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The Strangest Things Lyrics
The ghost inside my head, it never sleeps
It just rearranges thoughts and leaves me numb for weeks
But I'm okay, yeah I feel fine
Because I know there's more than one way to lose my mind
Lose my mind
Lose my mind
Lose my mind
The crows are at the fence, they never blink
They just sharpen all their claws and bear their twisted teeth
But I won't bend and I won't move
Don't have a lot left, just anger, and something to prove
So I can't lose
So I can't lose
So I can't lose
The cold spreads through the house
It bites my ears, I can't feel my hands or feet and I'm too scared to sleep
And now the ghosts are on the porch
Got knives in hand, oh no, I think I've seen this before
And I might lose
And I might lose
And I might lose
And all this time, I've been watching you sleep
And the strangest things have been happening to me, oh
And all this time, I've been watching you breathe
And the strangest things have been happening to me, oh
It just rearranges thoughts and leaves me numb for weeks
But I'm okay, yeah I feel fine
Because I know there's more than one way to lose my mind
Lose my mind
Lose my mind
Lose my mind
They just sharpen all their claws and bear their twisted teeth
But I won't bend and I won't move
Don't have a lot left, just anger, and something to prove
So I can't lose
So I can't lose
So I can't lose
It bites my ears, I can't feel my hands or feet and I'm too scared to sleep
And now the ghosts are on the porch
Got knives in hand, oh no, I think I've seen this before
And I might lose
And I might lose
And I might lose
And the strangest things have been happening to me, oh
And all this time, I've been watching you breathe
And the strangest things have been happening to me, oh
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i feel this is about being schizoprehnic. considering i am one.
Ben explained this song on his forum "The Strangest Things is basically a song about a hermit, someone slowly losing his mind from the inside of his house. His only solace is in watching his daughter sleep (that's what the last section is about). It's what keeps all the paranoia at bay."
I... I think I'm in love with Radical Face. ohmygosh.
For me, this is about memories or regrets that haunt you and steal your sleep. The delirium of insomnia?
When I hear this song I automatically think of Edgar Allan Poe. Tell Tale Heart anyone?
for me, it's as if the narrator used to be in love with a girl - or was obsessed or stalked her whichever and the memories or her ar haunting him and he's slowly losing his mind because he needs to be with her. and then the rest the song kind of represents him going crazy, in a murderous style so he could be schizophrenic and the things he's seeing or hearing (the ghosts) are telling him to get her with the knives in their hands. and the strangest thing thats happening to him, is what he's feeling when he see's her leaving it as a cliff hanger - whether or not he kills her or not.
haha, i don't just my interpretation.
I think that the song has a happier outlook. I think that the story takes place in his bed, where he is unable to sleep because of the ghosts or bad memories that are haunting him. the narrarator is grappling with his sanity, trying to ward off his bad memories that plague him. The Crows represent the outside forces that are bearing against him, they wont back down, but neither will he and he has confidence that he will beat them (and i cant lose). but his own mind seems to turn against him (and i might lose), this is...
I think that the song has a happier outlook. I think that the story takes place in his bed, where he is unable to sleep because of the ghosts or bad memories that are haunting him. the narrarator is grappling with his sanity, trying to ward off his bad memories that plague him. The Crows represent the outside forces that are bearing against him, they wont back down, but neither will he and he has confidence that he will beat them (and i cant lose). but his own mind seems to turn against him (and i might lose), this is symbolized by the ghosts being on his porch and the cold biting his ears. when he says "Oh no i think ive seen this before" it lets the listener know that this has happened before, this attack on his sanity. but i beleive the last stanza is his realization or moment of clarity, where he looks at his lover sleeping and realizes thats all he needs to defeat his mental instabilities, and thats the strange thing, he has never had someone next to him and fighting with him against his bad ghosts, he had always been alone before that. go back and listen to the ending of the song, it has a lighter tune to it, its less ominous.