Lyric discussion by candykaos 

Cover art for Search and Destroy lyrics by 30 Seconds to Mars

"Search and Destroy" is a military tactic of quickly searching out the enemy, destroying them and withdrawing quickly after this is accomplished. I think this is about searching and destroying one's inner daemons and short comings.

I see you've replied a lot on there new songs! Thanks for that you have great explanations!

I've been listening to this song a lot and really like it, and just curious what is your interpretation of that "a million little pieces, I stole it from you." He says this twice and the second time emphasizes it so what do you think that means? It just kinda stood out to me.

Thanks. I'm not too sure what he's referring to. When I hear "a million little pieces" it reminds me of the fake memoir by James Frey. I haven't read the book but its about batteling drug addiction and his life falling into a million little pieces and overcoming this. So the song and book seem to have similar themes but I'm really not sure if Jared would write a song about that book. Perhaps its saying that these inner demons/problems stole life from him? He broke into a million little pieces and he's saying "let go" to whatever caused his life...

I immediately thought of that book to right when I first heard him sing that line. My friend read that book a couple years ago and so I knew it was about drugs and going into rehab...but I didn't really think of this book as influencing the song. But I could be wrong! But branching off from that and just talking about demons and troubles in general (which are themes of the album) I would say your theory makes sense and I like it! The idea of all these toxic things one does in life taking away years in your...