the song.

Buddy has gotten really dark with his lyrics on the upcoming CD, with this song being a great example. Great guitar riffs along with kick ass vocals, but what a dark message, if you read the lyrics it should be pretty self-explanatory...

Cant get this song un-stuck from my mind. I just went to their concert a few days ago in chicago and it rocked. He sung his brains out and he felt sick, hehe.. Hes pretty damn good if ya ask me. Anyways....this song is crazy. Did he write from experience? shrug Its a good song though, kinda creepy after a while, but awesome anyways.

First of all, I'd like to say that the new CD is gonna be awesome...It supposedly comes out in a few days, on May 11th... EVERYONE get it... Anyways this song must be a metaphor...If it isn't then it's pretty dark... but the part about her 'death' (falling out of love with him, dead emotionally) not being a suicide but a homicide means that although she claims she just fell out of love by herself, there was another party involved. The 'foulplay' is probaly her and another guy. He says he has a witness, probably someone who saw or knows about it....Just a thought

I have something to add. I think that when he says the whole thing about "we've got to hurry up before the flesh decays away..." it has to do with trying to save the relationship and the only way that it can be saved is if they start working on it right away and trying hard to fix what is wrong with it.

Running On Empty are you some kind of overprotective mother? Seriously "I don't like how much they say the 'f' word on the new cd". Come on lighten up a little and if this music offends you go listen to Ashlee Simpson or something.

Anyway, the song is pretty good, catchy stuff. What I don't like about it is that there just doesn't seem to be any underlying meaning under the lyrics. Usually in songs with metaphors they can hint at what its actually about. For all we know this could really just be about performing an autopsy or something. This should be the song Grissom and Horatio sing while they map out crime scenes. There probably is a meaning behind it but its not given in any type of fashion in which it can be figured out, so its all just guessing.

silence, butterroll ...