Written In Blood

This is a completely different interpretation, but I feel it makes the most sense. A little long but I think you will agree with me.

The song and the video are two completely different stories, the video doesn't actually depict the lyrics. I think the whole song is from the point of view of the male character. There are only the two lovers, neither of them are getting married. The wedding refers to something else, which I will explain later. Let’s call the male character Romeo and the female will be Juliet.

First Verse:

Blood red lips, traced with a tongue they shine Cut through a crowded room --This is when he first sees her, probably in a bar or some social event, “crowded room”.

A look can say a lot sometimes So I take all my past attractions and project on you --He makes a judgement on her personality based purely on her looks. Past attraction probably refers to all the previous girls he dated, and what he was attracted to in each of them. He imagines all those girls in Juliet. {Perhaps he is still in love with all of them?}

Every disappointment and mistake Some resentment from a one night heartbreak --“ Summer’s ending” has been changed to “Some resentment.” Again he is referring to those "past attractions", but using a more negative connotation. I think this means that all the other girls were disappointments and mistakes so far. "Some resentment from a one night heartbreak", or a one night stand. I would guess it was a bad experience. From this we can deduce Romeo is not looking for a one night stand with Juliet but a serious relationship.

My head is spinning my hands go damp But still I force an introduction then I ask you to dance -- Second line just describes their first meeting.

You feel like home up against me close -- He just fell in love.

No we just met tonight There's so much that we still don't know --Romeo expressing his reservation about his new love and the prospect of a new relationship and probably another heartache.

But I'm fairly certain that we might just work out right --This is fairly straightforward, he feels so strongly about her the he is pretty sure it will workout.

Then again it could all go up in flames - OR - Then again it can all go up in flames And I'll take you down in the name of love -- In the back of his mind he knows there is a chance of disappointment, and a quite vivid depiction of what might happen if things don't work out. I think he says ‘can’, not ‘could’.

But for now lets kiss hard, fuck the games -- Caught up in the heat of lust, he forgets his worries.

All or Nothing, It's Written in Blood --I think this is foreshadowing things to come, revealing this story is a tragedy. Blood could be interpreted as death.

*Lets skip the first chorus, we'll come back to it later.

Second Verse:

Soft wet skin, hands raised, body tired And the sheets are across the floor --Some good sex, lol.

You tell me that love don't last Drawin circles with your fingernails across my back --I think the whole second verse takes place that night after they first met and had sex. This is why I don’t think she was ever in love with her. Plus she plainly love don’t last, or her way of telling him she is not in love.

As your lips form the words that you wont say In the distance your favorite song plays --I think that they are at her place. She puts her favorite music on?

I turn you over and look in your eyes Promise you that this is forever or till one of us dies --I guess this could be interpreted as rape. Though I doubt it, "drawing circles with your fingernails across my back". Though like Jango said the love or death scenario is incorporated. Either she loves him or she dies, but I don’t think he intended on killing her from the beginning, it was more like a crime of passion. Again there is an allusion to death. "...till one of us dies."

You taste like tear stains and could of beens --Tear stains refer to his own tears stains. He is feeling bitterness because he just realized this is not love after all. The could of beens are all his hopes crushed.

But our love was a trainwreck - OR - But I love a good trainwreck --If you listen carefully you'll hear "But I love a good trainwreck." Perhaps he is addicted to having his heart broken. Not exactly sure how to interpret this.

Your hair balled up inside my fist You tell me don't get to attached, like this is just entertainment --Now he is frustrated and angry, and turning into a psycho. One could argue that Romeo is mentally ill, but I think that is irrelevant. Again he is being told that this is just a one night stand. {Making him even angrier?}

Then again it can all go up in flames And I'll take you down in the name of love Maybe one last kiss just to ease the pain

All or Nothing, It's Written in Blood --Does this mean that someone is going to die, or both of them? I think it does. This song could be compared to a Shakespearean play written in a contemporary style. If you have ever read Romeo and Juliet you'll remember death was a theme throughout the story just as in the lyrics of this song.

Chorus:

On the way to the wedding dressed in black, He said sorry lover but you can't look back, She says "OH NO" She goes "OH NO" She goes "Slow down baby or we're gunna explode" ... She goes "Slow down baby, keep your eyes on the road"

--A wedding is a union of two people, and black could refer to death. People go to funerals in black not to weddings. From this I decided the line must mean that they will be together in death. Also, from this I deduced that they will both die, you need two people to get married. The chorus suggests that they are in a car. I think he runs into something and the car blows up killing hem both, “...it can all go up in flames“ It could also be a literary device used to illustrate their death.

...time for a smoke...