The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Pay attention, pay attention, pay attention please
He who lusts through life for excess of this world
Dies a lonely man, careless of his soul
Throwing caution to the wind with foolish ignorance
You're full of pride (full of pride) full of pride
And in arrogance you can't accept the nearing end of this short lived life
Smile and give a toast, brag and boast
Fool the world with all of your lies
The parasite's host never even knows
Pull the wool over our eyes
Walk the line and pay the price
A pound of flesh for paradise
Wear the wounds of your demise
Fail to mention your intentions, fail to mention why
The actions of your life contradict your words
The path in which you walk is a vice of no remorse
Washing conscience from the skin, claiming innocence
Ignore the signs
Smile and give a toast, brag and boast
Fool the world with all of your lies
The parasite's host never even knows
Pull the wool over our eyes
Walk the line and pay the price
A pound of flesh for paradise
Wear the wounds of your demise
A pound of flesh for paradise
I should have made your mind up for you (for you)
I should have made your mind up for you (for you)
Walk the line and pay the price
A pound of flesh for paradise
Wear the wounds of your demise
From cradle to grave, you chose to trade
A pound of flesh for paradise
Wear the wounds of your demise.
He who lusts through life for excess of this world
Dies a lonely man, careless of his soul
Throwing caution to the wind with foolish ignorance
You're full of pride (full of pride) full of pride
And in arrogance you can't accept the nearing end of this short lived life
Smile and give a toast, brag and boast
Fool the world with all of your lies
The parasite's host never even knows
Pull the wool over our eyes
Walk the line and pay the price
A pound of flesh for paradise
Wear the wounds of your demise
Fail to mention your intentions, fail to mention why
The actions of your life contradict your words
The path in which you walk is a vice of no remorse
Washing conscience from the skin, claiming innocence
Ignore the signs
Smile and give a toast, brag and boast
Fool the world with all of your lies
The parasite's host never even knows
Pull the wool over our eyes
Walk the line and pay the price
A pound of flesh for paradise
Wear the wounds of your demise
A pound of flesh for paradise
I should have made your mind up for you (for you)
I should have made your mind up for you (for you)
Walk the line and pay the price
A pound of flesh for paradise
Wear the wounds of your demise
From cradle to grave, you chose to trade
A pound of flesh for paradise
Wear the wounds of your demise.
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All Your Lies Lyrics as written by Jesse Hasek Brian Vodinh
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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No they are not, so you can tell those people who claim you've got these lyrics wrong to shut the hell up. This is ACTUALLY the demo version of "All Your Lies", which was recored with different lyrics the band wanted before Division itself. But apparently they were changed in the second recording of the song when they were doing Division.<br /> Respectively, there are two versions of "All Your Lies", just as they've done so for "Through The Iris". "Wasteland" on the other hand is not an exception because there were no changes to the lyrics except save for the different sounds between Killing All That Holds You and The Autumn Effect. I'll say this again, these are the correct lyrics to the demo version of "All Your Lies".
1st off is "you're full of pride" and it's not pull the world over our eyes it's "pull the wool over our eyes" and finally it's " from cradle to grave, you chose to trade
You are wrong, these are the lyrics to the demo version of the song. Go read the other lyrics to the Division version of the song in another tab through their list of songs.
By the way, those select few lyrics in parenthesis are actually when Tater screams his vocals. I'm assuming the band wanted to go a little heavy for Division just like they did so for KATHY, albeit less than KATHY, but couldn't for some reason. The song is friggin' good though, the lyrics are pretty strong indeed for their softest album yet.
this song is good, its about a way to live your life that is wrong. that way is to live your life purely for yourself "He who lusts through life for excess of this world dies a lonely man, careless of his soul" that you give a toast to yourself and you brag and boast about how good your life is when you are living your life at the expense of the harder working people "a pound of flesh for paradise wear the wounds of your demise"
giving up with the good of your spirit
The first verse is about commiting the sin of lust and, being aware of the consequences for their evil, still life their live in such a careless manner.
Trading "a pound of flesh for paradise" means sacrificing eternity in Heaven for a short burst of excitement demanded by instant gratification.
People sometimes live two lives; they are two-faced. When the song says "the actions of your life contradict your words," it probably means that people are influenced to live in such a way that does not reflect who they truly are.
In short, I believe this song is about those who are tempted into sin. They become careless of their wrongdoing because of the pleasure it gives them. However, there is a price to pay for living the wrong way.
