A really great song, though pretty depressing when you actually read the lyrics. Ha. One of my favorite lines in the whole album: "And you're standing on the edge holding a rose."
The singer is a pessimist and thinks suffering is all there is to life. He's directing the song at an opposing optimist, telling her that life is pointless and shitty etc. The story justfuckingtouchme posted makes perfect sense with the song.
I think the basic idea of the song is that many people can be optimistic, but it may be just because they haven't seen or felt what real pain is like. Sometimes that real pain is enough to destroy the value of life for someone who has experienced it, justifying suicide, explaining just why those Russian soldiers would want to off themselves.
A really great song, though pretty depressing when you actually read the lyrics. Ha. One of my favorite lines in the whole album: "And you're standing on the edge holding a rose."
The singer is a pessimist and thinks suffering is all there is to life. He's directing the song at an opposing optimist, telling her that life is pointless and shitty etc. The story justfuckingtouchme posted makes perfect sense with the song.
I think the basic idea of the song is that many people can be optimistic, but it may be just because they haven't seen or felt what real pain is like. Sometimes that real pain is enough to destroy the value of life for someone who has experienced it, justifying suicide, explaining just why those Russian soldiers would want to off themselves.
Someone hug this guy or something.