Watch those idiosyncrasies
Watch all the idiots fall on me
Running out of ways to get outta the way
Take another shot just to stay the same
But I need some balance back it off
Fill your lungs till it makes you cough
Tell me everything is gonna be alright
'Cause I don't think ill make it through tonight

The only way
Is all the way
The only way
Is all the way

Oh, my, god
Its judgment day and I'm not prepared
Everybody out there is runnin' scared
So take a little bit off the top
I don't care just make it stop

I won't give another soul to you
I won't give another life to you

You have to stop
Stop
Do one thing and say something cryptic
But the styles always clash
One thing I know for sure
The hypothetical won't work any more
One wrong move and they will pound
My nails are tight inside my wrist
This sacrament
Is sacrilege and sentimental
Deity experimental
Faith is accidental

I won't give another soul to you
I won't give another life to you
I won't give another thought to you
I won't give any more of my hope to you


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    this song has allot of big words in it but when you break it down and translate it, its like this:

    This sacrament [holy thing] is sacrilege [created unholy] and sentimental [pleasing to the emotions only]

    Deity experimental; the essential nature of being a god founded on experience

    so it is definatly about religion. maybe about being in a cult where the worshipee is just doing it to control people. This song also reminds me of a book i read recently, titled "1984". maybe youve heard of it. anyway, it is about this freak future world where everyone is brain washed into worshiping and obeying the government which is run by someone called "big brother" and the song sounds like it could be from the main charector's point of view, who sees what a bunch of bullshit big brother is and he rebels against him by screwing his girl friend a million times (the only way is all the way), which is against the law in that futuristic world. "one wrong move and they will pound" could come from the fact that in the society he lives in, do one wrong thing and your dead. or worse. there are a bunch of other parts of the song that sound like 1984 but my fingers are starting to hurt.

    i am the eggmanon November 17, 2004   Link

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