I open my lungs dear
I sing this song at funerals...no rush.
These lyrics heard a thousand times, just plush.
A baby boy you've held so tightly, this pain it visits almost nightly
Missing hotel beds I feel your touch.

I will wait dear, a patient of eternity, my crush
A universal still.
No rust.
No dust will ever grow in this frame,
one million years I will say your name.
I love you more than I can ever scream.

We booked our flight those years ago,
I said I love you as I left you.
Regrets still haunt my hollow head, but I promised you I will see you again, again.

I sit here and smile dear
I smile because I think of you and blush.
These bleeding hollow dials...this fuss.
A fuss is made of miles and travels when roadways are but stones and gravel.
A bleeding heart and conquer every crutch.

We booked our flight those years ago
you said you loved me as you left me. Regrets still haunt your saddened head but I promised you I will see you,
We booked our flight those years ago
I said I loved you and I left you
Regrets no longer in my head,
I promised you and now I'm home again, again, again, again, again.

I'm home again.



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Track duration: 04:12


The Mortician's Daughter song meanings
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    Song Meaning:the mortcians daughter is about andy and scout
    how they have busy schedules and they will wait for eachother intill they meet home again
    <3 so sweet
    Flag askiyon October 08, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is about a man who has to travel for a job, and he has to leave his wife and kid behind. here's my interpretation.

    "I open my lungs, dear. I sing this song at funerals, no rush
    These lyrics heard a thousand times just plush"

    This could mean that he had said this before to other girls he was with before they had broken up, the funeral could mean the relationship falling apart, and he had sang this song a number of times (a thousand times)

    "A baby boy you've held so tightly, this pain it visits almost nightly
    Missing hotel beds, I feel your touch"

    This could mean that the man and the woman he is singing to (the mortician's daughter) has a son, and the woman gives birth to the baby soon after he leaves, and the only way they could see eachother is if the woman comes and meets him at a hotel.

    "I will await, dear, a patience of eternity, my crush.
    A universal still, no rust."

    Could be that the man will wait forever just to see her, A Universal Still could mean that she will always be his, and she will always be beautiful in his eyes.

    "No dust will ever grow on this frame, one million years and I will say your name
    I love you more than I can ever scream"

    The man's feelings for her will never fade, he will always love her more than he can "ever scream" (i say that to my girlfriend.. lol)

    "We booked our flight those years ago, i said I loved you as I left you
    Regrets still haunt my hollow head, but I promised you I will see you again"

    It may sound like he left her, but that's not what it means (to me at least). it means that he said he loved her as he left to go wherever he needed, and that he regrets ever leaving and promises her they will be together again.

    "I sit here and smile, dear. I smile because I think of you and I blush
    These bleeding hollow dials, this fuss"

    The man thinks of her all the time, and every time he calls her on the telephone (these bleeding hollow dials, this fuss) its never enough for him and he wants to be with her.

    "A fuss is made of miles and travel when roadways are but stones and gravel,
    A bleeding heart can conquer every crutch"

    He's sad about leaving, it almost breaks his heart, but he is able to go through it.

    "We booked our flight those years ago, you said you loved me as you left me,
    Regrets still haunt your saddened head, but I promised you and now I'm home again"

    She ends up leaving him and she's alone, she regrets leaving him. But he promised her they will see eachother again, and he shows up and now hes home again.


    That was my interpretation, could be wrong but oh well, its my opinion.. lol. good song, me and my girlfriends song :)
    Flag xXxPunKxXxon January 16, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:My ex-partner broke up with me four months ago (after three years). He said that he will always love me ('cause I am his soulmate) but can't be with me because of his mental problems. Yesterday I saw him (and he saw me) but we didn't even say "hey" but I noticed that seeing me was hurting him. Couple hours later he added this song to his loved tracks and now I can't stop thinking what he was thinking at the moment. This song is so beautiful.
    Flag Kikipoon January 05, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:Yeah...I think its kinda obvious that its a love ballad. He wrote it for scout when he was younger, but she cheated on him. So, anyway...this is my interpretation...

    I open my lungs dear
    I sing this song at funerals...no rush. (shes a mortitian’s daughter, so he sings this song at occasions that are common for her. But also, hes saying that this is a sad song for a sad occasion....)
    These lyrics heard a thousand times, just plush. (like i love you, he’s said this a lot but it still retains the same meaning it once had)
    A baby boy you've held so tightly, this pain it visits almost nightly (maybe he’s just using this as a sort of allegory...pretending that shes now got a baby with the other man, and the pain of that is always with him. Alternately he could be (which is more likely) talking about himself, saying she once held him and it hurts that she’s gone)
    Missing hotel beds I feel your touch. (actually not entirely sure, the hotel beds cud be referring to the baby part...or maybe he just felt like putting it in coz it feels sad??)

