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Is it hard for you to sleep at night?
The powder glowing in your smile
And is it hard to die a fraction at a time?
Is it just too hard to say goodbye?
Your life spins like a carousel
Your hopes are buried in a wishing well
Awake in a grave that you dug yourself
Just keep on betting on the horse you love
I can see the sun less in his face
Deep behind his lacquered eyes
A real devastation quaking in his jawline
The demon always comes alive
Your life spins like a carousel
Your hopes are buried in a wishing well
Awake in a grave that you dug yourself
Just keep on betting on the horse you love
Do you ever see the light of day?
Did you ever think you would live this way?
Is it just so hard to sleep at night?
Is it just too hard for you to say goodbye?
And when the sun goes down,
You better paint the town
Just keep riding now
Your horse will never touch the ground
Your life revolves like a carousel
Your hopes are buried in a wishing well,
Dead or alive, it's just so hard to tell
It looks like you've already found your hell
You found your hell
The powder glowing in your smile
And is it hard to die a fraction at a time?
Is it just too hard to say goodbye?
Your hopes are buried in a wishing well
Awake in a grave that you dug yourself
Just keep on betting on the horse you love
Deep behind his lacquered eyes
A real devastation quaking in his jawline
The demon always comes alive
Your hopes are buried in a wishing well
Awake in a grave that you dug yourself
Just keep on betting on the horse you love
Did you ever think you would live this way?
Is it just so hard to sleep at night?
Is it just too hard for you to say goodbye?
You better paint the town
Just keep riding now
Your horse will never touch the ground
Your hopes are buried in a wishing well,
Dead or alive, it's just so hard to tell
It looks like you've already found your hell
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Submitted by
punkpirate On Mar 01, 2006
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This song is about getting caught in an endless cycle of repetition and boredom that just makes life unbearable. I really like the lyric about "betting on the horse you love," coming after the carousel lyric, implying that even though it's a carousel and the outcome is always the same, the protagonist just keeps betting on the same horse to come in even though it never does and never will.
This song is about getting caught in an endless cycle of repetition and boredom that just makes life unbearable. I really like the lyric about "betting on the horse you love," coming after the carousel lyric, implying that even though it's a carousel and the outcome is always the same, the protagonist just keeps betting on the same horse to come in even though it never does and never will.
Fuck, didn't mean to post twice. I am shamed.
"Deep behind his lack of eyes" not lies.
it's not lack of eyes, its "deep behind his lacquered eyes" meaning glossed over i think...
"i can see the sadness in his face/deep behind his lacquered eyes." FIX THEM DAMNIT.
I had already fixed it a few weeks before you left that comment...
they are singing about someone being on drugs (probably cocaine). the line that says "the powder glowing in your smile" is obviously referring to cocaine. "is it hard to sleep at night?" refers to someone being all drugged up and not being able to sleep at night. There are many more obvious clues as to what this real meaning of this song is, I'm sure you will all figure it out on your own.
"White Horse" is slang for coccaine, this song is obviously about a coke-head (Matt Skiba I wonder? check out "Blue in the Face" could be, i hear they are good friends)
I heard that they wrote this song for Matt Skiba as well. They both came out of Chicago and have been good friends for a while.
I heard that they wrote this song for Matt Skiba as well. They both came out of Chicago and have been good friends for a while.