Lyrics for You Should Have Killed Me When You Had t... as interpreted by VerminElder

You Should Have Killed Me When You Had t... Lyrics
So I say goodbye to a town that has ears and eyes
I can hear you whispering as I walk by
Familiar faces smiling back at me and I knew
This would make them change

The only thing that's going to bother me
Is that you'll all call yourselves my friends

Why can't you look me in the eye one last time?

The writings on the wall, you've read that I'll be gone, but if you call my name
Just know that I'll come running, for one more night to spare with you
This is where I'm meant to be, please don't leave me

I�ve read these stories a thousand times, and I�ll rewrite them all
You�re meddling in an anger you can�t control
She means the world to me, so hold your serpent tongue
Is a whores lies worth dying for? I'll just take my time

The only thing that's going to bother me
Is that you'll all call yourselves my friends

Why cant you look me in the eye one last time?

The writings on the wall, you've read that I'll be gone, but if you call my name
Just know that I'll come running, for one more night to spare with you
This is where I'm meant to be, please don't leave me

I walked into your house this morning
I brought the gun from our end table
Your blood was strewn across the walls
They'll find you on your bathroom floor when I'm done
But should I write it all off?

You should have killed me when you had the chance

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kandy_kisses627
06-15-2006

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omigosh! this song is AWESUM!!

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MORETOP10
06-29-2007

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So I say goodbye to a town that has ears and eyes
I can hear you whispering as I walk by
Familiar faces smiling back at me and I knew
This would make them change

The only thing that's going to bother me
Is that you'll all call yourselves my friends

Why can't you look me in the eye one last time


IT TALKS ABOUT HOW HES LEAVING EVERYTHING BEHIND HOW HES LEAVING THE PEOPLE WHO HATED HIM AND TRAITORS.HE THINKS THAT BY LEAVING THE PLACE HE LIVED WOULD MAKE ALL THAT CHANGE

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Hardcore_Slacker
08-01-2007

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The ending is the best part of the whole song..gives me chills everytime.

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nikki3023
08-28-2007

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this song is so amazing i love it

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mandacuti3pants
12-13-2007

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The writings on the wall, you've read that I'll be gone, but if you call my name
Just know that I'll come running, for one more night to spare with you
This is where I'm meant to be, please don't leave me

^hes talking about how he'd do anything for his friendd

and then he says...

Is a whores lies worth dying for?

i think he means...are you honestly going to have a girl come between us when i'd do anything for you?

but Is a whores lies worth dying for? is my favorite part b/c i've had my friends leave me for their relationships and i'm like...wow r u serious? i thought i meant more to you.

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mandacuti3pants
12-13-2007

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and this song is amazing

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super rad alex
12-30-2007

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is that craig owens from chiodos at the very end in the group of voices saying "you should have killed me when you had the chance"?

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sccrplyr214
01-03-2008

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very good song.
can't wait to see these boys play at the troc. in feb.

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sccrplyr214
01-03-2008

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very good song.
can't wait to see these boys play at the troc. in feb.

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ChloeLOVEtheKillers
02-25-2008

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One of the best bits is,

"The writings on the wall, you've read that I'll be gone, but if you call my name
Just know that I'll come running, for one more night to spare with you
This is where I'm meant to be, please don't leave me"

But oh my god, this verse is THE BEST!! I love it!!

"I walked into your house this morning
I brought the gun from our end table
Your blood was strewn across the walls
They'll find you on your bathroom floor when I'm done
But should I write it all off?"

It gives me goosebumps.

I can't believe there aren't more comments.

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hatch2
03-20-2008

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this song is obviously about him becoming famous and his life back home.

Familiar faces smiling back at me and I knew
This would make them change

they changed because he was famous

The only thing that's going to bother me
Is that you'll all call yourselves my friends

everyone wants to suck up his glory by saying there friends with him

The writings on the wall, you've read that I'll be gone, but if you call my name
Just know that I'll come running, for one more night to spare with you
This is where I'm meant to be, please don't leave me

its talking bout how everyones read bout him being famous and being on tour but no matter what he'll do anything for his friends or for his hometown.

the rest kind of confuses me but it sounds like the other parts are about a girl

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addictedtomusicx
04-11-2008

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i disagree, i think it's more straightforward than that. esp. with the reference to killing someone.

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ZzDAYDREAMRzZ
05-29-2008

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i looooove this song.. especially the last verse
"walked into ur house this morning".... and so on...

the part where he goes
"is a whores words worth dying for?"
omg that like just happend to me like a couple weeks ago
this girl who used 2 be my friend got mad at me bc she thought i said something about her..
but it was actually one of my other evil, and conniving[sp?] friend that said some shit..
so now im not friends w/ the bitch that doesn't wanna be friends with me bc something some whore said i said. when i really didn't... it makes me wanna....
{last verse, u fill in the blanks....}
yea... maybe not that violent tho but yeah..

I
LOVE
THIS
SONG....

AND
THIS
BAND!!!!!!

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Marcuswearsprada
06-11-2008

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This song is about shit talking on the internet.

basically peope saying there coming for whoever this is written about and then not.

this is deffo true cos i saw adtr on sunday and he said this is what its about.

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LilRyan732
06-30-2008

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"But oh my god, this verse is THE BEST!! I love it!!

