In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Thank you for making me
Feel like I'm guilty
Making it easy to murder your sweet memory
You were way out of line,
Went and turned it all around on me again
How can I not smell your lie,
Through the smoke and elegance.
But now I know
So you will not get away with it again
I'm distant in those hollow eyes
For I have reached my end.
So...
Thank you for making me
Feel like I'm guilty
Making it easy to murder your sweet memory
Before I go tell me
Were you ever who you claimed yourself to be?
Either way I must say goodbye.
You're dead to me.
So I...
Thank you for making me
Feel like I'm guilty
Making it easy to murder your sweet memory
I'm severing the heart then I'm leaving your corpse behind
Not dead but soon to be, though.
I won't be the one who killed you
I'll just leave that up to you
I'm not gonna be here to revive you
I'm not gonna be here to revive you
I'm not gonna be here to revive you
I'm gonna be the one to say...
I told you so (X8)
I told you
Severing the heart then I'm leaving you corpse behind
Not dead but soon to be and
I'm gonna be the one to say I told you so.
Feel like I'm guilty
Making it easy to murder your sweet memory
You were way out of line,
Went and turned it all around on me again
How can I not smell your lie,
Through the smoke and elegance.
But now I know
So you will not get away with it again
I'm distant in those hollow eyes
For I have reached my end.
So...
Thank you for making me
Feel like I'm guilty
Making it easy to murder your sweet memory
Before I go tell me
Were you ever who you claimed yourself to be?
Either way I must say goodbye.
You're dead to me.
So I...
Thank you for making me
Feel like I'm guilty
Making it easy to murder your sweet memory
I'm severing the heart then I'm leaving your corpse behind
Not dead but soon to be, though.
I won't be the one who killed you
I'll just leave that up to you
I'm not gonna be here to revive you
I'm not gonna be here to revive you
I'm not gonna be here to revive you
I'm gonna be the one to say...
I told you so (X8)
I told you
Severing the heart then I'm leaving you corpse behind
Not dead but soon to be and
I'm gonna be the one to say I told you so.
Lyrics submitted by Disposition___
The Undertaker Lyrics as written by Maynard Keenan Daniel Patrick Lohner
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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It is about your average, run of the mill, sociopath. There's quite a few out there, emotional vampires, leeches. This isn't the only song I've heard from him that addresses this. Sorry he had to deal with it, but it's all what you do with it, and damn it makes for good music.
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Neat song.
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This is actually off the Underworld: Evolution soundtrack
Hail Danny Lohner! gr8 song. @ Disposition Where are these lyrics from?
w00t I was going to add these but you beat me to it
"This is actually off the Underworld: Evolution soundtrack"
He meant its probably just a scrap song that didn't fit on the first movie's album so they put it on this one.
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