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One foot, then the other
Such embarrassment
It wasn't meant that
I, I should discover
Such offensive things
This suffering sends hope to the ground
But I really never had enough
They've got pride in him
This tide turns lives over
A back-town prophecy
Adorned in stony skin
We never ever [never ever]
Ever had to like to move ahead
But here in oblivion
We cling to what we can
So in the end [in the end]
We can say that with these hands
We took it all back
It all back
So let us force a smile
And pretend that we're alive
Oh, but somewhere
None of this happened
The bullets removed themselves
Life is beautiful
I have a home above the lake where I could
Forget the words to the songs that we've heard
The passages read all the names in a world
That have brought us this pain
From the wounds we've sustained
A cold calloused heart
Sitting still in this cave of a chest
So abandon a life from before
A boy and his innocence...
Such embarrassment
It wasn't meant that
I, I should discover
Such offensive things
This suffering sends hope to the ground
But I really never had enough
They've got pride in him
This tide turns lives over
Adorned in stony skin
We never ever [never ever]
Ever had to like to move ahead
But here in oblivion
We cling to what we can
So in the end [in the end]
We can say that with these hands
We took it all back
It all back
And pretend that we're alive
Oh, but somewhere
None of this happened
The bullets removed themselves
Life is beautiful
I have a home above the lake where I could
The passages read all the names in a world
That have brought us this pain
From the wounds we've sustained
A cold calloused heart
Sitting still in this cave of a chest
So abandon a life from before
A boy and his innocence...
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Submitted by
jankyhoopty On Jun 19, 2009
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One foot, then the other Such embarrassment It wasn't meant that I, I should discover Such offensive things This suffering sends Hope to the ground But I really never had enough They've got pride in him This tide turns lives over
A back-town prophecy Adorned in stony skin We never ever [never ever] Ever had to lie to move ahead But here in oblivion We cling to what we can So in the end [in the end] We can say that with these hands We took it all back It all back
So let us force a smile And pretend that we're alive Oh, but somewhere None of this happened The bullets removed themselves Life is beautiful I have A home above the lake where I could
Forget the words to the songs that we've heard The passages read all the names in a world That have brought us this pain From the wounds we've sustained A cold, calloused heart Sitting still in this cave of a chest So abandon a life from before A boy and his innocent...
I really enjoy all the lyrics in Act Three that have to do with being empty and wanting to die. It's a good way to think about war.
I really enjoy all the lyrics in Act Three that have to do with being empty and wanting to die. It's a good way to think about war.
The last paragraph actually needs a couple further changes that I just noticed we've -> we, and calloused -> callous
Forget the words to the songs that we've heard The passages read all the names in a world That have brought us this pain From the wounds we sustained A cold, callous heart Sitting still in this cave of a chest So abandon a life from before A boy and his innocent...
Another note - the implied word after innocent is probably "girl". That's my opinion anyway. The last word of the song is definitely "innocent" and not "innocence" though.
After another listen I've changed my mind completely. I think the last line is
After another listen I've changed my mind completely. I think the last line is
"A boy in his innocent..."
"A boy in his innocent..."
with "world" being the implied word, not girl.
with "world" being the implied word, not girl.
The whole song is about him regretting that he isn't innocent anymore (because he saw so much violence in the war), so he is imagining / wishing that he was in his previous innocent world.
The whole song is about him regretting that he isn't innocent anymore (because he saw so much violence in the war), so he is imagining / wishing that he was in his previous innocent world.
The lyrics sheet says it's actually:
The lyrics sheet says it's actually:
"A boy in his innocence."
"A boy in his innocence."
pretty sure the implied word is whore, but seeing as its TDH they'd never say that. It makes the most sense seeing as his "life from before", involved Ms.Leading who in fact was a whore. It also makes sense if you take the previous song on the album into consideration.
pretty sure the implied word is whore, but seeing as its TDH they'd never say that. It makes the most sense seeing as his "life from before", involved Ms.Leading who in fact was a whore. It also makes sense if you take the previous song on the album into consideration.
i think thi song is just the dear hunter just after having his father talk about doin his mother in such a dergetory manor. the first two sections are about that realy. then he begins to reflect on how life is a bit shit for him and all the soldiers. dreaming of a place where life is beautiful.
the last bit is him perhaps wishing to forget about all the things that have happened to him, refering to them as "Forget the words to the songs that we've heard The passages read all the names in a world" this also reflects what he says in "red hands" that "maby this is just a work of art, scripted players in a play of lust" that he sees his life as a performance (which ironicaly it is =P)
About the last bit...the band says the boy considers going to his half-brother's mother and pretending to be him (since she doesn't know of his existence, and they look alike). So he's talking about "forcing a smile" and pretending "we're" alive, none of this happened, the bullets removed themselves - then he'll have a home above the lake with his stepmother...
About the last bit...the band says the boy considers going to his half-brother's mother and pretending to be him (since she doesn't know of his existence, and they look alike). So he's talking about "forcing a smile" and pretending "we're" alive, none of this happened, the bullets removed themselves - then he'll have a home above the lake with his stepmother...
Ending up with a summary of all the pain this would turn away from: his own painful "passages" (history), his brother's death, his father's cold calloused heart to the brother's death - he'll abandon...
Ending up with a summary of all the pain this would turn away from: his own painful "passages" (history), his brother's death, his father's cold calloused heart to the brother's death - he'll abandon his old life that he was at war to run away from anyways.
The last line is a cynical narrator's aside about how naive the boy is to think taking his brother's identity will solve all his problems.