this song along with "Again I Go Unnoticed" are the 1st 2 songs I heard by Chris, and I immediately fell in love with his music. I think this song probably has the most unclear meaning of all of them so I will try to break it down..."This paint has been tasting of lead and their chips will fall as they may, but it is not just my finish that is peeling, and it is not alone fleeing these walls."...something that was good is now going bad, and because of that everything else in his life is going bad too..."Well sooner or later this cold its going to break, so our hands will be warm again, but all I want is not to need you now.
And sooner or later this code its gonna break and our words will be heard again, but all I want are vows of silence now."..Eventually he will get through this, but right now he needs to figure out why it is happening and just be on his own...."This turpentine chaser's got kick and the rag that its soaked in is rich." well since turpentine is paint remover, its like he is trying to get rid of all the things that once caused him pleasure but are now causing him pain, but it is really hard..."The fumes aide the pace of my cleaning and as soon as I'm done I am gone.Well sooner or later this cold its going to break, so our hands will be warm again, but all I want is not to need you now."...he works fast because his problems are so big he can't let them sit, but once it is taken care of he is turning his back on everything even though he knows that one day it will probably be fixed."The frightening facts we've been facing our backs to for so long now are begging for eyes to bear witness to lies and indifference.
Now we're saying aloud the things we've declared in our silence.
That new coats of paint will not reacquaint broken hearts to broken homes."...The problems he has tried to ignore for so long are finally coming out and there is nothing he can do about it. Finally he is acting on what he has always been thinking, and even if he resolves his problems, nothing will ever be the same...so this song is really about facing your fears regardless of the consequences
this song along with "Again I Go Unnoticed" are the 1st 2 songs I heard by Chris, and I immediately fell in love with his music. I think this song probably has the most unclear meaning of all of them so I will try to break it down..."This paint has been tasting of lead and their chips will fall as they may, but it is not just my finish that is peeling, and it is not alone fleeing these walls."...something that was good is now going bad, and because of that everything else in his life is going bad too..."Well sooner or later this cold its going to break, so our hands will be warm again, but all I want is not to need you now. And sooner or later this code its gonna break and our words will be heard again, but all I want are vows of silence now."..Eventually he will get through this, but right now he needs to figure out why it is happening and just be on his own...."This turpentine chaser's got kick and the rag that its soaked in is rich." well since turpentine is paint remover, its like he is trying to get rid of all the things that once caused him pleasure but are now causing him pain, but it is really hard..."The fumes aide the pace of my cleaning and as soon as I'm done I am gone.Well sooner or later this cold its going to break, so our hands will be warm again, but all I want is not to need you now."...he works fast because his problems are so big he can't let them sit, but once it is taken care of he is turning his back on everything even though he knows that one day it will probably be fixed."The frightening facts we've been facing our backs to for so long now are begging for eyes to bear witness to lies and indifference. Now we're saying aloud the things we've declared in our silence. That new coats of paint will not reacquaint broken hearts to broken homes."...The problems he has tried to ignore for so long are finally coming out and there is nothing he can do about it. Finally he is acting on what he has always been thinking, and even if he resolves his problems, nothing will ever be the same...so this song is really about facing your fears regardless of the consequences