The Baskervilles

when i first read these lyrics, i thought of a murder :-\ and then i googled "baskervilles murder" and got a result about a sherlock holmes book as well as a movie called murder at the baskervilles, so maybe it relates to one of those?

and sorry for the double comment but on wikipedia it said this:

"After some clever deception by Holmes,it is revealed that the true criminal is Stapleton, a long-lost cousin of the Baskervilles, who hopes to claim their vast fortune himself after removing all other members of the bloodline."

which would relate to "I think, and correct me if I'm wrong This end was meant for you Since before you were born" as in, the person had been planning to murder everyone else to get the money for quite some time/"since they'd been born"

sorry if this makes no sense :{

Instead of "shit sigh" it is actually "shit son."

I agree with your interpretation of this song, Rielle. I searched the song on Youtube, and it first came up with Sherlock Holmes: Murder at Baskerville's, or something along those lines. I thought maybe it was a coincidence, but then I listened to the song and I think it probably is a tribute to this, or it's using the story as a metaphor for something else entirely.

actually i just read the hound of the baskervilles for school, and they story is that there is a curse on the family (from a distant baskerville that kidnapped a maiden and when she escaped, went on a hound hunt to find her) that if any one goes on the moor a supernatural like hound comes and kills them to punish the family. "This end was meant for you Since before you were born So here's to the last of a dying breed" <<fits into the theme since the end was pre-determined for any baskerville

I've always really loved the fact that this song seems to relate to the Hound of the Baskervilles. "Shit son, you've got no act. Loosen up those muscles, straighten up that back" SO good, Tokyo Police Club kicks some major ass.

So I agree with it being around the Sherlock Holmes book, the Hound of the Baskervilles but I wanted to add some more depth.

This is all my opinion.

A toast to the last of a dying breed They're crawling back to bed They're falling back to sleep

I think this bit is about the Baskervilles line being killed and there aren't that many left now

A chill touches the base of your neck Who'd call by at this hour? Who's standing at my step?

Henry Baskerville (one of the last Baskervilles) is scared of the moor where the hound that supposedly kills his family lives so it's saying he's scared at night and asking himself questions and getting the 'chills'.

Alright, we tried to help (x2) So pull back the cover tonight

Sherlock Holmes and John Watson try to help and solve the case.

I think, and correct me if I'm wrong

This bit sounds like Victorian literature when the book was written.

This end was meant for you Since before you were born

There was a curse on his family before he was born.

So here's to the last of a dying breed They're crawling back to bed They're falling back to sleep

Alright, we tried to help (x2)

Shit son, you've got no act Loosen up those muscles Straighten up that back

About him being scared again?

Alright, we tried to help (x2) So pull back the cover tonight

A toast! To the last of a dying breed They're crawling back to bed They're crawling back to sleep