This is my favorite song on their new album! The melody change between the verses and the chorus catches you off guard and is really unique. The fact that they can make that change sound so fluid is a testament to their talent.
As for the meaning, it seems to be about the depressive phase after a breakup. Although that's a rather cliche meaning behind a rock song, they pull it off in an interesting and original way.
A currency of heartache and sorrow
The air we breathe is stale with mold
To shadows we are slaves digging deeper every day
But emptiness is growing so old
[Their relationship centered around trading pain and misery, but it was always the same and it became too redundant. They remain slaves to their own misfortunes.]
Headlamps light the tunnels we wander
They shimmer and they dance on the walls
We're lost inside these caves as the chances of escape
Grow slimmer 'til there's no chance at all
[There are glimpses of hope, but the longer they remain in the dark about who they are and what they're doing, the harder it is to achieve it.]
This ink, it travels from the page
Up my hand and to my veins
Choking on those stories I've told
If there are words here left to say
I just want to let you know
[Pretty self explanatory. With each song he writes, he becomes submersed in his past issues.]
I'm falling on my knees right now
I'm covered in the mess I made
These colors used to wash right out
But now they are a part of me
And I've been searching for a remedy
When all along it's been in front of me
I need you here, I need you now
Right now
[He used to be able to suppress this depressive feeling, but now it has consumed him. Now that he is aware of this he also becomes aware that it was this person's presence that helped him with misery, but she is long gone.]
We traffic in the blackest of markets
Trade misery like diamonds and gold
The angst that we exchange for applause or petty praise
Is finally now taking its toll
[They look for attention to hold off negativity, but it doesn't work for long.]
But there's a world above the ground
A life that we can lead
We're washing off the dirt from our clothes
I don't want to live without
I just wanna let you know
[Again, pretty self explanatory. We can leave this all behind us and try to get on with our lives.]
(Black stains) they mark me like a letter
(Won't fade) cracking under the pressure
(Black stains) nothing stays gold
[His struggle with pushing out the negativity. He can keep it at bay for awhile, but it always comes back.]
Your voice it washes the stains away
(Wash the stains away)
(Wash the stains away)
[A plea for her to come back and relieve his depression.]
This is my favorite song on their new album! The melody change between the verses and the chorus catches you off guard and is really unique. The fact that they can make that change sound so fluid is a testament to their talent. As for the meaning, it seems to be about the depressive phase after a breakup. Although that's a rather cliche meaning behind a rock song, they pull it off in an interesting and original way.
A currency of heartache and sorrow The air we breathe is stale with mold To shadows we are slaves digging deeper every day But emptiness is growing so old [Their relationship centered around trading pain and misery, but it was always the same and it became too redundant. They remain slaves to their own misfortunes.]
Headlamps light the tunnels we wander They shimmer and they dance on the walls We're lost inside these caves as the chances of escape Grow slimmer 'til there's no chance at all [There are glimpses of hope, but the longer they remain in the dark about who they are and what they're doing, the harder it is to achieve it.]
This ink, it travels from the page Up my hand and to my veins Choking on those stories I've told If there are words here left to say I just want to let you know [Pretty self explanatory. With each song he writes, he becomes submersed in his past issues.]
I'm falling on my knees right now I'm covered in the mess I made These colors used to wash right out But now they are a part of me And I've been searching for a remedy When all along it's been in front of me I need you here, I need you now Right now [He used to be able to suppress this depressive feeling, but now it has consumed him. Now that he is aware of this he also becomes aware that it was this person's presence that helped him with misery, but she is long gone.]
We traffic in the blackest of markets Trade misery like diamonds and gold The angst that we exchange for applause or petty praise Is finally now taking its toll [They look for attention to hold off negativity, but it doesn't work for long.]
But there's a world above the ground A life that we can lead We're washing off the dirt from our clothes I don't want to live without I just wanna let you know [Again, pretty self explanatory. We can leave this all behind us and try to get on with our lives.]
(Black stains) they mark me like a letter (Won't fade) cracking under the pressure (Black stains) nothing stays gold [His struggle with pushing out the negativity. He can keep it at bay for awhile, but it always comes back.]
Your voice it washes the stains away (Wash the stains away) (Wash the stains away) [A plea for her to come back and relieve his depression.]
That's just my interpretation.