Lyrics for Godspeed as interpreted by eltroyo11

Godspeed Lyrics
Burning down neverland
Scatter the ashes
White lines, black tar
The matches
Is this another dead by misadventure
Tell me what you got, what you really got
Hey hey
We'll rest in our graves
Lexington course your veins
Sleepers can't just wake the dead
When needles and lovers
Collapse on guilty beds

Fall asleep, don't fall asleep
Don't fall asleep
They lied when they said that the good die young
They lied when they said the good die young
Woah oh
They lied when they said the good die young
Stay with me
Stay with me tonight

Burning down bridges now
Scatter the ashes
Godspeed to all you're after
Is this a life left just to remember
Tell them who you are, who you really were
Hey hey
Kill yourself slowly over time (over time)
Fashion statement suicide (suicide)
She's still asleep in the Chelsea hotel
Bad turns to worse
And the worse turns into hell

Fall asleep, don't fall asleep
Don't fall asleep
God saved the eyes that are dim tonight
They lied when they said the good die young
Woah oh
They lied when they said the good die young
Stay with me
Stay with me tonight

Woah oh

They lied when they said the good die young
Woah oh
They lied when they said the good die young
Stay with me
Stay with me tonight
They lied when they said the good die young
Woah oh
They lied when they said the good die young
Stay with me
Stay with me tonight

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eltroyo11
12-26-2006

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This is by far my favorite Anberlin song. I know there's still a few lines that could use some work. Specifically, the 3rd and 4th lines of the first verse and the "Chelsea hotel" thing in the second. That one sorta makes sense though, cause I believe Chelsea is near London, which I think is a big fashion place. This obviously fits with the line before it. Also, I'm not 100% sure on the whispers in the second chorus, but that is what I hear.

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xxsoxcontagiousxx
12-27-2006

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Wow Stephen's lyrics have really improved.I'm not quite too sure what he is saying here though...hmm.Ideas anyone?

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eltroyo11
12-27-2006

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I think it's mostly about giving up everything (burning bridges) and chasing something and not giving up till you're dead (We'll rest in our graves).

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Nitescreen
12-29-2006

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i really dig this song and if eltroyo11 isn't at least close to being correct on the meaning then i have no idea

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WishingForYou
12-29-2006

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Great song.

I mean.
The lyrics, the vocals, the drums, the guitars. mmmm..perfection =]

I mostly agree with eltroyo11. It's about perseverence. And, about "not falling asleep". In other words, be aware and don't let anything, or anyone rather, lull you to sleep. Know what your goal is and go for it. Don't rest till you achieve it.

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trumpetboy63
12-31-2006

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The lyrics here are horribly wrong...

http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/anberlin/godspeed.html

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eltroyo11
12-31-2006

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I know some of my stuff was wrong, but most of the same lines I wasn't sure about were even more wrong in your link. "Lexington cross your veins"? That makes so much sense. I can hear both mansions and matches in the first verse, but with what's before it, neither makes much sense. Plus, when people put screams/yells/passionatly sung lines in all caps, I laugh a lot. It did help me with the suicide thing and the whispers, but overall, it had just as many guesses as mine.

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nackteziege
01-02-2007

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I was so psyched to see new stuff from Anberlin.

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nackteziege
01-02-2007

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I was so psyched to see new stuff from Anberlin.

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nackteziege
01-02-2007

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I was so psyched to see new stuff from Anberlin.

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nackteziege
01-02-2007

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Sorry. I had a lessthanthree heart and it killed my whole post! The first post was better, but here's a recap.

Okay, so I'm thinking that the lyrics here have something to do with purity and not being "tainted" if you will, by society. He's trying to disprove the saying the only the good die young thing (see Billy Joel lyrics). There's an element of pushing towards the future and staying true to yourself and your morals/beliefs/ideals/whatever.

Perhaps that just comes from where I am in my life and struggles though. Either way, the song absolutely rocks and I'm so excited to hear that Anberlin has lost nothing in their new two songs. =)

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CryingCrimsonTears
01-02-2007

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I LOVE THIS FRICKIN SONG!!!!! I love their two new songs. The lyrics to this song are so amazing. I absolutely love this song. I have had this on repeat for the past hour.

