This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Was it in the cold of that knife you screwed?
In the heart of the enduring
'Cause when you opened that door, you knew,
well now there'd be no returning
or room to mourn what we have lost
to wait while the willing, as you're the Hound of Blood & Rank,
and boy, you've got another thing coming.
Come on, come on, come on, you've got to give it to me.
As though you want it to. Come on and set me free.
I'll dig it till we've made your grave. Oh, you've been a bad, bad boy.
I'll cut it 'til I carve it out and stick it in a sad, sad song. N-n-no, no, no.
Why the bother, you're no brother. You're the wrong I need.
Boy, we all found an audience, while you found the worst of me.
You got another thing.
Put 'em up against the wall, now they're all of no use to you.
God, it's time for the curing, only you're in for that big refuse.
Surprise, boy! This tide's come a turning. No room to mourn what you have lost.
On, no waiting while the willing, poor little hound of blood and rank,
who deserves every ounce of what's coming.
Come on, come on, come on, you've got to give it to me.
As though you want it to. Come on and set me free.
I'll dig it till we've made your grave. Oh, you've been a bad, bad boy.
I'll cut it 'til I carve it out and stick it in a sad, sad song. N-n-no, no, no.
Why the bother, you're no brother. You're the wrong I need.
Boy, we all found an audience, while you found the worst of me.
You got another thing.
Come on, come on, come on, you've got to give it to me.
As though you want it to. Come on and set me free.
I'll dig it till we've made your grave. Oh, you've been a bad, bad boy.
I'll cut it 'til I carve it out and stick it in a sad, sad song. N-n-no, no, no.
Why the bother, you're no brother. You're the wrong I need.
Boy, we all found an audience, while you found the worst of me.
You got another thing.
We caught you on the wrong side of lying,
within the dust we left you dying, if only words can keep you hiding.
Well go on, cowards we've offed you, cowards we've offed you.
I hope your life's a living hell.
It's all on you, boy. It's all on you, boy.
It's all on you, boy. It's all on you, boy.
It's all on you, boy. It's all on you, boy.
It's all on you, boy.
In the heart of the enduring
'Cause when you opened that door, you knew,
well now there'd be no returning
or room to mourn what we have lost
to wait while the willing, as you're the Hound of Blood & Rank,
and boy, you've got another thing coming.
Come on, come on, come on, you've got to give it to me.
As though you want it to. Come on and set me free.
I'll dig it till we've made your grave. Oh, you've been a bad, bad boy.
I'll cut it 'til I carve it out and stick it in a sad, sad song. N-n-no, no, no.
Why the bother, you're no brother. You're the wrong I need.
Boy, we all found an audience, while you found the worst of me.
You got another thing.
Put 'em up against the wall, now they're all of no use to you.
God, it's time for the curing, only you're in for that big refuse.
Surprise, boy! This tide's come a turning. No room to mourn what you have lost.
On, no waiting while the willing, poor little hound of blood and rank,
who deserves every ounce of what's coming.
Come on, come on, come on, you've got to give it to me.
As though you want it to. Come on and set me free.
I'll dig it till we've made your grave. Oh, you've been a bad, bad boy.
I'll cut it 'til I carve it out and stick it in a sad, sad song. N-n-no, no, no.
Why the bother, you're no brother. You're the wrong I need.
Boy, we all found an audience, while you found the worst of me.
You got another thing.
Come on, come on, come on, you've got to give it to me.
As though you want it to. Come on and set me free.
I'll dig it till we've made your grave. Oh, you've been a bad, bad boy.
I'll cut it 'til I carve it out and stick it in a sad, sad song. N-n-no, no, no.
Why the bother, you're no brother. You're the wrong I need.
Boy, we all found an audience, while you found the worst of me.
You got another thing.
We caught you on the wrong side of lying,
within the dust we left you dying, if only words can keep you hiding.
Well go on, cowards we've offed you, cowards we've offed you.
I hope your life's a living hell.
It's all on you, boy. It's all on you, boy.
It's all on you, boy. It's all on you, boy.
It's all on you, boy. It's all on you, boy.
