This song has never made me think of God or religion.
The main theme is Nostalgia. It is hard to depict exactly the aspects of the song due to the abstract detail. However, it isn't hard to observe that the man has been through much in his life... Many memories.
"We lay face down in pale solitude
To save face, we pulled our walls in front of you
To the same place where we danced in front of you
We fell from grace and watched the hope fall from your face"
-He was taken in by someone who made him feel less & less of himself. It makes me feel like it was someone of whom he loved. This inferrence is given to me due to the fact that he states that "all the love was so gone". I picture a place where he is unhappy to begin with. A place where everyone, but him are having fun (danced in front of you). It feels as though at first he isn't referring to himself, but someone else; perferrably the person who has caused hurt in him. Because it says that they fell from grace makes me feel as though the relationship he had with this person was once beautiful, however, now the hope is gone because of all of the complications.
"I can't face
Afraid if someone notices
I lose my place
Fractured, broken, paralyzed
I need some space
tear me open, analyze"
He doesn't want to show that he is hurt by the loss of the person he loved because he doesn't want to seem weak. He feels as though the space might heal his wounds.
"and all those broken promises"
The promises are all broken because they are no longer in the relationship they once were. The could've promised to get married, to run away together, to have children, to grow old together... & yet, it's all in the past now.
The Chorus:
"This isn't me i used to say"
-I always told myself that I'd never let a relationship get in my way... I'd never let someone mean that much to me.
"All the love was so gone"
-I'm no longer connected to that person...
"It feels good to be alive
I've been dead for so long"
-Before I got into this relationship, I couldn't feel. & now, I feel the hurt of not having this person. That's why it feels good to be alive again, all of the emotions were stalled, they were unable to continue. He's been dead because no one has cared about him.
"Wake up screaming, I'm awake and dreaming,
And I won't stop breathing
'til my heart stops beating"
-These memories cause just as much torment in him as they do rejoice. He has nightmares of the way it used to be... However, he refuses to let this experience take control of his life. He will not allow this person to control who he is with this nostalgia, he will continue, he will live on & find someone worthy of his love... someone who will keep those promises.
The Song title to me displays a sense of the depth of it.
"My Throat Is An Empty Grave" -An empty grave because he refuses to let himself die, his throat because he sings how he feels.
This song has never made me think of God or religion.
The main theme is Nostalgia. It is hard to depict exactly the aspects of the song due to the abstract detail. However, it isn't hard to observe that the man has been through much in his life... Many memories.
"We lay face down in pale solitude To save face, we pulled our walls in front of you To the same place where we danced in front of you We fell from grace and watched the hope fall from your face"
-He was taken in by someone who made him feel less & less of himself. It makes me feel like it was someone of whom he loved. This inferrence is given to me due to the fact that he states that "all the love was so gone". I picture a place where he is unhappy to begin with. A place where everyone, but him are having fun (danced in front of you). It feels as though at first he isn't referring to himself, but someone else; perferrably the person who has caused hurt in him. Because it says that they fell from grace makes me feel as though the relationship he had with this person was once beautiful, however, now the hope is gone because of all of the complications.
"I can't face Afraid if someone notices I lose my place Fractured, broken, paralyzed I need some space tear me open, analyze"
He doesn't want to show that he is hurt by the loss of the person he loved because he doesn't want to seem weak. He feels as though the space might heal his wounds.
"and all those broken promises"
The promises are all broken because they are no longer in the relationship they once were. The could've promised to get married, to run away together, to have children, to grow old together... & yet, it's all in the past now.
The Chorus:
"This isn't me i used to say" -I always told myself that I'd never let a relationship get in my way... I'd never let someone mean that much to me.
"All the love was so gone" -I'm no longer connected to that person...
"It feels good to be alive I've been dead for so long"
-Before I got into this relationship, I couldn't feel. & now, I feel the hurt of not having this person. That's why it feels good to be alive again, all of the emotions were stalled, they were unable to continue. He's been dead because no one has cared about him.
"Wake up screaming, I'm awake and dreaming, And I won't stop breathing 'til my heart stops beating"
-These memories cause just as much torment in him as they do rejoice. He has nightmares of the way it used to be... However, he refuses to let this experience take control of his life. He will not allow this person to control who he is with this nostalgia, he will continue, he will live on & find someone worthy of his love... someone who will keep those promises.
The Song title to me displays a sense of the depth of it.
"My Throat Is An Empty Grave" -An empty grave because he refuses to let himself die, his throat because he sings how he feels.