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If there was a single day I could live...
A single breath I could take
I'd trade all the others away.
The blood's on the wall, so you'd might as well just admit it
And bleach out the stains, commit to forgetting it.
You're better off empty and blank, than left with a single pathetic trace of this
Smother another failure, lay this to rest.
Console yourself, you're better alone
Destroy yourself, see who gives a fuck
Absorb yourself, you're better alone
Destroy yourself.
I'll chain you to the truth, for the truth shall set you free
I'll turn the screws of vengeance and bury you with honesty
I'll make all your dreams come to life, then slay them as quickly as they came
Smother another failure, lay this to rest.
Console yourself, you're better alone
Destroy yourself, see who gives a fuck
Absorb yourself, you're better alone
Destroy yourself, see who gives a fuck.
Failure.
If there was a day I could live,
If there was a single breath I could take
I'd trade all the others away
A single breath I could take
I'd trade all the others away.
The blood's on the wall, so you'd might as well just admit it
And bleach out the stains, commit to forgetting it.
You're better off empty and blank, than left with a single pathetic trace of this
Smother another failure, lay this to rest.
Console yourself, you're better alone
Destroy yourself, see who gives a fuck
Absorb yourself, you're better alone
Destroy yourself.
I'll chain you to the truth, for the truth shall set you free
I'll turn the screws of vengeance and bury you with honesty
I'll make all your dreams come to life, then slay them as quickly as they came
Smother another failure, lay this to rest.
Console yourself, you're better alone
Destroy yourself, see who gives a fuck
Absorb yourself, you're better alone
Destroy yourself, see who gives a fuck.
Failure.
If there was a day I could live,
If there was a single breath I could take
I'd trade all the others away
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You're better off dead than to live the rest of your life as a murder, nobody would give a fuck if you died, etc. I'll never let you forget what you've done ("I'll chain you to the truth" and "bury you with honesty").
In the first and final lines, for me it's like the victim is saying if he could live to see the day murderer dies (suicide or otherwise) he would give up every other day of his life just to do so.
If there was a single day I could live...
A single breath I could take
I'd trade all the others away.
Interpretation:
"I would rather live one day happy than a lifetime lonely"
The blood's on the wall, so you'd might as well just admit it
And bleach out the stains, commit to forgetting it.
You're better off empty and blank, than left with a single pathetic trace of this
Interpretation:
"What's done is done. It's already happened, so stop holding on."
Smother another failure, lay this to rest.
Console yourself, you're better alone
Destroy yourself, see who gives a fuck
Absorb yourself, you're better alone
Destroy yourself.
Interpretation:
"Lay the past to rest. Forget it and move on."
"Destroy yourself, see who gives a fuck" applies to the thoughts of suicide. You want to just destroy yourself because you're tired of the loneliness. An ultimate expression of emotion.
I'll chain you to the truth, for the truth shall set you free
I'll turn the screws of vengeance and bury you with honesty
I'll make all your dreams come to life, then slay them as quickly as they came
Interpretation:
"You don't know the truth, but if I had a chance I would prove you wrong."
The last line is a sarcastic way of expression of what happened. The person brought you to life with love, and then hurt you so quickly. You can't understand why somebody could be the one to make you so happy, but then tear you apart.
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This song, at least my interpretation of it, reminds me exactly of my ex and I. She was everything I was looking for, and things were perfect. But I said some things I didn't mean, but she believes they were true. She won't give me a chance to explain the truth. I know she could be happy with me, but I'm done trying. I'll lay it to rest.
A single breath I could take
I'd trade all the others away."
This simply just means that he missed a lot, as in what he could've experienced, because he's been smothered, metaphorically. By another person, maybe family, a relationship, or religion. I related this song to me and my past relationship, and being destroyed by it.
"The blood's on the wall, so you'd might as well just admit it"
He's not talking to anyone else, like the person it has to do with. But he's talking about himself, and YOU, the listener of the song, because you can relate it to something you're going through too, or maybe the same thing, but mostly feeling the same way he does. He's reaching out to YOU.
But this line is saying, just admit it, its over, its dead(whatever it is), the evidence(blood) on the wall says so. But then again, this line could be taken completely different.
"And bleach out the stains, commit to forgetting it"
Forget about it. Forget about and get rid of the memories and impacts its made on you (stains).
"You're better off empty and blank, than left with a single pathetic trace of this"
You'll be better being empty and blank, rather than remembering this, and worrying about it, and being affected by it, and being pathetic and trying to help it or being too upset about it.
"Smother another failure, lay this to rest"
It's another failure, its over, end it.
"Console yourself, you're better alone,
Destroy yourself, see who gives a fuck,
Absorb yourself, you're better alone,
Destroy yourself"
Again, he's talking to YOU, me, himself. Yes, he's telling you to destroy yourself. YOU destroy YOURSELF. Don't let others destroy you. You control yourself, no one else, or nothing else controls your life. But either way, you will get destroyed in life, make it you who does it, no one else, because "you're better alone". "who gives a fuck"? You'll be "empty and blank", rather than upset all the time, or getting hurt by things like these. So destroy yourself and be alone, because other people really hurt you, and it won't keep happening.
Destroy yourself, and nothing will destroy you.
"I'll chain you to the truth, for the truth shall set you free"
You're being lied to by people, and played with. And not told everything. There are secrets. So he will tell you every secret, and truth about everything. Because it will set you free, to get away from these people. And exclude yourself, and be alone, because that's best. You won't be lied to and hurt.
"I'll turn the screws of vengeance, and bury you with honesty"
Simply, he will tell you all the lies and secrets that have been going on.
"I'll make all your dreams come to life, and slay them as quickly as they came"
He will show you how others destroy you. How things get your hopes up, and your dreams come true. And then just end. And fail. And how there are secrets and lies.
So lay this to rest, know the truth, and destroy yourself, be alone, empty and blank, so you never get hurt by others.
slam your head on the dashborad to
FIRST 3 LINES: Jesus on the cross. He is God, but he still feels the pain of a human death.
NEXT 4 LINES: We are all sinners. Jesus wants us to *FIGURATIVELY* kill ourselves, following His teachings and not our own.
NEXT 4 LINES: NOT LITERALLY KILLING OURSELVES. Replacing our personalities with the personality of Jesus. Christ is telling us to do this.
NEXT 4 LINES: If we die with Jesus, we are bound for heaven. All we have to do is replace our personality with that of Jesus, spreading his fragrance wherever we go.
Final lines repeat
(In the music video, at the end, Jesus, depicted as the guy in red, finally reaches the guy and touches his shoulder. The figure in red is gone, because he is now living through the guy he was chasing. It's just symbolism of replacing your personality with Jesus').