"I walked into your house this morning
I brought the gun from our end table
Your blood was strewn across the walls
They'll find you on your bathroom floor when I'm done
But should I write it all off?"

It gives me goosebumps.

I can't believe there aren't more comments. "


yeah, seriously. what kind of metaphorical sense is he making here?

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STD To Remember
07-14-2008

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marcuswearsprada, you've got this song confused with A SHOT IN THE DARK.

this song is about him being famous interfering with his freinds back home.

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STD To Remember
07-18-2008

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NO LOL, that's not craig owens, it doesn't even sound like him.
that's JOSH WOODARD the bass player that sings "you should've killed me when you had the chance" in that verse

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Marcuswearsprada
08-05-2008

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STD To Remember, i dont mean to sound bigheaded but it is about shit talking on the net.

a shot in the darks his friends not liking him once hes famous yeh your right.

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YeLlowduck
08-12-2008

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He's living a place. Everyone there is like shitt. He thinks life will be better once he left. He also leaves a girl, but he would come running bak if she wanted called for him. I also think she's cheating on him..but im not sure on that part.

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speech_geek_101
11-12-2008

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the only thing that's going to bother me is that you all call yourselves my friends.
uh-may-zing line.
but this one's even better.

Is a whore's lies worth dying for?

heehee.

this song is my current obsession.

xD

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ubuntu
11-28-2008

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"So I say goodbye to a town that has ears and eyes"
/* saying goodbye to a home town, its actually really poetic what he says here, hes running away, he feels the town hes in see and hears what he does, like its evil or something, usually thats the embodiment you give something that is evil anyways. */

"I can hear you whispering as I walk by"
/* this is accually used in poetry to describe that hes thinking of someone, he can hear them in his head */

Familiar faces smiling back at me and I knew this would make them change
/* he can see the faces of people he knows smiling at him as he walks/drives, memories */

"The only thing that's going to bother me
Is that you'll all call yourselves my friends"
/* he finds it heartbreaking knowing someone who has hurt him so bad would call them self his friends, obvious who ever hes talking bout has betrayed him in some way */

"Why can't you look me in the eye one last time?"
/* it hurts him that he cant be looked in the eyes anymore. ussually when someone has done something harmful to someone, they have a hard time looking at them the same way anymore, i belive thats the case here. */

"The writings on the wall, you've read that I'll be gone, but if you call my name just know that I'll come running"
/* hes left something behind, hes leaving, but not his feelings for whom ever hes speaking of. so if they call him he still feels obliged to help, the trouble being of course he doesn't feel they need him */

for one more night to spare with you this is where I'm meant to be, please don't leave me
/* he still obviously cares for what he left behind but he doesn't feel he belongs there, sp hes saying even though hes gone he doesnt want to lose what he had */

"I’ve read these stories a thousand times, and I’ll rewrite them all"
/* hes seen this so many times before, now hes going to change how it ends for once. */

"You’re meddling in an anger you can’t control
She means the world to me, so hold your serpent tongue
Is a whores lies worth dying for? I'll just take my time"
/* i think this is where the song takes an interesting turn, he seems to be referring for the first time that what he left behind was a girl, i feel that this is actually a conversation he has at one point with someone that had entered her life while she was gone. i believe the line 'is a whores lies worth dying for' is actually something someone said to him when he was talking about the situation and that possibley what had entered this girls life is another guy that hes not getting along with */



I walked into your house this morning
I brought the gun from our end table
Your blood was strewn across the walls
They'll find you on your bathroom floor when I'm done
/*this could be referring to the girl or guy, knowing jeremys writing style most likely the girl but i dont think he guy should be ruled out. personally i believe its the guy, but the message regardless of who it is intended for is very clear */

But should I write it all off?
/* this is actually a figure of speech, meaning really that, he cant decide if he should let it all go. */

You should have killed me when you had the chance
/* referring to the girl or guy, that she/he should have ended it before he had that chance to because it would have ended better */

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boarder_686
11-28-2008

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I think in the line

The writings on the wall, you've read that I'll be gone, but if you call my name
Just know that I'll come running, for one more night to spare with you
This is where I'm meant to be, please don't leave me

he is saying that he hasnt told the girl he cares for that hes leaving for a tour, but she found a flyer about it. i dont really know what the line " but if you call my name Just know that I'll come running" means but what i think the next one is is that he would love to just spare another night with her. then he tells her that being on tour feels like this is where he needs to be like it was his life goal and he doesnt want her to leave him because he wont be there for a couple months.

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stagnate
01-16-2009

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I absolutely love this song. I don't have an interpretation different from the ones already stated, so I feel there's no need to repeat what's already been said.

"The writings on the wall, you've read that I'll be gone, but if you call my name
Just know that I'll come running, for one more night to spare with you
This is where I'm meant to be, please don't leave me

I walked into your house this morning
I brought the gun from our end table
Your blood was strewn across the walls
They'll find you on your bathroom floor when I'm done"
My favourite part [:

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Prudence09
02-04-2009

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Love this song!!!!!! Love this band!!!!
I guess the meaning of the song has been pretty well established, but I do have a pointless question.
In the end of the song he says,
"I walked into your house this morning"
Followed by "I brought the gun from our end table"
Who is he talking about when he says "our"?
Just one of those random things that doesn't really matter that popped into my head while listening to the song... Any thoughts?

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beautifulxgoodbye
03-26-2009

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such a good song.

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