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She prayed to the man with the twin in a mask
But the world is numb and cold
And the boy, all alone, casually wandering home, unaware of sobering reality
Faster, save me. Harder, I can't...
(Breathe in, breathe out)
Let them all fold, let them all fold
(Breathe in, breathe out)
Let them all fold, let them all fold
Hearts finish here, love decays while call girls perform
He waits alone, playing parts to soothe lovers through
The lust and the sighs, the church and the dime
The cryptic clientele all careening inside
The puzzling facade steers pure from the divine
(Breathe in, breathe out)
Let them all fold, let them all fold
(Breathe in, breathe out)
Let them all fold, let them all fold
Yeah!!!
Many wishes of hunger were wronged by the pimp and priests thirst for a fault
All the anger from a lovers lament
Force fed in the stomach of sin
Welcome to the world
But the world is numb and cold
And the boy, all alone, casually wandering home, unaware of sobering reality
Let them all fold, let them all fold
(Breathe in, breathe out)
Let them all fold, let them all fold
He waits alone, playing parts to soothe lovers through
The lust and the sighs, the church and the dime
The cryptic clientele all careening inside
The puzzling facade steers pure from the divine
Let them all fold, let them all fold
(Breathe in, breathe out)
Let them all fold, let them all fold
Yeah!!!
All the anger from a lovers lament
Force fed in the stomach of sin
Welcome to the world
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Submitted by
ciesl279 On Mar 09, 2007
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i think this song is about when the boy friends out about the church and the dime.. the church and the whore house are connected and the preist is the pimp and also the priest.. "She prays to the man with the twin in the mask"
i think it's about the boy finding out because he says "sobering reality" as in he was ignorant of church and the dime and learning about the truth is like coming down from a high.
it's.. "Love decays while call girls perform"
my favorite song by the dear hunter right hereee
Just getting into the story. Bought all three albums on Monday. So did the Dear Hunter not know his mom was a prostitute until now? Or did he not know that she worked at the church?
Just getting into the story. Bought all three albums on Monday. So did the Dear Hunter not know his mom was a prostitute until now? Or did he not know that she worked at the church?
got it. thanks MikeMara. you're good with these lyrics and what sometimes seems inaudible.
I agree with you. This is definitely my favorite song and everytime i hear it it makes me angry cause i want to hear the rest of the new cd noooowwww
MikeMara, I think you're dead-on. Also I'd like to support your find by pointing out the obvious similarities between this song and "the Pimp and the Priest".
The Names of course show the same contrast between good vs. bad. The songs both have very similar lyrics: "Faster, save me. Harder, I can't..." is nearly identical to the lyrics in "the pimp and the priest", and the chorus plays very similar in the two songs as well.
At atleast one point in this song he is in The Dime and observing everything that's going on there. I think that when he says "Faster, save me. Harder, I can't.." He's opposed to everything going on. In the pimp and the priest, the sentence is finished: "Faster, save me. Harder, I can't breathe." I think this shows that he's finally seeing or trying it for himself.
At atleast one point in this song he is in The Dime and observing everything that's going on there. I think that when he says "Faster, save me. Harder, I can't.." He's opposed to everything going on. In the pimp and the priest, the sentence is finished: "Faster, save me. Harder, I can't breathe." I think this shows that he's finally seeing or trying it for himself.
im curious what does he mean when he says "let them all fold"?
im curious what does he mean when he says "let them all fold"?
these lyrics makes me think... i've one question: what's that image of a cross in the front image in the official site of the band? Does it have any relation with christianity or, on the other side, it argues against it on its lyrics?
i always interpreted the "let them all fold" lines as ways of saying that the women and the clients of the dime are folding their morals and choosing this hedonistic life of prostitution. the "breath in, breath out" kind of captures the mood - the intimacy, rush, and sexual energy of the dime. The chorus acts as a call from the pimp to give in and join "the fun"
This is the boy finding the Church, or, at night, the Dime, a brothel in the heart of the city (going back to Act I, the Priest that moonlights as a Pimp runs this place, and the Boy's mother "worked" here). He meets a particular Ms. Leading, which leads us to The Bitter Suite I and II.
Dimechurch: Again, I think there are2 people (twin in a mask). So some ladies prayer is foiled by the unfolding reality of the our leading Boy “alone” as usual. The next part is obviously talking about fat whores (fold) Or not. His aloneness is emphasized and the “clientele” remains shrouded in mystery. Sex is further related to the spiritual but in a more positive way I think than before it was just expoitive in act 1. (theory btw, about the death of ms. Terri, it was ordered by pimp/priest entity as he said “take me to the river” and therefore the tree/father/person who died may have been one of the twins or may have been the original father, or some dude who “she prayed to” in the beginning of this song but he had to kill her for some secret reason. Maybe?) Best line is the ending “force fed in the stomach of sin welcome to the world”. The alliteration draws our attention, but when we focus we see that this has two meanings. Figer it out yourself.