Lyric discussion by karpkiller 

Cover art for Copernicus lyrics by Mars Volta, The

How i see it (involves wild guessing):

Close the doors if you want to see her breathing again blur the days sleeping is just not an option

**Do not contact the police or she dies; cant sleep because she is missing

How come every time I walk, you crawl then you cut out all the letters that make up this note

** adressed to kidnapper - why are you corrupt, when i'm living a normal life; second verse is obvious

I won't, I won't give up until I find out until I find what happened to you

** obviously obvious

The solution inhaled from the rag I hold holds a maximum vacancy

** the rag left by her; solution inhaled - dogs are helping to find her, but with no success

as I held you in crippled bandages don't you stay up and wait for me

** she - a child left for a moment and told not to wonder off (from childs cart ??)

Left dangling in the wind

** the rag

You're not there I poke needles in the neck of a doll she pokes back asking why can't I just let her out

  • father is going bit crazy playing with his doughters doll and hearing her cry for help or... the kidnapper - he lost someone, thats why he kidnapped a girl; he is giving her drugs

How come every time I walk, you crawl then you cut out all the letters that make up this note

I won't, I won't give up until I find you

The solution inhaled from the rag I hold holds a maximum vacancy as I held you in crippled bandages don't you stay up and wait for me

Left dangling in the wind

Don't let the days escape what I did brings more of them

** the kidnapper part starts here fo sho; he is enjoying his time

and we'll be waiting just for them

** for more of those days or for the police

Over my dead body over the search they lead they won't find them anymore

** he plans to hide the victim corpses and kill himself, before the police finds him

Now that I collect from cells that we once shared

** hiding the corpses

with multiheaded union of multiple selves

** he feels a union with the victims (there is probably something more in above verses)

The solution inhaled from the rag I hold holds a maximum vacancy

** this time around through the eyes of the kidnapper: chloroform or some poison

as I held you in crippled bandages don't you stay up and wait for me

** tied up victims are told not to wake up but die and wait for him on the other side

Left dangling in the wind

** he hangs himself

Well... i probably went to far here and there :) and sorry for my english.

The solution inhaled from the rag I hold holds a maximum vacancy as I held you in crippled bandages don't you stay up and wait for me

I always felt that line was form the kidnappers viewpoint, more like he was using chloroform on a rag, which would definitely make you maximally vacant, no clue about the crippled bandages part, but would work well with the "Don't you stay up and wait for me".... Definately one of the highlights from Octahedron.