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Run To Your Grave Lyrics
Run, run, run to your grave
Run, run, run to your grave
Run, oh, run, run to your grave
Run, oh, run, run to your grave
Cause they're coming for your brain but
They will leave with your head
And they've got money and science
And they will leave you for dead
Sleep, sleep, sleep in your tomb
Sleep, oh, sleep, sleep in your tomb
Don't bury your body with your diamonds
Cause you know they'll dig up your grave
And don't hold on to your riches
Cause when you die, you're a slave
And emotion is a simple test to the synapse
Don't let it fool you into thinking that you've got brains
And the more you feel, the more you will take with you
So cut the flesh and let your blood flow to the drain
You've got to
Tear, burn, soil the flesh
God will do the rest
Scream, cry, pray, confess
God will do the rest
Scream, cry, pray, confess
God will do the rest
Scream, cry, pray, confess
God will do the rest
Run, run, run to your grave
Run, oh, run, run to your grave
They will leave with your head
And they've got money and science
And they will leave you for dead
Sleep, oh, sleep, sleep in your tomb
Cause you know they'll dig up your grave
And don't hold on to your riches
Cause when you die, you're a slave
Don't let it fool you into thinking that you've got brains
And the more you feel, the more you will take with you
So cut the flesh and let your blood flow to the drain
Tear, burn, soil the flesh
God will do the rest
Scream, cry, pray, confess
God will do the rest
God will do the rest
Scream, cry, pray, confess
God will do the rest
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Holy crap this song is good. I LOVE how the amount of jumping around and dance you want to do while listening to this song is exactly what the song is saying we should be doing with our lives. They overlap perfectly. This song puts you in the perfect mood to go out and live your life to the fullest like the song suggests.
It's that little electronic metronome of sorts in the background that makes this so damn catchy. I completely agree with Silver195's interpretation.
this song is my anthem.
I couldn't disagree more. The song is suggesting we commit suicide "cut the flesh and let the blood flow into the drain" so God can take care of the rest. The song extrapolates a sarcastic criticism of religion. I thought that much was obvious.
"Cause when you die you are a slave"
This fits far more with the tone of the rest of the album. It's not a "feel good" song at all, despite the upbeat instrumentals.
I'm not sure how one gets a critique of religion out of "And they've got money and science / And they will leave you for dead" -- taking the lyrics completely at face value leaves you with a contradictory proposition at best.
I'm not sure how one gets a critique of religion out of "And they've got money and science / And they will leave you for dead" -- taking the lyrics completely at face value leaves you with a contradictory proposition at best.
To me the whole thing is a battle cry against the normalized desires of consumer modernity ("Don't bury your body with your diamonds") alongside an explicit embrace of mortality and the weaknesses thereto. You can stretch that to suicide if you' wish, but instead I see a message that's stoic ("the more you feel, the more you...
To me the whole thing is a battle cry against the normalized desires of consumer modernity ("Don't bury your body with your diamonds") alongside an explicit embrace of mortality and the weaknesses thereto. You can stretch that to suicide if you' wish, but instead I see a message that's stoic ("the more you feel, the more you will take with you"), ascetic individualism -- freedom comes from the crucible of mortal discomfort.
It's sorta like a heavily caffeinated Buddhism -- not exactly upbeat if you like going into Ikea, but hardly suicidal.
haha - "ikea"
haha - "ikea"
I agree with buecadet3 tho that this song criticises religion, partly because the song is in the same vein as the rest of the album, which depicts religion (specifically christianity) as a social mechanism without underlying truth. Also the closing two verses mock the belief that god will take care of all the difficult issues; all you need to do is "tear, burn, soil the flesh" and "scream, cry, pray, confess".
I agree with buecadet3 tho that this song criticises religion, partly because the song is in the same vein as the rest of the album, which depicts religion (specifically christianity) as a social mechanism without underlying truth. Also the closing two verses mock the belief that god will take care of all the difficult issues; all you need to do is "tear, burn, soil the flesh" and "scream, cry, pray, confess".
@BlueCadetThree Don't quote me on this. This is not a rebuttal or anything, I just want to point out that the whole album is built around the old testament. These lyrics could have been a "rehash" of what originally was said in one of the books. But I understand where your coming from. A lot of modern songs like to influence suicide, which in its own way, is wrong.
@BlueCadetThree Don't quote me on this. This is not a rebuttal or anything, I just want to point out that the whole album is built around the old testament. These lyrics could have been a "rehash" of what originally was said in one of the books. But I understand where your coming from. A lot of modern songs like to influence suicide, which in its own way, is wrong.
love the song, hate the lyrics.
Such a contrasting song. The sound is crazily catchy and fun, but the lyrics clearly talk about what horrible things death does. Grand, graaand. I enjoy the song, nonetheless.