Non-Zero Possibility Lyrics

Lyric discussion by I_Want_You_Dead 

Cover art for Non-Zero Possibility lyrics by At the Drive-In

let me try and explain that better...

~ quarentined ~

machete for hands, authorites hiding behind masks. it's a guy whose done something wrong, he made himself into something and now he's started to hurt people (break the weak) but in hurting them he's spreading a virus (a virus conspires).

the chorus is the guy saying "i have the cause, i'll spread it (have trigger, will travel) and i'll start a frenzy for a cure (feeding frenzy, it's contagious) and soon i'll spark the change (single spark, spectral fire)"

then verse two is all about this disease and virus spreading. the authorities watch towns fall under it (towns in webs, strung over auditoriums) but no one can do anything (no call to arms) and soon it becomes a contagious frenzy to get a cure (slave trade the weak) and all hell breaks loose so to speak.

the whole "push becomes shove" part is a guy who comes into play during "non-zero" because he's watching everyone bury themselves in fear of this virus and catching the cure contagion.

the ending is the guy saying "i told you i'd start the fire with the disease." and he ends saying that.

~ Non-zero Possibility ~

it begins with the "push becomes shove" guy. he's counting the bodies wasted in efforts to get the cure for the disease. he says he hates counting them and just wants to paint happiness on them as if they all got the cure. then he sees now that mankind has fallen prey, we spread it to animals (fly in tear ducts)

the chorus is saying: it's a disease, diseases leave contusions (bruises, welts, rashes, etc) and the disease eats you (it's hungry and devours all) and it enters the blood and spread (all veins, highway, etc) and then it spreads from humans (this hex delivered, spent) and now animals and pets have it (drawn and quartered pets) like an orchestra its reaching a climax (orchestra influenza) and it grows and grows.

the second verse is saying: after we're dead, we're just the pocket sized case. it'll sleep dormant until someone finds us. then it will begin again, all tenants found, with their prefix (all the next cases, because they came here) and it will continue to expand continuously.

now, second chorus, same meaning. then, for the finale, return to the guy watching and he just goes: i've had enough living as the last one left, (fevered blizz, central nervousness), it's my turn to go (i was bitten on the entrance) so he lets it take him. perhaps the fly bit him, or a dog, or other quartered pet. but he dies from it and it will now inevitably spread.