The Waiting Makes Me Curious

Feeling alone, and hurt because of what someone else did? He came into the world alone, something happened, i think maybe a girl, and he'll leave it how he came, alone. I think that it might be a girl because of

I stared into the serpents eyes And then for once I felt alive

Maybe he thought she was good for a while, and he felt 'alive'...but then maybe things went bad and

Hold onto your vice and I will hold onto mine

I think he's actually commenting on how you are always truly alone no matter what you have.

This song is about a person who sees no place for himself in the world. He wants somewhere to belong, but where does he belong?

considering some of their other songs have religious content perhaps this song is about losing the belief of religion (christianity i assume?). serpents eyes could refer to the devil..which is associated with god vs devil (also how if you dont believe in god then youre on the devils side). He feels alive because he has come to the realisation that what he has been taught through religion/belief was all wrong. The line ' twenty seven invincible years, where do you go when nowhere feels like home' could mean he was brought up with those beliefs and he lived by them his whole life but now he feels lost because he cant see it that way anymore. Also the line about walking into the light but the light is not there could mean the light that is often related to heaven and dying..coz he doesnt believe in it now its not there. Just my spin on it...could be wrong but its just the ideas that sprung to mind.

I've heard they aren't fans of mainstream religion, but that they believe in god. I don't know. That's what I've heard. Yeah, I suppose that your interpretation that he's singing about his agnosticism would be pretty correct as well.

This is about that sickening feeling you feel when you truly realise that you're going to go some day and are never coming back. (the serpents eyes), it makes you feel alive as you realise that you're here. This displaces you and makes you feel alone as you realise you're never truly with anyone, it is merely a construct of our physical brains.

Lady death.

Like toolej said; reflecting on your soon to be nonexistence certainly makes one feel alive. "Just like I came into this world All by myself I will leave it" I interpret this to mean that events, people and attachments in life are meaningless, in that when you die, you alone make that journey, and take nothing with you. This also justifies that "holding onto your vice" isn't at all an ignorant thing to do, for in the end it's moot (since you die whether you do or don't; enjoy your misdoings/unhealthy habit/vice.). The holding on idea also sort of voids any belief of an afterlife, or expresses apathy to the possible consequences in any afterlife.

"And if this world wasn't built for me, there is no point at all" I take this as reflection on the idea that man is not meant to spend an eternal existence in the world, and therefore it is not his home, 'not built for him'. There would be no point, then, to stay in it

This then: "Twenty seven invincible years Where do you go when nowhere feels like home?" would express that, not feeling at home in the world, there is nowhere to go, no other alternative existence. I don't know if 27 holds any significance other than his age (or if it is his age at all).

"And I can’t sleep a wink so I’ll tell you when I get there" With 'there' being 'home', I take this to mean that he can't be content/comfortable (can't sleep a wink) until he finds the home he seeks. I take "so I'll tell you when I get there" as semi-sarcastic, if this song is claiming man's true home to be death (it isn't exactly, it just points out that there is none, as far as I can see). Sarcastic because he wouldn't be able to 'tell you when he gets there'. I know the contradictory nature of this probably holds some kind of meaning, but I'm pretty tired.

I'll walk into the light, but the lights fading away" could mean that he tries to find faith, but it diminishes as he grows in knowledge (sort of like hitting that "questioning your religion" stage of life, which I hope every person does at some point). That's a pretty half-assed interpretation, though

i'm almost certain that the serpent represents death, not a girl.

just an idea, but to add to the religion interpretation of this song, in christianity, you are told as long as you follow the path of god and live with out sin, you will live forever (in the afterlife) so "27 invincible years" as someone else said, could be that he was brought up a christian, thus believing himself to be "invincible" and at the age of 27 he had some kind of revelation or realisation that, its all a lie, or at least so he believes?

It could be about people in the 27 club. The lyrics in the last two stanzas sure as hell work.