Razorblades and Handgrenades

she swears she fell from heaven a short fall from holy hands and the sun forsakes the sky just to lay upon her golden strands she wants to touch the fire she wants to hold it in her hands she wants to catch the lightning bolts and glow without their reprimands

The falling from Heaven thing, I think, stands for a relationship, or multiple relationships, that got ended after she'd been let down or betrayed by the other. With the sun forsaking the sky, he probably tries to portray her beauty. The next few lines show a (maybe too) strong ambition this girl has, which the narrator seems to admire.

but underneath her pillowcase is where she keeps the razorblades for the next person that falls asleep and underneath her staircase is where she lays the handgrenades for the next person that tries to leave

In this verse it turns out she's a bitter (or "harmed") soul. The razorblades and hand grenades can be interpreted in two ways: the first being a longing for revenge. The other one, more likely considering the last line "for the next person that tries to leave" is that she put those traps there out of fear. Scared of being left by someone she held dear, once again.

The narrator might already be in a relationship with the girl at this point, not realizing he's that next person.

kick and scream, don't let her take me sleep and dream, it's all the same don't let me miss the signs that lead me out tonight i fall down

Here he pretty much realizes he's that person. This verse is the most confusing one, because everything suggests that she is revengeful, while that really doesn't make sense to me. However, "don't let me take her", can also be explained differently. Now that he's in a relationship with this harmed person he realizes he'd underestimated how her past had affected her mental condition, or it would affect their relationship and him. All of a sudden he isn't so sure anymore if he can deal with this relationship, and he feels like he should get out of it. He doesn't want to stay with her because he's afraid of what the relationship might do with him, but he's also afraid to leave her, because of what she might do to him. Then the chorus follows and "the next person" is replaced by "I", which is confirming the above.

oh i try to leave yes i try to leave leave her

Seems like the fear of what she might do to him/herself if he'd leave has won, and he stays, though in conflict with himself.

Then there's a bit repetition, seemingly for the sake of the song's flow.

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I think this song's saying that this girl acts like she's an angel, but secretly, she's kind of the exact opposite. And I think she might be insecure.

Josiah Leming confuses me, but I love his music nonetheless. LOL

At first I thought it was about a troubled girl who, on the outside, acted as if she was perfect, but underneath, was depressed and wanted to hurt herself.

Now that I'm really seeing the lyrics...she seems a lot more dangerous than that... "Razorblades...for the next person that falls asleep" It's very creepy now.

ok firstly i ♥ josiah's voice but ok what i get from the song... i think its about a really pretty girl "she swears she fell from heaven a short fall from holy hands and the sun forsakes the sky just to lay upon her golden strands"

but the pretty girl has been with many guys and they leave her..and so the razorblades and the handgrenades are just 2 stand 4 that she is sick of people leaving her and so she wants some sort of revenge..not necesssily to kill them..

but then the 2nd time there is the chorus "i" replaces "the next person" meaning the narrator of the song is with the pretty kinda psycho girl and then it says "oh i try to leave yes i try to leave leave her" so he wants out but he doesnt want to hurt her and he doesnt want 2 get hurt himself

i dunno but thats what i got from it :] lol

The myth of Calypso (and Circe, to an extent) was the first thing to come to my mind when I heard this song.