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First off
let me say you look so tired...
rest your head and shut your eyes
empty ambition
blankets the sky...
I'm thinking 'bout another world
tonight
so drop the gown the game's over just push your face into the fight
and it breaks my heart
like dancing up all night
ride so high we both start thinking 'bout another world tonight
and it feels so wrong
like nothing we've ever felt before
the stranger's candy
takes you where you ought to be
in broken alleys in the back of every street
close your eyes tonight
baby you can have it
baby you can have it
ooh baby gnaw me
down to the bone
soon you'll find I'm never gonna take you back home
well there's so much you never told me
and there's not much I want to know
'cause your pretty face will do just fine you'll be the star
of my every last show
let's go for a long ride I'll show you places you won't ever want to leave
the stranger's candy
takes you where you ought to be
in broken alleys
in the back of every street
stranger's candy, broken alleys
yeah tonight
we could bring it all down
we could bring it all down
they think this body's a dead note
dancing to the beat but they'll never see this corpse
coming 'till it kills them
let me say you look so tired...
rest your head and shut your eyes
empty ambition
blankets the sky...
I'm thinking 'bout another world
tonight
so drop the gown the game's over just push your face into the fight
and it breaks my heart
like dancing up all night
ride so high we both start thinking 'bout another world tonight
and it feels so wrong
like nothing we've ever felt before
the stranger's candy
takes you where you ought to be
in broken alleys in the back of every street
close your eyes tonight
baby you can have it
baby you can have it
ooh baby gnaw me
down to the bone
soon you'll find I'm never gonna take you back home
well there's so much you never told me
and there's not much I want to know
'cause your pretty face will do just fine you'll be the star
of my every last show
let's go for a long ride I'll show you places you won't ever want to leave
the stranger's candy
takes you where you ought to be
in broken alleys
in the back of every street
stranger's candy, broken alleys
yeah tonight
we could bring it all down
we could bring it all down
they think this body's a dead note
dancing to the beat but they'll never see this corpse
coming 'till it kills them
Lyrics submitted by Dominick
Track duration: 03:28
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Anyway, I think the song's basically about some detached, risky, kinky (like S&M shit!) sex fantasy between two people who've probably been drinking and/or doing drugs. I also believe that there's something else going on too; like it's either a one-night-stand, or an affair... something you should know better to do:
"First off, let me say you look so tired; rest your head, and shut your eyes. Empty ambition blankets the sky; I'm thinking 'bout another world tonight"
... the woman in the song is probably wasted, so he's “comforting” her. The “empty ambition” would be his heartless lust towards this woman & he's thinking of the things he wants to do to her.
"So drop the gown, the game's over. Just push your face into the fight; and it breaks my heart, like dancing up all night. Ride so high, we both start thinking bout another world tonight; and it feels so wrong, like nothing we've ever felt before"
... he just wants her to get naked & be down for the ride, even though it bothers him “like dancing up all night” (usually dancing all night = loneliness; so even though he's about to have some great sex! ). So they get started & things get wild; & even though they know what they're doing is wrong (whether its cheating or whatever), but its still giving them a rush.
"The stranger's candy takes you where you ought to be: in broken alleys, in the back of every
street. Close your eyes, tonight"
... I think people are taking this wayy too literally lol. I see it as more of a metaphor. ; everyone knows not to take candy from a stranger, & if you do, then you deserve to be in a broken alley!
"Baby, you can have it”
… Greg Pusiato sang that line just for me <3
“Ooh baby gnaw me, down to the bone; soon you'll find I'm never gonna take you back home. Well there's so much you never told me, and there's not much I want to know, cause your pretty face will
do just fine: you'll be the star of my very last show. Let's go for a long ride, I'll show you places you won't ever want to leave”
… He likes it rough lol, either that or she's starting to get under his skin. He has no further interest in this woman other than a future groupie, and he just keeps saying how good he is & will take her to another world
“The stranger's candy takes you where you ought to be: in broken alleys, in the back of every street. The stranger's candy, in broken alleys”
… againnn, what goes around comes comes around. Karma is a total bitch
“Tonight we could bring it all down, we could bring it all down”
…told you he likes it rough!
“They think this body's a dead note, dancing to the beat; but they'll never see this corpse coming
til it kills them”
… people think he's some random guy dancing... little do they know ;)
And then w the title, "Setting Fire to Sleeping Gisnts"
... sounds like a bsd idea to me hs
Setting fire to sleeping giants means to do something you know dawn well that you should not do. An educated person knows that they had better not hang out or do heroin, but often they do anyhow due to peer pressure and other factors.
"I'm think bout another world tonight." Could mean the narrator of the song is high himself.
"and it breaks my heart like dancing up all night ride so high we both start thinking 'bout another world tonight and it feels so wrong like nothing we've ever felt before " Could represent the remorse and wonderment the narrator and the woman both feel for trying the drug out, and possibly the man feeling bad about turning another person into a slave to a chemical.
"Strangers candy" The old advice adults give children about candy from strangers stems from fears in the early 60's that candy could be laced with drugs; specifically with LDS.
"let's go for a long ride" Obviously another drug reference. Possibly the act of kidnapping as well.
"I'll show you places you won't ever want to leave." The chains of addiction.
"they think this body's a dead note dancing to the beat but they'll never see this corpse coming 'till it kills them" People making the mistake of underestimating the addictive qualities of narcotics. Most people that start drug habits do it thinking they can stop at any time they want.
@burningmelon Your loss. I do not mind that a band is able to make more money then before by releasing a single. They are able to reach a broader audience by not sounding as caustic as they used to. The mathcore is still there, irregular tempos and swift time signature changes aplenty.
"First off, let me say: you look so tired. Rest your head and shut your eyes. Empty ambition blankets the sky... I'm thinking 'bout another world tonight"
Clearly, a damsel in distress is tired and doesn't want to leave. She knows he has some candy, so she hits on him.
"so drop the gown the game's over just push your face into the fight"
Ok, I'm changing my mind here. The drug is clearly a powder. Same drug, though.
"And it breaks my heart, like dancing up all night. Ride so high we both start thinking 'bout another world tonight. And it feels so wrong, like nothing we've ever felt before"
Onset. Feels good man.
"The stranger's candy takes you where you ought to be. In broken alleys in the back of every street. Close your eyes tonight."
Ok, maybe you have to deal with some shady people, or people associate you with rape if you tell them about candy - but c'mon, let's not care about that. Just enjoy the ride.
"Oh baby gnaw me down to the bone. Soon you'll find I'm never gonna take you back home. Well, there's so much you never told me - and there's not much I want to know. Because your pretty face will do just fine. You'll be the star of my every last show. Let's go for a long ride I'll show you places you won't ever want to leave"
He doesn't care about her attempts at bonding, because party drugs will do that to people. He wants to have fun and try something cool/new, instead of repeating the neverending (Milk Lizard)
"We could bring it all down. We could bring it all down. They think this body's a dead note. Dancing to the beat but they'll never see this corpse coming 'till it kills them"
This is about the comedown. You feel shitty, like a zombie. When partying under influence, one tends to forget that.
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they're just what the director makes them into
if you really take videos as song meanings, then I guess this song is about a guy picking a girl up in a bar and being creapy in a car while a band is playing music