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Well death may come invisible
Or in a holy wall of fire
In the breath between the markers
On a black I-80 mile
from the madness of the governments
To the vengeance of the sea
Yeah everything is eclipsed
By the shape of destiny
so love me now, hell is coming
Yeah kiss my mouth, hell is here
little soldier, little insect
You know war it has no heart
It will kill you in the sunshine
Or happily in the dark
where kindness is a card game
And a bent up cigarette
In the trenches, in the hard rain
With a bullet and a bet
he says help me out, yeah, hell is coming
Could you do it now? hell is here
see the sterile soil pours in the sky
Dirty water final scraps of light
Bring a new tear
so wake, baby, wake
But leave that blanket round you
There's nothing as safe
I'm leaving this place
There is nothing I'm planning to take
Just you, just you
Or in a holy wall of fire
In the breath between the markers
On a black I-80 mile
from the madness of the governments
To the vengeance of the sea
Yeah everything is eclipsed
By the shape of destiny
so love me now, hell is coming
Yeah kiss my mouth, hell is here
little soldier, little insect
You know war it has no heart
It will kill you in the sunshine
Or happily in the dark
where kindness is a card game
And a bent up cigarette
In the trenches, in the hard rain
With a bullet and a bet
he says help me out, yeah, hell is coming
Could you do it now? hell is here
see the sterile soil pours in the sky
Dirty water final scraps of light
Bring a new tear
so wake, baby, wake
But leave that blanket round you
There's nothing as safe
I'm leaving this place
There is nothing I'm planning to take
Just you, just you
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As for the songs meaning...IMO - i think it's describing the destruction of mankind and the end of the world and how when it all falls apart....The only thing left that's worth hanging on to is Love....and you can lose everything or it can be taken from you by War/disaster/death, but Love never will be....It will be there right till the end and maybe beyond...Very spiritual and poetic :))
"Death may come, invisible
Or in a holy wall of fire
In the breath between the markers
On some black I-80 mile
From the madness of the governments
To the vengeance of the sea
Everything is eclipsed
By the shape of destiny"
Basically talking about how Death can come outta nowhere for us....whether it's a fire...a car accident or simply just our time's up....How religion causes wars, and governments strike at each other, and we're expected to follow along....Basically, anything that could destroy us as a species is implied in the above lyrics....We have fire...car accidents...Wars...Natural disasters(flooding/Tsunamis) and how in a spiritual way....It's our final destination....We kill each other, or something kills us....Our inevitable destiny.
"So love me now
Hell is coming
Just kiss my mouth
Hell is here"
Basically what is says...He wants to be loved...His only comfort/need when it all ends.
"Little soldier, little insect
You know war, it has no heart
It will kill you in the sunshine
Or just as happily in the dark
Well, kindness is a card game
Or a bent-up cigarette
In the trenches, in the hard rain
With the bullet and a bet"
Talking about the cruelty/violence of War and how it doesn't show you any mercy...Rain or shine...sunlight or darkness...It will get you in the end, regardless of who you are....also, talking about how Life is a game of chance....We don't know what's waiting for us, so he's comparing life to a card game or Russian Roulette ( "Bullet and a bet" )...I think by " bent up cigarette" he means broken..not perfect like life and humanity.....and " in the trenches, in the hard rain" is symbolic...it shows a bleak picture of life.
"He says help me out
Hell is coming
Could you do it now?
Hell is here"
again...just like before...when it all ends all he needs is the support of his loved one...to feel not alone...they're in hell together...makes hell less hellish.
"Do you see the sterile soil
Poisoned sky, yellow water
The final scraps of life
Bringing new tears"
how the dying world looks and the sadness/pain/guilt looking upon it and knowing we could of prevented it.
"Wake, baby, wake
Leave that blanket around you
There's no where we're safe
I'm leaving this place
But there's nothing
I'm planning to take
Just you"
Sounds like surviving 'post apocalyptic' style and they have each other in the end.
Or in the holy wall of fire
And in the breaths between the markers
On some black I-80 mile
From the madness of the governments
To the vengeance of the sea
But everything is eclipsed
By the shape of destiny
So love me now
Hell is coming
You kiss my mouth
Hell is here
Little soldier, little insect
You know war, it has no heart
It will kill you in the sunshine
Or happily in the dark
Where kindness is a card game
Or a bent-up cigarette
In the trenches, in the hard rain
With the bullet and a bet
He says help me out
Hell is coming
But could you do it now?
Hell is here
See the sterile soil
Poisoned sky, yellow water
The final scraps of life
Bringing new tears
Wake, baby, wake
Leave that blanket around you
There's no where that's safe
I'm leaving this place
But there's nothing
I'm planning to take
Just you
Just you
Just you
Just you
Just you
I listened to the whole song ... so i decided to help you out with what you miss ... to me this song sends out a srong message that the end of the world is coming like when he says hell is coming and than when he say's hell is here ... that means that it's already here or something like that i don't know either way this is a damn good song.
NOW - that does not speak to the lyric about a black I-80 mile which as others have correctly noted is a long interstate that runs through Conors home state of Nebraska. My bet is, when he says "on some black I-80 mile" he is not referring to the actual interstate. The operative word here is SOME, which assumes there could be other I-80's besides the one in the US (not literally). The point therefore becomes that the barrenness and lonlieness of this long stretch of interstate could be compared to the barrenness or lonliness of the trenches. Or, and I like this - "some black I-80 mile" sounds newly paved, black tar etc. Imagine, no man's land; torched by flame throwers, forests cut down by machine guns, flattened and blackened by artillery... just like paving a road... In other words it's a simile - the area of fighting (in France?) is "some (like a) black I-80 mile"
What do you think?
If you've read it, you'll know what I mean.
Conor is a lyrical mastermind. Beautiful.<3
"So love me now
Hell is coming
Just kiss my mouth
Hell is here"