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Tell me how these things traced with colors filled with black debris
And how these loyal, living Reich were nameless things swept out of sight
Dead through the streamers on the sky past neon words where we
Remember those killed by names we each call, are you happy where you are?
Blind to this impending fate
We'll let the world carry our weight
Its back breaks with every mile
But we all live in denial
Can we be saved, has the damage all been done?
Is it too late to reverse what we've become?
A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time
What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine
Let's go!
And so we carry on each day as if our lives were not so real
While every breath that we take, we only suffocate
First bouts of delirium and scenes of homeless Democrats
On Wall Street, a single mom of three, a TV personality
I'm blind to this impending fate
We'll let the world carry their weight
Its back breaks with every mile
But they all live in denial
Can we be saved, has the damage all been done?
Is it too late to reverse what we've begun?
A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time
What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine
Save us from what we have become tonight
Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right
Save us from what we have become tonight
Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right
Save us from what we have become tonight
Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right
Can we be saved, has the damage all been done?
Is it too late to reverse what we've become?
A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time
What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine
And how these loyal, living Reich were nameless things swept out of sight
Dead through the streamers on the sky past neon words where we
Remember those killed by names we each call, are you happy where you are?
Blind to this impending fate
We'll let the world carry our weight
Its back breaks with every mile
But we all live in denial
Can we be saved, has the damage all been done?
Is it too late to reverse what we've become?
A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time
What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine
Let's go!
And so we carry on each day as if our lives were not so real
While every breath that we take, we only suffocate
First bouts of delirium and scenes of homeless Democrats
On Wall Street, a single mom of three, a TV personality
I'm blind to this impending fate
We'll let the world carry their weight
Its back breaks with every mile
But they all live in denial
Can we be saved, has the damage all been done?
Is it too late to reverse what we've begun?
A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time
What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine
Save us from what we have become tonight
Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right
Save us from what we have become tonight
Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right
Save us from what we have become tonight
Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right
Can we be saved, has the damage all been done?
Is it too late to reverse what we've become?
A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time
What's mine was always yours, and yours is mine
Lyrics submitted by Hackstar18
Track duration: 03:35
"Chamber the Cartridge" as written by Joseph Principe, Timothy Mcilrath, Brandon Barnes, Christopher Chasse
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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However, what I find most symbolic is the speed of which he sings the versus. As he sings of the many problems with the world and society, the speed never slows down, as if he's running out of time, like Lil Fitch said. I'm thinking that the speed symbolizes that if we don't "reverse what we've become," we'll run out of time.
"Save us from what we have become tonight.
Eyes glazed with distrust, no sense of wrong or right."
These two lines connected with the chorus are so well written and strike a chord in me like nothing else. Tim can certainly write incredible lyrics. He's been doing that since '99.
like he's running out of time to tells us or something
=)
I will say, however the meaning of the song IS pretty obvious.
The state of the world, our self-destructive tendencies, and our complete lack of willingness to make a change.
In my experience, Rise Against songs usually have double-meanings, one being about personal affairs and the other being about bigger issues like the oppression of the Government or the destruction of this world.
i think u make a valid point with the alcohol
it could have something to do with the song
rise against dont drink. period.
so obviously they have an opinion on it
This song is DEFINITELY about the world and people's impact upon it. Why would you go the long way around to suggest another explanation when the real meaning is staring you in the face?
"Here, i think, is a small hyperbole. He says "the world", but i think he means[...]"
No, I'm pretty sure that he means the world.
I wouldn't go out of your way to try and take meanings besides the obvious from songs like this.