It's all on you, boy.
Lyrics submitted by iforgot
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Here's what this song means to me:
Claudio Kilgannon is leading an attack on the Red Army, with Sizer, Chase and a bunch of other people. They fight hard, but lose. They're cornered and about to be killed, when Sizer steps forward and decides he's going to repay Claudio for rebuilding him in IKSOSE3. Claudio tries to stop him, that's what all the stuff referring to brothers means.
Sizer, having been raised by Jesse, of course chooses to ignore Claudio and starts to change into that big-ass thing he turns into, which i'm guessing is The Hound. Sizer tells Claudio to run, because he's the one who is to kill Wilhelm Ryan. Claudio does, leaving Sizer to fight off the Reds. Sizer fights hard, until Mayo Deftinwolf appears. Sizer goes after him for revenge about Jesse's death. The battle is epic, but Sizer loses. As he turns back to normal, he sees his death, but knows he has helped Claudio and the entire Heaven's Fence. He smiles and says about Claudio " It's all on you, Boy", as he is killed by Mayo
I can "I'll dig it till we've made your grave" too. But I can also hear other things like "I'll give you till we've made your way." "I'm digging till we've made your grave." But I do agree, it's very hard to hear a g sound at the end if there is one.
Having said that, Claudio does pronounce things weird and has a tendency to tack on extra sounds. Just listen to In Keeping Secrets (the song). The pioioiaiaiianeearrs.
Is this song perhaps about something that Sizer has done? Presumably, after Jesse dies in From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness Sizer takes his place in command of The Pioneers (Jesse's child army of superior IRO-Bots). However, Sizer could be struggling now with the fact that in creating IRO-Bots in the first place Dr. Hohenberger and eventually Jesse were defying God, and then he turned them all into soldiers, effectively enslaving them in a parallel situation to Supreme Tri-Mage Wilhem Ryan enslaving humans. Claudio Kilgannon too, we can guess, is some kind of an IRO-Bot, as his parents were two of the original three, KBI. And in an earlier song, 'No World for Tomorrow' there are some battle cries going on, but at the same time there's that little side dialogue of 'you've been their plaything!' If in that song someone was convincing Sizer (or he convinced himself, looking on at his brothers and sisters chanting battle cries) that Claudio, this supposed Crowing, was not going to lead them on to the freedom they should seek, but he was using them just like Dr. Hohenberger had used them, as a brute force for revenge.
So maybe what's happening is Sizer accusing Claudio of betraying his IRO-Bot brothers and sisters, and that he refuses to let them be sicced into senseless wars anymore; more importantly, wars that promise them no freedom or rights after it all ends. He could either be warning Claudio of this, or just thinking of his decision to break from Claudio's and Mariah's movement and establish his own in the interest of IRO-Bots, and force will be used if necessary ('you've found the worst in me, you've got another thing coming'). It seems like at this point Sizer is fed up with being denied, and we can see where there is a rift in what was once an equal alliance ('you're no brother'; 'you're the Hound of Blood and Rank') when each character only thinks of his own best interests.
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They are currently playing this song live on tour WOOOOOOO it's good.
i havnt heard the song yet or read the lyrics but apollo (the dog) must has some sort of importance and the hound might be referring to apollo?
just a theory
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Ok, so garretep reviewed this already and corrected the first lines on cobalt.
Was it in the cold of that knife you screwed? In the heart of the enduring ‘Cause when you opened that door, you knew Well now there’d be no returning
I have the leak to the album version and the lyrics are nothing like the live version lyrics for the most part well I mean they are, but with some big differences. I need to get them all writted down, even on the CD version there are some hard to understand lines but when I do they will be posted.
Oh and the first line is:
Was it in the cold of that night you screwed In the heart of the enduring Cause if you opened that door you knew well There'd be no returning
Heh it is knife ^^ I was too excited.
I have the album version too. So... no worries, I'm on it. But input would be awesome if you're at SURE you're correct. I know that I've got some stuff wrong on here, but I'll be working on it all night. Write me on myspace or something if you've got major issues. myspace.com/katyh