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The Great Decay Lyrics
This is the bed that I have made
This is the grave where I will lay
These are the hands where I will bury my face
I don't believe in wasting time
Searching for truth you never find
Nobody moves, we live in the great decay
All these ghost towns share a name
Anywhere, USA
All these strangers look the same
Day after day after day
This great decay, the great decay
From birth to the grave
And I've seen what it can do
And I'm afraid it's got me too
Because I can feel it suck me in
Because I can feel I'm losing grip
Day after day it's static life
Week after week is sacrificed
Month after month you meditate
All of the years that waste away
This is the life that I embrace
This is the world that I create
Falling into the great decay
Give in, give in, give up
All these verses share a theme
(The great decay)
We don't amount to anything
It's the day after bloodsucking day
This great decay, this great decay
This great decay
Decay
This great decay
This great decay
This great decay
Asleep in your grave
This is the grave where I will lay
These are the hands where I will bury my face
Searching for truth you never find
Nobody moves, we live in the great decay
Anywhere, USA
All these strangers look the same
Day after day after day
From birth to the grave
And I'm afraid it's got me too
Because I can feel it suck me in
Because I can feel I'm losing grip
Week after week is sacrificed
Month after month you meditate
All of the years that waste away
This is the world that I create
Falling into the great decay
Give in, give in, give up
(The great decay)
We don't amount to anything
It's the day after bloodsucking day
This great decay
This great decay
This great decay
This great decay
Asleep in your grave
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Very existential, as somebody else said. But it is a little bit immature, in that it's a pessimistic existentialism. I believe that existentialism comes full circle, from (A) There are no absolutes, everything is random and inherently meaningless, to (B) Therefore, any meaning derived is created by your own device, thus (C) Your life, values, and experience are what you make of it. It's up to you.
This is a much more optimistic outlook. But I guess that wouldn't fit in too well with popular emo attitude. Haha.
This song is also very strongly suggestive of vices - especially alcoholism and drug addiction. It is especially evocative of heroin addiction.
i love. this.
Agreed, this song rocks
I love the cello. definitely my favorite song off of the album
amazing
the cello really is amazing. he sounds like he's breaking down when he sings "this is the life that i embrace, this is the world that i create, falling into the great decay, give in give in give up."
our life is meaningless... we're all only on the way to our death... to our great decay. i guess it's a bit self explainatory... but no one else was sayin it, haha
totally sweet
totally sweet
this is one of my favorite songs. pretty much ever.