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We escape from the house
As the day disappears from the sky
Into night
We became what we wanted to be
Like a dream or a ghost
I collapse out of turn
Near a house
Lying still in the grass and felt the heat from the ground
Rising up to contract and expand like a breath
We escape from that place
Soaked with sweat and the poison we drank
Fill the bathtub with ice and hope this fever will break
Like a heart
Easily
But I do not recall all the words that were formed
On those wire lips as they greeted me
A promise was made without though as the temperature climbed
And I started to sink like the moon
Tends to do if you stare at it too long
Then you blink and it's gone
And we crawl to our sleep with the dawn
I awake in the light feeling hollow and selfishly warm
Close the blinds and retreat until what is burning is gone
And its light is away
Then we are back in the dark
Chasing nothing through backyards and trees
You ripped your shirt on a fence but it didn't get me
Yeah, it's fear
It makes you so low
And these creatures look crooked
Their shadows cut lines through my face
And the concrete is fire
Where my bare feet are placed
In a line next to yours
And I guess I'm not sure if it was fear that was born
As those awful eyes made their claim on us
I put my hands on the fence
Said your name
And I started to climb
And it must have been sweat but I drank it like wine
It was sweet and my mouth was dry
I heard you scream but I made no reply
I can still taste it now if I try
As the day disappears from the sky
Into night
We became what we wanted to be
Like a dream or a ghost
I collapse out of turn
Near a house
Lying still in the grass and felt the heat from the ground
Rising up to contract and expand like a breath
We escape from that place
Soaked with sweat and the poison we drank
Fill the bathtub with ice and hope this fever will break
Like a heart
Easily
But I do not recall all the words that were formed
On those wire lips as they greeted me
A promise was made without though as the temperature climbed
And I started to sink like the moon
Tends to do if you stare at it too long
Then you blink and it's gone
And we crawl to our sleep with the dawn
I awake in the light feeling hollow and selfishly warm
Close the blinds and retreat until what is burning is gone
And its light is away
Then we are back in the dark
Chasing nothing through backyards and trees
You ripped your shirt on a fence but it didn't get me
Yeah, it's fear
It makes you so low
And these creatures look crooked
Their shadows cut lines through my face
And the concrete is fire
Where my bare feet are placed
In a line next to yours
And I guess I'm not sure if it was fear that was born
As those awful eyes made their claim on us
I put my hands on the fence
Said your name
And I started to climb
And it must have been sweat but I drank it like wine
It was sweet and my mouth was dry
I heard you scream but I made no reply
I can still taste it now if I try
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Track duration: 04:05
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We escape from the house
As the day disappears from the sky
Into night
We became what we wanted to be <--when you are on drugs you believe you can be anything
Like a dream or a ghost
I collapse out of turn <--- drugs
Soaked with sweat and the poison we drank
Fill the bathtub with ice and hope this fever will break <-- drinking and doing coke gives you the sweats
I awake in the light feeling hollow and selfishly warm
Close the blinds and retreat until what is burning is gone <-- hungover
And its light is away
Then we are back in the dark
Chasing nothing through backyards and trees
You ripped your shirt on a fence but it didn't get me
Yeah, it's fear
It makes you so low
And these creatures look crooked
Their shadows cut lines through my face
And the concrete is fire
Where my bare feet are placed
In a line next to yours
And I guess I'm not sure if it was fear that was born
As those awful eyes made their claim on us
I put my hands on the fence
Said your name
And I started to climb
And it must have been sweat but I drank it like wine
It was sweet and my mouth was dry
I heard you scream but I made no reply
I can still taste it now if I try
^-- this is either they are imagining getting chased by cops, because he does say chased nothing into the backyard. or actually getting chased by cops. there shoes are of and they are in a line and then they try to run away.
i dont think there is a girl involved at all or anything about love. This was recorded during a time in Conors life where he was all sorts of f*cked up. so yeah, its about drugs.
I like the title- "The Awful Sweetness of Escaping Sweet"
He gets a thrill or feels better after escaping LOVE, something that has the potential of being anamazing and sweet thing. And there's a twisted sweetness for him when he gets away from that- possibly the awful satisfaction of breaking someone's heart, or just the freedom that comes with being alone.
