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Death, another waste of plans.
I'm shaking I can't stop my hands.
I'm writing words, but I still lost my voice.
Shoved in the back room with old friends, we had no choice.
I never thought I'd see you here.
I don't have clothes for days like these.
I never thought they'd come to me.
But I'm still here.
It wasn't hell that turned you black.
The ashes did when you got back.
I'm sorry.
The same six at all the shows.
But now that it's a funeral, the room is overflowed.
So good of you to finally show support when the admission's free.
And the congregation shows their gratitude.
I don't have clothes for days like these.
I never thought they'd come to me.
But I'm still here.
It wasn't hell that turned you black.
The ashes did when you got back.
I'm sorry.
Would you have you said "Father" said you'd say?
It's hard to set words straight once you're away.
They made you speak out of your lifeless mouth.
I read words you wrote when you were around.
You'd want to be a tree, strong in the ground.
And you would've said...
"Keep looking where your eyes are looking now..."
I'm shaking I can't stop my hands.
I'm writing words, but I still lost my voice.
I never thought I'd see you here.
I never thought they'd come to me.
But I'm still here.
It wasn't hell that turned you black.
The ashes did when you got back.
I'm sorry.
But now that it's a funeral, the room is overflowed.
So good of you to finally show support when the admission's free.
And the congregation shows their gratitude.
I never thought they'd come to me.
But I'm still here.
It wasn't hell that turned you black.
The ashes did when you got back.
I'm sorry.
It's hard to set words straight once you're away.
They made you speak out of your lifeless mouth.
I read words you wrote when you were around.
You'd want to be a tree, strong in the ground.
And you would've said...
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this song is awesome. about the death of a friend, and the falsity of people.. there were always the "same six at their shows, but now that it's a funeral the room is overflowed".. the lyricist says, "so good of you to show support when the admission's free". the lyricist doesn't have clothes fit for a funeral because the death was obviously a shocking one.. he never thought he would need them. ("I don't have clothes for days like these, I never thought they'd come to me, but I'm still here") it's really sad because he talks about how the people speaking at his friend's funeral didn't really know him, and they are glorifying him, saying words he knows his friend would never say/approve of. he wouldn't want all of this. he'd "want to be a tree, strong in the ground" and he would've said "Keep looking where your eyes are looking now". instead of putting false words into his friend's lifeless mouth, he says reads words his friend actually wrote when he was alive.
love this