Elective Amnesia Lyrics

Lyric discussion by nickjomaffa 

Cover art for Elective Amnesia lyrics by Rise Against

REAL LYRICS

We don't sleep very much These triggers ache for the touch Where's the strength we relied on? Fear alone, like a crutch, maybe that's what keeps us up all night with the light on

All these screams emulate Lives that no longer take place Can this be what we've become? Paper thin, overweight, pills to arouse or sedate Still we don't know what we want

We can't let go Can't you see? To lose control is to be...

Finally free! First a spark Then a flame Now a fire We explode into the darkest of nights disconnect cut the cord lines are dead Now they'll know with everything comes a price

And each day we are torn between the right and the wrong between life and convenience Why do we sleep? Why complain? There's always channels to change It's like elective amnesia As we grow older in this place Let's just start over Let's erase What they've made!

First a spark Then a flame Now a fire We explode into the darkest of nights disconnect cut the cord lines are dead Now they'll know with everything comes a price

It could be minutes away It could be hours or days Before the bottom falls out Before the ground gives way Into this debt we are born A debt we try to repay And yet we blacken the sky Smoke rising out of the flames Now they'll know...

First a spark Then a flame Now a fire We explode into the darkest of nights disconnect cut the cord lines are dead Now they'll know with everything comes a price (First a spark) (Then a flame) (Now a fire) We explode We explode With everything comes a prince (disconnect) (cut the cord) (lines are dead) We explode We explode

anyway, i still have trouble telling what it's about. from the actual title, you think it would mean something about choosing (elective) to forget everything (amnesia). but the lyrics dont always cover that, unless amnesia just refers to complete chaos in a person (we explode; lines are dead). other than that, i still am trying to interpret it. what yosh said about the reference to injection seems quite possible too, but not completely

my bad, just a few adjustments...

We don't sleep very much These triggers ache for the touch Where's the strength we relied on? Fear alone, like a crutch, maybe that's what keeps us up all night with the light on

All these screams, simulate, Lives that no longer take place Can this be what we've become? Paper thin, overweight, pills to arouse or sedate Still we don't know what we want

We can't let go Can't you see? To lose control is to be...

Finally free! First a spark Then a flame Now a fire We explode into the darkest of nights disconnect cut the cord lines are...

Thank God someone finally got the right lyrics XD It's been wrong everywhere else I see it...