I think most people read a little too deep into lyrics.
Here's my take on it; it's quite literal.
We walked through the doorway
Heard you calling from the hall
To find you in the bedroom
Not breathing at all
I drug your body to the cellar where we lay
The wax, it melts away
I kiss your face.
[He has walked in and found that the woman he loves has committed suicide. He drags her body into the cellar of the house and he lays down there with it. The wax is candles that he's burning. So, that just shows that he was laying there for a long time because the wax is melting away. And he just holds her and kisses her face because he's trying to sort of bring her back.]
Now we are starting to love you more
Your body's on the canvas
I painted on the floor
[This talks about how now that the woman is gone, everyone is seeing the good about her and they are all loving her more because they didn't realize how much they all cared until she was gone. The body on the canvas is just talking about how he's seeing this all artistically. She's the art, and she's on the canvas that is the floor.]
Now you wait like the drug, like the change
And the pain it goes on for so long
And oh, how it hurts in the worst way now that you're gone
It's so wrong
It's so wrong
[Talking about how the woman used drugs to kill herself. Then he's just saying that his pain is going on for a long time and won't end. And then he just reiterates that he is hurt somewhere deep inside, and he feels a pain that no one should feel.]
If I could take you somewhere
I'd take you to the darkest place
Scatter you in art forms
Admire the whore
Beauty in different ways
Your hands on picture frames
Your eyes in the glass
Wear your face has a mask
[Saying if he could keep the body, he'd go somewhere no one could find them, and he'd disperse her around his house, keeping her alive by using her body parts, then he goes on to say what he would use them for. This could be slightly metaphorical to say he wishes he could keep her around in any way possible.]
Now they are starting to love you more
A gallery of your beauty
No charge at the door
[Restating that people care more about her now that she's gone. Also, the gallery of beauty relates back to how he wants to one day use her body to make art, and there's no charge at the door because no one would realize that her body is actually incorporated into these art pieces in his home.]
And down below
Your veins run dry your vacant eyes
I lost control
Your face is pale, your body's cold
And down below your veins run dry your vacant eyes
I lost control
Your face is pale, your body's cold
[Talking about how down in the cellar, the rest of her body, which he hasn't used for anything or moved yet, is laying there and the blood is drying and her eyes are vacant and she's cold and pale, meaning she's been laying there for a while and is looking worse and worse.]
This song is, all in all, very very morbid and sick, but romantic in a creepy way, which I think they were probably going for.
The melody is amazing and I love this band so much.
Saw them at Warped Tour and lost my voice form screaming. :)
@Victoria Venom i agree with most of your analysis but i think the gallery of her beauty is referring to her funeral, you know, like pictures and slideshows of her and ultimately her in the casket people all come to look at. I mean when you think of it a funeral is practically a gallery of whoever it is for’s best qualities and imagery which presents them as best as possible, kinda like an art gallery. No charge at the door because well, its a funeral. Lol. Maybe down below means more like under the surface of her skin, like...
@Victoria Venom i agree with most of your analysis but i think the gallery of her beauty is referring to her funeral, you know, like pictures and slideshows of her and ultimately her in the casket people all come to look at. I mean when you think of it a funeral is practically a gallery of whoever it is for’s best qualities and imagery which presents them as best as possible, kinda like an art gallery. No charge at the door because well, its a funeral. Lol. Maybe down below means more like under the surface of her skin, like how at open caskets the person seems to look normal because all the makeup and stuff they use to present them as best as possible but below the surface her veins are dry and her eyes may be fake idk if they remove them during embalming but if they dont then maybe they are real but they are vacant because shes dead so they obviously are empty. Like a blank stare. I lost control could maybe mean he broke down and cried at her funeral like he couldnt hold it together anymore and broke down into tears.then just explains how seeing her dead is what caused the break down by saying her face was pale and her body was cold.
I think most people read a little too deep into lyrics. Here's my take on it; it's quite literal.
We walked through the doorway Heard you calling from the hall To find you in the bedroom Not breathing at all I drug your body to the cellar where we lay The wax, it melts away I kiss your face.
[He has walked in and found that the woman he loves has committed suicide. He drags her body into the cellar of the house and he lays down there with it. The wax is candles that he's burning. So, that just shows that he was laying there for a long time because the wax is melting away. And he just holds her and kisses her face because he's trying to sort of bring her back.]
Now we are starting to love you more Your body's on the canvas I painted on the floor
[This talks about how now that the woman is gone, everyone is seeing the good about her and they are all loving her more because they didn't realize how much they all cared until she was gone. The body on the canvas is just talking about how he's seeing this all artistically. She's the art, and she's on the canvas that is the floor.]
Now you wait like the drug, like the change And the pain it goes on for so long And oh, how it hurts in the worst way now that you're gone It's so wrong It's so wrong
[Talking about how the woman used drugs to kill herself. Then he's just saying that his pain is going on for a long time and won't end. And then he just reiterates that he is hurt somewhere deep inside, and he feels a pain that no one should feel.]
If I could take you somewhere I'd take you to the darkest place Scatter you in art forms Admire the whore Beauty in different ways Your hands on picture frames Your eyes in the glass Wear your face has a mask
[Saying if he could keep the body, he'd go somewhere no one could find them, and he'd disperse her around his house, keeping her alive by using her body parts, then he goes on to say what he would use them for. This could be slightly metaphorical to say he wishes he could keep her around in any way possible.]
Now they are starting to love you more A gallery of your beauty No charge at the door
[Restating that people care more about her now that she's gone. Also, the gallery of beauty relates back to how he wants to one day use her body to make art, and there's no charge at the door because no one would realize that her body is actually incorporated into these art pieces in his home.]
And down below Your veins run dry your vacant eyes I lost control Your face is pale, your body's cold And down below your veins run dry your vacant eyes I lost control Your face is pale, your body's cold
[Talking about how down in the cellar, the rest of her body, which he hasn't used for anything or moved yet, is laying there and the blood is drying and her eyes are vacant and she's cold and pale, meaning she's been laying there for a while and is looking worse and worse.]
This song is, all in all, very very morbid and sick, but romantic in a creepy way, which I think they were probably going for. The melody is amazing and I love this band so much. Saw them at Warped Tour and lost my voice form screaming. :)
@Victoria Venom i agree with most of your analysis but i think the gallery of her beauty is referring to her funeral, you know, like pictures and slideshows of her and ultimately her in the casket people all come to look at. I mean when you think of it a funeral is practically a gallery of whoever it is for’s best qualities and imagery which presents them as best as possible, kinda like an art gallery. No charge at the door because well, its a funeral. Lol. Maybe down below means more like under the surface of her skin, like...
@Victoria Venom i agree with most of your analysis but i think the gallery of her beauty is referring to her funeral, you know, like pictures and slideshows of her and ultimately her in the casket people all come to look at. I mean when you think of it a funeral is practically a gallery of whoever it is for’s best qualities and imagery which presents them as best as possible, kinda like an art gallery. No charge at the door because well, its a funeral. Lol. Maybe down below means more like under the surface of her skin, like how at open caskets the person seems to look normal because all the makeup and stuff they use to present them as best as possible but below the surface her veins are dry and her eyes may be fake idk if they remove them during embalming but if they dont then maybe they are real but they are vacant because shes dead so they obviously are empty. Like a blank stare. I lost control could maybe mean he broke down and cried at her funeral like he couldnt hold it together anymore and broke down into tears.then just explains how seeing her dead is what caused the break down by saying her face was pale and her body was cold.