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I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
It sits in silence, eats away at me.
It feeds like cancer. This guilt could fill a fucking sea.
Pulling teeth, wolves at my door.
Now falling and failing is all I know.
This disease is getting worse.
I counted my blessings, now I'll count this curse.
The only thing I really know: I can't sleep at night.
I'm buried and breathing in regret.
Yeah!
The only thing I really know: I can't sleep at night.
I'm buried and breathing in regret.
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
I may look happy, but honestly dear,
the only way I'll really smile is if you cut me ear to ear.
I see the vultures, they watch me bleed.
They lick their lips, as all the shame spills out of me.
Repent! Repent! The end is nigh!
Repent! Repent! We're all gonna die!
Repent! Repent! These secrets will kill us!
So get on your knees, and pray for...
Repent! Repent! The end is nigh!
Repent! Repent! We're all gonna die!
Repent! Repent! These secrets will kill us!
So get on your knees, and pray for forgiveness!
We all carry these things inside that no one else can see.
They hold us down like anchors. They drown us out at sea.
I look up to the sky, there may be nothing there to see.
But if I don't believe in him, why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
Ruh!
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you will never know.
You will never know.
I know something you don't know.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
It sits in silence, eats away at me.
It feeds like cancer. This guilt could fill a fucking sea.
Pulling teeth, wolves at my door.
Now falling and failing is all I know.
This disease is getting worse.
I counted my blessings, now I'll count this curse.
The only thing I really know: I can't sleep at night.
I'm buried and breathing in regret.
Yeah!
The only thing I really know: I can't sleep at night.
I'm buried and breathing in regret.
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
I may look happy, but honestly dear,
the only way I'll really smile is if you cut me ear to ear.
I see the vultures, they watch me bleed.
They lick their lips, as all the shame spills out of me.
Repent! Repent! The end is nigh!
Repent! Repent! We're all gonna die!
Repent! Repent! These secrets will kill us!
So get on your knees, and pray for...
Repent! Repent! The end is nigh!
Repent! Repent! We're all gonna die!
Repent! Repent! These secrets will kill us!
So get on your knees, and pray for forgiveness!
We all carry these things inside that no one else can see.
They hold us down like anchors. They drown us out at sea.
I look up to the sky, there may be nothing there to see.
But if I don't believe in him, why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
Ruh!
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you will never know.
You will never know.
I know something you don't know.
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It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
(Oli Sykes did something that he isn't proud of. He refuses to tell anyone, but it wasn't illegal or embarrassing. But, it could put an end to BMTH.)
It sits in silence, eats away at me.
It feeds like cancer. This guilt could fill a fucking sea.
Pulling teeth, wolves at my door.
Now falling and failing is all I know.
(He can't get it off his mind. There's so much guilt in him and he regrets what he did. He's contemplating suicide.)
This disease is getting worse.
I counted my blessings, now I'll count this curse.
The only thing I really know: I can't sleep at night.
I'm buried and breathing in regret.
Yeah!
The only thing I really know: I can't sleep at night.
I'm buried and breathing in regret.
(This secret is bothering him so much and it's kind of burying him.)
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
I may look happy, but honestly dear,
the only way I'll really smile is if you cut me ear to ear.
I see the vultures, they watch me bleed.
They lick their lips, as all the shame spills out of me.
(He's not happy. He puts on an act when he's around people, but he just wants to die. Cause a chelsea smile is when someone cuts you from your ear to the edges of you mouth on both sides of your face. THat makes your face appear as if you're always smiling. Hence the "the only way I'll really smile is if you cut me ear to ear," a.k.a. he dies.)
Repent! Repent! The end is nigh!
Repent! Repent! We're all gonna die!
Repent! Repent! These secrets will kill us!
So get on your knees, and pray for...
Repent! Repent! The end is nigh!
Repent! Repent! We're all gonna die!
Repent! Repent! These secrets will kill us!
So get on your knees, and pray for forgiveness!
(I'm not sure about this. Maybe he's starting to turn to God.)
We all carry these things inside that no one else can see.
They hold us down like anchors. They drown us out at sea.
I look up to the sky, there may be nothing there to see.
