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They stored their passion in the creases
In the corners of their mouths
Every angle of light from the open window
Washed their aged faces out
Should we feel guilty, they said
Should we feel guilty for this sin
Lord, did we kill a man and woman
Just to lie here skin to skin
I wasn't happy
I wasn't happy where I was
What is life without a purpose
What is purpose without love
I pray my children will forgive me
Though I bade the river flood
I have washed my hands a thousand times
But still can see the blood
I still can see the blood
Oh great mercy, I am here to beg forgiveness for this mess
I know I tore two worlds apart
But I can't change the way I felt
Love swept in like a storm and ripped the hinges from the doors
Love poured in like a flood
I couldn't stop it anymore
I will not be
No I will not be drowned
She said, lover come and hold me
I am terribly afraid
While you're shouting at the stars
My scars are not fading away
He said, darling, I was begging heaven make them disappear
But see, I didn't get an answer or at least one I could hear
Now I am thinking of the past and how we both said vows and lied
And I am wondering how we trust ourselves to say a second time
To say a second time
To have and to hold
From this day and onward
For better or for worse
For richer or poorer
In sickness and in health
To love and to cherish
Till death do us part
Till death do us part
In the corners of their mouths
Every angle of light from the open window
Washed their aged faces out
Should we feel guilty, they said
Should we feel guilty for this sin
Lord, did we kill a man and woman
Just to lie here skin to skin
I wasn't happy where I was
What is life without a purpose
What is purpose without love
I pray my children will forgive me
Though I bade the river flood
I have washed my hands a thousand times
But still can see the blood
I still can see the blood
I know I tore two worlds apart
But I can't change the way I felt
Love swept in like a storm and ripped the hinges from the doors
Love poured in like a flood
I couldn't stop it anymore
I will not be
No I will not be drowned
I am terribly afraid
While you're shouting at the stars
My scars are not fading away
He said, darling, I was begging heaven make them disappear
But see, I didn't get an answer or at least one I could hear
Now I am thinking of the past and how we both said vows and lied
And I am wondering how we trust ourselves to say a second time
To say a second time
From this day and onward
For better or for worse
For richer or poorer
In sickness and in health
To love and to cherish
Till death do us part
Till death do us part
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i think this one is about the the struggle two people who left their spouses(for eachother) face. in the beginning they are asking if they should feel guilty for leaving but insisting that they couldnt stay with their spouse that they didnt love. i think when they say did we kill a man and women they are talking about the marrage. in the third stanza he is screaming out to some higher power saying that he is powerless to love. then in the end i think they might be getting married again and they wonder how they can trust them selves a second time, because the first marrage probably seemed perfect than the love just went away. whose to say it wont happen this time? (which is a cool concept)
Absolutely thank you <3
Absolutely thank you <3
I absolutely love this song. La Dispute has really helped me get through my parents divorce with this CD. When he yells out the vows it gives me goosebumps.
I think the meaning is pretty simple. Just read the lyrics. haha
I agree, I get goosebumps every I hear the part when he yells out the vows. Also, the part when he says, "I WASN'T HAPPY; I WASN'T HAPPY WHERE I WAS," is absolutely amazing.
Great song, great band <3
...every TIME* lol
incredible song
I especially love the Macbeth reference:
"I have washed my hands a thousand times But still can see the blood I still can see the blood"
could anyone explain this song to me? i doesn't get the first part. why did they kill two people? who were these people? thanks.
It's a metaphor. Two people who were already in a committed relationship with someone else both left their partners because they fell in love with each other. So, in order to gain their own happiness, they broke the hearts of two other people. For them to be together they had to really fucking hurt the people they were already committed to. The whole song is just the stream-of-consciousness through the eyes of someone who left their partner for another person. It's about the guilt they feel for gaining happiness at the expense of their family. They end up questioning themselves and the...
It's a metaphor. Two people who were already in a committed relationship with someone else both left their partners because they fell in love with each other. So, in order to gain their own happiness, they broke the hearts of two other people. For them to be together they had to really fucking hurt the people they were already committed to. The whole song is just the stream-of-consciousness through the eyes of someone who left their partner for another person. It's about the guilt they feel for gaining happiness at the expense of their family. They end up questioning themselves and the commitment of love. If they betrayed once, will they do it again with their new lover?
I fully agree with the above but would also add that the part, " love swept in like Storm" suggests that there was the absence of love already for you can't love two people at once unless the people are your children. However, respect is also a function of love albeit a brotherly love, and this song does a great job depicting such anguish...
I fully agree with the above but would also add that the part, " love swept in like Storm" suggests that there was the absence of love already for you can't love two people at once unless the people are your children. However, respect is also a function of love albeit a brotherly love, and this song does a great job depicting such anguish...
This song was designed to come after New Storms For Old Lovers and Last Blues For Bloody Knuckles; it focuses on two couples in which one of each was unfaithful.The use of killing is metaphorical- it destroyed the original relationship.
This song was designed to come after New Storms For Old Lovers and Last Blues For Bloody Knuckles; it focuses on two couples in which one of each was unfaithful.The use of killing is metaphorical- it destroyed the original relationship.
Dreyer's voice always has such a haunting presence, especially so on this album. I think that this song is almost definitely the same characters from the song 'New Storms For Older Lovers', on which we can truly see the damage done through the infidelity of the couple on this track. Both are such eerie songs, they make love seem so futile and treacherous.
I love this song! I don't have any concrete evidence to this, but it seems as if this song is the ending to a mini opera. "New storms for older lovers" would be the beginning followed by "Last blues for bloody knuckles" and lastly "Sad prayers for guilty bodies". And I know "Said the king to the river" is about the princess and the cowherd, but the second and third stanzas really conjure images of that scenario as well.