"A Dark Congregation" as written by and Butch Walker Andrew Hurley....
A dark congregation
Of familiar faces
Gathered around the quiet earth
A red rose
Fell upon the soft snow
Prayers were whispered so slow
From our mouths
Our breath rose in the cold, like a hundred souls escaping
Save me, I'm swallowed by the guilt of this (You're gone)
Sleeping in the dust
We will not let time erase us
We are surrounded
By all of the quiet
Sleepers inside the quiet earth
A fear that
I cannot shape, you
Dared to kiss the face
Of the night
Our lips were cold as clay, we couldn't speak anyway
Save me, I'm swallowed by the guilt of this (You're gone)
Sleeping in the dust
We will not let time erase us
Our breath rose in the cold, like a hundred souls
We, we are alone
I know you're gone
Save me, I'm swallowed by the guilt of this
You're gone
Sleeping in the dust
We will not let time erase us
Of familiar faces
Gathered around the quiet earth
A red rose
Fell upon the soft snow
Prayers were whispered so slow
From our mouths
Our breath rose in the cold, like a hundred souls escaping
Save me, I'm swallowed by the guilt of this (You're gone)
Sleeping in the dust
We will not let time erase us
We are surrounded
By all of the quiet
Sleepers inside the quiet earth
A fear that
I cannot shape, you
Dared to kiss the face
Of the night
Our lips were cold as clay, we couldn't speak anyway
Save me, I'm swallowed by the guilt of this (You're gone)
Sleeping in the dust
We will not let time erase us
Our breath rose in the cold, like a hundred souls
We, we are alone
I know you're gone
Save me, I'm swallowed by the guilt of this
You're gone
Sleeping in the dust
We will not let time erase us
Lyrics submitted by kasandra
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i think the meaning is pretty obvious -- losing someone and wishing there were something you could have done to stop it.
even though it's very obviously about death and funerals, i still consider my view of it, i guess.
I like it, it has an interesting mood to it.
He then gets obsessed and follows her to her house.
For some reason I picture it's snowing, instead of raining, probably because of the relation to the earlier song.
most of the song is just a description of the cemetary where the funeral was held.