in the closest alley
in the first doorway
he pushed up against her
and closed his eyes
he said, this is probably
the worst decision that i've ever made
she laughed and smiled
she said, i'm sure you do this all the time, right, right, right, right, right?
and the morning came
and the city woke
into the buildings
people all went to work
as their rides out of town came
they parted ways
she said, do you know when you're coming back again?
dig it deeper, deeper and farther still
bury it up and over and into the ground
all these lies will grow in ways
that we never thought possible
quiet down, down, down
so soft of a sound
you can hear it all come back after you
now you want to take it back
you think you might have fucked up
waking dreams of concrete
deafening panic, cracked skull
there is yelling all around
get up, get up, please start breathing
and the moment will come when you finally realize
the results of decisions and choices in your life
can you hear it all come back after you?
going down, down, down
so soft of a sound
you can hear it all come back after you



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    General Comment:Is this song about a gender dysphoria? Sounds like a guy who has a drink, cross-dresses, realizes he is being the real him for the first time in his life.. That other him takes on persona in his mind, and asks him when she can come back.. Literally creating a crossroads in his life where he has to choose if he is going to continue his life as it has been, or choose this other route that he might have been too ashamed to admit before, but which is now staring him dead in the face. So he shoves it out of shame, and tries to bury it deep within the soft, hollow shell that he's been living in this entire time. He later realises he buried what he truly was, and there's all these people yelling around him in support of him being true to himself (fans of the band, LGBT supporters, etc). Maybe I'm a bit off though...
    Flagged thoughtfulwinoon February 14, 2013   Link
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    Song Meaning: I've got to slightly disagree with you all. I think it's actually a pretty straight-forward song. One night a guy meets a girl in a bar. He knows that a one night stand is a mistake. The next morning they both have to head out of town. He doesn't want it to go any further, but she wants to see him again. When she persists he pushes her away. She hits her head on the concrete and dies in front of all the other people on their way to work. Everyone around is yelling "get up, get up, please start breathing."
    Flag Sketch2on February 05, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning: I've got to slightly disagree with you all. I think it's actually a pretty straight-forward song. One night a guy meets a girl in a bar. He knows that a one night stand is a mistake. The next morning they both have to head out of town. He doesn't want it to go any further, but she wants to see him again. When she persists he pushes her away. She hits her head on the concrete and dies in front of all the other people on their way to work. Everyone around is yelling "get up, get up, please start breathing."
    Flag Sketch2on February 05, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:I'd only heard the acoustic version of this song until two minutes ago. I think it's about is maybe someone from a band having sex with some fangirl, or maybe raping her.
    "I'm sure you do this all the time, right?"
    And her repeated asking is being unsure about the whole situation.

    Then she's found in the morning, used and abused; entirely ruined.
    And then she hears it all coming back after her.
    Flag aychbeeon April 13, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:best song title ever
    Flag cochise215on January 03, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Well judging by the title and lyrics I think it's about hooking up with a fat chick and then killing her.
    Flag *sway*on July 04, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:wow i suddenly got this idea of this guy hooking up with this way younger girl.Then they sort of start to date. Its all cool until he realizes the impact of this decision and how society (especially family, friends and coworkers) look down on this type of relationship. still, i think hobophobe has it.
    Flag Rocky1867on November 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:sorry for the long post. lyrics truncated for brevity.

    [[in the closest alley
    TO
    right, right, right, right, right?]]

    it's not clear if they just met or not but she's not a hooker. this is clearly a passionate affair. the man already knows he is going to regret his decision and even says so but of course they fuck anyways right, right, right....

    [[and the morning came
    TO
    she said, do you know when you're coming back again?]]

    they had sex and it was good and she wants him to come back.

    [[dig it deeper, deeper and farther still
    TO
    you can hear it all come back after you]]

    No matter how hard you try to forget your bad decisions the consequences will always find a way to eventually come back and fuck up your life in ways you never thought possible.

    [[now you want to take it back
    TO
    you can hear it all come back after you]]

    I do not believe the first and second verse are the same story. The fact that he uses "he" in the first verse "you" in the second pretty much confirms this. I'm pretty sure the second verse is about what it might be like for you to be in a drunken car crash. Imagine yourself waking up bloody and dazed on the street, people are screaming, you see your friend somewhere in the wreckage with blood pouring from their head. "get up, get up, please start breating" is probably what you would be saying.

    THE MOMENT WILL COME WHEN YOU FINALLY REALIZE
    THE RESULTS OF DECISIONS AND CHOICES IN YOUR LIFE.

    These two lines pretty much sum up the whole song. Make good decisions and hopefully bad things won't happen to you.
    Flag hobophobeon May 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:it doesnt fully convince me shes a prostitute
    mabye she was just some girl that he (the character not tom) got drunk and came back to a building where they had sex....the next day she wanted to see him again and he didnt want anyone to know that he banged her so he killed her....and for the rest of his life he wont be able to sleep at night because he knows shes waiting in his nightmares :D
    Flag itsmyisliandon April 16, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:wow
    this is probably something tom experienced
    mabye he had a one night stand?!
    mabye it came back at him?!
    it happens!
    Flag itsmyisliandon February 04, 2008   Link

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