Honest Goodbye

True it is wrote about "In Cold Blood".

If you notice each verse is different the first paragraph is clearly about Hickock, as for the second being about Smith. The chorus seems to be the interrogation, when they say it feels like an honest goodbye, they admitted being the Killers, but they did not want to die lairs.

Smith's paragraph makes him seem like he is a victim of society brushing him off and picking at him, most of us can relate to such things. As for Hickock the interrogator makes him seems like a 100% violent and angry human being, which was most likely not true considering is bringing he was intelligent. He could have been something if society had given him a chance, same with Smith.

second song released from \'New Maps of Hell\'. woot.

Definitely. According to Brett, this song was based on the book, In Cold Blood.

Well personally I think that a lot of people are products of our society, it's not a healthy thing. I mean if a kid is ostracized since a child, and is always picked on, he will loose compassion.

ihoodz is right, I'm not religious but in almost all cases a serial killer is changed forever by traumatic childhood experiences. If you've watched the american tv-series Dexter you'll know what I'm talking about. I know it's fiction, but it has a point and supressed memories are not unheard of.

how did you get so mean?

best line in the song

When I found out it was about the In Cold Blood book I laughed my ass off, I related it sooooo much to this terrible experience I had and I always thought I felt like me and Bret were going through the same thing, it kinda killed me inside cause this is one of my favorites

My favorite off the New Maps album. I just LOVE how Greg sings the " Oh to be forgiven but that wouldn't be right. " line. Best part of the song though is the second verse, obviously about Smith from In Cold Blood.

"(Did you lie?) Causing such a fright"...that's the only line that confuses me. Not a fan of the band or the song, but I'd like to know about that line.

Serial killers, cannot and will not become a part of society. They are fucked up in the head since they were born, they all have tendencies to dislike one of the family members, to the point that the first people they usually kill is their mom, torture animals as a little kid. They just aren't compassionate.