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Is there a word or right to say
Even in this old fashioned way?
Go make your move, girl
I'm not coming home
Would things have changed if I could've stayed?
Would you have loved me either way?
Dressed to the blues
Day to day with my collar up
Decision sits, so make it quick
A breath inhaled from an air so sick
I cursed the day that I learned
Of the web you spun
You had your hold till bleeding
Hey, hey, if it was up to me
I would've figured you out
Way before the year clocked out
Oh, I hope you're waiting
Hey, hey, if it was up to me
I would've never walked out
So until the sun burns out
Oh, I hope you're waiting
We have lived as a child would care
With this vial to drink I dare
Only to cry all alone with your taste on tongue
Oh, where have you been if it hurts to be forgiving?
Bye
Should we try this again with hope?
Or is it lost, give up the ghost
And should I die all alone as I knew I would
Then burn in hell, young sinner
Hey, hey, if it was up to me
I would've figured you out
Way before the year clocked out
Oh, I hope you're waiting
Oh, I hope you're waiting
Listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy
Are you well in the suffering?
You've been the most gracious of hosts
You may be invited, girl, but you're not coming in
Listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy
Are you well in the suffering?
You've been the most gracious of hosts
I may be invited, girl, but I'm not coming in
Hey, hey, if it was up to me, you had your hold
I would've figured you out
Way before the year clocked out
Oh, I hope you're waiting
Hey, hey, if it was up to me, give up the ghost
I would've never walked out
So until the sun burns out
Oh, I hope you're waiting
Listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy
Are you well in the suffering?
You've been the most gracious of hosts
You may be invited, girl, but you're not coming in
Listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy
Are you well in the suffering?
You've been the most gracious of hosts
I may be invited, girl, but I'm not coming in
Listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy
Are you well in the suffering?
You've been the most gracious of hosts
You may be invited, girl, but you're not coming in
Listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy
Are you well in the suffering?
You've been the most gracious of hosts
I may be invited, girl, but I'm not coming in
And you're not coming in
Even in this old fashioned way?
Go make your move, girl
I'm not coming home
Would things have changed if I could've stayed?
Would you have loved me either way?
Dressed to the blues
Day to day with my collar up
Decision sits, so make it quick
A breath inhaled from an air so sick
I cursed the day that I learned
Of the web you spun
You had your hold till bleeding
Hey, hey, if it was up to me
I would've figured you out
Way before the year clocked out
Oh, I hope you're waiting
Hey, hey, if it was up to me
I would've never walked out
So until the sun burns out
Oh, I hope you're waiting
We have lived as a child would care
With this vial to drink I dare
Only to cry all alone with your taste on tongue
Oh, where have you been if it hurts to be forgiving?
Bye
Should we try this again with hope?
Or is it lost, give up the ghost
And should I die all alone as I knew I would
Then burn in hell, young sinner
Hey, hey, if it was up to me
I would've figured you out
Way before the year clocked out
Oh, I hope you're waiting
Oh, I hope you're waiting
Listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy
Are you well in the suffering?
You've been the most gracious of hosts
You may be invited, girl, but you're not coming in
Listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy
Are you well in the suffering?
You've been the most gracious of hosts
I may be invited, girl, but I'm not coming in
Hey, hey, if it was up to me, you had your hold
I would've figured you out
Way before the year clocked out
Oh, I hope you're waiting
Hey, hey, if it was up to me, give up the ghost
I would've never walked out
So until the sun burns out
Oh, I hope you're waiting
Listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy
Are you well in the suffering?
You've been the most gracious of hosts
You may be invited, girl, but you're not coming in
Listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy
Are you well in the suffering?
You've been the most gracious of hosts
I may be invited, girl, but I'm not coming in
Listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy
Are you well in the suffering?
You've been the most gracious of hosts
You may be invited, girl, but you're not coming in
Listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy
Are you well in the suffering?
You've been the most gracious of hosts
I may be invited, girl, but I'm not coming in
And you're not coming in
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Track duration: 03:44
"The Suffering" as written by Stuart Phillips
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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tl;dr? Claudio's a person who wrote an entire album over a seemingly failed romance. Because it's not always about comics (unfortunately).
Maybe it's time for you t move on cause I'm not coming back,
but I think if I had stayed would it have worked
It's up to you to make the choice
If it were up to me I wouldn't have left
But I hope you still love me
Would we have been happy together in our love story
If we try again will we be happy or will the love die
Listen, I love you
Are you really okay without me?
