I'll be hiding in the shadows
I'll be waiting in the dark
To drive this blade
Straight through your heart
I'll drag your body to the car
As blood races down my arm
I think everyone will wonder
Where you are, do you?

I'll hide you in my walls
Your body will never be found
I'll wear your skin as a suit,
Pretend to be you
Your friends will like you
More than they used to

Dear diary, my teen angst bullshit
Has a body count
I believe its six going on seven now

I've been dreaming about you
In a pool of your own blood
With your eyes gouged out
By the work of my thumbs
The scent of your insides
From under the floorboards
The perfect perfume
To settle a score.

I'll hide you in my walls
Your body will never be found
I'll wear your skin as a suit,
Pretend to be you
Your friends will like you
More than they used to
Pretend to be you,
Your friend will like you
More than they used to
Ride the wings of pestilence



Lyrics submitted by ThriftWhore

Track duration: 04:21

"Ride the Wings of Pestilence" as written by Derek Alan Bloom, James Darrell Hargrove, Travis Brandon Richter, Jon Weisberg

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:this is one of my favorite songs by fftl second to Waltz Moore. I get quite the mental picture when I listen to this song.... I Like it.
    Flag emptinesson January 31, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Oi i read about Ed Gein, and i got shivers. FFTL<3
    Flag askingalexandriassecretloveron January 01, 2011   Link
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    My Opinion:This song is pretty straight forward of what it means. lol
    I love the song, nonetheless; no matter how demented it is. ;)
    Flag CrazyyMusicon November 26, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:when i first heard this song and read the lyrics, i thought the song is speaking for kids who are getting bullied at school constantly and then snap.

    "i'll wear your skin as a suit
    pretend to be you
    your friends will like you more than they used to"

    meaning the bullied child is different from the bully and people will notice the difference and like him more than they used to because he's not bullying.

    it's hard to explain but does anyone get what i'm trying to say?
    Flag FFTLjunkieon August 19, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:I think DryEraseSmile has it right. The song is about teenagers who change themselves repeatedly to fit in. It talks about "teen angst" as this disease that's spreading throughout today's youth. The song describes it as something that will sneak up on you, kill you violently...

    [Hiding behind the shadows, I'll be waiting in the dark, to drive this blade straight through your heart]

    ...and then assume your identity, where presumably people (i.e., the kids you hang around) like you better.

    [I'll hide you in my walls, Your body will never be found, I'll wear your skin as a suit, Pretend to be you, Your friends will like you more than they used to]

    And the metaphor is so true too. It eludes to how many normal-looking young kids seemingly fall victim overnight to "teen angst" over and over again...

    [Dear diary, My teen angst bullshit has a body count. I believe it's 6 going on 7 now, 7 now]

    ...totally normal one day, then reinventing themselves as some depressed teen, pretending like they have it hard just so they have an excuse to do stupid stff, like hurt themselves, do drugs, or in general act rebellious. Then the next thng you know, their "new identity" (e.g., reinvented screamo scenester) wastes no time in revelling in the "murder" of their old self.

    [I'll be dreaming about you, In a pool of your own blood. With your eyes gouged out, By the work of my thumbs.
    The scent of your insides, From under the floor boards. Is the perfect perfume for settling the score.]

    And again, especially in their eyes where they go from show to show and see all the same scene kids, the "teen angst" phenomemon probably looks like a plague [pestilence] that spreads through today's youth, and how kids "ride" it, as if were some fun thing and not at all realizing that it's destructive nature.
    Flag spearholderon August 05, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:i think this song is about getting revenge because of the part where he says:

    "From under the floor boards.
    Is the perfect perfume for settling the score."

    its getting revenge on a person who is a jerk to all the ppl around them. it could be an ex, or even a best friend who stole his girlfriend.
    Flag blink182FEREVERRon September 15, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this song is pure amazingness.
    i cant say for sure what Sonny's inspiration for this song was, but i can say that i believe that it is one of the best songs in years. its dark, and macabre, and it draws you in.
    it sounds evil, and a little bit hot at the same time.
    Flag BunnyBethon June 28, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:you guys got the meaning all wrong its talking about changing personalities...this is straight from sonny i think...that or the band. its a metaphor!!!!
    Flag SOTREACHERYon June 25, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:emm i once heard this song is about killing and rapping a 14 year old girl...... emm that might be right but i do think it is
    Flag never_profoundon October 19, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:oh oops, i didn't see the last comment, obvi it is xP
    Flag xopoagsxoon September 29, 2008   Link

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