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I've been crawling around in the dark for a while.
Sprawled out across the floor.
Not collecting dust anymore.
Define me a parasite. Define my host.
Trapped beneath the floor.
I slowly waste away.
Now I pull my frail body into the chair.
And look me in the face.
Oh, disappointments, so disappointing.
This may be my last one.
It's gonna be good and hard.
It might be a touch out of key.
When this thing breaks. I will be you, you will be me.
I'm afraid that this is really happening.
Let's hope this is short lived and riddled with dizzy
Oh, God the noise! Is ringing in my ear.
It's so unclear. I hear them talking.
But can't make out the words.
Speak up. Speak clear.
God, where have I been.
I'm terrible company. With zero apologies.
While I sink to the bottom.
I'll sing out as it fills with water.
I hope I've done enough.
I'm worn out.
I'm worn thin.
I will never break through.
Let me out
Sprawled out across the floor.
Not collecting dust anymore.
Define me a parasite. Define my host.
Trapped beneath the floor.
I slowly waste away.
Now I pull my frail body into the chair.
And look me in the face.
Oh, disappointments, so disappointing.
This may be my last one.
It's gonna be good and hard.
It might be a touch out of key.
When this thing breaks. I will be you, you will be me.
I'm afraid that this is really happening.
Let's hope this is short lived and riddled with dizzy
Oh, God the noise! Is ringing in my ear.
It's so unclear. I hear them talking.
But can't make out the words.
Speak up. Speak clear.
God, where have I been.
I'm terrible company. With zero apologies.
While I sink to the bottom.
I'll sing out as it fills with water.
I hope I've done enough.
I'm worn out.
I'm worn thin.
I will never break through.
Let me out
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The first verse may not have much evidence towards my claim, but the chorus kinda does:
When this thing breaks.
I will be you
You will be me.
I pray that this is really happening.
I feel that their speaking from Aaron's stand point, as in him saying, "After the band breaks apart, I will be like you, and then you will be like me." Speaking as he won't be a famous band member anymore, he'll be a normal person. And the "I pray that this is really happening" kinda speaks as though he's really ready to break away from Underoath and persue his own thing.
And the "Where have I been?"'s kinda make me feel like Aaron is asking where he's been, because he's been busy doing acoustic show's and working with The Almost, and not really been with Underoath. As well as the "I'm a terrible company with zero apologies." kind of makes me think as though Aaron is saying that he's been terrible company for the band, moving away from them and maybe his family to work on multiple projects at once, and he hasn't been to apologetic for it.
And then the "I'm worn out, I'm worn thin, I will never break through." Kind of strikes me as Aaron saying "I'm tired of touring in a hardcore band" And maybe that he is ready to break through and move on to other things. And of course, the "Where have I been?" thing echoes again. And of course, "Let me out!" Is kind of like Aaron screaming that he's ready to be let out of the band.
Of course, I may be entirely wrong, but this is just my theory. Maybe Aaron and the band knew about his departure when this album was written, and perhaps they just never said anything and let Aaron write a song expressing his opinion.
1. Im quite sad Aaron is out. he was probably my favorite part of the band, his vox are so amazing.
2. WOW this song is on rock band 2!?! soo much fun to play! not many people have it though cuz its those free songs that it came with the download code for(most of which i personaly do not enjoy..)
3. FREAKIN SICK SONG. its just one of those songs thats really open and can be interpreted a few ways.
i think after his body falls apart, he wishes that he can switch to a new one.
maybe a form of reincarnation perhaps?
still sucks but =\
so basically it's about the spencer and his previous past addiction with drugs. The addiction caused him a lot of pain but, it ultimately lead him the way to God. I think this is a pretty cool testimony. Showing that even bad times can lead people to God. eg people who live in 'christian-persecuting' countries. It's very clear that people come to find God through harsh times like that.
So, back to the song meaning, it talks about the disgust he now has for his previous drug addiction and how he feels that it hinders him from becoming like Jesus (which is of course his and every other christians goal).
DEFINE ME A PARASITE - parasite is how he feels
DEFINE MY HOST - feeding off a 'host' of drugs
he feels like he cant even look in the mirror any more because of the shame and disappointment he feels in himself. Spencer also sings about the great hope he has that hes never going back to how he used to live with drugs.
Hope it helps. Peace :)
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