Lyrics for We Will Erase All Life on Earth But Us as interpreted by AllStarMe

We Will Erase All Life on Earth But Us Lyrics
gliding through my wasted life
with ants on endless escalators
mystery rash, and no job
absent muse, oh how i hate her
could it be this stagnancy
was laced in all the lies they fed me
drown them out with song and bread
and drink, ingest inside a rhyme

spit it from your mouth
like a foreign object
sing it to the world
like a drunken prophet
spit it from your mouth
like a foreign object
why do you ingest it

you're standing skin
for bumps, i don't know braille
nor do i need the answer
all that i am suffering from is
urban-fucking-cancer
out into the car i will be
eaten by the glowing embers
search for love, the love i lack
i want my blood, i want it back

we will erase all life on earth but us
so you don't front like
you've not heard of us
we will erase all life on earth but us
we will destroy
(the bees, the birds, but us)
we will erase
(all life on earth but us)

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drza2000
07-25-2005

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This is a tough one. I think its about wanting to find a girl, but the advice people give him is a crock of shit. So he gets pissed and wants to ignore everything, except him and the chick, and letting her know thats all he cares about, not what anyone else might say.

Kick ass song. Lotta angst, which is what I like about it. Like an angry love tune.

After Max is done being a lunatic, I need more new Say Anything.

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tjwells
01-25-2006

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couple corrections:

so you don't front should be "so boo don't front"
we will destroy the bees, the birds, but us should be "we will destroy the beasts that burden us"

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iystrin99
02-12-2006

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i'm pretty sure this one isn't about girls, sorry. I think it's about how we (humans) are destroying the world for our need for urban comfort (A/C, entertainment). Looks like Max is saying we're gonna destroy all other species. Go read "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn. I believe Max read it and this song is his comment on it.

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nxdf
05-12-2006

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this isnt a song about unrequited love or anything like that, i think its about his angst at society being devoid of love and humanity. hes using his music to say he's not just some corporate robot or number in society. also that humans are selfish in destroying ourselves and our environment for personal comforts. i love it.

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rocksolidgurl
09-22-2006

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I agree that it's about the void that society has become. He's swallowed all that's been told to him, aka "you'll find love, you'll find a job, et cetera," but all it's gotten him is a rash, unemployed, and "gliding through" a wasted life. However, he wants to find a true love and start life over again, begin anew.

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ch09
12-10-2006

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I think the lyrics are:
"drown them out with song and friend"
and "no more scanning skin for bumps"
and I agree with tjwells

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egyptianring
03-05-2007

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"so you don't front like
you've not heard of us"

I'm pretty sure he says "so boo don't front like you've not heard of us"

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Bemisthepenis
12-10-2007

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well this is my take on the song-and the lyrics posted are wrong-This song is sort of an encouragement song if u will for kids who are in bands or are into any type of music-He says spit it from ur mouth like a foreign object, sing it to the world like a drunken prophet- This means very bluntly...go out, play shows, and do what u love if it's playing music...then he says why do u ingest this meaning- kids sort of eat up everything artists say and look so deep into every word- The part with the mystery rash and no job and the no more scanning skin for bumps is a metaphor for how a girl can "fuck" you over without really fucking you literally.

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Bemisthepenis
12-10-2007

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well this is my take on the song-and the lyrics posted are wrong-This song is sort of an encouragement song if u will for kids who are in bands or are into any type of music-He says spit it from ur mouth like a foreign object, sing it to the world like a drunken prophet- This means very bluntly...go out, play shows, and do what u love if it's playing music...then he says why do u ingest this meaning- kids sort of eat up everything artists say and look so deep into every word- The part with the mystery rash and no job and the no more scanning skin for bumps is a metaphor for how a girl can "fuck" you over without really fucking you literally.

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BashTheFash
01-23-2008

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I'm split. I think it would make sense, typically, that this is another song about a girl. And Bemisthepenis makes some good references, but at the same time I want to agree with those referencing Ishmael and human's industrial civilization destroying life on earth as we know it.

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GlriusBlnknDshWrld
02-13-2008

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are u guys that dumB? hahahaha
alright so...

the song is about him. for some reason he is baffled as to why anyone would listen to him. so he explains a bit about who he feels he is, and how he feels like the world receives him. look-max doesnt feel different from anyone else, its the crazed fans that make him feel like he's better than people, and he hates to feel like that. we will erase all life on earth but us? he's talking about performers like himself. people who are so involved in the their own self centered drama that they just have to make music about it cuz thats their way of dealing w/ issues...and its so fuckin good that other ppl love it. thats my take. could be wrong. but damn. it seems pretty obvious. why doesnt someone ask him?

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notoriousfat67
04-17-2008

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Don't call people dumb when you could be wrong yourself. You said it yourself that its just your take on it. also, its not like someone can just walk up to him and say "whats this song about" your dumb for asking why someone doesnt ask him

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notoriousfat67
04-17-2008

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Don't call people dumb when you could be wrong yourself. You said it yourself that its just your take on it. also, its not like someone can just walk up to him and say "whats this song about" your dumb for asking why someone doesnt ask him

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dprfxc
08-04-2008

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is it true that this is still played live occasionally?
i was speaking with jake the other day at warped, and it was before their set, and i was begging him to have them play a song from before is/was a real boy. he said the only ones they play today are a walk through hell (obviously) and he also said "erase" which i assume is this magnificent song.
but i cant find any footage of them doing this recently, on youtube.

...?

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jbrans91
12-04-2008

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First of all a lot of the lyrics aren't right, but it doesn't look like anyones going to be changing them so... first of all i'm wondering about the line "Drown them out with song, and friend and drink, ingest this (this is where i don't even know for sure the lyric i think it's sideritis) Sideritis? That would make sense since sideritis is a herb made into a tea to cure the common cold. As for the meaning of the song I believe it is is max calling out saying how because of the urban drone life he's lived and wasted thus far he wants to break free from the liars and robots. He wants to erase all those who feed this cycle of useless bullshit and only leave him and "us" us being his followers and those who share this mindset and want more to life then to be ants carrying out aimless tasks for a aimless purpose.

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