Exodus Damage

John Vanderslice

I'll see you next fall
At another gun show
I'll call the day before, like usual

But I wanted so much more
I got exodus damage bleed,
Could not commit, some things I'll never be

So now we're talking about this
I'm starting to lose my confidence
No one ever says a word about
So much that happens in the world

Dance dance revolution
All we're gonna get
Unless it falls apart
So I say: go go go, go down
Let it fall down
I'm ready for the end

So the second plane hit at 9:02
I saw it live on a hotel tv, talking on my cell with you
You said this would happen, and just like that, it did
Wrong about the feeling, wrong about the sound
But right to say we would stand down

An hour went by without a fighter in the sky
You said there's a reason why
So tell me now, I must confess
I'm not sick enough to guess

Dance dance revolution
All we're gonna get
Unless it falls apart
So I say: go go go, go down
Let it fall down
I'm ready for the end

So you hope that one person
Could solve everything
And for me, that's you
Sometimes that dream
Is a sad delusion
But sometimes it's true

So now we're talking about this
I'm starting to lose my confidence
No one ever says a word about
So much that happens in the world

Dance dance revolution
All we're gonna get
Unless it falls apart
So I say: go go go, go down
Let it fall down
I'm ready for the end


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    Thanks for posting that yep1.

    I get the impression from this song that the second thoughts the singer is having in the song is a result of seeing the 9/11 attacks on television. Watching such grotesque violence only makes his cause seem even more senseless. His mentor (and lover?) seems to disagree ("wrong about the feeling, wrong about the sound") with this conclusion, but agrees to put their plans on hold ("right to say we should stand down").

    Hinotorion April 17, 2008   Link

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