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t o m a h a w k
01-16-2007

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vintage anberlin. I love the guitar solo, it's like nothing Joey has ever come up with - really novel. Awesome Song!

I'm not sure what it means. I'm guessing it has something to do with purity...("Collapse on guilty beds", "She's still asleep in the Chelsea hotel bad turns to worse and the worse turns into hell")...and something to do with the fact that young people who don't have sex aren't "missing out" if you understand me. I guess maybe it is talking about the lie that you need to sleep around when you're in highschool or you aren't cool. Idk, that's just my take on the song after listening to it about 10 times...

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eltroyo11
01-16-2007

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According to Stephen, this song is about how drugs are so prevalent in the rock star life. "Dance Dance Christa Paffgen" is about the same idea. I wonder if she died in the Chelsea hotel. I'm sure someone could check that for me.

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nackteziege
01-21-2007

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Christa released a CD entitled "Chelsea Girl". She died in Ibiza on 18 July 1988 after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while cycling in intense heat.

So perhaps "Chelsea Hotel" is really meant to make an allusion to that. It's like, if you're sleeping in the "Chelsea Hotel", meaning involved in a life of drugs and such, "bad turns to worse and the worst turns into hell", like death [or literally Hell, depending on how harsh you want to be].

Wow, great thought eltroyo.

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nackteziege
01-21-2007

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WAIT. LOOK!

"Hotel Chelsea is often associated with the Andy Warhol's "superstars", as he directed The Chelsea Girls (1966), a film about his Factory regulars and their lives at the hotel. Chelsea residents from the Warhol scene included Viva, Larry Rivers.Ultra Violet, Mary Woronov, Holly Woodlawn, Edie Sedgwick, Andrea Feldman, Nico, Paul America, and Brigid Berlin."
--Wikipedia [lol]

That's it. That's totally it.

That was invigorating.

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eltroyo11
01-21-2007

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"...Feldman, NICO,..."

Nico is Christa Paffgen, so I think we've got that part figured out.

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nackteziege
01-21-2007

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Yeah, I forgot to make that clear. Yes, Nico=Christa Paffgen.

It's sad how exciting that was.

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nackteziege
01-21-2007

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Right, so the line "Lights go dead; corpse remains" always sounds like "Lexington, cross your veins" to me. Google Nico's "I'm Waiting For the Man" lyrics.

"I'm waiting for my man
Twenty-six dollars in my hand
Up to Lexington 125
Feeling sick and dirty, more dead than alive
I'm waiting for my man"

So that could just be coincidence, but maybe not.

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eltroyo11
01-23-2007

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Very interesting. I just want this to come out so we have official lyrics.

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L-Kyne
01-27-2007

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"They lied when they said the good die young."

Consider the lyric in the Billy Joel song, "Only The Good Die Young." That song is about a Catholic girl who is pressured into having pre-marital sex, and includes the lyrics:

"They say there's a heaven for those who will wait
Some say it's better but I say it ain't
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
Sinners are much more fun."

I believe the message in Godspeed, is to dismiss the idea that the sinners live better, more exciting and adventurous lives. That idea is just a lie, and the truth is that the good people, who don't succumb to society's decadent temptations, are the ones who will really lead the most fulfilling and satifsying lives.

With that said, this song absolutely rocks.

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Ogo2k
01-28-2007

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The chelsea hotel was where Dylan Thomas went into the coma that would eventually lead to his death, and "needles and lovers" was a line in one of his poems... you know, just throwing that in there

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Ogo2k
01-28-2007

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Oh yeah, and the Chelsea Hotel is in new york, dont rack your brains kids.

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eltroyo11
02-05-2007

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According to myspace, it is Lexington. I still don't think it makes much sense, unless I'm missing some fact here.

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nackteziege
02-10-2007

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It sounds like a street that she's prostituting herself on in one of her songs. Did you read my previous comment?

Maybe it's "Lexington course your veins". Like course through them.

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