To me this song reminds me of someone taking drugs.
Drop that get up
Take it to the streets better lock that kid up
^ This could mean that the dealer should go to jail for messing up lives.
Speak from the cut like a rush of blood
Paint red on the sleeves of the ones you love
^ Drugs destroys families. It severes relationships. It breaks apart what was thought to be indestructable.
Lay the sick ones down and the bells will ring
Put pennies on the eyes, let the dead men sing
^ You're as good as dead if you start on heroin.
It's harder starting over
Than never to have changed
^ It's harder to break the habit than to resist the temptation in the first place.
With blackbirds following me
I'm digging out my grave
They close in swallowing me
The pain it comes in waves
I'm getting back what I gave
^ This works because, by taking drugs, you are technically digging out your own grave. Some can also cause you to hallucinate, hence the feeling of being swallowed by the blackbirds. The pain could come from trying to come off the drug as your body pines away for it (particularly heroin).
I sweat through the sheet as daylight fades
As I waste away
It traps me inside mistakes I've made
That's the price I pay
^ The first two lines definitely talk about trying to break the habit of drugs to me. This feeling of pining away for the chemical constantly reminds the narrator of the mistake they made in taking the drug in the first place, which is described in the next two lines.
I drop to the floor like I did before
Stop watching I'm coughing I can't be more
What I want and what I need are a constant war
Like a well full of poison or a rotten core
The blood goes thin, the fever stings
And I shake from the hell that the habits bring
Lay the sick ones down, the bells will ring
Put pennies on the eyes, let the dead men sing
This could also be about the side effects of coming off a drug, but it could also be about an overdose.
Chester took drugs when he was younger - could this be him talking about it?
Let me know what you guys think.
To me this song reminds me of someone taking drugs. Drop that get up Take it to the streets better lock that kid up ^ This could mean that the dealer should go to jail for messing up lives. Speak from the cut like a rush of blood Paint red on the sleeves of the ones you love ^ Drugs destroys families. It severes relationships. It breaks apart what was thought to be indestructable. Lay the sick ones down and the bells will ring Put pennies on the eyes, let the dead men sing ^ You're as good as dead if you start on heroin.
It's harder starting over Than never to have changed ^ It's harder to break the habit than to resist the temptation in the first place.
With blackbirds following me I'm digging out my grave They close in swallowing me The pain it comes in waves I'm getting back what I gave ^ This works because, by taking drugs, you are technically digging out your own grave. Some can also cause you to hallucinate, hence the feeling of being swallowed by the blackbirds. The pain could come from trying to come off the drug as your body pines away for it (particularly heroin).
I sweat through the sheet as daylight fades As I waste away It traps me inside mistakes I've made That's the price I pay ^ The first two lines definitely talk about trying to break the habit of drugs to me. This feeling of pining away for the chemical constantly reminds the narrator of the mistake they made in taking the drug in the first place, which is described in the next two lines.
I drop to the floor like I did before Stop watching I'm coughing I can't be more What I want and what I need are a constant war Like a well full of poison or a rotten core The blood goes thin, the fever stings And I shake from the hell that the habits bring Lay the sick ones down, the bells will ring Put pennies on the eyes, let the dead men sing
This could also be about the side effects of coming off a drug, but it could also be about an overdose.
Chester took drugs when he was younger - could this be him talking about it? Let me know what you guys think.