Usually I'm pretty good at translating songs (about my only strong point) but this one confuses the hell out of me. At one point he's talking about how he won't stand around and watch her die, but then he's saying "now that you're bleeding you stare at the ceiling watch as it all fades away...from what you do, because of you". The last seven words seem to say it's her fault. I talked to my brother who listens to this song all of the time and he said that the line goes "You laugh as you lie through your teeth" which seems to make more sense. Then there's the part that goes, "Now that you did this you ask for forgiveness, doctor could you be my priest, you say you're mistaken but look what you've taken you laugh as you lie through your teeth". Maybe means that now that she's dying she wants to be forgiven? She has a secret, but she's not telling. "You laugh as you lie through your teeth". Maybe she made it look like she was attacked and it was really her attempting suicide? Or maybe I'm just looking too deep into this? I don't know...this is the first song I haven't been able to give an adequate meaning for.
Usually I'm pretty good at translating songs (about my only strong point) but this one confuses the hell out of me. At one point he's talking about how he won't stand around and watch her die, but then he's saying "now that you're bleeding you stare at the ceiling watch as it all fades away...from what you do, because of you". The last seven words seem to say it's her fault. I talked to my brother who listens to this song all of the time and he said that the line goes "You laugh as you lie through your teeth" which seems to make more sense. Then there's the part that goes, "Now that you did this you ask for forgiveness, doctor could you be my priest, you say you're mistaken but look what you've taken you laugh as you lie through your teeth". Maybe means that now that she's dying she wants to be forgiven? She has a secret, but she's not telling. "You laugh as you lie through your teeth". Maybe she made it look like she was attacked and it was really her attempting suicide? Or maybe I'm just looking too deep into this? I don't know...this is the first song I haven't been able to give an adequate meaning for.