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The Killjoy Lyrics
To know love is to ache;
hurt yourself and repent
For in the end all is gone;
lights go out, your time is spent
If I were you I would retract and lock my heart
Concede defeat and admit I was off the mark
If I were you I would turn away and hide my face
Swallow my pride and then finish ere it's all disgrace
All of our dreams now laid on the sand
To wait by the perilous tides
To be washed away into the depths
And sink without a trace
Just a fool's hope remains
To rejoice is to lapse;
fool yourself and repent
Mirth will soon turn into woe,
reveries to contempt
If I were you I would now bring the curtain down
Accept my lot and thus fathom out my own bounds
If I were you I would rue the day when I was born
Cleanse all in life and redeem myself from scorn
Remember these words when tide is turning
The less you hope for, the less you suffer
If you dare to trust, then you shall shatter
Lunge from the heights and fall to smithereens
And when you come here with charred wings and a defiled heart
Wait not for compassion or words of consolation
For only a gleeful smile is greeting you
hurt yourself and repent
For in the end all is gone;
lights go out, your time is spent
Concede defeat and admit I was off the mark
If I were you I would turn away and hide my face
Swallow my pride and then finish ere it's all disgrace
To wait by the perilous tides
To be washed away into the depths
And sink without a trace
Just a fool's hope remains
fool yourself and repent
Mirth will soon turn into woe,
reveries to contempt
Accept my lot and thus fathom out my own bounds
If I were you I would rue the day when I was born
Cleanse all in life and redeem myself from scorn
The less you hope for, the less you suffer
If you dare to trust, then you shall shatter
Lunge from the heights and fall to smithereens
Wait not for compassion or words of consolation
For only a gleeful smile is greeting you
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I think this song is pretty straight forward, the first stanza summarizes what they're feeling, and what this song is about. They also talk about how when you die, you are left with nothing, your hopes dreams and love is all gone. The second to last stanza talks about this some more.
Basically a depressing song, saying that you should aspire to nothing and not put trust in anyone as you will die in the end anyway.
The title is the interpretation of the song, obviously.. ;)
I'm taking it the "killjoy" is that death is inevitable? and the above have it right :)
Sounds like he's speaking to his ex, telling them they shouldn't try to love anyone again since it will just end up as a failure like their relationship, and at the end he says don't come to him about your next failed relationship because he will only rub it in their face.