Prevent This Tragedy

CORRECT LYRICS, TAKEN FROM ALBUM INLAY

Here we are again with handguns for hearts They had a master plan, wanted to tear us apart Nothing to hold, all hope deleted Our demise has been completed niw Nowhere left to go but down The flames of hell they give me hope I drown In oceans of this tragic part of town Where nothing's heard for miles but the sound Of children wishing they were safely underground We are the walking dead, we hold this ghost in our arms We take our daily breath and thank our unlucky stars Tried to get by on bread and water Craving blood poured from the altar now Not much left to do but drown In flames of miscommunication down Then out and off in search of someone proud To translate what we truly dream about As we lay in this bed thinking out loud I'm screaming uncle, mercy me And my broken telepathy For I'm left with nothing but this bloodless riverbank West Memphis please I'm begging you, stop praying for me

I love this song. I've been following the West Memphis 3 story for a while now and this year there's a big gathering on July 23rd, Awareness Day, with bands playing shows all over the place and marches and things and petitions being presented... I think it might be their last chance.

As for the song, it fascinates me because I can't work out whose perspective its from, if indeed it is from just one perspective. The "they" as in "they had a master plan" seems to be the government, police and generally authorities who are anti-punk and anti-rock and wish the youth of today would take out the piercings and get their hair cut...

"we are the walking dead" seems to be from the perspective of the wm3 themselves, who are in a maximum security prison, one of them awaiting an upcoming death by lethal injection, but then it could mean the generation of rock/punk/metal music fans. The same goes for "stop praying for me" - it's like, saying "you can't change me, I am this person, I am in this community and culture" in a general sense but if the song is from the perspective of the wm3 then it is more an admission of lost hope - stop praying for us because we're a lost cause?

the bloody album isn't even out yet. although, this song is good.

haha! bloody album! since it's called crimson, it is bloody. get it? lol!!1oneone

Its about the West Memphis Three, kinda obvious when he says 'Bloodless riverbank, west memphis' and 'Drown in flames of miscommunication' from all the fuck ups that went on in the trial and gathering evidence, the police and witnesses and such, quite ovviously made a lot of stuff up and held back other vital evidence. This song is awesome

best damn song on the album

i think he says "please, may you STOP praying for me"

it makes more sense. dont like the intro to this song, but its good

When i saw Alkaline Trio at Warped Tour in 03 or 02 maybe it was Matt was wearing a "Free the West Memphis Three" shirt

Just a few corrections:

First verse-"Nothing to hold, all hope deleted"

Second verse-"We hold this ghost in our arms"

Second Chorus-"Down and out and off in search for someone.."

Bridge, not sure about this, but it sounds like the first line is- "Dreamin, Uncle, Mercy me", then its "Please, im begging you, stop praying for me!"

word.

I love it how they write about interesting things such as the Donner Party and the West Memphis Three and Susan Atkins. And somehow, they connect those things to create powerful songs that incorporate their lives/feelings.

Brilliant.

BEST FUCKING SONG!!