I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
why don't you use your knives
continue to stick them in my face
leave them to be our memories
that I plan to lose just like I lose you
I guess I'll just cope with what I can't control
after all, it means the best for the both of us
at night when you hear me breathing
under the covers is where you'll find me
trying to escape your endless reign of terror
stale sweat running all over my body
I'm drowning in my dreams
I can't wake now
I'll sleep forever
what if tomorrow never comes
how will I know you loved me
I just need something to live for
so I'll never die again
continue to stick them in my face
leave them to be our memories
that I plan to lose just like I lose you
I guess I'll just cope with what I can't control
after all, it means the best for the both of us
at night when you hear me breathing
under the covers is where you'll find me
trying to escape your endless reign of terror
stale sweat running all over my body
I'm drowning in my dreams
I can't wake now
I'll sleep forever
what if tomorrow never comes
how will I know you loved me
I just need something to live for
so I'll never die again
Lyrics submitted by ghoststories
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this is actually my favorite chiodos song. even if they were the chiodos bros or whatever i love it its fun and i dont know how to say what it means cause i think its pretty obvvvvious. like a break up or something and like hes angry at her for breaking up with him and stuff well whatever i love it and im surprised no one commented it.
i love this song. i think tritexxwhore pretty much got the meaning of it. it's like a break up and he's angry, but he's trying to convince himself it's the best for both of them. yeah. pretty obvious.
well it kinda reminds me of what im going through right now.
my exboyfriend said we were on a "break" ....
"what if tomorrow never comes? how will i know you loved me?"
and now he's kinda giving me mixed signals. actin like he likes me on second and then not the other "why don't you use you knives continue to stick them in my face"
the girl in this song obviuosly doesn't know what she wants. and in doing so she continues to hurt him. he knows he should get over her but he really loved her. thts just my opinion though.
i don't have anything remotely constructive to input about the lyrics or the meaning. but the bass at 0.50secs makes me actually come.
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im pretty sure the movie sound clip of "Death... is only the beginning" is from The Mummy with brendan fraiser. it would have been released around the time these kids wrote the song in high school right?