Been hanging desperate and hoping for a break.
Black metal heavy till it goes against my brains.
Why do I disgrace those things that spreads right off my face,
All this for you.

He almost thought he had a chance for something safe,
But she can't let go, she won't shut up.
(Like someone put a gun to his face?)

Your way of crawling away, of caring way too much.
Plus public buildings, my pistol says enough?
Your only weapon, put on the piano I'm feeling slow.
All this for you

He almost thought he had a chance for something safe,
But she can't let go, she won't shut up.
(Like someone put a gun to his face?)

She almost thought she had a place to hide her face,
Like she thinks they care, they just don't care.
(Like someone put a gun to her face?)

(Extended Instrumental)

He almost thought he had a chance for something safe,
But she can't let go, she won't shut up.
(Like someone put a gun to his face?)

She almost thought she had a place to hide her face,
Like she thinks they care, they just don't care.
(Like someone put a gun to her face?)

(Extended Guitar Outro)


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    My Opinion

    I had a think about this for a while, but i believe this song is about the back and forth battle between a girl and a guy in their relationship. They just can't get along in anything, and in their minds, they want to "kill" each other.

    It's just what i think.

    theusedfanxx3on August 04, 2010   Link
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    General Comment

    I think,the song is about random things going in and out of Bert's head. The lyrics is somewhat weird and not so arranged. But this is a great song, so sad they didn't include this in the album. At least I have this on my mp3 player.haha

    tsupolon February 14, 2011   Link

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