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One foot in front of the other
One foot back to counter it
Days like these you've got to find it in some other way
It's all or nothing baby
Avalanche, start inside of me
Avalanche, down through the trees
Avalanche, start inside of me
Avalanche, hell down through the trees
If everyone's a casualty
Then take your time there ain't no trouble
If the weather's fine and we're feeling crazy
There's always drinks and dancing in the rubble
I'm spinning and you're spinning
The world's spinning and we're laughing
And I'm charming, the devil's charming
And we're ruined but we're still building
And I'm selling and you're counting
The world's stopping but we keep going
And we're ruthless and we're cunning
And I'm heir to it all
Days like these you've got to find it in some other way
It's all or nothing baby
Avalanche, start inside of me
Avalanche, down through the trees
Avalanche, start inside of me
Avalanche, hell down through the trees
The key is to your kingdom
The key is to your heart
Neither one a doorway
But both of them a part
So one foot in front of the other
One foot back to counter it
Days like these you've got to find it in some other way
It's all or nothing baby
Avalanche, start inside of me
Avalanche, down through the trees
Avalanche, start inside of me
Avalanche, hell down through the trees
If everyone's a casualty
Then take your time there ain't no trouble
If the weather's fine and we're feeling crazy
There's always drinks and dancing in the rubble
I'm spinning and you're spinning
The world's spinning and we're laughing
And I'm charming, the devil's charming
And we're ruined but we're still building
And I'm selling and you're counting
The world's stopping but we keep going
And we're ruthless and we're cunning
And I'm heir to it all
Days like these you've got to find it in some other way
It's all or nothing baby
Avalanche, start inside of me
Avalanche, down through the trees
Avalanche, start inside of me
Avalanche, hell down through the trees
The key is to your kingdom
The key is to your heart
Neither one a doorway
But both of them a part
So one foot in front of the other
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I love the whole middle section of the song that starts with "If everyone's a casualty...". The lyrics are great and the words flow so seamlessly together that you get sort of wrapped up in the snowball that is forming. By the end of the sequence the avalanche is in full effect, with the destroyed "I'm heir to it all" audio. I can't get over how powerful it is, to hear that line chopped to pieces and stretched on top of the seriously epic instrumentation. One of the most memorable and absolutely disarming song sequences of the generation.
I think it's about Beautiful Midnight and how it kind of haunted Matt, let him know that he didn't want to get so locked in. And he had to put on a show for the fans, meanwhile an avalanche was starting inside of him.
Or it could be about people trying to take over the world in a mono-cultural society, and that it wouldn't matter if you did or didn't.
Apparently this is Matt's favorite song of the decade that is by him. His favorite that he didn't do is 'The World is not a Cold Dead Place'.
This key is to your kingdom
This key is to your heart
Neither one a doorway
But both of them a( )part
??
I understand the first 3 lines, but I don't get the last one.
Confusion, evil in the form of charm, self destruction, self improvement, destroying the world while building it into our modern way, selfishness, inheriting the good and the evil left behind by past generations, and trying to find a reason or distraction to maintain a positive mindset and keep going.
"Avalanche, start inside of me"
These two lyrics and the menacing progression of the musical part of this song always struck me as meaning "mental illness" long before Matthew went public with his issues.. I have a mental illness so maybe that is why I picked that meaning out of the song.
I just like that this song is sort of gentle mostly but at the same time so very angry.
Any guesses on what that "this key's to your kingdom" bit is about? It's kind of stumped me.