Birds of Tokyo

The Unspeakable Scene

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Just when you think that you're warm, you're getting colder
Just when you think that you're fine, soon the unspeakable scene will unfold

Would you want to do it all again if you could have just one chance to change
Every little thing that could have been as beautiful and so real you'll never know
You're bent out of shape, flat out of luck, you try to bury this load, dig brother dig
A little deeper strike a nerve and leave a scar so you won't forget

Just when you think that you're warm, you're getting colder
Just when you think that you're fine, soon the unspeakable scene will unfold

Hey speak up
Let me hear what you harbour please don't lie
I will be fair to your soulless, pale dead eyes
Wait. What did you say? Did you just call for help?

Just when you think that you've won, you'll soon be the loser
How did you think this would end up? Stupid and foolish
Just when you think that you're okay, you start hearing voices
Just when you think that you're fine, soon the unspeakable scene will unfold

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dilemma15 On Aug 07, 2010

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The Saddest Thing I Know

Silhouettic

Head In My Hands

Broken Bones

Just when you think that you're warm, you're getting colder
Just when you think that you're fine, soon the unspeakable scene will unfold

Hey speak up
Let me hear what you harbour please don't lie
I will be fair to your soulless, pale dead eyes
Wait. What did you say? Did you just call for help?

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2010-08-07 02:12:57

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by GotMeNow

14y ago

Sounds like the unspeakable scene is a a suicide. Inviting the suicidee to 'strike a nerve and leave a scar [he] won't forget' is challenging him to knife his wrist, feel the pain and realise he doesn't want to go through with it. The last verse is a bit ambiguous though - 'just when you think that you're okay, you start hearing voices' could mean either that the attempt was interrupted or that he went through with it.

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