The time required for the activity of a substance taken into the body to lose one half its initial effectiveness. (This I believe is important in deciphering what the song is exactly about, I believe it is about a drug....Specifically cocaine.)
"Styling your shroud
Infecting the crowd
Steady letting the fruit of her thrill
Fool you so well"
I think styling your shroud means concealing your internal pain by use of a drug, and possibly infecting the crowd means you're having an impact on those around you and in a negative way. "Her" I believe is the drug and not an actual person, and gradually you let in the effects of this drug but it's fooling you because it won;t last for long and will probably end up doing more harm to you eventually.
"Fictitious styles of living
We've expected to work
But this is all your giving
Half of what your worth
Pigeon hold in battles
Overtones of snow in her clutch
Falling through lines
One more breath destroys the best of you
The death of you"
You're not living in reality when on this drug, and are just fooling yourself in the process and doing it quite easily because of the need for the drug. And possibly the ending of this verse is describing an overdose.
"A precious gift embedded deep within your skin
But parasitic pleasures are closer than kin
Please expose your shadows
Such concerns are products of love
Falling in lies
One more fraud destroys our trust in you
Our love for you"
This describes the pleasure of the drug being more important to you than any people ever could be, including family. And if somebody were to address your habit, they would be doing it in an effort to help you. But you lie about your habit, and you're no longer trustworthy or an honest person as the drug has taken over you and you love the drug more than loved ones so they in return do not love you anymore.
"As you kiss the abstract
And pray it's everything you'd hoped for
The smell of her, the thrill of her
The fruit of her, the use of her
Is killing everything that you've worked for"
Distancing yourself further from reality, throwing your life away. it's also interesting that the very origin of the word "Half-Life" in 1864, meant unsatisfactory way of living.
"Half Life"
The time required for the activity of a substance taken into the body to lose one half its initial effectiveness. (This I believe is important in deciphering what the song is exactly about, I believe it is about a drug....Specifically cocaine.)
"Styling your shroud Infecting the crowd Steady letting the fruit of her thrill Fool you so well"
I think styling your shroud means concealing your internal pain by use of a drug, and possibly infecting the crowd means you're having an impact on those around you and in a negative way. "Her" I believe is the drug and not an actual person, and gradually you let in the effects of this drug but it's fooling you because it won;t last for long and will probably end up doing more harm to you eventually.
"Fictitious styles of living We've expected to work But this is all your giving Half of what your worth Pigeon hold in battles Overtones of snow in her clutch Falling through lines One more breath destroys the best of you The death of you"
You're not living in reality when on this drug, and are just fooling yourself in the process and doing it quite easily because of the need for the drug. And possibly the ending of this verse is describing an overdose.
"A precious gift embedded deep within your skin But parasitic pleasures are closer than kin Please expose your shadows Such concerns are products of love Falling in lies One more fraud destroys our trust in you Our love for you"
This describes the pleasure of the drug being more important to you than any people ever could be, including family. And if somebody were to address your habit, they would be doing it in an effort to help you. But you lie about your habit, and you're no longer trustworthy or an honest person as the drug has taken over you and you love the drug more than loved ones so they in return do not love you anymore.
"As you kiss the abstract And pray it's everything you'd hoped for The smell of her, the thrill of her The fruit of her, the use of her Is killing everything that you've worked for"
Distancing yourself further from reality, throwing your life away. it's also interesting that the very origin of the word "Half-Life" in 1864, meant unsatisfactory way of living.