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Bloods on Fire Lyrics
Brain to head. What is that for?
Vein to vein. Torn and sore.
Carpet so thick and worn.
Blanketed, dark, and warm.
Calm yourself. Calm yourself.
Bloods on fire. Bloods on fire.
Break the bed, Burn the floor.
Head to head. Twisted, sore.
Accident. Never warned.
Cant explain. Nevermore.
Calm yourself. Calm yourself.
Its not in the spark,
That's not in your eye,
Like we used to talk.
Its not in the phrase,
That's not in the language,
That we used to talk.
Not in the face, you missed me. There.
Its not in the science that we didn't learn,
When we used to talk.
Sit outside. Penitence.
Just let me know. Please say the words.
I'm alright. What was that sound?
Woke me up, now you're around.
Pick me up. Drag me around.
Don't forget to breathe now.
Calm yourself. Calm yourself.
Bloods on fire. Bloods on fire.
We all forgot.
We're all lost in autumn.
Calm yourself. Calm yourself.
Its not in the dead shocks that dropped underneath us,
When we used the car.
Its not in the strings we didn't pull, to move you around the floor.
Where are you now?
Pacing a faceless maw, somewhere vague.
You're not outside, you're not inside, you're not anymore.
Where did you go?
Here's to the pranks we never pulled,
Never will.
Vein to vein. Torn and sore.
Carpet so thick and worn.
Blanketed, dark, and warm.
Bloods on fire. Bloods on fire.
Head to head. Twisted, sore.
Accident. Never warned.
Cant explain. Nevermore.
That's not in your eye,
Like we used to talk.
Its not in the phrase,
That's not in the language,
That we used to talk.
Not in the face, you missed me. There.
Its not in the science that we didn't learn,
When we used to talk.
Sit outside. Penitence.
Just let me know. Please say the words.
Woke me up, now you're around.
Pick me up. Drag me around.
Don't forget to breathe now.
Bloods on fire. Bloods on fire.
We're all lost in autumn.
When we used the car.
Its not in the strings we didn't pull, to move you around the floor.
Pacing a faceless maw, somewhere vague.
You're not outside, you're not inside, you're not anymore.
Where did you go?
Here's to the pranks we never pulled,
Never will.
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This is magic. The loss, the pain... the inexplicable grief that can only be hinted at but not confessed. A secret revealed through poetry. I don't feel the need to see meaning in each line. I feel the song. I feel hurt. I feel lonely. This song is one of my all time faves and I'm 51 and I'll be damned if I'm not singing along with a tear in my eye in another 20 years.
@tooloud I’m 47 and just re-discovered this song from 20 years ago. Wow and understand with a completely different set of eyes and ears. More tears in my eye than before.!
@tooloud I’m 47 and just re-discovered this song from 20 years ago. Wow and understand with a completely different set of eyes and ears. More tears in my eye than before.!
yeah i read that too.. atm though id rather say that its not really about someone whos dead, but maybe someone you once knew really good that you for some reason dont talk to anymore. Or maybe its about someone you wish you knew better but dont know where they are or how to find them and you know you never will. I was just in a situation like that and alot of stuff in this song apeal to that.
but the "Accident. Never warned. Cant explain. Nevermore. " part really sums it up :p
Probably my favorite Pinback song.
agreed i think it is about death but possibly one that was caused by the singer. "Sit outside, Penetance Just let me know: just sounds regretfull to me like he had something to do with it. and the whole calm yourself. calm yourself. like calm down its over i am killing you
I think it's about the regret one feels after a loss, but more specifically trying to cope. The words "It's not in the" are repeated many times. It makes me think he's searching for something, but all his memories aren't doing it for him. They don't satisfy him like the real living person did.
Great song.
"Its not in the dead shocks that dropped underneath us when we used the car. Its not in the strings we didnt pull to push you around the floor." I think the strings part means the steps they took or rather (didnt take) to get help from something im not sure of yet. Mabey the hospital? Push you around the floor could mean a hospital bed...
This was one of the first pinback songs i ever herd and when i first listened to it i couldn't believe how breath taking it was. The song is, like all pinback songs, organized in such a strange way. The chorus is so steady that the listener doesn't miss a beat or a tune. Stunning...
Definately one of the most beautiful songs ever created. And when he says "calm yourself" it makes me feel calm.
One of the greatest songs I've heard, that last verse just reduces me to tears, it's perfect.
i think this song is about some friend's of the band. from what i heard (and remember), this guy has gone swimming after taking some drugs (acid i believe) and he ended up getting separated from the rest of the guys present and drowning. this song is a eulogy in remembrance of the guy.
kind of reminds me of a story my dad used to tell me. he and his friends used to go cliff diving on the shores of southern cali, and one time his friend's little brother got caught in an undertow and sucked into an underwater cave and drowned. :/ life can be sad.