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Was It A Lie? Lyrics
The yard was cold and dark
The tracks were clearly marked
But she was tired, she didn't see
She was just out alone
She wasn't going home
She was going somewhere far away
The train was moving through
As we know the world has to do
Everyone will say it was her fault
Somewhere a camera is placed
Inside this awful place
The accident is about to start
Was it a lie?
Did it fill you head
Did it entertain?
Will you feel alive
At the end of it?
When the collision came
She died right away
Her body flung almost sixty feet
And as she split in two
Was she coming straight for you
And do you have a camera for a face?
Was she your TV show
Was she your video
A woman's pain never private, always seen
I want to close my eyes
I want to cut the wires
I want a day not made for you to see
When you play it back to me
It feels more like a parody
And that's all I will ever be
It's all I will ever be
I really don't care about it
I don't care if it's cold
I really want to be the prettiest wreck you've seen
(You broadcast it in 50 states
Looped her death on the internet
And a woman's life got cheaper that day
A woman's life got cheaper that day)
The tracks were clearly marked
But she was tired, she didn't see
She was just out alone
She wasn't going home
She was going somewhere far away
As we know the world has to do
Everyone will say it was her fault
Somewhere a camera is placed
Inside this awful place
The accident is about to start
Did it fill you head
Did it entertain?
Will you feel alive
At the end of it?
She died right away
Her body flung almost sixty feet
And as she split in two
Was she coming straight for you
And do you have a camera for a face?
Was she your TV show
Was she your video
I want to close my eyes
I want to cut the wires
I want a day not made for you to see
It feels more like a parody
And that's all I will ever be
It's all I will ever be
I really don't care about it
I don't care if it's cold
I really want to be the prettiest wreck you've seen
Looped her death on the internet
And a woman's life got cheaper that day
A woman's life got cheaper that day)
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i think that it's about a way a woman might respond to feeling somewhat opressed and feel ashamed by her feelings or for whta she is as well
I read it's about a woman who was run over by a train and a tourist had a camera so he taped it all. it's about how women in pain is used as entertainment in the media all over the world.
I thought the same as what they read ^^ lol
that's fucked up.
salvo: not only that but i think they said in some interview that was being played on a loop in some bar and a bunch of guys were watching it like it was the movie of the week.
:shudder:
I think this song is about how violence against women has become a media commodity, and how lots of TV shows and news outlets use blood and gore to get cheap views with no concern for the person herself, which is especially driven home with the line "a woman's life got cheaper that day).