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Breaking dawn will bring revenge
We should know by now we're so sick.
It was building up and no one was watching
We're running out of darkened corners to sweep the waste into
In our distracted focus no one had a chance
When we lined up at the edge, we were open wide
Like fools waiting for a sign
It was a free fall
An act of desperation, our backs against the wall
It was a free fall
It was an act of desperation
Down we go
As we all went blind, like an answer to the call of an outstretched hand
The hell we beckoned crept inside
The vultures circling overhead, starving to pick the skeletons we leave
On the eve of the end as the world around us burns [the ashes shall rain]
Somehow we still beg, give us a sign
Dawn brings revenge
Patience won't mend the broken
Promise of something greater
The cables wrapped around our throat, tonight pitch red cast over
Senses adrift, I lay me down
Plague wraps it's arms around me
Down we go
It was a free fall
An act of desperation, our backs against the wall
It was a free fall
It was an act of desperation
Down we go
As we lined up at the edge, we were open wide
Like fools waiting for a sign
We should know by now we're so sick.
It was building up and no one was watching
We're running out of darkened corners to sweep the waste into
In our distracted focus no one had a chance
When we lined up at the edge, we were open wide
Like fools waiting for a sign
It was a free fall
An act of desperation, our backs against the wall
It was a free fall
It was an act of desperation
Down we go
As we all went blind, like an answer to the call of an outstretched hand
The hell we beckoned crept inside
The vultures circling overhead, starving to pick the skeletons we leave
On the eve of the end as the world around us burns [the ashes shall rain]
Somehow we still beg, give us a sign
Dawn brings revenge
Patience won't mend the broken
Promise of something greater
The cables wrapped around our throat, tonight pitch red cast over
Senses adrift, I lay me down
Plague wraps it's arms around me
Down we go
It was a free fall
An act of desperation, our backs against the wall
It was a free fall
It was an act of desperation
Down we go
As we lined up at the edge, we were open wide
Like fools waiting for a sign
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Submitted by
thegunnshow On Jul 18, 2006
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I think it's about the end of something important to you. What if all you wanted right now, was right infront of you and you put so much faith in the fact that you were meant to have it. You have nothing to catch you if you fall, you have no failsafe, open wide to failure. It's about wanting something and not getting it, but dawn brings revenge.
wow...
um.......the song is sick...........i can relate to the song although i dont fully get it.....the lyrics are bootiful........
this song is awesome... i believe it has something to do with religion... waiting for a sign instead of making your own life.
i love this song the chorus is my favourite "IT WAS A FREEE FALLLLLL" they make it sound amazing
I think this song is about a couple that has cheated on each other and they are both confessing. In the first verse talking about how they could fix their relationship. Then in the second, admitting that they can't fix it. Also admitting that they aren't right for each other or have grown apart from each other and should go their separate ways.
sounds like a song about suicide to me "The cables wrapped around our throat, tonight pitch red cast over"
Also, it describes what's happening as they're dying "As we all went blind, like an answer to the call of an outstretched hand The hell we beckoned crept inside The vultures circling overhead, starving to pick the skeletons we leave"
personally, i think this song covers a bigger picture. it's not necessarily about any specific aspect of life, it's more about being young and reaching out for more... adolescence is mad confusing and if you wait around for something to come to you it's a "free fall" and some won't make it through the process of finding solid ground again. just my take on it. who cares about the lyrics with these guys though... the instrumentals are the real focus.
this song is about the end of the world and how people are just waiting around not trying to stop it.... and they line up at the edge waiting for a sign... not doing anything about it themselves.. and how in the midst of everything.. they get scared and take their own lives
I agree with this.. that's exactly what comes to mind when I listen to/read the lyrics. There was some sort of apocalypse, and this group of people are waiting for a sign from God. Even in these dire moments they still keep faith. I think it's almost a double meaning.. hope is a very powerful weapon for humanity, it can lead to blindness and not accepting a situation for what it is, but it can also push us to keep going and to survive when it seems like all is lost.
I agree with this.. that's exactly what comes to mind when I listen to/read the lyrics. There was some sort of apocalypse, and this group of people are waiting for a sign from God. Even in these dire moments they still keep faith. I think it's almost a double meaning.. hope is a very powerful weapon for humanity, it can lead to blindness and not accepting a situation for what it is, but it can also push us to keep going and to survive when it seems like all is lost.
Most of you are taking everything too literal.
This song is definitely about how religion has made everyone blind and foolish