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Dear Ms. White,
Put down this night
You wouldn't believe how much it snows
In the summer heat with red iron feet
You'll be nursing a bloody nose
Princess, rest
We talk in our sleep
But wouldn't dare to sit too close
I can't be your prince
Though your secrets are safe
I am the mirror who can't let go
With hair as black as night
Her skin, a dead, pearly white
And the blood, red on the bathroom wall
With every breath and every intake
Tip-toe further away
Further away from this mistake
I'm no savior, I'm no saint, saint
(That's not what you needed anyway)
All the cold that you caught
The bones that you bought
The blood that you've lost
You built your body
In the coffin where you sleep
Let this apartment breathe
'Cause it's what it needs
I'm suffocating the clock to keep you
I think like a saint
But swing like a thief
And inadvertently leading you
To believe I'm your prince
Adorn your bedroom with hints
Take the red from your eyes
And ink it into your skin
Now watch what you say
'Cause there's nothing grey
About the color of your sin
With hair as black as night
Her skin, a dead, pearly white
And the blood, red on the bathroom wall
With every breath and every intake
Tip-toe further away
Further away from this mistake
I'm no savior, I'm no saint, saint
(That's not what you needed anyway)
All the cold that you caught
The bones that you bought
The blood that you've lost
You built your body
In the coffin where you sleep
A fix
Just a little bit
Give the girl enough to sleep through this
So stop staring at the mirror
Before it tells you the truth
Cooperate or it'll kill you, too
With every breath and every intake
Tip-toe further away
You're bleeding, you're bloodshot
Tired mistake
I'm no savior, I'm no saint, saint
(You need to see the pieces you've thrown away)
All the cold that you caught
The bones that you bought
The blood that you've lost
Keep your body
Get the hell away
From,
Me
Put down this night
You wouldn't believe how much it snows
In the summer heat with red iron feet
You'll be nursing a bloody nose
Princess, rest
We talk in our sleep
But wouldn't dare to sit too close
I can't be your prince
Though your secrets are safe
I am the mirror who can't let go
With hair as black as night
Her skin, a dead, pearly white
And the blood, red on the bathroom wall
With every breath and every intake
Tip-toe further away
Further away from this mistake
I'm no savior, I'm no saint, saint
(That's not what you needed anyway)
All the cold that you caught
The bones that you bought
The blood that you've lost
You built your body
In the coffin where you sleep
Let this apartment breathe
'Cause it's what it needs
I'm suffocating the clock to keep you
I think like a saint
But swing like a thief
And inadvertently leading you
To believe I'm your prince
Adorn your bedroom with hints
Take the red from your eyes
And ink it into your skin
Now watch what you say
'Cause there's nothing grey
About the color of your sin
With hair as black as night
Her skin, a dead, pearly white
And the blood, red on the bathroom wall
With every breath and every intake
Tip-toe further away
Further away from this mistake
I'm no savior, I'm no saint, saint
(That's not what you needed anyway)
All the cold that you caught
The bones that you bought
The blood that you've lost
You built your body
In the coffin where you sleep
A fix
Just a little bit
Give the girl enough to sleep through this
So stop staring at the mirror
Before it tells you the truth
Cooperate or it'll kill you, too
With every breath and every intake
Tip-toe further away
You're bleeding, you're bloodshot
Tired mistake
I'm no savior, I'm no saint, saint
(You need to see the pieces you've thrown away)
All the cold that you caught
The bones that you bought
The blood that you've lost
Keep your body
Get the hell away
From,
Me
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
Track duration: 03:32
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In a version of the story Snow White (non-Disney version) 'the Queen attends the wedding of the prince and she sees that the bride is Snow White. Her feet are then forcibly placed into iron slippers that had been sitting on red hot coals and she dances and dances until she drops down dead.'
disney.wikia.com/wiki/…
But not the modern, edited version; its about the original version..
"princess rest, we'll talk in our sleep"
"the cold that you caught, the bones that you brought" (no, not blow that you bought)
"i think like a saint, but swing like a thief."
and finally,
"keep your body and the hell away from me."
stay the hell away,
from me
is SO AWESOME.
Upon reading the original Grimm's fairytale of Little Snow White, it becomes even more obvious that this song is partly in reference to snow white.
"With red-iron feet, you'll be nursing a bloody nose"
comes from the last line of the fairytale where Snow White dies:
"Then they put a pair of iron shoes into burning coals. They were brought forth with tongs and placed before her. She was forced to step into the red-hot shoes and dance until she fell down dead."
Red-iron feet. Makes so much more sense to me now.
(also, i could be wrong about this but in reference to the "summer heat," one of cocaine's short term effect is increased body temperature)
We talk in our sleep
But wouldn't dare to sit too close
I can't be your prince
Though your secrets are safe
I am the mirror who can't let go
as far as those lines are concerned, it sounds like the singer purposely tries to stick around while his friend is getting high, acting like somewhat of a guardian in terms of watching out for the girl. although he is with her, he doesn't want to appear too close to her because he realizes that he can't be her prince, the one who saves her. and although he realizes he can't save her,at the same time he can't let go of her. he tries to show her the effects of her addiction, acting like a mirror to reflect what she has become.
When you think about it, all of those are destructive in some way - cocaine is obvious, snow white's naievity lead to her demise (in the original tale), and vampires take lives.
I feel like it's possible that he is writing about this girl (Lucy Gray, Ms. White, etc.) has been a destructive influence in his life but addictive at the same time; by doing cocaine, by being a "sleeping princess," and by being a "blood-sucking vampire." All three show how he may be addicted to her and her destructive lifestyle..
or maybe I'm totally off base