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Ticket To Heaven Lyrics
I’m walking a wire, it feels like a thousand ways I could fall
To want is to buy, but to live is to die and you can’t take it all
When everything is said and done I won’t have one thing left
What happened to everything that I've ever known
'Cause all they gave me was this ticket to heaven
But that ticket to heaven, said to lie in the bed that you make
Now I’m restless and I’m running from everything, I’m running from everything,
I’m afraid it’s a little too late
Soft voices lie, innocents die, now ain't that a shame
And all of your dreams, and all your money they don’t mean a thing
When everything is said and done, I won’t have one thing left
What happened to everything that I've ever known
All they gave me was this ticket to heaven
But that ticket to heaven, said to lie in the bed that you make
Now I’m restless and I’m running from everything, I’m running from everything,
I’m afraid it’s a little too late
It’s a little too late
All he gave me was this ticket to heaven
But that ticket to heaven, said to lie in the bed that you make
Now I’m restless and I’m running from everything, I’m running from everything,
I’m afraid it’s a little too late
All he gave me was this ticket to heaven
But that ticket to heaven, said to lie in the bed that you make
Now I’m restless and I’m running from everything, I’m running from everything,
I’m afraid it’s a little too late
It’s a little too late
To want is to buy, but to live is to die and you can’t take it all
When everything is said and done I won’t have one thing left
What happened to everything that I've ever known
But that ticket to heaven, said to lie in the bed that you make
Now I’m restless and I’m running from everything, I’m running from everything,
I’m afraid it’s a little too late
And all of your dreams, and all your money they don’t mean a thing
When everything is said and done, I won’t have one thing left
What happened to everything that I've ever known
But that ticket to heaven, said to lie in the bed that you make
Now I’m restless and I’m running from everything, I’m running from everything,
I’m afraid it’s a little too late
But that ticket to heaven, said to lie in the bed that you make
Now I’m restless and I’m running from everything, I’m running from everything,
I’m afraid it’s a little too late
All he gave me was this ticket to heaven
But that ticket to heaven, said to lie in the bed that you make
Now I’m restless and I’m running from everything, I’m running from everything,
I’m afraid it’s a little too late
It’s a little too late
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I think this song is about his experienece with religion and how it makes him "restless" and maybe he feels restricted from doing things he wants to do or worried that he will do something that is not allowed because he wants a ticket to heaven
I like what you said about it. I was thinking that it was along the same lines, but more like this: He believed in a certain religion at some point, and they gave him his "ticket to Heaven," but things happened that made him stop believing. But then somewhere along his life he started believing again, but he thinks that it's too late for him to go back.
I like what you said about it. I was thinking that it was along the same lines, but more like this: He believed in a certain religion at some point, and they gave him his "ticket to Heaven," but things happened that made him stop believing. But then somewhere along his life he started believing again, but he thinks that it's too late for him to go back.
One thing is for sure if ya'll are talking about Christianity if you believe you can never be turned away.
One thing is for sure if ya'll are talking about Christianity if you believe you can never be turned away.
good tune
The point that Brad is trying to make out of this song is how some people focus so much on what they got in this life that they forget about they're after life. This man in the song wants into heaven but he's running away from it because he can't take that money into heaven with him.
EXCUSE ME, but I can write about whatever I want. Besides that is what the song is about. If you don't believe me, find the interview and read it.
you can pretty much write anything you want down so chill people....I think it's about a person realizing that everything they once believed in and thought was important isn't nearly as stable or important as they thought. Like realizing that material posessions and things of that nature don't matter,
i think it has to do with the fact that you have to make sacrifices in your life and choosing the best path for you and you'll meet opportunities in your life you can either take or abandon. the ticket to heaven symbolizes the easy way out of all this but you have to do one favor in order to obtain it
I think this song is being misinterpreted, it's less on the heaven and more on doing the right thing. The "Ticket to Heaven" is assumed, everyone wants to go to heaven, so, how does he do that? By "Lie in the bed that you make". He shouldn't run from "Everything" and live his own life. There's no "Ticket to heaven" that you just get given, you have to live your life and lie in the bed that you make. THat probably wasn't too clear but it makes sense t o me :S.
ENjoy this great band, peace out.
It's a metaphor, its like there is a stand that gives out tickets to heaven before you commit suicide. Apparently nothing can convince him to not jump, and his life is in the shitter. It also states that all he has left (because he lost his love, family and job) is a ticket to heaven.
This song, in my opinion, is more along the lines of what AliasNeo said...it can be taken multiple ways, but it doesnt have to necessarily interpret the "ticket to heaven" as religion literally. Awesome song && awesome band!
Iv loved this band since their very first album and this is definantely one of my favorite songs by them. to me this song is about how he was told how he could make it to heaven but in order to do so he has to face the consequences of his actions "lie in the bed that you make" and he's running from those consequences
No it doesn't have anything to do with religion. When this band first got its first big break-the record company put them on the road immediately and they began a grueling schedule and worked there butts off!! I mean they toured non-stop for almost 3 years. The ticket to heaven that the are refering to is the ticket to fame-everybody chases it but when they catch it, they find out later that it has caught them back-and all they can do is sleep in the bed they made-this is what they wanted-and this is what they got-that is also the...
No it doesn't have anything to do with religion. When this band first got its first big break-the record company put them on the road immediately and they began a grueling schedule and worked there butts off!! I mean they toured non-stop for almost 3 years. The ticket to heaven that the are refering to is the ticket to fame-everybody chases it but when they catch it, they find out later that it has caught them back-and all they can do is sleep in the bed they made-this is what they wanted-and this is what they got-that is also the reference made to to want is to buy but to live is to die now ain't that a shame-this life on the road was killing them-it didn't matter how much money they were making-they never got off the hamster wheel long enough to spend it or enjoy it. One thing you can listen to in their first 3 albums was how hard it was for them to be on the road and not with the ones they love. I visited with them in Louisiana 6 yrs ago and they were wore out-they really were homesick-and that has alot to do with their earlier music.