In a recent track-by-track with Rocksound.TV, Michael Poulson stated that “This song is similar lyrically to one we did on Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies called ‘The Hangman’s Body Count.’ You have the Grim Reaper knocking on your door. He lives underground and suddenly he must decide who he has to take that day. So, when people hear the sirens, everyone gets paranoid because they think, ‘Okay, one of us has to go…’ It’s a funny lyric, but it’s also kind of serious because it’s a reminder, again, to get stuff done while we’re awake. Otherwise, the reaper might turn on his sirens and knock on your door and say, ‘it is time.’ It might not always be the post man who knocks on the door…”
What he's trying to say is that everybody fears the reaper coming knocking on our doors and taking us away. It's the paranoia of death that encapsulates our life; Fearing the siren signaling the reaper coming to collect.
In a recent track-by-track with Rocksound.TV, Michael Poulson stated that “This song is similar lyrically to one we did on Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies called ‘The Hangman’s Body Count.’ You have the Grim Reaper knocking on your door. He lives underground and suddenly he must decide who he has to take that day. So, when people hear the sirens, everyone gets paranoid because they think, ‘Okay, one of us has to go…’ It’s a funny lyric, but it’s also kind of serious because it’s a reminder, again, to get stuff done while we’re awake. Otherwise, the reaper might turn on his sirens and knock on your door and say, ‘it is time.’ It might not always be the post man who knocks on the door…”
What he's trying to say is that everybody fears the reaper coming knocking on our doors and taking us away. It's the paranoia of death that encapsulates our life; Fearing the siren signaling the reaper coming to collect.