But if I don't believe in him, why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
(Everyone has secrets that they won't tell anyone. They can make you feel so terrible. And the part about the sky, means he's turning to God for help even though he doesn't believe in God. But, at the same time, it's kind of pointless to him. If he doesn't believe in God, why would God believe in him?)
Ruh!
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you will never know.
You will never know.
I know something you don't know.
And, that's basically it :)
i think this song has got something to do with massive secret that is deep down inside making him feel guilty
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
(Obviously Oli has been alerted of something, something new to him that no one else knows, a secret solely concerning him, no other possibility would make sense or he wouldnt write about it, and clearly it something that troubles him)
It sits in silence, eats away at me.
It feeds like cancer. This guilt could fill a fucking sea.
Pulling teeth, wolves at my door.
Now falling and failing is all I know.
(This secret concerns his health, it as if he has been warned of his death and now all he can feel is the guilt of his actions, and all the things he wishes he could take back. Life only feels like a dream as it is falling in front of his very eyes, and feels like everything he does is failing, not knowing how to end up)
This disease is getting worse.
I counted my blessings, now I'll count this curse.
The only thing I really know: I can't sleep at night.
I'm buried and breathing in regret.
Yeah!
The only thing I really know: I can't sleep at night.
I'm buried and breathing in regret.
(It appears he has been taken by a surprise illness, maybe cancer refering to a lyric in the first few line of the song. He has counted his blessings, the things he has treasured, his hopes, his prayers, his loved ones, but they all seem so lost in comparison to the time winding down on his life. He tries to rest, but how can one rest when you know your at the hands of death, so all you feel is the thought of being burried in the thought of death, mentally in his own grave regreting all of the poor choices he has made in his life)
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
(Same as before)
I may look happy, but honestly dear,
the only way I'll really smile is if you cut me ear to ear.
I see the vultures, they watch me bleed.
They lick their lips, as all the shame spills out of me.
(He goes on everyday putting up this mask to hide what he really feels, and how he wishes to truly smile for the ones he loves, but the only way he can smile is if you cut a smile into his face, hence the title a chelsea smile. Oli sits thier waiting for death to take hold of him, the vultures watching him bleed represents this as Vultures are the bird of death. Death laughs as oli drowns in the shame he has dived into)
Repent! Repent! The end is nigh!
Repent! Repent! We're all gonna die!
Repent! Repent! These secrets will kill us!
So get on your knees, and pray for...
Repent! Repent! The end is nigh!
Repent! Repent! We're all gonna die!
Repent! Repent! These secrets will kill us!
So get on your knees, and pray for forgiveness!
(Oli feels as if he needs to repent, and be forgiven for his sins so he can die and be taken to heaven as he screams of all these sad realizations he has come to such as everyone dying, so pray for forgiveness and be welcome into heaven)
We all carry these things inside that no one else can see.
They hold us down like anchors. They drown us out at sea.
I look up to the sky, there may be nothing there to see.
But if I don't believe in him, why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
Why would he believe in me?
(Everyone carries inside secrets, some good, some bad, but some drain us of all our emotion and make us feel weak, drowning us into the ocean. As Oli had hoped in prayer to be forgiven, and to be given a second chance, it still appears as if he is still sick and still going to die, so loses his faith in prayer and god and ask how he could ever believe in him if Oli doesnt believe in god.
Ruh!
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you don't know.
I've got a secret.
It's on the tip of my tongue, it's on the back of my lungs.
And I'm gonna keep it.
I know something you will never know.
You will never know.
I know something you don't know.
(So in summary, he is sick, and realizes his life is fading, scared to let go, and feels nothing but distrought and guilt for his life choices, wishing he could take some back and try to make a better life for him or the people he has hurt. He wishes to do this in hope god will forgive him and give him a second chance but no sign of one was given, and questions why he even bothered. Just after realizing this, i had been informed that Oli had throat cancer, im not to sure when he got it, but if it was around the same time Chelsea smile came out, it would make a lot of sense haha, anyways those are my thoughts on the song.
It was easy for me to understand after I sat down and actually read the lyrics.
Hope it helps for you!
it has alot of hidden meanings