This song is about a serial killer. Yes, it sounds like a romance song, but I really can't help but think the deeper meaning is a serial killer. Walk with me here.
"Eyes white, I keep out of sight
This city's just not pretty like it used to be"
The serial killer was never caught, but had to stop to keep from getting caught. But, the city they live in isn't as pretty now that the dredges of society - in their eyes, the ones they used to kill - are piled up because no one has killed them.
"It's always a nightmare, it's never a dream
The promise we make to kill the days between
They live in the heartbeat and sleep til the light is gone"
This is referring to the promise they made with themselves - to not get caught, to not kill anymore because they don't want to get caught. But, it's a nightmare trying to keep the urge to kill down.
"It's been so long
Feels like pins and needles in my heart
So long
I can feel it tearing me apart"
The desire to kill is almost like a "pins and needles" feeling, always there in the back of their mind, egging them on. But, it must be contained and the struggle is tearing them apart.
"To the bed the left unsaid
Crawl in from outside my window
Hands red and cold as the dead
A pity they're not pretty like they used to be"
This is the wish and the need to not get caught welling up inside and causing a nightmare - they imagine that they went out and killed someone, but were sloppy about it and came home covered in blood, it's not as pretty anymore because they're freaking out about the police instead of savoring it.
I absolutely adore TBM! And Chibi's vocals here were hauntingly amazing - they were the whole reason I couldn't see this song just being a love song, the vocals were a little too dark to be just a love song, and really - it's the Birthday Massacre! When are any of their songs "just" one thing? =D
This song is about a serial killer. Yes, it sounds like a romance song, but I really can't help but think the deeper meaning is a serial killer. Walk with me here.
"Eyes white, I keep out of sight This city's just not pretty like it used to be" The serial killer was never caught, but had to stop to keep from getting caught. But, the city they live in isn't as pretty now that the dredges of society - in their eyes, the ones they used to kill - are piled up because no one has killed them.
"It's always a nightmare, it's never a dream The promise we make to kill the days between They live in the heartbeat and sleep til the light is gone"
This is referring to the promise they made with themselves - to not get caught, to not kill anymore because they don't want to get caught. But, it's a nightmare trying to keep the urge to kill down.
"It's been so long Feels like pins and needles in my heart So long I can feel it tearing me apart"
The desire to kill is almost like a "pins and needles" feeling, always there in the back of their mind, egging them on. But, it must be contained and the struggle is tearing them apart.
"To the bed the left unsaid Crawl in from outside my window Hands red and cold as the dead A pity they're not pretty like they used to be"
This is the wish and the need to not get caught welling up inside and causing a nightmare - they imagine that they went out and killed someone, but were sloppy about it and came home covered in blood, it's not as pretty anymore because they're freaking out about the police instead of savoring it.
I absolutely adore TBM! And Chibi's vocals here were hauntingly amazing - they were the whole reason I couldn't see this song just being a love song, the vocals were a little too dark to be just a love song, and really - it's the Birthday Massacre! When are any of their songs "just" one thing? =D