Lyrics for A Song For The Deaf as interpreted by ikari

A Song For The Deaf Lyrics
Nobody’s coming down the hall
Nobody echoes in my head
Broken reflection outta luck
Nobody ever needed it

I got what was
I want to take what's left
Ready now

Beautiful senses are gone
Canary in a gilded cage
Singin

Sweet, soft, and low
I will poison you all
Come closer, racing to your tongue

I got what was
I want to take what's left
No talk will cure
What's lost, or save what's left
For the deaf

The blind can go get fucked
Lie beside the ditch
This halo round my neck
Has torn out every stictch

Who are you hiding
Is it safe for the deaf
Beautiful cancer
Infiltrate and forget
I saw you coming
I heard not a thing
A mistake not to listen
When I knew where you'd been

And I got what was
I want to take what's left
No talk will cure
What's lost, or save what's left
For the deaf

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pixie_mind
03-03-2005

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DArk song.

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unholy platypus
03-21-2005

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great song. although i don't get the "halo around my neck has torn out every stich" part, help understanding would be much appreciated ^_^

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Zeppelinswimmer
03-31-2005

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im at a loss for words too, cool song tho! i like the guitar screaming at the beggining, makes my hair stand up everytime

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freeze43
04-16-2005

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Hi! this is like my first post here, but I think I've found a connection with this song to a previous. If you look at the first verse, it completely contradicts their earlier song "In The Fade" as it goes 'cracks in the ceiling, crooked pictures in the hall, come and breath in, im leaving here tommorow'.
This one seems almost like the same guy has gone crazy with the girl not showing up- he's taken everything that was here-including the crooked pictures as a 'broken reflection' (if we take the pictures to be mirrors or himself) are gone too. Breathing in, too is lost forever, as he wants it all for himself (perhaps a majiuana reference). Remember the previous song being "in the fade"? Well both the blind (which "can go get fucked") and the deaf could definitely be interpreted as being "in the fade", but he isn't sharing whatever was there anymore. The halo round his neck may of represented his previous connections and obligations (that were good)with them (ie In The Fade) but now its a collar around his neck, and has hurt him, so hence the blind and deaf who he helped can 'get fucked'. He knew this before, as "In the Fade" He says 'they dont know ill never do you any good, laughing is easy i would if i could'. Finally, He became 'faded' himself (prob. drug ref.) as he didnt detect who ever he was singing to,probably the same girl(if im right about all this) who was beautiful but a cancer, which obviously killed his previous love that was "In the fade". 'WHen I knew where you'd been' could suggest that he knew she was cheating on him or something. Again, finally, 'what's lost, ill save what's left for the deaf' could reinforce that he is 'faded' as well from the fact he wants to take everything. The canary could be him, in that cage when all those loving senses go from "in the fade", or her, or him before he went on this crazy spree not liking the other faded/blind/deaf and poisoning them.

Or, I could be reading into this waaaaaay too much!

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cabhan
06-16-2005

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does everyone agree that this song is the best song on this album???

i figure thats its maybe...scizophrenia or bipolar...?

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TREXOR
10-10-2005

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ain't about drugs or girls, it's about the same thing as both the lost art of keeping a secret and burn the witch

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Marquez
12-04-2005

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It's a great song... very dark and menacing, though somewhat sad at the core. I don't understand the meaning, though.

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Cubensis
12-06-2005

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man. i really shouldnt be saying pointless crap like this on songmeanings but ya, cabhan. i could definitely say this is the best song on the album. although, then i could just as easily say any other song is the best on this album, just cause the album kicks ass. and a one, a two, a you know what to do!

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Smack Headed
02-28-2006

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Absolutely amazing song, can't think what it's about though. Sounds really dark.

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behle
03-22-2006

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This song's friggin' killer.

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spemcc123
06-14-2006

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sick song, can't quite comprehend the lyrics tho...

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groz_ny
06-19-2006

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I have to agree the song is dark...I think it relates to the person not seeing, or in this case , listening to what's coming. Feeling manipulated or controlled by someone or something that he calls "Nobody". He is numbed by whatever lies or deception that took place. Content in wanting nothing.
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This song relates to JeanPaul Sartre's No Exit. The existential belief in a humankind's need for self definition and the manipulating that can take place during that quest. Listening to what you want to hear but not really hearing or ( seeing ) the manipulation. People tend to show you what you want to see (broken reflections) when they want to manipulate you.
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Im completely wrong...This site should contact the artists and find out what they meant so we can know.

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Qotsa-in-my-blood
07-30-2006

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This is a very dark song....I like freeze43 interpritation! But we won't really know unless the singers reveal there meaning of the song...but isn't it more fun guessing and interpriting and hoping you have got it right!?

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Jefferson719
06-04-2007

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This song is clearly about deaf people.... think about it. How much can it SUCK not being able to hear? Not being able to hear music. If Joshua Hommes were to go deaf that would absolutely destroy him. So he feels most sympathy for the deaf above all.

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HaydenG
07-13-2007

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You guys start this song and in the fade at the same time its sooo wierd

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Beekarry
07-18-2007

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I love the line "The blind can go get fucked" cos my girlfriend's blind, doncha know. am off to listen to this and 'In the Fade' concurrently as suggested.

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FaaipDeOaid
10-08-2008

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I think it's about the deaf having a grudge against the blind or something... how the deaf have the upper hand. I dunno.

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