This will be a post of the lyrics to our music. We will also do a blog on the instrumental part of the tunes as well because those guys speak with a voice that not everyone can understand, regardless of the fact that we all can feel it.
So here i will write out the lyrics and give a rundown of where I was, a brief analogy, and I'll let you be the judge through further dissection as each song means something different to each person, and I dont want to take away from that in any way.
Bled Dry
They tell me it gets better, but I spend each night alone
withdrawn in broken letters; in misery I'd never condone
I'm sick and growing tired; no use in fighting back
mind's full of bleeding failures and words I can never take back
You're bleeding me dry-I'm dying inside; see through my eyes
Bleeding inside-I need a rock to crawl under 'til I die
I've failed again; my path grows darker still
A sea of useless trials; let it stop, I've had my fill
We thought we'd grown out of it, but life's only begun
to throw the worst of what you've ever seen but now you can't run away
You're bleeding me dry-I'm dying inside; see through my eyes
Bleeding inside-I need a rock to crawl under 'til I die-------------
Life is what Im saying is bleeding you dry. A tune written about the trials of life and how we sometimes get wrapped up in a bunch of stupid shit that consumes our lives for a period yet has little affect on the overall outcome of life. I am in recovery from one of these periods as I write this and now believe that sometimes these are the times when we learn the most from other people or ourselves. Still, it is probably best to keep these periods to a minimum as they tend to hurt those around us and not just ourselves...
Dirt In Your Eyes
This could be the last time you throw me away; you have always been a crutch for me
Our lies were so easily made, as is often the case-what tore us apart
The life that we play's not easily saved from the start
If the end could be seen would you trust in me? Trust in me-
The seed is sewn once again,
and the last thing we wanted became the last thing we had
and the rain falls once again-
I find it hard to believe that you found a way inside me
but this hatred i can't concieve, that you've torn me outside from inside again
You took and contorted these lies, and spit them into my face again
I can see the anguish inside your mind and it's bleeding through your skin
It's the last thing you saw inside a life as I throw the dirt in your eyes
And it's bleeding through your skin, I can taste the anger
Wash away your sins with dirt
I've rolled over a thousand times for you and I'm left with something I can't define
The last face you saw was mine as I throw the dirt in your eyes
Leave you in this hole; Can you scratch your own way out?
Darkness fills your soul; I'm the reaper of all; You're in the Soul Hole
You didn't think I had it in me: the guts to hold your life inside of my hand
but the thought's within me-I'm singing into your soul tonight
And now I'll dawn with surprise and tear you off of your throne again
I see hesitation painted on you and it motivates my soul
The last thing you hold onto is life as I throw the dirt in your eyes
And it's bleeding through your skin, wash away the anger
And sanitize your sins with dirt
I've rolled over a thousand times for you and I'm left with something I can't define
The last face you saw was mine as I throw the dirt in your eyes
Leave you in this hole; Can you scratch your own way out?
Darkness fills your soul; I'm the reaper of all; You're in the Soul Hole--------------
This is one of those songs that can be taken a number of ways-The literal translation is that it's about a crazed lover that, after numerous rejections, decides to bury his crush's alive. I actually wrote it metaphorically about that point after a relationship when you have to just bury it and move on, speaking about the relationship and the memories as a physical being almost. But I specifically wrote it in terms of the relationship and memories being sadistically and crazily buried alive because it sounds cool. Too many songs have been written about broken relationships-but how many of them have psycopathic serial killer atitudes in the lyrics?!
Revolution
Now its killing time my friend, I brought you over to show you the end
It's turning and burning and slithering outside, I never knew: I'm a serpent, but this time
I was one brash step away from lashing out at you, with reckless hate my minds eye is coming true
and if you stand in denial, I will puncture your pretty skin while...
...You take this-I'll break it, and smile...The end of the strength you had
Untamely, Insanely; it's wild...your destruction at your own hands
You're broken down now, I'll build it all again, Your falicy in constitution-
NOW REVOLUTION!
