The Clincher

General CommentIT'S ABOUT CLAUSTROPHOBIA. THE END.
Sorry Jesus but this song isn't about you. Go head over to the "Gospel" section, you may like it there a bit better.
Chevelle is not a Christian band, just a band with Christians in it.
THAT IS A FACT.
So cancel God out as a song meaning, and you'll be surprised their lyrics have a lot more depth and emotion behind them This band is freaking amazing, that's the bulletpoint in this presentation, also the fact that THIS SONG IS ABOUT CLAUSTROPHOBIA.
So there. :P

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General CommentCould we have known/never would i/ helped to nail down / with nothign to gain
Here's the clincher/ this should be you
Now saturate/and touch/now saturate/the earth

Could we have known?: the sinner who realizes finally what Christ has done for him saying "if i had known that THIS was the cost, i would have never helped nail your hand to the cross."

Here's the clincher, this should be you, with nothing to gain: is the selflessness of his sacrifice. "here's the clincher, this hsould be you" is just a brutal reminder that YOU should be the one nailed to the cross, not the only innocent man to ever walk the earth

now saturate, and touch / the earth: a plea for the blood of Jesus to saturate and cover the earth

could we have known, never would i, helped to nail down (i'll stand for nothing less): now i'll stand for nothing less, no cause is as important as the cross of Jesus

With nothing to gain: ...regardless ofw hat it costs me or what the rewards are

here's the clincher, this should be you (made cold and crippled): (obvious)

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General CommentThe question is, what does this song mean to you? I continue to read on this site what everyone says the song means to the band or what they tried to say with it. I know what the song means to me and don't feel the driving desire to share it with anyone here because no one really cares what another person thinks unless it provides fuel for derogatory comments.
I will just add that even though this song is getting a couple years old now, it is still one of my favorites.

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My InterpretationMy boyfriend, he's 31, he has a 73 year old mother who at a young age had three daughters. Her first born, Gretta, was estranged awhile back and they reunited about two years ago, she came to be around her mom and her brother. She was an alcoholic and took anti depressants to top it off and in her 40's was in bad condition. She got very, very sick and my boyfriend predicted her death, he talked about it as if he knew it would happen because of how terrible she was looking. When she did die, the experience was so traumatic, he had to wait in the same room as her for eight hours trying to console his mom mourning over her dead body. From my point of perspective, he expresses how unexpected her death truly seemed after it all. Death is the most horrendous thing in life and to survive we blindside ourselves from the reality of it instead of facing it. So, now that he has been in the room with his dead sister who he scarcely felt close to but due to the circumstance needed more closure than usual that he never got, he sees death in everyone now.

This song, I've always loved it and chevelle, but it stood out to me just now and I had to write it down. It seems as if it is about the claustorphobia one must feel to be in the same room with a dead body for hours on end. The beginning is the mind processing the reality of the situation, something in most cases seems to move by more naturally and quickly, but when put before death, everything seems slow and heavy. Then on a more personal note "her catacomb" "her body" "has got me by the chin" "is sickeningly mesmerizing"
Could they have known this was going to happen, they would have payed closer attention and now with nothing to gain out of a situation that can only negate all aspects of any given choice. The clincher could be guilt.

Now saturate and touch" his mom trying to hover over her daughter, in panic, thinking that it may somehow bring her back to life, bodys begin to dry when they die off.

I feel a little sick exploiting this, I'm not trying to, I in a way feel the Gretta would relate alot to this if she were still alive.

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General CommentIt's:
"Turning a pale blue, leaning in to say"

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General CommentLoeffler himself said this song is about claustraphobia, not Jesus being nailed to the cross

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General CommentPete Loeffler, the lead singer, talks about this song on the DVD side of This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In) and expresses that it is about his claustrophobia.

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General CommentI am thinking some one has passed on and 'the clincher' is that instead of this person being the one....it should be the other guy.

It's a great opening track. The rest of the CD is great too. I am an intern at a radio station and have heard the new cd already. It will blow you away. People don't download the new cd.....JUST GO BUY IT! Support the band. They are worth it!!!!

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General CommentI downloaded it. IN YO FACE! but I pre ordered it too so I'm cool so quit your bitching.

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General CommentSorry...Not trying to bitch. =)

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