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i would dig a thousand holes, to lay next to you
i would dig a thousand more, if i needed to
i look around the grave
for an escape route of old routine
there doesn't seem to be any other way

'Cause i've started falling apart
i'm not savering life
i've forgotten how good it could be to feel alive

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crazy as it seems you wont, as low as you feel right now
atleast thats what i've been told by everyone

i whisper empty signs in your ear
and hope that you wont let go
take the pieces and build them skywards

'Cause i've started falling apart
i'm not savering life
i've forgotten how good it could be to feel alive
i've started falling apart
i'm not savering life
(take the pieces and build them skywards)
i've forgotten how good it could be to feel alive
(take the pieces and build them skywards)

instrumental

i've started falling apart
i'm not savering life
(take the pieces and build them skywards)
i've forgotten how good it could be to feel alive
(take the pieces and build them skywards)

i've started falling apart
i'm not savering life
(take the pieces and build them skywards)
i've forgotten how good it could be to feel alive
(take the pieces and build them skywards)

take the pieces and build them skywards
take the pieces and build them skywards
take the pieces and build them up to the sky
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Cover art for Machines lyrics by Biffy Clyro

Shouldn't it be 'savouring' life? Not 'savering'?

Cover art for Machines lyrics by Biffy Clyro

Brilliant. I love it.

Cover art for Machines lyrics by Biffy Clyro

Brilliant song!

You can just hear the emotion in Simon's voice when he says "Cause i've started falling apart"

Mon the Biffy!

Cover art for Machines lyrics by Biffy Clyro

This is already sending shivers down my neck... Yeah, his voice on the whole album is beautiful. The song doesn't really require much explaination I don't think. It's about loss as is much of the album

Cover art for Machines lyrics by Biffy Clyro

this is such a sad song... It almost brought me to tears when i first heard it.. The emotion in Simon's voice is so raw and fresh, you can tell how much he loved his mother, and how much her death has affected him...

A beautiful song..

Cover art for Machines lyrics by Biffy Clyro

wow, i you think about it, "i would dig a thousand holes to lay next to you", its the darkest sentence I've ever heard. anyway beautiful song.

Cover art for Machines lyrics by Biffy Clyro

I think, although this song stats off sad, the "take the pieces and build them skywards" line seems to say he's ready to move on - he's finally coming to terms with his mother's death. So I'd say it ends a happy song. Maybe.

Cover art for Machines lyrics by Biffy Clyro

wow... this song is amazing. I think its definately about believing you can get through anything, no matter how hard it is - make the best out of a bad situation kinda thing - thats what i get from the line; "take the pieces and build them skywards".

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'to lie next to you' - considering that this song is about his mother, could he mean lying in a grave? eg digging holes for graves.

also, 'take the pieces and build them skywards' could refer to the 'pieces' mentioned earlier in the album (9/15ths) saying that hes putting them back together, building them skywards (to heaven maybe). if so this could be considered as a relatively optimistic song to close an album about coming to terms with death with, ending on a bright note

Yeah, I think by saying "take the pieces and build them skywards" he's sort of asking her to take all his & her pieces, and make her way to somewhere more peaceful - heaven.

Such a sad song, but one I like a lot all the same.

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Cover art for Machines lyrics by Biffy Clyro

Beautiful, Sad Song :( I can feel another new favorite band coming in with these guya... I just took a look at them on Wiki, and just the fact that these guys are inspired by Sunny Day Real Estate puts them on my list (or soon) of favs for sure!!