It's so nice sitting very still,
In a room where no one else can feel, the pain that breaks my heart each day
I'm not okay.
Sunlight shining through my window, let's me know that I'm still alive
But why did I ever let you inside my heart?
I'm such a fool.
I paint my face in shades of blood and grey and take a seat right next to me
But I should have known that you were a killer.
But now I'm dead.

A gaping hole, shot through my heart
A lost connection from your poison dart
Shot from your tongue to end my life.
But If your Blowing at the fire to light your strife.

You'll never know, oh yeah, you'll never know, oh no.
The hardest thing about dying is, knowing you'll never see the light of day.

A gaping hole...(shot through my heart)
A lost connection from your poison dart.
My head now spins and my ears bleed gold.
I try so fucking hard, but I can't fit your mold.

The hardest thing about dying is, knowing you'll never see the light of day.
The hardest thing about dying is, knowing you'll never see the light of day.

You ripped my heart out, you tore my eyes out, now you're gonna pay.
I'll stab you one time.
I'll eat your heart out, so you feel my pain.
Don't you know that I always see you in all of my dreams?

I wanna kill you.
I wanna kill you now.
I'm insane.
(x3)



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Track duration: 04:11

"One Eight Seven" as written by Garrett Michael Zablocki Michael John Glita

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    General Comment:This song is my favorite of all time. It's about a time in your life that you have been so completely in love with someone else and they "killed you". Took away everything that you had. You are so broken that you would give anything to make them feel the same way that they've made you feel. He doesn't really want to kill her in the song but he rather wants to make her feel the way that he feels which is essentially like dying. So much passion in this song and in every senses fail song. That is why they are my favorite band of all time and this is a wonderful song.
    Flag Smilingsam18on October 07, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this song is the reason why i'm attracted to the post hardcore emo music. i started listening to senses fail in september last year, and i haven't stopped listening to them since.

    the meaning of this song is pretty self explanitory, he allowed himself to fall in love with a girl, who then proceeded to leave him. so if love is the greatest feeling someone can have, then hate is the worst. the higher you are, the further you drop so he went from love to pure unadulterated spite towards himself and the girl.

    187 is the californian penal code for murder, and it's apparent he wants to murder the girl that stole his heart. this song is one of the most emotional songs i've heard, and is the reason the post hardcore genre is so amazing. i love the implementation of the screaming towards the end, and the way the guitars and drums speed up at the end. The song shifts from the singer bitching about how depressed he is, to how hes turned insane, and the music follows suit.

    my soccer coach recommended this song to me, and i haven't thanked him enough. it's so simple yet so powerful

    10 out of 10 in my book, thanks for reading
    Flag CA18on May 15, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Oh, the unadulterated pain this boy’s feeling and how he expresses it medium of punk rock. A mounting ending. A feeling we’ve all shared. Great song.
    Flag CourtneyDarkoon December 03, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:one of my favs by this band.. next to irony of dying on your bithday
    Flag ZenfullTangerineon July 09, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I AM EMO.
    I HATE THE WORLD.
    THE WORLD HATES ME.
    I HATE EVERYTHING..SO I AM GOING TO CRY.
    BOO EMO PEOPLE.
    Flag TurtleNeckBlueson April 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:im not sure wat the songs about but one eight seven is the police code for a homicide
    Flag little fighteron January 14, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:To me this song could be about breaking up with a girl and being real depressed, he was never good enough for her- hence the "I try so fucking hard, but I can't fit your mold" saying basically I try to be the person you want but I can't and never will. When he says "Why did I ever let you Inside my heart?" I feel like he's saying, I can't believe I let my guard down, I let you in. I actually thought you were the most amazing person and you turn around and say+do these things to me? I think he feels like he was totally deceived, someone he cared about so much would do something like this to him, someone he actually trusted, "I should of known you were a killer." like he should of known the true person she was deep down inside. Now he's extremely pissed, all the built up anger, "Rip your heart out etc." he wants her to feel how he feels, he doesn't really want to kill her it's just like in the context of something he's yelling while he's really fucking mad and sad. I can kind of relate but it's a little different it was a girl who kinda lead me on I treated her like a queen we were great friends. I shared my life story everything personal about me, I felt like she was an angel sent into my life she was amazing. Then she slowly turned into a totally different person and started treating me like complete shit all the time. I kept putting up with it because I didn't want to lose her from my life because I saw how amazing she could be. Some of the stuff she said and did to me made me feel like this song really depressed and I couldn't believe someone I cared about so much could say and do these things to me! I didn't want to kill her but I definitely wanted her to feel as bad as I did. Maybe I'm totally wrong but that's how I relate to it. :D
    Flag marcusismynameon December 19, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:this is a damn good song
    Flag jesushasabeard03on October 12, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I absolutely love this song, and I love playing it in my band... probably my favourite song to sing/scream

    Obviously not a touch on Senses Fail, but we do a pretty good cover of it.
    The ending is just so awesome, I remember at our last show, someone told me that they thought I was actually insane and that I looked like I was gonna kill someone.

    Made me smile
    Flag thesomethingspecialon August 16, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This is the best song on the EP, I just went through a bad breakup 2 weeks ago and I can totally relate to what is said on this song. It actually makes you feel better, anyone who has went through a break-up, this is a highly recommended song to listen to. I just wish I can scream these lyrics to the one who made me go through absolute hell. Love this song, can not count how many times i've listened to it today.
    Flag YouHaveKilledMeon July 28, 2006   Link

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