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Death-Right Lyrics
you'll die young if you live so carefully
there are risks you must take to pay this world
I know it would never be that easy
I have not yet earned the right to die
I want you to hear me screaming
I want you to notice what goes on
temptation and evil demons crawling the earth hiding in every corner
I've seen men crippled in anger
the sun burns alive in silence
I've seen men wallow in fear
inaction acts as a blade across the throat
I'll learn how to make decisions
I'll stick by my word - won't let you down
I swear by the grave that's calling
nothing will stop me from doing what must be done
something here is still innocent
It doesn't matter if you decide not to believe it
There are still places where the magic can breathe
I want to breathe it in
I want to lay down and never leave
we're stalking the ancient mariner
through waters he takes his lonely course
once powerful once beautiful
extinction lingering these things are no more
I love you I'll never leave you
though I may be gone for years on end
I will never be separate
lovers through the lives before and after
something here is still innocent
It doesn't matter if you decide not to believe it
There are still places where the magic can breathe
I want to breathe it in
I want to lay down and never leave
there are risks you must take to pay this world
I know it would never be that easy
I have not yet earned the right to die
I want you to hear me screaming
I want you to notice what goes on
temptation and evil demons crawling the earth hiding in every corner
the sun burns alive in silence
I've seen men wallow in fear
inaction acts as a blade across the throat
I'll learn how to make decisions
I'll stick by my word - won't let you down
I swear by the grave that's calling
nothing will stop me from doing what must be done
It doesn't matter if you decide not to believe it
There are still places where the magic can breathe
I want to breathe it in
I want to lay down and never leave
through waters he takes his lonely course
once powerful once beautiful
extinction lingering these things are no more
I love you I'll never leave you
though I may be gone for years on end
I will never be separate
lovers through the lives before and after
It doesn't matter if you decide not to believe it
There are still places where the magic can breathe
I want to breathe it in
I want to lay down and never leave
Song Info
Submitted by
fallacies On Apr 10, 2004
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so good.
simply love those lines:
There are still places where the magic can breathe I want to breathe it in I want to lay down and never leave
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you have to live your life and not worry so much you have to take risks in oder to truely live it's never easy to do anything but you have to anyway you have to live in order to have the right to die he wants you to know what is going on in your life and not be blind to life there is evil in everythign but you have to overcome it
if you don't ever do anything your writing your own ticket to death you have to think for yourself and be a person who does what they say they will death is always calling you but you have to push forward and "do what must be done"
there is still innocence in the world wheater you belive it or not. he wants to breathe in the magic of innocence cause once its gone you cant get it back.
we're only following the taken path but love continues on through everything. and the lovers will meet agian. because there love is part of the innocense that will not and can not die
something here is still innocent It doesn't matter if you decide not to believe it There are still places where the magic can breathe I want to breathe it in I want to lay down and never leave
thats what i think it means.. kinda a line by line interpretation it's just my opinion maybe he intends something completely different but this song is amazing and if you enjoy his music you might want to try simon and garfunkel. alll of rocky's music is riviting to say the least
Beauty. Pain. Regret. Confusion. Pure. Hate. Perfection. Lies. Simplicity. Revenge. Innocence. Power. Death. Life. Forgetting. Remembering. Love. Screaming.
The world is a mixed up place to be, we see everything from the purity of a newborn child to the pain and suffering of a dying old man. This palce that we live in cannot jsut be desceibed in any way, the world is both everything and nothing. It all depeds on your definitions, experiences, views. As human beings we feel everything and see everything, and we have to accept that.
"I have not yet earned the right to die"
This single line changed my perception on life. I have a lot of living to do. It's pushed me back into the world and realize I am far from having my "Death-Right"
Basically, using the same quote as redstar, he is saying that you have to earn your right to die. That everyone who has died has done something right in there life to leave behind. For him, in this song, it is his lover. Them being together made his life complete and now he has the right to die.
A quote from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (no, that's not a misspelling, and yes, it is relevant.):
"Farewell, farewell! but this I tell To thee, thou Wedding-Guest! He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast."
I think this song is about being in the world but not of it; torn between seeing a terrible world and wanting a beautiful one. Happiness only comes from finding the innocence and wonder in the world, and truly living in those brief moments, even if you can't live in others...and living is the act of searching for that innocent thing. Even if you can't find it, you know it's there.
It's wonderful and heartbreaking.