there are some simple mistakes and then there are some definite mistakes that throw off the meaning of the song
and no we never took a towel to those days where our parents were covered in dirt
no, we just filled it into cups so that we may pass it to hand and hand
and these chemicals and liqour help my self structure
and we threw up our words in hysterical laughter that when we spoke our stomachs became untied into french knots, so we would just be gasping for air while tears suddenly poured with joy that it made me stand and collapse by your world so that i may shake this house with our love
but i see the mistakes and they do sound really really close in the song, but these are the official lyrics of the band.
as for the meaning: we start off with chris (the singer) in a place of familiarity, probably his old house because he's talking about the fountain of rememberance where "we washed our faces clean" (indicating his face is dirty with the dirt) and he wouldn't wipe away those memories where his parents were covered in the same dirt (this paints a picture of his parents sometime when they were young once too) and this "dirt" was filled up into cups that has passed down through the ages of generations of family members, and "we (family members) devoured (drank from the cup) once again"
this means that as much as kids try to fight it, the simple fact is you do become some mirror form of your parents. they are inside you and it will continue to pass on and on and on, that "we will devour ourselves once again".
"well i met my laughter just yesturday" - he's comfortable now that he accepts this revelation. he's drinking, doing drugs, blah blah blah (nothing new for any fan who knows exactly what chris and the band members like to do in their spare time) and there's this sense of a different family he has with him at this time, his friends most likely and they're there together, drunk off their ass sharing a moment. and he wants to shake the house with the 'familiar' love.
there are some simple mistakes and then there are some definite mistakes that throw off the meaning of the song
and no we never took a towel to those days where our parents were covered in dirt no, we just filled it into cups so that we may pass it to hand and hand
and these chemicals and liqour help my self structure
and we threw up our words in hysterical laughter that when we spoke our stomachs became untied into french knots, so we would just be gasping for air while tears suddenly poured with joy that it made me stand and collapse by your world so that i may shake this house with our love
but i see the mistakes and they do sound really really close in the song, but these are the official lyrics of the band.
as for the meaning: we start off with chris (the singer) in a place of familiarity, probably his old house because he's talking about the fountain of rememberance where "we washed our faces clean" (indicating his face is dirty with the dirt) and he wouldn't wipe away those memories where his parents were covered in the same dirt (this paints a picture of his parents sometime when they were young once too) and this "dirt" was filled up into cups that has passed down through the ages of generations of family members, and "we (family members) devoured (drank from the cup) once again" this means that as much as kids try to fight it, the simple fact is you do become some mirror form of your parents. they are inside you and it will continue to pass on and on and on, that "we will devour ourselves once again".
"well i met my laughter just yesturday" - he's comfortable now that he accepts this revelation. he's drinking, doing drugs, blah blah blah (nothing new for any fan who knows exactly what chris and the band members like to do in their spare time) and there's this sense of a different family he has with him at this time, his friends most likely and they're there together, drunk off their ass sharing a moment. and he wants to shake the house with the 'familiar' love.