Please don't litter the boards with slams, criticisms, or mindless comments concerning the song. This is songMEANINGS.com. If you pick up a dictionary as I did, you'll find many of the words are real (sobriquets, auto-da-fe, charlotten, capillary) and most can relate to the color red or the theme of death. Manupod is the only fake word in the song, but then again Comatorium is a made up word too, and that's in their CD's title. Also, there are some misspellings, including manupod and colored. This is a very depressing song, but also very beautiful musically and lyrically - a proper song for Julio's passing. I agree with clorox67's comment on the televator's 'taking him into the ground.' Sobriquets refers to tombstones, hinting that the setting may be his death bed in a cemetery. In fact, the whole song makes it seem like he wants to be buried: ''stalks the ground' over and over again. The 'curse that flew right by him [on a] page of concrete may refer to his life that he could have had. But perhaps he lived a cursed life. Julio was noted to 'hobble' and walk with a limp, which could explain that line. Auto-da-fe refers to burning at the stake of heretics. I suppose this could have put Julio up there as a person who did not accept life. Chalk outlines appear around dead people at police scenes. So maybe his death will one day 'circle the city' and be known. A 'room colored charlatan hid in a safe' could be metaphorical for a red [death] room hidden away ready to be unlocked. 'Pull the pills, save your grace' is a direct reference to getting off drugs. The song is like 90% metaphorical and it's great because it requires us to think. It's also a very very sad song with constant undertones of suicide, death, and wanting to die. For any of us who have experienced similar feelings, it seems like a solid way to relate to the song. Let me know what you think.
Agree except for one thing, it's "pull the pins." It's probably a reference to suicide (pulling the pin out of a grenade and having it explode in your hand), which would make "save your grace" mean to just get it ove with because there's no other option to him.
Agree except for one thing, it's "pull the pins." It's probably a reference to suicide (pulling the pin out of a grenade and having it explode in your hand), which would make "save your grace" mean to just get it ove with because there's no other option to him.
Please don't litter the boards with slams, criticisms, or mindless comments concerning the song. This is songMEANINGS.com. If you pick up a dictionary as I did, you'll find many of the words are real (sobriquets, auto-da-fe, charlotten, capillary) and most can relate to the color red or the theme of death. Manupod is the only fake word in the song, but then again Comatorium is a made up word too, and that's in their CD's title. Also, there are some misspellings, including manupod and colored. This is a very depressing song, but also very beautiful musically and lyrically - a proper song for Julio's passing. I agree with clorox67's comment on the televator's 'taking him into the ground.' Sobriquets refers to tombstones, hinting that the setting may be his death bed in a cemetery. In fact, the whole song makes it seem like he wants to be buried: ''stalks the ground' over and over again. The 'curse that flew right by him [on a] page of concrete may refer to his life that he could have had. But perhaps he lived a cursed life. Julio was noted to 'hobble' and walk with a limp, which could explain that line. Auto-da-fe refers to burning at the stake of heretics. I suppose this could have put Julio up there as a person who did not accept life. Chalk outlines appear around dead people at police scenes. So maybe his death will one day 'circle the city' and be known. A 'room colored charlatan hid in a safe' could be metaphorical for a red [death] room hidden away ready to be unlocked. 'Pull the pills, save your grace' is a direct reference to getting off drugs. The song is like 90% metaphorical and it's great because it requires us to think. It's also a very very sad song with constant undertones of suicide, death, and wanting to die. For any of us who have experienced similar feelings, it seems like a solid way to relate to the song. Let me know what you think.
Agree except for one thing, it's "pull the pins." It's probably a reference to suicide (pulling the pin out of a grenade and having it explode in your hand), which would make "save your grace" mean to just get it ove with because there's no other option to him.
Agree except for one thing, it's "pull the pins." It's probably a reference to suicide (pulling the pin out of a grenade and having it explode in your hand), which would make "save your grace" mean to just get it ove with because there's no other option to him.