Now it's killing time again; one last step away from destruction
This line was made for you: The piss, The hiss, The reason you never knew...
And now I'm in your face; I'm pissed and confronting you
I'm tearing down the tyranny you sent us through
Over, and over, and over again...
This is the end of your EVOLUTION!
We rise up, and light it, afire...The end of an empire
Of all your tyranny we tire...So we tear you down
You're broken down now, I'll build it all again, Your falicy in constitution-
NOW REVOLUTION!---------------------
Obviously a song written about bringing down the government and starting over again...dont get me wrong, I am an absolute patriot, Ive done my time for this country and I love it, and that is why we must take it back for the people. We cannot allow the few to ruin it for the many, and the corruption runs so deep that there may be no other way than violence. Politics and reason and the line of communication have broken down so completely between the people and their representatives that they no longer exemplify the name, they are now elected Dictators. Thomas Jefferson said that there would need to be a revolution that overthrew and recreated the government every 100 years in order to erase the tyranny we impose on ourselves, the Civil War was the first and did not succeed...seems like we're 145 years overdue...
The End
This life is overrated; the effect of going so low
Instill the right fight to change your mind; alter the story; so now it's time
I'm at this feeling again; through my soul again
And when the time is right we'll rise again and write the end
I wrote the book on insanity so when you go crazy point your finger at me
We're bringing stupid back to the level you've seen, as that old line rings
I've let this feeling get ahold of my soul
When the time is right, we hold the key; let's write the end; let's write the end
I'm done bleeding; Forever screaming; Feel no weakness; I'm on my knees
Hear me; Suck me; Fear me; Fuck me;
Show no mercy as we uphold the creed
And if you know it's right to you then spread the dream (the American one)
Fierceness driving out of hiding; Piss runs through my veins and yes...
I wrote the book on insanity so when you go crazy point your finger at me
We're bringing stupid back to the level you've seen, as that old line rings
As that old line rings...
Every time you look in the mirror: it's fate (it's hate)
But the lines grow clear on your face
Are you worried about the things you've done? Will you ever know grace?
Because I am the god of all that you've lost
Now know the cost for greed--------------
Yeah I said it-and we are bringing stupid back! Haha! This song is for vengeance. Revenge. Those that lie in wait; tense, coiled and ready to strike at the first sign of weakness from their enemies. To me it's another song of revolution; the next one I write about won't be because I don't want to preach or wear out the topic, but it is a subject I'm passionate about and thus you will hear my thoughts on the lyrics, or what is this blog for?!
Dublin
Here I am, again, at your beckoning
I see the truth inside your eyes; your lips can't hide anything at all
It is now: the time to unite all our lives for the one
On this island of green: this control's obscene
Will you raise head and stand with me?!
Stand with me!
Take me to the end of the story; take me through the final hour
Show me what you've got deep inside you; raise your fist and stand with me
Mandatory isolationism: the only way to protect yourself
Across the waters the nightmare's crawling; and in the wake of eternal ail
Your retributions cost; your judgments lost; the justification of sin
I'm ringing war's bell; subvergence of hell; invasion was your only course
Into fields of red we wil plunge all our lives for the cause
In your eyes I can see this eternal dream; will you raise your fist and fight with me?!
Fight with me!
Take me to the end of the story; take me through the final hour
Show me what you've got deep inside you; raise your head and stand with me
Your retribution's cost; your judgments lost; the justification of sin
I'm ringing wars bell; subvergence of hell; invasion was your only course
Take me to the end of the story; take me through the final hour
Show me what you've got deep inside you; raise your fist and stand with me
Stand with me! Stand with me! Stand with me!!!-------------------
This song is about the war between Britain and Ireland. It actually started out being called "Doubly" as a way of remembering the song in reference to the opening "doubled" riff. It sounded pretty close to Dublin, and I love Ireland, so the material for the lyrics in this case actually spawned out of the music itself, and war is always good material in my opinion...