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Slow decay, I won't stop fighting yet
Who do you think that is there?
I came to fight
I am in the air
I know you follow the body
Let go now
To the cold step hypnotic we go
I only call them when I know I don't see them
I only call them when I know I don't see them
Who do you think that is there?
I show beyond, slow beyond compare
I always fall in these fights, I know why
Always fall in these fights, I know why
Controlling the age, it takes a toll on my brain
Now, who do you think that is there?
Only call them when I know I don't see them
I only call them when I know I don't see them
Slow decay, I won't
Who do you think that is there?
Bite to stripe, leading out of despair
I know you follow the body
Let go now
To the cold step hypnotic
It won't stop now
You fake it with taste
Don�t mean you�re making your own way
Now who do you think, I said who do you think now?
Oh, how I pass the days
You know how much I care
Oh, through the wax and wane
You know I will be there
Oh, at your faded grace
I know now not to stare
But slow decay, I won't stop fighting yet
Who do you think that is there?
I came to fight
I am in the air
I always fall in these fights
I know why
And from the birth-strains of life I go right
But controlling my age it takes a toll on my brain
Now who do you think that is there?
Only call them when I know I don't see them
I only call them when I know I don't see them
Who do you think that is there?
I came to fight
I am in the air
I know you follow the body
Let go now
To the cold step hypnotic we go
I only call them when I know I don't see them
I only call them when I know I don't see them
Who do you think that is there?
I show beyond, slow beyond compare
I always fall in these fights, I know why
Always fall in these fights, I know why
Controlling the age, it takes a toll on my brain
Now, who do you think that is there?
Only call them when I know I don't see them
I only call them when I know I don't see them
Slow decay, I won't
Who do you think that is there?
Bite to stripe, leading out of despair
I know you follow the body
Let go now
To the cold step hypnotic
It won't stop now
You fake it with taste
Don�t mean you�re making your own way
Now who do you think, I said who do you think now?
Oh, how I pass the days
You know how much I care
Oh, through the wax and wane
You know I will be there
Oh, at your faded grace
I know now not to stare
But slow decay, I won't stop fighting yet
Who do you think that is there?
I came to fight
I am in the air
I always fall in these fights
I know why
And from the birth-strains of life I go right
But controlling my age it takes a toll on my brain
Now who do you think that is there?
Only call them when I know I don't see them
I only call them when I know I don't see them
Lyrics submitted by WooTrippy!
Track duration: 03:13
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I think it means I only ask for help when I know they can't do anything for me.
Some lines:
"Slow decay" -- it is a degenerative disease, sometimes leading to progressive damage to organs over time
"Who do you think that is there? I came to fight" -- it's an autoimmune disease, so your cells are basically attacking yourself
"I am in the air, I know you follow the body, let go now" -- again, the autoimmune issue, it's within you
"Oh, through the wax and wane, you know I will be there" -- waxing and waning is the nature of the disease -- but it's always there (treatable not curable)
"Oh, at your faded grace, I know now not to stare": A classical symptom is a prominent rash on the face, butterfly-shaped
It's all over really!
detective jeffries (david bowie) says this line in Fire Walk With Me.
coincidence? probably. but some of the imagery fits with the that of Twin Peaks.
I believe he might be referencing death as a ghost or spirits. He only calls them, when he know's he doesn't see them. He doesn't want to acknowledge the presence of the spirits when he doesn't see or feel their presence.
'Who do you think that is there?' whoever that is, is most likely the source of the slow decay. And 'At your faded glory I know not to stare.' I think that goes along with the idea of being drawn into the slow decay by staring at it, which he wants to avoid.
Finally, "I always fall in these fights." Perhaps acknowledging that the decay is immanent, and when he's fighting in his brain, he's aware that the decay will ultimately win. But again going back to the first line -- I won't stop fighting yet.
Maybe the phrase 'I only call them when I know I don't see them' is referencing two different "them's", one being his family, friends, girlfriend or whoever that he only calls whenever he is not too torn away by the other 'them', his disease.
He is also saying to his loved ones (girlfriend maybe?) that he will always be there in some kind of.. farewell.
Just my interpretation.