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Farewell Lyrics
Out in the fields the skies crack and peel.
While off in the distance the buildings collide.
And down in the grass is a sea of broken glass.
And skeletons of lives that I used to label mine.
And I've lost my tongue and I've lost all my friends.
And I can't remember if I give a damn.
We peek from the edge of an old rusty bridge.
Down in the water is the house where we were raised.
And over where the trees and gardens used to be.
Are remnants of pictures we still carry in our minds.
And you've lost your mind and you've lost all your plans.
And I can't quite tell if you even give a damn.
The neighborhood is gone. The air reeks of smoke ash and cold.
Winter's sleeping on our doorsteps.
As you hum your songs, the water turn to ice above our home.
So we go collect our paychecks and leave.
Up comes the sun to burn everyone.
And we pay the difference by peeling off our skin.
And as far as we can tell, it's pretty cold in hell.
But you've got your sweaters,
So I'm sure you won't mind.
But you've lost your heart. And you've lost all your will.
You're shot full of holes, and what you hold always spills.
The city's met its end. The monuments have all crashed and burned.
I doubt that we'll miss them.
We walk through the woods, and neither of us looks back, not once.
There's nothing behind us anymore.
It was all in our heads. It was all in our heads.
The sky was never falling, it was all in our heads.
So sleep well tonight. And dream some good things.
The sky was never falling. It was all a bad dream.
While off in the distance the buildings collide.
And down in the grass is a sea of broken glass.
And skeletons of lives that I used to label mine.
And I can't remember if I give a damn.
Down in the water is the house where we were raised.
And over where the trees and gardens used to be.
Are remnants of pictures we still carry in our minds.
And I can't quite tell if you even give a damn.
Winter's sleeping on our doorsteps.
As you hum your songs, the water turn to ice above our home.
So we go collect our paychecks and leave.
And we pay the difference by peeling off our skin.
And as far as we can tell, it's pretty cold in hell.
But you've got your sweaters,
So I'm sure you won't mind.
You're shot full of holes, and what you hold always spills.
I doubt that we'll miss them.
We walk through the woods, and neither of us looks back, not once.
There's nothing behind us anymore.
The sky was never falling, it was all in our heads.
So sleep well tonight. And dream some good things.
The sky was never falling. It was all a bad dream.
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obviously its a dream, as he says at the end of the song.
but the dream itself it quite interesting. basically seems as if the wrold itself is dieing and theres so much distruction, yet there are a few survivors. such as the narrator himself
it sounds to me like he's describing a world that has been ripped apart by war and massive climate change, and now the ice age is beginning. he's from Florida, and so it's not hard to imagine maybe his children or grandchildren standing on some bridge that was built between the surviving bits of land, their old home now under the sea. the ice age is coming, the world is turning into a frozen hell, and so they leave the city to go wandering and maybe try to survive, or maybe just to go die. leaving the city to die seems to be a recurring theme on this album. the ending to me seems to further suggest this. they don't want to die knowing what happened, so they tell themselves it was just a dream, not really happening. it's a beautiful song no matter how you interpret the lyrics, but that's the story the tell to me.
"We walk through the woods, and netiher of us looks back, not once; there's nothing behind us anymore."
That verse just seems to sum up the whole album - the view that what we have isn't permanent, that it'll all eventually revert back to the way it was in the beginning. As setsunamundou said, it seems to be a recurring theme on this album. At least that's how I interpret it.
Incidentally, a lot of the songs on this album seem to remind me of some of the science fiction I read... perhaps part of the reason why I love this album so much. =P
this song is brilliant.
it's a dream, but it means something.
and damn he has a way with words.
also i love when the song gets really intense twice for about two seconds.
love love love.