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Beating
Heart still beating for the cause
Feeding
Soul still feeding on the loss
Aching
Limbs are aching from the rush
Fading
You are fading from my sight

Break of morning, coldness lingers on
Shroud me into nightmares of the sun

Moving
I am moving closer to your side
Luring
You are luring me into the night
Crying
Who is crying for you here
Dying
I am dying fast inside your tears

Plunging towards bereavement faster yet
Clearing thoughts, my mind is set

Devious movements in your eyes
Moved me from relief
Breath comes out white clouds with your lies
And filters through me

You're close to the final word
You're staring right past me in dismay
A liquid seeps from your chest
And drains me away

Mist ripples round your thin white neck
And draws me a line
Cold fingers mark this dying wreck
This moment is mine

Help me cure you
Atone for all you've done
Help me leave you
As all the days are done

Devious movements in your eyes
Moved me from relief
Breath comes out white clouds with your lies
And filters through me

You're close to the final word
You're staring right past me in dismay
A liquid seeps from your chest
And drains me away

Mist ripples round your thin white neck
And draws me a line
Cold fingers mark this dying wreck
This moment is mine

Night falls again
Taking what's left of me

Slight twist, shivering corpse
Ornated with water, fills the cracks
Clasped in my limbs by tradition
This is all you need
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great song from a very talented band

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naw, I agree this song is definetly about killing someone I think. That line "who is crying for you here?" kinda gives it away I think. Anyway, killer song. The breaks are the end with clean vocals are so melodic and beautiful it hurts. Then when he comes in screaming again all of a sudden...wow. This song hits like a brick. Love it. Rock on.

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Huge eargasm!!

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It sounds like this song is about stabbing someone in the chest and watching them slowly die as they cry.

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I don't think it's a concept album, no...but perhaps there is a running theme.

Maybe it's like Nevermore's DREAMING NEON BLACK; separate songs that are all thoughts and stories related to a single character, yet through sections of each song, we learn what has been happening in that person's life.

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could be taken as being out of a relationship with someone and then not being able to stick around them as friends without causing chaos. you want to know how to go back to the way things once were in the beginning, but you dont know how to manage your own emotions to let you. maybe the person would be better off with you out of their life completely rather then stick around and tear them up with all the static tainting your thoughts and feelings.

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A few dedicated listens in, I think there is a bit more of a touch of retribution for the death of a friend or family member than just murder.

"Plunging towards bereavement faster yet Clearing thoughts, my mind is set"

More than once in this album, "Leper Affinity" for the current example, show multiple points of psychological view, be it from the same entity or not. This also helps explain a bit of the inconsistency that the narrator seems to be feeling

+2cents Cheers

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Fixed the lyric a bit. Looks much better now. Any thoughts? Something to fix?

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hey thanks for all the lyrics nant! awesome song too

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I think its about killing someone, possibly after having had sex with them.