The Hangman

The Title is "The Hangman"

Here are the official lyrics

These ears don't deserve the things You've been feeding them It's no wonder that you've never done a thing I wish you'd never talk at all

These walls talk more than we ever will I could get used to this world Standing oh so still So hedge my bets and stand my ground I'll never talk at all

'Cause sometimes sometimes Hate can be so beautiful Hate can be so beautiful

Oh please oh please just let me be Accused accused of everything Oh please oh please just let me bleed Abused abused left with nothing I can see through your hate Your words twist our faith With you it?s never easy Oh please, oh please just let me be Accused, accused of everything

This skin ripped up again With lips chapped up From a long nights, they don't mean anything I wish you'd never leave at all

Our sheets covered in sweat again I could get used to this heat Our hearts are beating Through our chest On to your breath I wish you'd never stop at all

'Cuz sometimes sometimes Hate can be so beautiful Hate can be so beautiful

Oh please oh please just let me be Accused accused of everything Oh please oh please just let me bleed Abused abused left with nothing I can see through your hate Your words twist our faith With you it's never easy Oh please oh please just let me be Accused accused of everything

Accused accused of everything Accused accused of everything

Spread until you break Spread until you break And put those filthy hands Back in those dirty pockets Spread until you ache Spread until you ache And put those filthy hands Back in those dirty pockets And wipe those lips baby And wipe those lips baby We both know they've been Everywhere

Oh please oh please just let me be Accused accused of everything Oh please, oh please just let me bleed Abused abused left with nothing I can see through your hate Your words twist our faith With you it's never easy Oh please oh please just let me be Accused accused of everything Accused accused of everything Accused accused of everything

In my oppinion one of the best song on this album<3

I love this song because I related it to a relationship I was in that was difficult, dragged out and ugly at the end. It reminds me of a couple who have completely destroyed their trust in each other and who now are angry at each other but who stay together because they have been through so much and because the lust is still there. The silence he talks about in the first lines 'these walls talk more than we ever will' and 'i could get used to this world, standing oh so still' to me just screams silence and alienation and distrust. The chorus makes me think there was some cheating going on that led to the strain in the first place. 'oh please let me be, accused of everything'-the other partner is throwing their infedelity back in their face. To me it makes even more sense in the next lines when he talks about letting him bleed and leaving him with nothing(she ripped his heart out, left him bleeding and with nothing but anger and hatred). Also the next lines tell it too-"i can see through your hate, your words twist our faith"-he sees right through her lies and her words are straining their precarious trust even more.

The second part to me, is like them coming back together and having sex, trying to reclaim the old times, "skin ripped up(scratching), lips chapped(kissing), he is obviously trying to fool himself into thinking that with this new round of sex things can be okay because it's so good "i wish you'd never stop at all, I wish you'd never leave at all" but knowing that it's just lust speaking, that she destroyed his trust and it won't ever be the same. It even says as much in the next verse "put those filthy hands back in those dirty pockets"-saying to her to get her lying self off of him and out of his life and go back to her own life. Then he tells her to 'wipe her lips, we both know they've been everywhere' he's just reinforcing what he already knows-she cheated, her lips and hands are dirty and they both know it and that the relationship has reached it's end, they can't go on like this. Very sad.

Hope this made sense to someone, I think I understand it so well because I had a very similar experience and it tore me to pieces, this song made me think of what it was like to hang on to someone so tightly even though in the end they will just slowly destroy you.