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[VS1:]
I know I know the sun is hot
Mosquitoes come and suck your blood
Leave you there all alone
Just skin and bone
When you walk among the trees
Listening to the leaves
The further I go the less I know, the less I know
[CH:]
Where will you run?
Where will you hide?
Lullaby´s to paralyze
[VS2:]
Fat and soft, Pink and weak
Foot and thigh, tongue in cheek
You know I´m told they´ll swallow you whole,
Skin and bone
Cutting boards, hanging hooks
Bloody knives, cooking books
Promising you won´t feel a thing at all
[CH2:]
Swallow and chew, eat you alive
All of us food, that hasn't died
[VS3:]
Simmering, pick and pluck
Tenderize, bone to dust
The sweetest grease
The finest meat you´ll never taste
So you scream, whine and yell
The supple sounds of dinner bell
We all will feed the worms and trees so don´t be shy
[CH2:]
Swallow and chew, eat you alive
All of us food, that hasn't died
I know I know the sun is hot
Mosquitoes come and suck your blood
Leave you there all alone
Just skin and bone
When you walk among the trees
Listening to the leaves
The further I go the less I know, the less I know
[CH:]
Where will you run?
Where will you hide?
Lullaby´s to paralyze
[VS2:]
Fat and soft, Pink and weak
Foot and thigh, tongue in cheek
You know I´m told they´ll swallow you whole,
Skin and bone
Cutting boards, hanging hooks
Bloody knives, cooking books
Promising you won´t feel a thing at all
[CH2:]
Swallow and chew, eat you alive
All of us food, that hasn't died
[VS3:]
Simmering, pick and pluck
Tenderize, bone to dust
The sweetest grease
The finest meat you´ll never taste
So you scream, whine and yell
The supple sounds of dinner bell
We all will feed the worms and trees so don´t be shy
[CH2:]
Swallow and chew, eat you alive
All of us food, that hasn't died
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This may seem strange, but I always imagined it was about a tribe of cannibals living out in an oasis somewhere in the desert, and the main character has the misfortune to stumble upon them.
Anyway, it gives me chills. The way he slowly reveals all these little ugly, sickening details... the parts that use the most 'normal' images (cooking books, dinner bells) are the most horrifying. Plus the cold, emotionless way he sings about the victims screaming and begging... eugh.
Fantastic song, though.
After being broken up with from the same guy for the last damn time last winter-- and I was always the one to break up with all the one's previous so I never felt the pain of being dumped until he came along-- this song is pretty much how I felt after. It was all I could listen to, and it emulated exactly how it felt for my heart to bleed. The violins were the bleeding, and the beautiful lonely lute that strums away was the hopelessness I felt.
Josh's lyrics always blend life, love and death, sometimes in a dark way, sometimes in an angry way.
You've got angry and sinister songs like Song For The Deaf, then less angry but just as dark songs like this one. They touch similar themes.
Josh often talks about being with the person that he loves as being a piece of meat for them to carve, and do with as they please. The Blood is Love off Lullabies to Paralyze (geddit? blood/mosquito) is a good example of this. Also take the film clip to Sick, Sick, Sick. It basically depicts parts of what he's describing in this song.
People have hinted at it, my guess he's referring to mosquitoes as people that drain you and leave you.
Being social animals, it's our nature to give ourselves to others, yet, by the same token, you are always presenting yourself to be carved up and drained, so in the end, we're all somebody else's food on an emotional level. You need to feed off others and others need to feed off you.
Just make sure you feed off quality product. Obesity/Type 2 Diabetes is a real problem.
As for the meaning, I think its pretty clear that it is about cannibalism. Thats how I see it at least. Amazing song.
This song is flawless.
Try listening to the themesong for tristram from the first diablo game after this one. It's really cool.
Eat you alive
All of us food that hasn't died
I think this song is more about how the world can pick and tear you apart as you go through life. Not about how meaningless life is, and that all you are is maggot food. If that was so the line "eat you alive" wouldn't be there.