Cavity King

It means the pain of sexual sin. I know this because andrew said it himself. But I have no idea what sexual sin and red ink and a quill have to do with it...

here's how i see it. red ink would signify passion/lust since passion is usually represented in red. the quill is probably the words that the man uses to entice the girl in this song (quills were used to write back in the day)

The song is about how guys bait girls with talk of love when all they really want is sex. "Bait her in comfort complete then move to kill"

The red ink is the girl's love, which is compared with blood in the song as the guy is bleeding her dry, drawing in all her love when he does not return it. The quill is the guy's lust, taking the love and turning it into "curses in cursive."

The last part of the song "I know you ache but she is alive" is a cry out for those guys to stop doing it.

good one skillet

Yea, very nice. I love me a good Project song.

good stuff. I heart P86. Excellent live band

I don't think that it means for guys to stop doing it. I think that it means, despite what has happened to her, she's strong enough to get through it.

i think skillet pretty much got it, but there's more to be explained. Yes, the man takes the red ink(love/blood) from here with his lust (quill). The end is really important. The title "cavity king" is revealed here. "The king Of cavity quenching by inching the tips of fingers across the Forbidden" The man is empty so he is "cavity quenching". Schwab understands the man aches but the girl is human and doesn't deserve this. THe man then brags to his friends about his conquest. THen it goes to say..."Your entries made public Your journals in crimson Her veins filled with red ink Your quill spills in crimson" THis means that the man now filled with her love(red ink), only contains "crimson" to write with. Crimson not being as pure. So the man has something much less pure. The overall moral is to chose love over lust as it is more pure.

nice work on the red ink= love and quill= lust. the song makes way more sense now. i love it

Outstanding song. I agree with much of what has been said about the song so far, but one thing I haven't seen much said about is the actual title of the song: "Cavity King." I think the brilliance of this title comes from the multiple things it says with only two words:

1) The man is on a quest to have sex with women for selfish pleasure and for "bragging rights" with his friends.... he wants to become "king" of the female "cavity." Many guys today falsely believe that sleeping with women is what makes one a man and this guy is one of those types.

2) Doing this makes him completely empty and decayed person that passes his decay onto every woman he fools into sleeping with him.... a "cavity king."

I also really appreciate these acts being shown for exactly what they are: acts of violence. Sexual sin is probably the most harmful, devastating sin one can commit. It haunts the victims and can very likely destroy their (and their family's) lives. What the "Cavity King" is doing is rape. He's stealing love from women and exploiting their bodies for pleasure with no intention of giving them a lifelong commitment or anything in return other than pain. He's stabbing, maiming, murdering them.... and enjoying it while he does it.

Schwab closes the song perfectly noting that we all have sexual desires "I know you ache...," but calls all of us men out by stating that we absolutely cannot act like this because "she is alive... she's more than a story." This is definitely one of my favorite Project songs because of its great sound, lyrical depth, and very strong message.