I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
you cry when you get drunk
and i can't find the right things to say
sooner or later you'll start breaking plates
and i'll do what i can to stay out of your way
there is nobody innocent here
i got more blood on my hands than you do
it's you and it's me and the baby makes three
yeah but we've got our love to carry us through
we've got our love to carry us through
i cry when i'm hungry
something is wrong with my brain
and the ghost of future's awake in the attic
he moans and he wails as he rattles his chain
we embrace on the floor in the kitchen
emissaries from neighboring lands
when i hunt down the vampire who did this to us
i will rip out his heart with my hands
i will rip out his heart with my hands
and i can't find the right things to say
sooner or later you'll start breaking plates
and i'll do what i can to stay out of your way
there is nobody innocent here
i got more blood on my hands than you do
it's you and it's me and the baby makes three
yeah but we've got our love to carry us through
we've got our love to carry us through
i cry when i'm hungry
something is wrong with my brain
and the ghost of future's awake in the attic
he moans and he wails as he rattles his chain
we embrace on the floor in the kitchen
emissaries from neighboring lands
when i hunt down the vampire who did this to us
i will rip out his heart with my hands
i will rip out his heart with my hands
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The song title is the US military's classification of "soft targets." Hard targets being military installations, streets, buildings. Soft targets being people.
This is my favorite song by them. Sooooo beautiful.
Vampire reference may be to another man... a guy that came between the relationship in some way.
"There is no body innocent here/ I've got more blood on my hands than you do" -this could very well be an admission. Things happen and neither of them is innocent in the relationship.
Actually, I believe it to be literal. I think that's a strength of the song. He is actually talking about a vampire. The song is a story, and it wouldn't be the first time he's used those particular themes as such. If it's a metaphor it's a bad one. The second part I agree with you about though. It's a pure admission that they both do terrible things. The song is eerie and the imagery is gothic and haunted. The metaphors are crafted to fit perfectly, the ghost in the attic, etc.