Well here's the evidence of human existence
Displaying men magnets, in two damn boxes
And I cannot find the name for them
They hardly show that I have lived

And the dust, it settles on these things
Displays my age again
Like a new skin made from old skin
That had barely been lifted

I didn't need these things
I didn't need them, oh
Pointless artifacts
A mediocre past
So I shed my clothes, I shed my flesh
Down to the bone and burned the rest
I didn't need these things
I didn't need them, oh
Took them all to bits, turned 'em outside in
And I left them on the floor and ran for dear life through the door, oh

Useless objects, a gathered a storm of shit
Put them in a silent shed, threw out your life's supplies
When all you need's a coffin and your Sunday best
To smarten up the end

And at the front gate, what a reward awaits
One pint of love from the holy ghost
An eternity of suffering in the company of all those Christian men

I didn't need these things
I didn't need them, oh
Pointless artifacts
Of a mediocre past
So I shed my clothes, I shed my flesh
Down to the bone and burned the rest
I didn't need these things
I didn't need them, oh
Took them all to bits, turned 'em outside in
And I left them on the floor and ran for dear life through the door, oh

Never need these things
I'll never need them, oh
This is you and me, you're my human heat
And the things are only things
And the nothing brings me like you bring me oh
Never need these things
I'll never need them, oh
Never going back, so we can drop the past
And we'll leave it on the floor and run for dear life through the door, oh

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I think part of the lyrics may be wrong below:

Never need these things I'll never need them, oh This is you and me, you are human heat

Should be:

Never need these things I'll never need them, oh It’s just you I need, you are human heat

That actually makes more sense with the rest of the song. This song is about separating all of your belongings (CD collections, t-shirts, whatever) with your former lover at the end of a relationship and realizing that none of the material thins matter; you have lost the only thing of value and the only thing you cared about, which was your lover. The rest is nothing but useless objects. You need your love back to be happy (warm from human heat), but she is gone. The “Never going back,” not getting back together, just underscores why the things can be left behind.

I think part of the lyrics may be wrong below: Never need these things I'll never need them, oh This is you and me, you are human heat Should be: Never need these things I'll never need them, oh It’s just you I need, you are human heat That actually makes more sense with the rest of the song. This song is about separating all of your belongings (CD collections, t-shirts, whatever) with your former lover at the end of a relationship and realizing that none of the material thins matter; you have lost the only thing of value and the only thing you cared about, which was your lover. The rest is nothing but useless objects. You need your love back to be happy (warm from human heat), but she is gone. The “Never going back,” not getting back together, just underscores why the things can be left behind.

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jemkidon March 05, 2010 Link
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I sort of feel like its not talking so much about having lost someone. I feel like its more about leaving everything behind and going out and living your life with someone who means everything to you.

wpregnallon March 24, 2011