Violence

hmmmmmmmmmmm

to me this song reminds me of ann franke and the nazi's ..... maybee tom gabel is jewish ?

lock the door to your room attic pray they don't find us they= nazis pray they don't kick it down oh you've been keeping secrets ppl hiding them and these kind of lies have consequences so many possibilities for this to all end badly it's almost guaranteed nothing but shame and paranoia a slightly desperate feeling to calm you to sleep

what could we have done we= jews to deserve the violence like this) holocust

and we'll watch a lot coming under the door listen for footsteps coming down the hall are you gonna wake up screaming through a slit throat young flesh searing on a twin mattress but it doesn't have to be the way things end we don't have to give up just yet

It's pretty hilarious to look at the comments below, in light of Laura's transition and coming out.

This album should have put her in the world's most transparent closet, but somehow nobody put it all together ^_^

best song on the new cd!

My guess: Murder. Whose? Not sure. Anyone's I guess. Always reminds me of "In Cold Blood" (the book).

I think it is about being lied to and about, then hiding from the lies as they attack. Attack Violently.

I'm thinking this is about hate crimes. "oh you've been keeping secrets and these kinds of lies have consequences" i.e. you're gay and we know it and it's wrong so we're going to kill you.

shame, paranoia...it all ties into the hate crime theme.

This song is about domestic abuse. The implication that it's specifically child abuse. If anyone has ever suffered or been around domestic abuse, this conveys a very personal sentiment concerning it. From a psychological standpoint, I'd say that whichever member wrote this song has probably suffered domestic abuse or known someone very personally who has. The use of the term "young flesh searing on a twin mattress" is an implication of a child pretending to be asleep while the "footsteps coming down the hall" of the abusive parent approach. You can play this song very well over a muted video of Aerosmith's "Janey's Got a Gun" for an illustrative example...

Actually, I just played the song to the video muted, and it syncs up perfectly, and that's really creepy. Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd3buH7UTz8 Try it^^. Just start the song and then a second later start the video.

oh wait, no, it's this version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpTZjfNEi0s

i figured prison, honestly, but the child abuse angle seems to be appropriate too.