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Jesus Christ, that's a pretty face
The kind you'd find on someone I could save
If they don't put me away
Well, it'll be a miracle
Do you believe you're missing out
That everything good is happening somewhere else?
But with nobody in your bed
The night's hard to get through
And I will die all alone
And when I arrive, I won't know anyone
Well, Jesus Christ, I'm alone again
So what did you do those three days you were dead?
Cause this problem's gonna last more than the weekend
Well, Jesus Christ, I'm not scared to die
I'm a little bit scared of what comes after
Do I get the gold chariot?
Do I float through the ceiling?
Do I divide and fall apart?
Cause my bright is to slight to hold back all my dark
And the ship went down in sight of land
And at the gates does Thomas ask to see my hands?
I know you'll come in the night like a thief
But I've had some time alone to hone my lying technique
I know you think that I'm someone you can trust
But I'm scared I'll get scared, and I swear I'll try to nail you back up
So, do you think that we could work out a sign
So I'll know it's you and that it's over so I won't even try?
I know you'll come for the people like me
But we all got wood and nails
Tongue tied to a hating factory
But we all got wood and nails
And we turn out hate in factories
Yeah, we all got wood and nails
And we turn out hate in factories
Yeah, we all got wood and nails
And we sleep inside of this machine
The kind you'd find on someone I could save
If they don't put me away
Well, it'll be a miracle
Do you believe you're missing out
That everything good is happening somewhere else?
But with nobody in your bed
The night's hard to get through
And I will die all alone
And when I arrive, I won't know anyone
Well, Jesus Christ, I'm alone again
So what did you do those three days you were dead?
Cause this problem's gonna last more than the weekend
Well, Jesus Christ, I'm not scared to die
I'm a little bit scared of what comes after
Do I get the gold chariot?
Do I float through the ceiling?
Do I divide and fall apart?
Cause my bright is to slight to hold back all my dark
And the ship went down in sight of land
And at the gates does Thomas ask to see my hands?
I know you'll come in the night like a thief
But I've had some time alone to hone my lying technique
I know you think that I'm someone you can trust
But I'm scared I'll get scared, and I swear I'll try to nail you back up
So, do you think that we could work out a sign
So I'll know it's you and that it's over so I won't even try?
I know you'll come for the people like me
But we all got wood and nails
Tongue tied to a hating factory
But we all got wood and nails
And we turn out hate in factories
Yeah, we all got wood and nails
And we turn out hate in factories
Yeah, we all got wood and nails
And we sleep inside of this machine
Lyrics submitted by EMOrtal, edited by Mellow_Harsher, fob0403, OrcMaster, brandnewdude, contraddiction, ghostyyy, EternalTearsOfSorrow
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I saw two ways of looking at this song. The lyrics would read about his never-ending struggle to find something in God worth believing in, but a few key words in the song can be heard differently to give the song a whole new perspective. They are actually what I thought the words were at first before I read these, and I can still hear them:
"Jesus Christ, that's a pretty face the kind you'd find on someone I could save"
I always heard this at first, and took it to be him walking down the street and seeing some pretty girl and thinking, "Hey, I could be with that girl! She's cute and perfect looking. We would be so good together," but then he says someone should put him away for thinking that, since he knows deep down that he'll only end up hurting her.
"I know you're coming in the night like a thief But I've had some time alone, to hold my lions at bay"
The end of this lyric is drowned out in the song, maybe intentionally to support this dual meaning theory. In the "official" typed lyrics on this page he's warding off God coming for him in his times of loneliness, despair, and need by carrying on his pessimistic/athiestic attitude. In an altered interpretation, he could be warding off love and relationships in the same way (even if in the back of his mind he knows he wants love, hence having to hold his lions at bay that would come and shatter this Lone Cowboy philosophy he carries around).
And the end of the song is more on him crucifying anyone who tries to get close, anyone who starts to make him realize that he wants love. He always backs out, breaks up with the girlfriend, gets rid of her because he's scared of her.
Both versions make such fucking beautiful songs I don't even know what to think.