He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
He found himself down by the highway
Watching the cars passing by, their golden headlights.
And as he stopped to entertain thoughts of tomorrow
He realised that no new day, would lead him away from here.
And so he prayed...
'God don't let me see another day'...
I feel so cold, living in a world
Where they just send you up so they can shoot you down.
Falling to earth, never to rise again...
Never to rise again...
He found himself down by the railroad.
Meaning to leave his hometown...to tie himself down.
And as the 7:15 drew closer
He realised that no railroad track,
Would ever bring her back to him.
And so he prayed...
'God don't let me see another day'...
I feel so cold, living in a world
Where they just send you up so they can shoot you down.
Falling to earth, never to rise again...
Never to rise again...
He found himself down by the river.
Watching the leaves floating by in the pale moonlight
And as he noticed his reflection in the water
He realised his tears had run dry and he was still alive...
And so he prayed...
'God I want to see another day'...
And though I feel so alone, living in this world
If I can make it clear, you'll never touch me again
You will never touch me again...
Watching the cars passing by, their golden headlights.
And as he stopped to entertain thoughts of tomorrow
He realised that no new day, would lead him away from here.
And so he prayed...
'God don't let me see another day'...
I feel so cold, living in a world
Where they just send you up so they can shoot you down.
Falling to earth, never to rise again...
Never to rise again...
He found himself down by the railroad.
Meaning to leave his hometown...to tie himself down.
And as the 7:15 drew closer
He realised that no railroad track,
Would ever bring her back to him.
And so he prayed...
'God don't let me see another day'...
I feel so cold, living in a world
Where they just send you up so they can shoot you down.
Falling to earth, never to rise again...
Never to rise again...
He found himself down by the river.
Watching the leaves floating by in the pale moonlight
And as he noticed his reflection in the water
He realised his tears had run dry and he was still alive...
And so he prayed...
'God I want to see another day'...
And though I feel so alone, living in this world
If I can make it clear, you'll never touch me again
You will never touch me again...
Lyrics submitted by dutch_angel_moi
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i think this song is about how depressed a person was after losing a girlfriend in some way..i think a break up...
but they just felt so helpless and didnt want to live anymore because it felt like people were just there to put them down
but in the end they see that they are still alive and that there tears have run dry and that all they havto do is go on with there lives and not let the people around them hurt them like they use to do.
people should really start to comment epicure...one of the best bands out there...