I'm convinced your second line of thought is a good direction to start with here. <br /> <br /> The lyrics are obviously implying something far more than just 'live a good life rather than a bad one, or else'.<br /> <br /> I would imagine the lyrics are directed toward someone specific. The line "I should have made up your mind for you" gives that away. However, I believe the whole song could be directed to our society in general, as the great majority of people choose to live this very same lifesyle. <br /> <br /> This song is a commentary on the Gospel vs. the society<br /> My thoughts:<br /> <br /> Paradise = Justification, but not by yourself or thru your own actions, and eternal life with God.<br /> <br /> Demise = Eternal damnation, something that happens after the life of the "flesh".<br /> <br /> "Fail to mention...ignore the signs", and "smile and...over our eyes" are referring to the sinner convincing themselves thru their own lies that they are 'ok' or in the clear to be justified as heaven bound. The lyrics are directed toward someone who is living a lie, but not only that, they also believe their own lie. The lyrics also ask the recepient to glance at the heart and motive, rather than do whatever their lustful desire impulses and later claiming innocence thru lies. <br /> <br /> Seriously, this is a Gospel message with lots of holes in it. That's what it is. Many of their songs follow similar messages. They all seem to be directed toward an audience that is blind to the truth about life in general, regarding spiritual justification.
The lyric "I should have made your mind up for you" is actually totally incorrect. It's "Bend the truth 'til you can't find it (find it). Twist your lies 'til you don't mind them (mind them)"<br /> <br /> I do see a much deeper spiritual meaning to this and many other 10 Years songs. This song, along with it's predecessor on the album, "Picture Perfect" are very deep and the haunting precursor lyrics at the end of "Picture Perfect" allude to the true depth and meaning of "All Your Lies". Written almost as a letter:<br /> <br /> Pay attention, pay attention, pay attention please! He who lusts through life for excess in this world dies a lonely man, careless of his soul, throwing caution to the wind with foolish ignorance. You're full of pride and arrogance. You can't accept the nearing end of this short lived life.<br /> <br /> You fail to mention your intnetions, fail to mention why, your actions in life contradict your words. Th epath on which you walk, a line of no remorse. Washing conscience from the skin, claiming innocense. You ignore the signs. You bend the truth until you can't find it. You twist your lies until you don't mind them.<br /> <br /> You smile and give a toast. You brag and you boast. You try to fool the world with all of your lies. But a parasite's host never even knows. You try to pull the wool over our eyes. Walk the line and pay the price: A pound of flesh for paradise. From craddle to grave, you chose to trade a pound of flesh for paradise. Now you will wear the wounds of your demise.<br /> <br /> This song is almost a surmon.<br /> <br />
"That one was written about...well no one in mind specifically, but someone who has no remorse and doesn't care about anything but themselves." - Jesse Hayek
His name is Jesse Hasek
i think is about how the we are marketed to ,buy this be happy o ya keep drinking beer, we all work our lives away buying this stuff fueling this materlistic socitey leting all the so called stars with inflated egos sell this image of perfect when we realy dot need any of it some of us spend our entire lives buying stuff the big bank account the family and the house for the stuff all your crooked pictures looking nice but after all that you leave this body and all that stuff only taking knolage and experiences "a pound of flesh for paradise wear the wounds of your demise"
This song really strikes me as talking about who are too self absorbed so they think they are good enough to walk alongside sin but never fall into it. I like to call this the Chaddiferian Sock-Vaccum theory. We think we are good enough to move the vaccum (ourselves) right next to the sock (sin) without having it getted suced into the vaccum and next thing !!!PHOOMP!!! We get sucked into sin because we overestimated yourself. This is greatly illustrated by the line "Walk the line and pay the price."
Upon being sucked into the sin we deny that anything is wrong because we're too good to sin, right? Wrong, our actions contradict our words and we begin to lose our former selvs to the sin and it eats at us until we are alone and die alone without a care about how big we screwed things up. "The parasite's host never even knows." We become so lost in the sin that we don't realize anything is wrong and we must "wear the wounds of our demise." The eternal happiness was traded in for no more than a temporary ecstsasy, a false happiness, or a simple pleasure.
this song is simply about the people who live with in themselves. In our world we call this being prideful. He trys to stand a higher ground than everyone around him. He's always right, he never owns up to his faults. So Jessie wrote this song to tell these types of people walk the line and pay that price.. cause you will surely die a lonley man. God does not apperciate being prideful(satan was prideful)..