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The Alien Lyrics
The lights were low enough, you guessed
You swapped your conscience with your father's medication
Limped from Rome to Lawrenceville
And on the way wrote out a self-made declaration
And when you got to Pleasant Hill
You forced the traffic to erase your family demons
Made a pact with you and God
"If you don't move, I swear to You I'm gonna make you."
Do you need me?
Do you need me?
Do you need me?
Do you need me?
When the first officer arrived
It happened to be the high school bully of your brother
And when you finally recognized
You felt some guilt that you had even let him touch you
"Can you hear me? What's your name?"
You could not speak, just laid amazed at all the damage
As the high school's letting out, all the kids are saying the same things that they used to
It's an alien
It's an alien
It's an alien
It's an alien
The lights were low enough, you guessed
Hospital food, there's never enough medication
The doctor asked about your ears
You said your mom said you were made from revelation
But Revelation never scares
You fear came from your drunken dad and a pair of scissors
Were you just finally letting go?
And did you mean to take out all those people with you?
Didn't mean to
Didn't mean to
Didn't mean to
Didn't mean to
Oh I didn't mean to
(Take the time to terrify the throne)
Didn't mean to
(Never letting go)
Oh I didn't mean to
(Take the time to terrify the throne)
Oh, I didn't mean to
(I'll never let you go)
Time is here to take your last amendments
and believe them on your own
Time is here to take you by the hand
and leave you there alone
Time has come to take the last commandment
and to carve it into stone
Time has come to take you by the hand
and leave you here alone
You swapped your conscience with your father's medication
Limped from Rome to Lawrenceville
And on the way wrote out a self-made declaration
You forced the traffic to erase your family demons
Made a pact with you and God
"If you don't move, I swear to You I'm gonna make you."
Do you need me?
Do you need me?
Do you need me?
It happened to be the high school bully of your brother
And when you finally recognized
You felt some guilt that you had even let him touch you
You could not speak, just laid amazed at all the damage
As the high school's letting out, all the kids are saying the same things that they used to
It's an alien
It's an alien
It's an alien
Hospital food, there's never enough medication
The doctor asked about your ears
You said your mom said you were made from revelation
But Revelation never scares
You fear came from your drunken dad and a pair of scissors
Were you just finally letting go?
And did you mean to take out all those people with you?
Didn't mean to
Didn't mean to
Didn't mean to
(Take the time to terrify the throne)
Didn't mean to
(Never letting go)
Oh I didn't mean to
(Take the time to terrify the throne)
Oh, I didn't mean to
(I'll never let you go)
and believe them on your own
and leave you there alone
and to carve it into stone
and leave you here alone
Song Info
Submitted by
dustonthedash On Jul 24, 2017
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The song is a story, with each verse painting a new frame to a sequence of events. "The lights were low enough you guessed" implies that this was a recollection of the past. The main character swaps out their conscience or feelings, with medication, in order to numb their mind and thoughts. The band is based and from my area in Georgia, which includes Rome, Lawrenceville, and a highway exit called pleasant hill. Pleasant Hill is well known here for having some of the most messed up traffic, and lots of accidents due to confusing road ways. "You forced the traffic to erase your family Demons" means that the main character stepped in front of the traffic, in an attempt to kill themselves. "Do you need me" might be the conversation the man has with god when he survives.
The next visual as the character comes to is the first officer responding to the accident caused by the main. He remembers the offices as a man who bullied his younger brother, and feels remorse that he is face to face with him now, after their history, and after such a low point. The shock sets in and he is unable speak as he looks at the aftermath. As this happens, children see the man, and call him by a nickname, and the songs title. Alien.
As we snap to the present, the first line is slightly changed. "The lights are low enough, you guessed" The man is now in a mental hospital, living with guilt of what he did. There isn't enough medication for him to forget/numb it. "The Doctor asked about your Ears" This reveals that the man doesn't have ears, and is disformed, which is why the kids call him an alien. His mother told him it was God that took them, when in reality it was his drunken, abusize father with a pair of scissors. "Were you just finally letting go? Did you mean to take out all those people with you." The doctor asks if he was trying to die? And if he meant to cause the accidents that took other lives. It is the ending that repeats as the man pleads he "Didn't mean to" Oh I didn't mean to.
The parting words change the tempo dramatically.
Time is here to take your last amendments and believe them on your own Time is here to take you by the hand and leave you there alone Time has come to take the last commandment and to carve it into stone Time has come to take you by the hand and leave you here alone
-----I showed the song and video to my close friend, and walked to another room. By the time I had made it back, it had moved him to tears. I didn't ask why, as I know he didn't want me to catch him. Just days later at the age of 22, he committed suicide. This song has meant a lot to me since then. And the story seems a lot more clear after such loss.
@Envy313 Hello, I just wanted to reply and say that, firstly, the way you explained this song was PERFECT, your words, your theories, everything, you brought me into tears. Secondly, I thought of the same exact thing when i first heard this song, it\'s incredibly beautiful but so sentimental. Lastly, i just wanted to say how sorry i am about your dear friend, this song certainly moved him in an unexplainable way. :( Your words have moved me into sobbs, i cant imagine going through what u have gone through (and are still going through), you\'re so strong and amazing...
@Envy313 Hello, I just wanted to reply and say that, firstly, the way you explained this song was PERFECT, your words, your theories, everything, you brought me into tears. Secondly, I thought of the same exact thing when i first heard this song, it\'s incredibly beautiful but so sentimental. Lastly, i just wanted to say how sorry i am about your dear friend, this song certainly moved him in an unexplainable way. :( Your words have moved me into sobbs, i cant imagine going through what u have gone through (and are still going through), you\'re so strong and amazing and im so sorry for your loss, may he rest in piece (just know that he was fighting and trying to stay strong and from what im guessing you most definitely meant so much to him.) <3
@Envy313 Let me start by saying that you represented the lyrics of this song beautifully. You opened my eyes to the depth of the song and its meaning. Secondly, I just wanted to say how sorry I am for your loss. I know it's been 4 years since you posted your explanation, and I know that grief like that doesn't just go away. I hope you know there's someone out in the world thinking of you, even if we're aliens to each other! 🤗
@Envy313 Let me start by saying that you represented the lyrics of this song beautifully. You opened my eyes to the depth of the song and its meaning. Secondly, I just wanted to say how sorry I am for your loss. I know it's been 4 years since you posted your explanation, and I know that grief like that doesn't just go away. I hope you know there's someone out in the world thinking of you, even if we're aliens to each other! 🤗
@Envy313 Firstly, I wanted to say that you greatly expanded the vision of all of us about this song and, in addition, it brought an even greater meaning to everyone who felt the weight of identifying with the feelings evoked in it. My condolences for your loss, rest assured that your statement was responsible for creating a connection between those here and, above all, motivating us to live. I hope you are well and as it is December 25, 2023, have a merry Christmas.
@Envy313 Firstly, I wanted to say that you greatly expanded the vision of all of us about this song and, in addition, it brought an even greater meaning to everyone who felt the weight of identifying with the feelings evoked in it. My condolences for your loss, rest assured that your statement was responsible for creating a connection between those here and, above all, motivating us to live. I hope you are well and as it is December 25, 2023, have a merry Christmas.