I can't hold back
My hands won't let me
It's the touch of your skin
Is it lust or envy?
Is it lust or envy?

I can't hold back
My pride won't let me
I'm seeing red
This is all too deadly
This is all too deadly

Fallout, one more taste (one last time)
I just can't help it
Fallout, I need it all
Hanging from the edge of heaven

All seven
All seven
Fallout, I need it all
Hanging from the edge of heaven
(Hanging from the edge of heaven)

I can't get up
Motivation left me
I've let it burn
Only embers left in me
Only embers left in me

My old friend, how long it's been
My original sin, we meet again
You taught me to live like this
My original sin, we meet again

Fallout, one more taste (one last time)
I just can't help it
Fallout, I need it all
Hanging from the edge of heaven

All seven
All seven
Fallout, I need it all
Hanging from the edge of heaven

I'll take my place
My mind still hates you
With my seven sins
I'll win again, baby, I'll win again

Fallout, one more taste (one last time)
I just can't help it
Fallout, I need it all
Hanging from the edge of heaven

All seven
All seven
Fallout, I need it all
Hanging from the edge of heaven


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Edge of Heaven Lyrics as written by David Anthony Schmitt Daniel Patrick Monahan

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    I think the song is about wanting to be a good person "hanging from the edge of heaven," but giving into the bad parts of yourself, the parts that commit the seven deadly sins. The 7 sins are Pride, Envy, Lust, Sloth, Gluttony, Anger and Greed. In the song, he literally sings "my seven sins." Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. In the song he says, "My pride won't let me." He also says, "I'll take my place among the angels" and "I'll reign again," which are references to pride. Envy is the desire for others' traits, status, abilities, or situation. Lust is an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body. Some of the songs lyrics, "Is it lust or envy?" Also, "One more taste, one more touch" is a reference to lust. Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work. Lyrics that reference sloth are, "I can't get up. Motivation left me." Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires. The lyrics "I need it all" reference gluttony pretty well. Anger is manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury. "I'm seeing red," is often a reference to anger. He also says, "I've let it burn, only embers left in me" which could be another reference to anger. Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. Many of the lyrics can be related to greed, such as "I can't hold back" and "I just can't help it."

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