In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
High up on you, you display good traits though few.
We've found time alone will tell.
This disease keeps holding me down.
Try to run when bear sleep.
To imagine us away.
He said come, fly around my he'll.
And know this, you seem to be
Too scared to run.
Wish I had your faults
Nothing seems to phase you
Lies, you're much more than just human.
I was high up on you til the shadows began to crawl.
Some say we can never know from just how far down this beast has come.
Too scared to run
So scared to run
Wish I had your faults
Nothing seems to phase you
Lies, you're much more than just human."
We've found time alone will tell.
This disease keeps holding me down.
Try to run when bear sleep.
To imagine us away.
He said come, fly around my he'll.
And know this, you seem to be
Too scared to run.
Wish I had your faults
Nothing seems to phase you
Lies, you're much more than just human.
I was high up on you til the shadows began to crawl.
Some say we can never know from just how far down this beast has come.
Too scared to run
So scared to run
Wish I had your faults
Nothing seems to phase you
Lies, you're much more than just human."
Lyrics submitted by flashflatliner, edited by GingaNinja14
An Evening with El Diablo Lyrics as written by Peter Loeffler Joseph Loeffler
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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KNAC.COM: “An Evening with El Diablo.” What is that about?
LOEFFLER: Uh, “An Evening with El Diablo” it's kind of ... that's a little bit of a joke, too. It's about meeting a person that you sort of randomly meet. I think it's about a specific time when Pete met somebody, and thought “Wow, this person's really cool” and then finds out later on that they're exactly the opposite of everything good. Essentially that they're the devil. Um, not literally the devil, but everything that you would say that is bad in this world that person is about that.
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This songs refers to when you first meet a person... they seem cool and when u get to know them better they run out to be creeps and try to suck u in, them representing el diablo. You know that being with this person is bad for your spiritual walk but you are "to scared to run". He just wants gods help to get out of this hell he is in.
First of all, the lyrics are wrong:
Try to run when YOU sleep Fly around my HELL Nothing seems to FAZE you I was high ABOVE you (different the second time) Some say we can never know - just how far down (No "from" there) The last time he screams "so scared", he screams "to lie" after it instead of "to run". And he says "Wish I had your faults" twice more at the end.
As far as the lyrical interpretation, it seems to obviously be about the devil, but that's as far as I got before it made no sense. The meaning doesn't matter as much to me because the music is awesome!
Righto sir.
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ok,this is an evening with the devil,as the title tells by itself,but whats the conclusion?he is within or against the devil?
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punkrockchick217 very true....yea they do refer to the actual devil...most of their songs are christian based..but words are changed for the sake of the general public...if you search the internet..you may find two versions of this song and many other chevelle songs..you will clearly see the orignal lyrics are very religious and then the modified version seem more applicable to everyday life.
You are spectacularly stupid. The point of religion isn't to know lots about God and get into heaven. It's to apply what you learn to your life and do well on earth. All preaching should be applicable to everyday life.
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