I'm glad we talked about this
but my walls are still up
"Is there a word or right to say
Even in this old fashioned way?
Go make your move, girl
I'm not coming home"
The first stanza kind of sets the stage for me. I see it as a man who has strong feelings for a girl. Traditionally, he doesn't care about girls' feelings, but he sees this as different. He wants to woo her. He makes his point clear and waits for her.
"Would things have changed if I could've stayed?
Would you have loved me either way?
Dressed to the blues.
Day to day with my collar up."
Something has changed in their relationship, possibly because of fear of complacency. Would things have changed if he didn't express himself fully? I see it as rejection, so his days become darker, hours at work become painful times to reflect.
"Decision sits so make it quick
A breath inhaled from an air so sick
I cursed the day I had learned
Of the web you spun...
You had your hold till bleeding"
Time is short. Time goes by too quickly. Hesitation can ruin. He now knows what her intentions were, and they aren't what he wanted. She didn't want him, or at least not how he wanted.
"Hey, Hey!
If it was up to me
I would've figured you out
Way before the year clocked out
Oh, I hope you're waiting"
He had delusions, thinking there was a connection or spark that wasn't there. He wish he could have been in reality, but he was trapped in what he constructed to be his world. He desperately wants her to feel the same way, but she really doesn't.
"Hey, Hey!
If it was up to me
I would've never walked out
So until the sun burns out
Oh, I hope you're waiting"
He's still for there for her, but he can't help his feelings of angst. It's not anger. It's sadness.
"Would we have lived as a child would care?
With this vial to drink I dare
(Oh where have you been, oh where have you been)
Only to cry all alone with your taste on tongue
(Oh where have you been if it hurts to be forgiving? Bye)"
Would they have continued their innocent relationship? I feel like the rest of this stanza takes a "Romeo and Juliet" style of suffering, referencing the drinking of poison, and that she herself also indulges in this poison. I can see the poison as a metaphor for the poisonous relationship that the too share. It needs to end.
"Should we try this again with hope? (Bye, bye)
Or is it lost, give up the ghost
And should I die all alone as I knew I would...
Then burn in hell young sinner"
My personal favorite part of the song. Should they go along like nothing's wrong? No, things have changed, they have to forget the past. If he can't find happiness, then he will indulge in his self-fulfilling prophecy of being a loner. "Then burn in hell young sinner," is saying a lot of things in my mind. The change in the voices could either put in an emphasis on the man's message to the woman, or could even be the man speaking to himself subconsciously. I don't think its meant to be taken literally with a religious undertone. Either, "I am entitled to my own suffering since I brought this on myself (man to self)," or "Go fuck yourself (man to woman)."
"Listen well... will you marry me?
Not now, Boy
Are you well in the Suffering?
You've been the most gracious of hosts
You may be invited, girl, but you're not coming in"
This is where the song crescendos for me. The song goes back to his proposition to her, and her denial. He is torn apart emotionally, so of course he tends to imagine her feeling the same way, but she doesn't. She has plenty of people in her life to forget about this insignificant guy. He says she is always welcoming to him, but he resists the temptation to go back to how things were. Even though he truly wants her in his life, he pushes her away.
Again, I could be completely off of what the band was trying to say with its lyrics, but I'm not worried about that. The beauty of songs with lots of metaphors (or what could be interpreted as metaphors) is that they leave plenty of room for different interpretations. Isn't that what its all about, how the music makes YOU feel?
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It's just an interpretation, but it would be nice to think that there's a connection.
As Claudio S. explains, this is a climax for Writer’s instability. He dwells on his past with Erica so frequently, with such intensity, that it is all he can think about. At this point in the album and the graphic novel, he has already resolved to enter the story, do what needs to be done, and move on. Still, though, he thinks about his proposal (or desire to propose) to Erica. It is consuming his entire life.
-CobaltandCalcium.com
Another thing too in
Now listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy.
Are you well in the suffering?
You’ve been, the most gracious of hosts,
You may be invited girl, but you’re not coming in.
Listen well, will you marry me?
Now listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy.
Are you well in the suffering?
You’ve been, the most gracious of hosts,
I may be invited girl, but I’m not coming in.
i hear:
Now listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy.
Are you well in the suffering?
You’ve been, the most gracious of hosts,
You may be fan girl, but you’re not coming in.
Listen well, will you marry me?
Now listen well, will you marry me?
Not now, boy.
Are you well in the suffering?
You’ve been, the most gracious of hosts,
I may be a fan girl, but I’m not coming in.