This song is basically just the whole concept of the entire album Crack the Skye. Skye is the name of the drummer's sister who supposedly committed suicide when they were both children.
This song is very deep indeed, basically in this song he is blaming himself for her death "Fallen from grace, cause I've been away too long"
He blames himself now because as a child what he saw was happening he saw as being normal he didn't question it (supposedly their father beat them as children).
"The eyes of the child sees no wrong"
This gives an excuse as to why he didn't do anything.
"Leaving you behind with my loathsome song"
The album was created by all the band members (created as in lyric wise). I guess this is the one he highly influenced. The "loathsome" song refers to Oblivion specifically because he blames himself for her suicide and dedicates such a depressing song/album to her.
"How can I tell you I failed"
As said before he failed to help her let alone do anything to keep from her suicide so he "failed" her and thus blames himself.
"I tried to Burrow a hole Into the Ground,
Breaking all the fingers and the nails from my hand"
I guess he's trying to say that he didn't want to let her go, he was in the first stage of grief and that's denial. He wanted her to still be alive or I guess bargain and give something in exchange to bring her back to life.
The line about burrowing a hole is literal. In the article he says that he was tripping on acid 2 weeks after her death and tried digging her out of the grave with his bare hands.
The line about burrowing a hole is literal. In the article he says that he was tripping on acid 2 weeks after her death and tried digging her out of the grave with his bare hands.
the song is heavily about brann's experience losing the person closest to him, but it's also about brent's near death experience. i think the line "fallen from grace cuz i've been away too long" has a different meaning for each of them but i gathered from interview's that line was more about brent coming back from the incident with system of a downs' drummer. and brann's father never beat him or skye- that is a misconception. and i'm not sure i agree with him blaming himself for her death, as much as i feel he's just suffered the greatest loss...
the song is heavily about brann's experience losing the person closest to him, but it's also about brent's near death experience. i think the line "fallen from grace cuz i've been away too long" has a different meaning for each of them but i gathered from interview's that line was more about brent coming back from the incident with system of a downs' drummer. and brann's father never beat him or skye- that is a misconception. and i'm not sure i agree with him blaming himself for her death, as much as i feel he's just suffered the greatest loss someone can feel (his personal 'crack in the skye' if you will). yes, with death come feelings of guilt and blame but i feel this is more a beautiful tribute to a beautiful girl than an admittance of guilt and bad feelings. while it can seem a bit depressing, i think his sister's relationship to the album is about love and strength rather than guilt or remorse. though that's only my interpretation.
This song is basically just the whole concept of the entire album Crack the Skye. Skye is the name of the drummer's sister who supposedly committed suicide when they were both children.
This song is very deep indeed, basically in this song he is blaming himself for her death "Fallen from grace, cause I've been away too long"
He blames himself now because as a child what he saw was happening he saw as being normal he didn't question it (supposedly their father beat them as children).
"The eyes of the child sees no wrong" This gives an excuse as to why he didn't do anything.
"Leaving you behind with my loathsome song" The album was created by all the band members (created as in lyric wise). I guess this is the one he highly influenced. The "loathsome" song refers to Oblivion specifically because he blames himself for her suicide and dedicates such a depressing song/album to her.
"How can I tell you I failed" As said before he failed to help her let alone do anything to keep from her suicide so he "failed" her and thus blames himself.
"I tried to Burrow a hole Into the Ground, Breaking all the fingers and the nails from my hand"
I guess he's trying to say that he didn't want to let her go, he was in the first stage of grief and that's denial. He wanted her to still be alive or I guess bargain and give something in exchange to bring her back to life.
The line about burrowing a hole is literal. In the article he says that he was tripping on acid 2 weeks after her death and tried digging her out of the grave with his bare hands.
The line about burrowing a hole is literal. In the article he says that he was tripping on acid 2 weeks after her death and tried digging her out of the grave with his bare hands.
the song is heavily about brann's experience losing the person closest to him, but it's also about brent's near death experience. i think the line "fallen from grace cuz i've been away too long" has a different meaning for each of them but i gathered from interview's that line was more about brent coming back from the incident with system of a downs' drummer. and brann's father never beat him or skye- that is a misconception. and i'm not sure i agree with him blaming himself for her death, as much as i feel he's just suffered the greatest loss...
the song is heavily about brann's experience losing the person closest to him, but it's also about brent's near death experience. i think the line "fallen from grace cuz i've been away too long" has a different meaning for each of them but i gathered from interview's that line was more about brent coming back from the incident with system of a downs' drummer. and brann's father never beat him or skye- that is a misconception. and i'm not sure i agree with him blaming himself for her death, as much as i feel he's just suffered the greatest loss someone can feel (his personal 'crack in the skye' if you will). yes, with death come feelings of guilt and blame but i feel this is more a beautiful tribute to a beautiful girl than an admittance of guilt and bad feelings. while it can seem a bit depressing, i think his sister's relationship to the album is about love and strength rather than guilt or remorse. though that's only my interpretation.