Bloodgiver

'Spread out like a venus' sounds like he is saying penis, haha. .

i love this song. it's almost like the lyrics are just words put together that sound good. even if that was the case this song would still kick the same amount of asses.

First off, there are the Roman allusions: Ceasar, Seize the day (Carpe diem, old latin term), A Venus (maybe a reference to Venus Demilo). A venus can also be a clam... he says into mucus into muscle blown by sand.... a muscle is a aquatic animal... sand produces a pearl inside a oyster, another kind of similar sea creature, and oysters are known to be aphrodisiacs.....

All in all, I say the song is about the reinvigoration of beauty or life.... I really don't know....

I had to look up these lyrics really fast because I was almost positive he was saying penis instead of venus. I guess he wasn't. hah.

That's weird - it says something about "The four point stance" on one of their other songs. Not sure which one, but he says "The four point stance is stable now". Could this be a concept album?

No, probably not.

There are references to mountains and the four point stance throughout the album. I don't think it's a concept album, just a theme he's produced.

the term four point stance refers to a football stance when you are on the line before the play starts... could be a symbol for anticipation, or preparation, or maybe trying to "charge" into a situation

This song is clearly about sex.

I think it's about rising above the shit people give you and taking back you life. "Tire this wrecking ball on jagged line been waking morning A self defense machine to keep me up for the time being" -He used to be a force to be reckoned with but time has worn him down and now he hides behind a wall to protect himself and to keep himself moving.

The whole bit with the clam or muscle is pretty simple. All the pain(or sand)onlymakes him stronger and beautiful(like a pearl,which is produced by sand in a clam)

"Regrets will fall today Our shields will fall today Hibernation for some time now Sleeping bears to wake at dawn Travel far to surf the sky Been bolted down and stepped on" -He's finally had enough of it and feels he is ready to deal with life again. He was a hibernating bear who had been stepped on and beaten but is now walking on air.

This song has some sexual imagery, but I think it's about procreation. I mean, seriously, the song's title is "Bloodgiver." A man and a woman reproduce, i.e., "give blood" to their children, thus they are blood givers. The verses talk about how the child is the narrator's only motivation for staying alive.

"Tire this wrecking ball on jagged line been waking morning" - He's emotionally unstable (wrecking ball) that's on a path he's unsure of (jagged line), and his child is tiring him way earlier than he'd like to be awake (tire... waking morning). Additionally, you could interpret this line as him trying to get the baby to fall asleep.

"A self defense machine to keep me up for the time being" - His child acts as a self-defense machine in the sense that without it, he'd destroy himself in some way (e.g., suicide, drug addiction, etc). It also functions to keep him awake at this moment.

"In two words: broken wheels, your four point stance is eaten" - Four point stance is on all fours, or crawling. It's "eaten" in the sense that although the narrator may not have been prepared for this, he can't help but eat it up and want to protect his offspring. "Broken wheels" could refer to the narrator himself who feels inadequate as a parental figure and/or human being.

"When you spread out like a venus Into mucus Into muscle Blown by sand Stand into the mountains Stand into the moiuntains Aphrodisiac to pull me west again"

This is beautiful. Venus is the Roman name for the Greek goddess Aphrodite who is associated with beauty, love and procreation. "Into mucus, into muscle, blown by sand..." all refer to taking a physical, human form from what are just gobs of genetic material to us. "Aphrodisiac to pull me west again..." might be referring to the westward settlers of the early 17th century in the United States. In the narrative, he likens the beginning of parenthood with the western voyages of the settlers; it's the start of a journey that's headed to an uncertain destination, but one that hopefully guarantees both him and his offspring a better life.

"Hibernation for some time now Sleeping bears to wake at dawn Travel far to surf the sky Been bolted down and stepped on Bloodgiver"

Ties it back into the beginning of the song. He was sleeping, but now he's up because his child has woke up. He's traveled far in hopes to secure a future for himself and his offspring (travel far to surf the sky) and ultimately, both him and his child will be bolted down and stepped on by life and each other along the journey of parenting.

Fantastic song, the first track on this album that really grabbed me. The way he screams the title of the song is so visceral and gripping.