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I go outside
Ask the air if it would like to hide
Take a deep breath
Walk inside my prize
In my lungs I still feel young
But my body won’t play along
I’m thinking this must not be where we belong
And the world
Split in two from the throng
Of every living soul
Screaming at the top of their lungs
Singing this is my word
But somehow we never get heard
There’s just an echo
From a lost and lonely world
And I dare you to survive
Being grown for the rest of your life
From adulthood no one survives.
Ten billion feel
Pounding at the ground each week
Every secret, every burden they keep
Each one’s waiting on the chance
To be lifted off the ground but then
To discover that we’ll all be dust again
And I dare you to survive
Being grown for the rest of your life
From adulthood no one survives.
…And I dare you to survive
Being grown for the rest of your life
From adulthood no one survives.
From adulthood no one survives.
Ask the air if it would like to hide
Take a deep breath
Walk inside my prize
But my body won’t play along
I’m thinking this must not be where we belong
Split in two from the throng
Of every living soul
Screaming at the top of their lungs
But somehow we never get heard
There’s just an echo
From a lost and lonely world
Being grown for the rest of your life
From adulthood no one survives.
Pounding at the ground each week
Every secret, every burden they keep
To be lifted off the ground but then
To discover that we’ll all be dust again
Being grown for the rest of your life
From adulthood no one survives.
Being grown for the rest of your life
From adulthood no one survives.
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Submitted by
atillathehunniee On Jun 22, 2012
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I see this song as a response to the previous track on the album Dead.
Dead seems to be about what happens after death and from the point of view of a doubter of religion and someone scared of death.
This seems to be about the religious masses, the fact that they are scared of death and go to chuch/other religious buildings every week to try and perpetuate the idea to themselves that there is a life after death:
"Ten billion feet Pounding at the ground each week"
But their foot pounding is all done in vain:
"Each one’s waiting on the chance To be lifted off the ground but then To discover that we’ll all be dust again"
I think this part best sums up my interpretation of the song:
"But somehow we never get heard There’s just an echo From a lost and lonely world"