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Mothers nursing orphans, retreating through the beams
I think that you exist but do you really?
Electric correspondence, you cannot pay the rent
With hand me down appendages for chemical enslavement
It's not indefinite, it's got a lifespan
You try to nurture it, hope for extension
As far as right and wrong, I know the difference
But right is oh so dull, and no one's interested.
Amsterdamage doctors, prescribing recipes
With side affection stapled to your black jeans
Expressions are revealing just where I'd rather be
But I'm thrown under the bus to try to resurrect a dead scene
Buckle down, when it becomes a threat you vocalize a hard truth
So here goes
I've reached the top of this ladder but what did it matter,
It's on the wrong wall
I think that you exist but do you really?
Electric correspondence, you cannot pay the rent
With hand me down appendages for chemical enslavement
You try to nurture it, hope for extension
As far as right and wrong, I know the difference
But right is oh so dull, and no one's interested.
With side affection stapled to your black jeans
Expressions are revealing just where I'd rather be
But I'm thrown under the bus to try to resurrect a dead scene
So here goes
I've reached the top of this ladder but what did it matter,
It's on the wrong wall
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sparkle_motion On Sep 04, 2005
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I think you are all right. The beautiful think about music is that we can relate to it in so many ways and so many lyrics speak straight into our souls and it’s meant to be that way. It might be written based on a member of the bands experience or whatever, but if we only listened to music because of how it sounds (and some people do and that’s okay too) but I suspect people on this forum are interested because it means something deep and special to them. And that’s what it means. For them. Music is this beautiful creative eclectic and even ethreal when we personalize it to our experiences, beliefs, experiences and traumas. And you are all right, what the song means to you is right. Even if it means something different to someone else.
not quite sure, because there are a lot of phrases i don't understand exactly (perhaps because english isnt my mothers tongue) i think its some kind about the future, perhaps about robotics taking the most important parts of our lifes but as i said, im really not sure bout that
THE BEST SONG EVER... I LOVE THE NEW BAND I LOVE THE NEW CD
but i have no idea what the song is about tho... but it has such a great beat and feel to it.. its so good.
As far as right and wrong, I know the difference But right is oh so dull, and no one's interested. === rebelling?
fran explained before they played this song the other night in milwaukee : this about playing shows; more specifically basement shows like one in milwaukee with 7 angels 7 seven plauges a couple years ago.
I've reached the top of this ladder but what did it matter, It's on the wrong wall
I thought this bit meant that he'd achieved something or reached a goal (reached the top of this ladder), but it didn't matter because he'd reached that goal in the wrong way (on the wrong wall).
I'm not sure how that fits in with the previous post though...
@ThisismyUsername that makes a lot of sense too. It makes me think of striving for a superficial or selfish goal that is only going to serve myself and when I reach it I find and the ultimate result is loneliness. I really like your interpretation too, it makes more sense like climbing a ladder and reaching the top only to realize it is the wrong thing he was going after or perhaps the strive for perfection, like a mountain you keep reaching the summit and then see that there is an whole other mountain on it that you cannot see...
@ThisismyUsername that makes a lot of sense too. It makes me think of striving for a superficial or selfish goal that is only going to serve myself and when I reach it I find and the ultimate result is loneliness. I really like your interpretation too, it makes more sense like climbing a ladder and reaching the top only to realize it is the wrong thing he was going after or perhaps the strive for perfection, like a mountain you keep reaching the summit and then see that there is an whole other mountain on it that you cannot see from the ground and continuing to strive for something unattainable and every time think you reach the top, there is more because there is no such thing as perfection. Or maybe it just means that he was chasing the wrong thing. Or believing in the wrong thing. Attempting so hard only to be disappointed with what you thought was something else?
I love the last lines of this song..."I've reached the top of this ladder but what did it matter, its on the wrong wall"
I think its written about people who are enslaved to a drug addiction. The song seems to describe people living in tenements, hidden to the eyes of society. They have no money because it is all spent on their chemical enslavement. "Amsterdam Doctors" I've heard is slang for Drug Dealer, so the lyrics in the song are a play on those words, saying that these "Doctors" are harmful.
"It's not indefinite, it's got a lifespan You try to nurture it, hope for extension As far as right and wrong, I know the difference But right is oh so dull, and no one's interested."
Those lines obviously speak about drug addiction. Life isn't indefinite, you have a limited amount of time, you try to keep yourself healthy to extend your life, drugs are obviously bad for you and even though he knows the difference between whats right for him and what will kill him, he likes doing the drugs because its more exciting then not.
"I've reached the top of this ladder but what did it matter, It's on the wrong wall" Even if he overcomes the addiction, its a pointless victory because his life is already shit and certain to end.
@RuleofNines I can totally see where you’re coming from because I see things through a lens of addiction often, being an addict in recovery. It absolutely makes sense.
@RuleofNines I can totally see where you’re coming from because I see things through a lens of addiction often, being an addict in recovery. It absolutely makes sense.
Forgive me if I'm wrong but here's what I get from it
Mothers nursing orphans, retreating through the beams I think that you exist but do you really? *hallucinations maybe??
Electric correspondence, you cannot pay the rent With hand me down appendages for chemical enslavement *can't make the rent cuz the money's going toward the drug Used needles to support the addiction
It's not indefinite, it's got a lifespan You try to nurture it, hope for extension *can't do this forever but you can't stop either
As far as right and wrong, I know the difference But right is oh so dull, and no one's interested. *Of course its not right but life is so shitty without the drug
Amsterdamage doctors, prescribing recipes *amsterdam (famous for you know what ha)recipes being the substances
With side affection stapled to your black jeans Expressions are revealing just where I'd rather be But I'm thrown under the bus to try to resurrect a dead scene *feels like shit and looks like shit without it and it's obvious to others around him
Buckle down, when it becomes a threat you vocalize a hard truth So here goes *he has to face the truth and needs to stop
I've reached the top of this ladder but what did it matter, It's on the wrong wall *He may have reached a turning point but maybe relapsed into something else