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Welcome to the Slaughterhouse Lyrics
Locked inside this cage
where all your world's a stage
and in this silent rage
can you turn the page
into something new
the fantasies
of burden these gods kings and queens
won't even dream of peace
If I could let these thoughts drown
and someday she might lose her crown
in time these chains that hold me down would set me free
No more screams or shouts
you're quiet as a mouse
and in this slaughterhouse
is there no way out of here
they feed the fears and hide the grief
of burden these gods (?) kings and queens
won't even dream of peace
If I could let these thoughts drown
and someday he might lose his crown
in time these chains that hold me down would set me free
would set me free
No more ??? and no more doubt
you fall into the wishing well
you ??? into someone's spell that keeps you running in and out ???
???
If I could let these thoughts drown
and someday she might lose her crown
in time these chains that hold me down would set me free
if I could let these thoughts drown
and someday he might lose his crown
in time these chains that hold me down would set me free
would set me free
where all your world's a stage
and in this silent rage
can you turn the page
into something new
the fantasies
of burden these gods kings and queens
won't even dream of peace
and someday she might lose her crown
in time these chains that hold me down would set me free
you're quiet as a mouse
and in this slaughterhouse
is there no way out of here
they feed the fears and hide the grief
of burden these gods (?) kings and queens
won't even dream of peace
and someday he might lose his crown
in time these chains that hold me down would set me free
would set me free
you fall into the wishing well
you ??? into someone's spell that keeps you running in and out ???
???
and someday she might lose her crown
in time these chains that hold me down would set me free
and someday he might lose his crown
in time these chains that hold me down would set me free
would set me free
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i think 'the burden these gods' part is supposed to be 'burden beast, blood, kings and queens' and the 'no more' part is supposed to be 'don't look back and don't look down' and then the 3rd line in that stanza is 'you're frozen under someone's spell' and the line under that is just her showing off her singing and then under that she says 'alive' (just more showing off-but she deserves it!)
i love this song, its beautiful, thanks for posting it ^_^
Lily's music is difficult to apply any coherent interpretations to. Her lyrics are gorgeous and her meanings obviously profound but nevertheless largely elusive.
To wager a guess: This is a song is Lily placing herself once again in a twisted fairytale. More specifically, the song is about a person infatuated with an aggrandized (perhaps fictional) character or story. She feels unable to participate in her own fantasy or within the play because she's being held captive in a 'cage'. From within her cage she is intently focused on the on 'stage' actor. She fantasizes that the next chapter or 'page' in the play will release her from her jealousy or envy (the scourges that boil and 'burden beast, blood, and kings and queens".
I think she's "quiet as a mouse' because she's so fixated on the unfolding play. However, she recognizes that the calm on stage is merely a plot device, she's in the eye of the storm. The character she adores (or perhaps her own heart) will soon be slaughtered by grief.
The thoughts that hold her down and should drown suggests that she thinks that the actor and actress will one day lose his or her crown and become available to her. Alternately, the loss of a crown may indicate that they individuals no longer "shine" in her eyes. She'll then be released from her agonizing obsession with ideal love. I love the line about the chains holding one down and also setting one free. Feelings of long term captivity can severely reduce insight to the extent that she believes that a little bit of something is considerable freedom.