Lyric discussion by loveisfiction 

Cover art for Ants of the Sky lyrics by Between the Buried and Me

I think the title signifies our smallness in a world so big, all seeking to find our greatest potential.

"Why should we sleep today... Why should we awake tomorrow? we can just pop back a few and drift through this pre-programmed flight."

This signifies the questions we all ask ourselves at times: why am I here, what is my purpose, why should I wake up tomorrow morning? when some feel that life is fate and their destiny is alrealdy determined, they are just pieces on the chess board.

This part makes me think the song is describing two different types of people:

"My teeth grin oddly today... They seem to gleam more than normal Maybe it will be noticed (That's all we ever asked for. Grinning through it all........)"

The above meaning that even though life is a difficult journey, "Grinning through it all," or making the best of what we have is what some choose to do. And all in all their wishes are that someone will notice and acknowledge that positivity on life.

"(In the other corner the thinker thinks: I seem more jagged than normal I am the episode of constant wandering A nomad in my own surroundings... this hand produces the nerve). Walking dead. "

This represents someone that grimaces through life, negative, wandering, and never actively seeking that which could make them happy, and are ultimately "walking dead" because they have no dreams, no efforts to seek their true happiness.

Amazing song, the music is astounding, even before reading the lyrics and even moreso after.