'Cause it's not the cold
Making my, making my legs shake
It's Timmy's ghost
Taking his, taking his place in our hearts forever

'Cause it's not the sound
Keeping me, keeping me from sleep
It's what Jesus said, it's what Jesus said
Said about the hell underneath

I think I'd rather believe it's some imaginary place
Made up to make children behave
So our souls are safe to wander off wherever they might please
Your soul is safe wherever you might be

Come now, sleep
Come now, sleep

Tell me I'm only dreaming, tell me he's just sleeping
When morning comes, we'll both wake up to the sun
And tell me I'm only dreaming, tell me he's just sleeping
When morning comes, we'll both wake up to the sun
And love that's enough to keep our friends alive

Phone call, I pull my car to the side of the road
No, it's not the cold that's making my legs shake
It's someone I love being taken away
A ghost is taking his place in our hearts, in our hearts

Where inside he moves from room to room
But sometimes he climbs our spines
To remind our grieving heads
That in this way he hasn't left

Tell me I'm only dreaming, tell me he's just sleeping
When morning comes, we'll both wake up to the sun
And tell me I'm only dreaming, tell me he's just sleeping
When morning comes, we'll both wake up to the sun
And love that's enough to keep our friends alive
But love is enough to keep our friends alive

But take me back to where I was before, I was born
It's life, sweet and dreamlessly, it sounds like heaven to me



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    this song is extremely haunting and powerful. The lyrics explain my thoughts on heaven and hell, and how troubling it is to think of someone dying and being in hell. I don't believe in God, but this song is one of my all-time favorites.

    the six-minute instrumental is very serene, and is not at all boring to listen to. It is from that part to the end that is my favorite part. And the final stanza at the end is probably the most haunting lyrics I have heard. A very good way to end the song.

    As Cities Burn may not be my favorite band, but they struck gold with this song. Definitely the best on the album and the best by a Christian band. It's a shame that it will never become well-known, but it will forever be remembered to me as the song that best describes the paradox of the afterlife.

    ItsAllNiceOnIceon June 27, 2009   Link
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    This song is an ode to a friend of the band's, Timothy Jordan. There is a dedication to him in the linear notes. I'm guessing he passed away suddenly, and the song is one describing the sorrow and shock that one goes through when someone close is suddenly taken from this world.

    soccero15on August 16, 2007   Link
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    i think the last part of the lyrics are wrong. i think he's really saying:

    it's like sweet and dreamless sleep

    not "it's life; sweet and dreamless sleep..." yea?

    jaklsfjsadlkfjdsalfon September 08, 2007   Link
  • +1
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    You're a real champion, Faballion.

    playitloud253on March 21, 2008   Link
  • 0
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    Such a sad story, i'm guessing that the whole hell things means timmy wasn't a believer? Makes me cry when i hear it and i'm a guy...

    exit requiredon August 16, 2007   Link
  • 0
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    The last lines of this song remind me of Sigmund Freud. Freud writes that when we are in the womb or have just been born and we aren't even really aware of own existence as a separate person from our mother, that this is contentment and the aim of life. In that state we have no sense of self and have no desires. Once we have left this state we lose that wholeness and spend the rest of our life chasing after what will complete us but really what we desire is to not have any desires.

    johnielsen08on August 16, 2007   Link
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    Timothy used to play keyboards in Jonezetta. Cody from ACB and Ty from Jonezetta told me he committed suicide. So that should explain some things.

    playitloud253on August 20, 2007   Link
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    Oh, and Cody told me he was a believer, exitrequired, but either way Hell is a very haunting and touchy subject. So whether or not someone is a believer it makes people think of Heaven and Hell when someone commits suicide.

    playitloud253on August 20, 2007   Link
  • 0
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    as long as this song is, it never gets old to me. i like the fact that its long. epic stuff right here.

    kyleeeon September 09, 2007   Link
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    to exit required

    i think when he talks about hell he actually means that hes afraid Tim might go there and he doesn't want that to happen he wants it to be where theres no chance that he would go to hell and have it to where "our souls are safe to wander off, Wherever they might please"

    sobeisforloverson September 18, 2007   Link

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