my comeuppance & your ignorance

lyrical show time
Full of ability It�s the Blood Red show time
comical show time
Inflammation of vitality It�s the Blood Red show time
cynical show time
Reality comes to life It�s the Blood Red show time
radical show time
Eternity breaks It�s the Blood Red show time

That�s right, I still can�t find the meaning of my existence
That�s why I slice the meaning on my body more and more and more and more and more
-Go ahead and laugh, and just walk away-

The voices of backstabbers still stick me
Someday maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, the voice will be heard straight to my heart
-Go ahead and just laugh, and break away-

hurry up! hurry up! wrist-cut show
hurry up! hurry up! wrist-cut show
no thank you! no thank you!�good bye!
hurry up! hurry up! wrist-cut show
hurry up! hurry up! wrist-cut show
It�s better than to not even notice it

my comeuppance & your ignorance

hurry up! hurry up! wrist-cut show
hurry up! hurry up! wrist-cut show
no thank you! no thank you!�good bye!
hurry up! hurry up! wrist-cut show
hurry up! hurry up! wrist-cut show
show time Its none of my business�hehehe

That�s all I know about it [go ahead!]
Please come to the last gasp with me [my pleasure]



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Machiavellism (English) song meanings
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    General Comment:he's saying that he cuts to grab attention of people and that cutting is just lie. after all song's title is Machiavellism
    Flag vriess666on May 16, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:comeuppance???????? what does that mean?? anyone can post some words that mean the same??? (english is not my native language xD) sorry.....
    Flag doommoodon March 10, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Dead Letter I think you're spot on. The song is definitely a reflections of his life, and putting his emotions on sale to everyone.

    Although rather than make it depressing, they make the song fun in a maniacal sort of way, because let's face it. They all enjoy it.
    Flag sieda666on October 13, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think there is humour in this song how for a second he finds his situation funny and people funny everything for a second seems funny and how as we do with this song find entertainment in other peoples pain. Its one of those songs when you listen to it you feel a part of. Kyo is really really really really talented
    Flag kirodlemon June 18, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I would like to thank deadxlettersxc for making me enjoy this song a helluva lot more than I would have already.
    Flag alrauneon March 09, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:deadxlettersxc, I haven't really understood this song until now... It's really sad. I never knew Kyo was such an emotional person in real life... ; _ ;
    I dunno if I can't understand most of his lyrics because I'm pretty young, but I always knew he wrote about his pain.
    Flag shokubenion August 19, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:deadxlettersxc that made me cry T_T and i never cry!! ahhh i always hate how he cuts himself you know he's in pain and i don't like it when he hurts himself...i always thought this song was so catchy too but now it'll make me cry...o well i
    Flag Natsukion August 16, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:definately NOT a requisite song.
    This is one of my favorites on Withering. Kyo's talking about his life man. How people see him in pain and they sometimes enjoy it. And it's never enough, the pain, becuase there's an emptiness that blood just can't erase.
    The song seems like a mockery of what he does as a performer.
    In the first stanza he says :
    lyrical show time
    Full of ability It’s the Blood Red show time
    comical show time
    Inflammation of vitality It’s the Blood Red show time
    cynical show time
    Reality comes to life It’s the Blood Red show time
    radical show time
    Eternity breaks It’s the Blood Red show time

    He's onstage all the time, and he has to put up this farce image. Wild and crazy, spin his sorrow into beautiful words, and give the people what they want. "Reality comes to life" while the fans and crowd watch with awe as he bleeds, thats his way of existing.

    But in all his success, and despite the fact that fans worship him he "still can't find the meaning of his existence"...so he keeps cutting.
    the repitition of the words just adds to his flippant attitude of doin whatever the hell he wants with his body.
    I think these lines are in response to some critical comments made saying he was a fake and his performances were not real. Most people think one outgrows self mutilation but for him it's not a ploy or something he thinks he'll outgrow until he finds what he's looking for.

    "The voices of the backstabbers stick to me"-all his betrayal that helps to fuel his self destruction. "Someday the voice will head straight to my heart"- he's trying to be flippant about what they say, like it doesn't hurt. "Go ahead and laugh...and break away"- again response to people thinking he's a joke and being amused by his hurt.

    The chorus of the song "Hurry wrist cut show"-is his mocking invitation to their concerts to watch him bleed. It's catchy...I mean, who doesn't want to watch a car crash? So the song is decieving on purpose, almost as if to say no one really sees whats happening here.

    "Show time it's none of my business"- the blind eye people around him turn to his self mutilation...maybe they think it's an act too.

    Then the last lines, which to me are so COld, "Please come to the last gasp with me, my pleasure"-are basically his sad little invitation, once again, to watch him bleed.

    I hope that helped some. It's only my interpretation but I figured I'd take a stab at it.
    Anyway, go listen to it again. The crazy chords and the way he sings it-his voice is laced with cynicism, and the crazy chords just add to how out of control he feels with his cutting and his life.


    It's musical genius, this song...just makes me think of how society and people see what they wanna see.
    Flag deadxlettersxcon April 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:It sounds like the requisite song that every band, needs to make on their album or in their career. That one song with a chorus that everyone can sing along to.
    Flag violet_yoshion April 09, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:This sure as hell is catchy. It's one of my faves. It seems like maybe he doesn't know why he's alive and wants to kill himself. Something down those lines.
    Flag killswitch916on June 22, 2006   Link

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