"We became what we wanted to be, like a dream or a ghost."
They had imagined what it would be like to be together. Maybe his lover found it a dream, but Conor thought of it more as a ghost- not as good as he was expecting OR reminded him or a former lover.
I LOVE the line,
"Fill the bathtub with ice, hope this fever will break, like a heart; easily."
The fact that he built up this imaginary love and when it really came about it was ghostly and not has he imagined and didn't want it anymore.
Or that he possibly DID love this person and he didn't like the feeling because he expected it to just be a fling and was hoping it would break like a fever.
Either way, it's like he closed up after this.
"I do not recall all the words that were formed....Then you blink and it's gone."
^ Again, the closing up, shutting off.
He says, "We crawl to our sleep with the dawn." And goes into the "Isn't it the same mistake??! It's not much of an escape."
Like just trying to sleep it off isn't enough.
He has to leave all together.
He feels hollow and selfishly warm, waits until what's burning is gone and returns when it's dark.
Like he feels slight regret about the whole thing.
Possibly feels bad about what he's going to do- Act like he loves this person and then leave.
or Really does love this person and is selfishly leaving because he doesn't want to deal with what comes with a relationship.
Then it's almost like he's talking down to his lover,
"You ripped your shirt on the fence, but it didn't get me.
YEAH, IT'S FEAR. IT MAKES YOU SLOW."
Like, that person is sacred because they are under the impression that they have something together and are scared of losing it.
The fence might also be a kind of metaphor.
The fence is love and it caught Conor's lover, but not him (or he's just in denial).
Love is a weird feeling- so much excitement mixed with fear.
"And I guess I'm not sure if it's fear that was born as those awful eyes made their claim on us.
Said your name and I started to climb.
......
I heard you scream but I made no reply.
I can still taste it now if I try."
Those Awful Eyes may have been love or some kind of strong feelings and that DID scare Conor.
He said his lover's name because he possibly did care.
But then when he heard them scream, he made no reply.
Meaning he cared less, or convinced himself how silly is it to love someone.
The very last line slows reflection. He he can still taste it if he tries after all that time,
then it really must have meant something to him.
Especially for him to have written a song about it.
Love it, really.
I also wish he'd redo it and clean it up a little, but it probably wouldn't be the same.
This version is so raw and powerful even with the shitty quality of the recording.
Sorry this got so long :[
yeah it's fear
it makes you slow "
this is my favorite part of the song. to me he's saying the person he's with was afraid and so ripped their shirt with hesitation. he had no fear though and so didn't get caught on the fence. i love that it seems he's saying he had no fear. that makes me smile
i get the feeling of a young love, and i liked the idea of the wire lips being her mad about something leaving perhaps and he promises her that it wont happen again, that they'll be together forever and then he ends up turning his back on her
then again i see like the song being not to metaphorical (which is rarely true) and they are just young and crazy running around and get caught by the cops maybe and he says "And the concrete is fire
Where my bare feet are placed In a line next to yours" like the get caught doing something and are standing there getting in trouble by the police lets say and the police are judging them and their actions, "As those awful eyes made their claim on us" and he gets freaked out and turns and climbs a fence and leaves her their to face the consequences on her own.
it could be a combination of the two as well.
anyway agreed best song from "a collection.." he makes the scratchy poor quality of this album work for this song and it is absolutely amazing
it didn't occur to me that it could be about homosexual actions, but that's possible. i was thinking for along the lines of him falling for a girl and trying to make her stick around, but in the end giving up because he knows he can't do the impossible. "i heard your scream but i made no reply."
i really like the part about the moon. the moon might symbolize the relationship he had with the girl, it sinks until it dissapears. or maybe not. it could just only describe how he feels.
i like the part where it says, "i put my hands on the fence, said your name, and i started to climb". this shows determination and courage, i think. like he can only make it over the fence with the girl...or guy...as others said above.
you can hear the shame and guilt and fear in his voice when he sings this song, and i agree with the other person who said that they should never re-record it. it would lose it's perfection.
Like, he's in a relationship with some guy and is paranoid of people finding out and how they would react. And the ending would imply that he left the guy because he couldn't handle those feelings of fear.
Well, at least that's my impression of the song...
It's such a great song!!! The lyrics are some of Conor's best.