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An Epitaph Lyrics
The future five align
Empty promises find us all the time
Would you put it on the line
For the lost and frozen years
Leave us the bastard sons
Leave us the broken ones
To fend for ourselves
One by one
An epitaph not worth looking back
Another sunset falls on red on black
We hit a wall of dotted lines
An epitaph not worth looking back
Post cards of dust on bones
If the bad news doesn't beat us home
A rusted chain of sympathy
For time well wasted, losses faded
A rusted chain of sympathy
For time well wasted, losses
Empty promises find us all the time
Would you put it on the line
For the lost and frozen years
Leave us the bastard sons
Leave us the broken ones
To fend for ourselves
One by one
An epitaph not worth looking back
Another sunset falls on red on black
We hit a wall of dotted lines
An epitaph not worth looking back
Post cards of dust on bones
If the bad news doesn't beat us home
A rusted chain of sympathy
For time well wasted, losses faded
A rusted chain of sympathy
For time well wasted, losses
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Submitted by
hxc_pride On Apr 24, 2002
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Pretty good =)
It's a joy to listen to. I look at these lyrics and it's a them they cover in several of their songs. I have been listening to this band obsessively. I continue to admire and like what I hear in songs and read about their lyrics. I hope the new CD is something everybody can be proud of.
I think this song is about their struggles as a new band. The future 5 aligning, is a nod to the new members of the band. They had released their first album the mark of Judas on the soon to be defunct MIA records. The label closed up before being able to promote the album. This song laments the fact they risked everything for a broken promise by the label. The sunset falling on red/black the profit and loss statements for a business are either in the red or black. The wall of dotted lines, is contracts signed, not upheld. Post cards of dust and bones meaning the record label and their first project were essentially dead, which was obviously bad news. I have a couple of things I'm not so sure about, whether epitaph records is being talked about or whether the epitaph was for the dead project. I take this song personally as a way to look at defeat, and how to move past and overcome. I think it's part of the reason why the Mark Henry left the lyrics obscure enough that you could put alternate meanings on it.