Use of a Weapon Lyrics
slaved away so lifeless. With every breath a
compromise. So sickened by your process and our pain.
Plague by the fear of a tomorrow, another day in vein,
we can throw all this away. Trading our sorrow for
sin. We can throw all this away.
For too long we have starred. For too long we have
fucking stayed so blind to every instinct as you paved
the way. So tomorrow we will take back every year you
stole from us, and every night silently desperate and
hopeless. Every dream never realized, and every tear
shed from these eyes.
We will sin and you will suffer. We will set fire to
your machines.
We will put life back into hearts and you will suffer.
We will run life through our veins and you will
suffer.
Passion will be found in time, and your world will
fall behind us. Under your dark polluted skies, we may
live as the damned.
But our essence and soul and freedom will unfold. And
only in death shall we see the end.
For as long as the light of the sun still dances
across every sea. We will know there is something to
live and die for, and we will know every breath to be
free.
"Realistically, we may not be able to change the world, but the idea of doing just that is certainly very motivating. Hopefully, we can at least convince ourselves as individuals to change the way we live and stop spending our entire lives working to make somebody else rich. This song is about leaving the discomfort of your current world and finding a more vital and fulfilling life for yourself outside the parameters of standard American culture." -taken from www.betweentheburiedandme.com
patacox sums it up greatly.........the lyrics on all the songs on this album are so much more powerful than any of the other btam albums ive noticed...this song is so saddening in a way..it would sound so depressing and beautiful if tommy sang it out...but id rather he growled and screamed it.
the lyrics on every one of their songs are powerful in their own right. Everyone that takes the time to listen and understand will perceive the lyrics for their own meaning in a some sort of fashion. But that is exactly why this music is breath takingly beautiful. You listen and observe and listen some more. And you cant not help but try to be a better person. when you realize that we are all human. be humane. I love. That is what all of their songs mean to me. More meaning to me than anyone will every know.