    I will wait dear, a patient of eternity, my crush
    A universal still. (he’ll live in the memory (- a universal still) of how it was, not how it is now, and wait for a time when he can once again feel that way)
    No rust. (nothing to damage that memory)
    No dust will ever grow in this frame, (same again)
    one million years I will say your name. (he’s always going to be thinking about her and cant move on)
    I love you more than I can ever scream. (he loves her – duh)

    We booked our flight those years ago, (i think he just means this as ‘we parted many years ago’, whether or not they actually did fly away from each other doesn’t matter)
    I said I love you as I left you. (he knew he still loved her even as he told her he couldn’t be with her after what she did)
    Regrets still haunt my hollow head, but I promised you I will see you again, again. (he still regrets what happened, and he told her that, don’t worry, they’ll see each other again. He’s not going to block her entirely he just cant love her the way he once did anymore. Also, he needs some time before he can see her again)

    I sit here and smile dear
    I smile because I think of you and blush. (remembering the memories – ‘smile and blush’ because of the feelings he has and possibly also because of some embarrassing, funny moments they’ve had together)
    These bleeding hollow dials...this fuss.
    A fuss is made of miles and travels when roadways are but stones and gravel. (the ‘fuss’ (problems/tension) is because they are so far away from each other (both emotionally and literally)
    A bleeding heart and conquer every crutch. (bleeding heart – broken heart, crutch? Maybe referring to a disability and saying his heart can conquer it?)

    We booked our flight those years ago
    you said you loved me as you left me. Regrets still haunt your saddened head but I promised you I will see you,
    We booked our flight those years ago
    I said I loved you and I left you
    Regrets no longer in my head, (he’s moved on, at least enough...)
    I promised you and now I'm home again, again, again, again, again. (...and has had enough time to move on so he can see her again and they can be friends, as he promised)

    I'm home again. (duh, he’s back)

    I hope you agree, at least vaguely, or this helped you at least form your own opinions...remember though, its a song so not every line has to have a hidden meaning, its just him expressing his emotions in a hard time of his life. This is an utterly beautiful song. I luvvvv it :’)
    Flag dalamanzaon December 15, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:It's quite obvious that they're satanic. Their song "Fallen Angels", it refers to Satan and his angels being cast down to hell. A place that was meant for the Devil and his angels can't be nice, everything down there is suffering, suffering and suffering in all eternity, you can't think how harsh it is down there. Read some hell testimonies, and some heaven testimonies: divinerevelations.info/

    Jesus makes it clear "If you're not for me, you're against me". They sing "Follow the morning star" morning star refers to Lucifer "Son of dawn" Satan/Devil.

    I've heard they have inverted cross tattoos. Inverted cross is an anti-christ symbol. Ofcourse they deny that they are Satanic, so that people will keep listening to their songs.

    Just because they have songs like "God bless you", doesn't change anything. You can't be on both sides.

    They want to make heaven seem boring and so. Satan wants to do everything to keep people from Jesus, he's the deceiver from the very beginning, when he decieved Eve. But I'm telling you, from all testimonies of people who've been in hell, they say that their senses were so vivid it took an extreme effort to just breathe or to move, and things like that.

    Satan holds all non-belivers blinded from the truth!

    I was once a porn, masturbation, PC gaming addict once (I'm 15 years). But now in happy in Jesus and baptised in the Holy spirit. I feel like a whole new person.

    Flagged servantofjesuson November 11, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:*REPOST I TOTALLY BUTCHERED MY LAST POST!
    *I know my interpretations wrong but its what goes through my head when i hear it. i know its incorrect but no two minds think alike. i may be 14 but sometimes over think the small things in life. also i bought the new album the day after it came out. got the jake pitts poster, i wanted the andy one because i have an obsessive crush on him. but anny way enjoy my interpretation lol*


    I open my lungs dear
    I sing this song at funerals...no rush.
    These lyrics heard a thousand times, just plush.
    A baby boy you've held so tightly, this pain it visits almost nightly
    Missing hotel beds I feel your touch.

    *i see a mortician having to prep his own daughter. andy singing it at funerals but this ones different because the girl and him were in love*

    I will wait dear, a patient of eternity, my crush
    A universal still.
    No rust.
    No dust will ever grow in this frame,
    one million years I will say your name.
    I love you more than I can ever scream.

    *hed wait an eternity if he had to just to see her again. dust wont grow he wont forget her. one million..i can ever scream. he wakes from nightmare missing her and crying and screaming her name*


    We booked our flight those years ago,
    I said I love you as I left you.
    Regrets still haunt my hollow head, but I promised you I will see you again, again.

    *they booked a flight but she got fatally injured and he wited til she was dying to finally admit he loved her and he regrets never admitting his true fealings when he had the chance, hes been robbed of precious time with her*

    I sit here and smile dear
    I smile because I think of you and blush.
    These bleeding hollow dials...this fuss.
    A fuss is made of miles and travels when roadways are but stones and gravel.
    A bleeding heart and conquer every crutch.

    *he smiles and blushes because he had an insane crush on her and its a bittersweet moment since shes dead but he still loves he and he travels far in his spare time to leave flowers on her grave and everyone with him says its a waste of time. but he thinks he may never get over her*

    Flag Nikki97on June 23, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:*I know my interpretations wrong but its what goes through my head when i hear it. i know its incorrect but no two minds think alike. i may be 14 but sometimes over think the small things in life. also i bought the new album the day after it came out. got the jake pitts poster, i wanted the any one because i have an obsessive crush on him. but anny way enjoy my interpretation lol*


    I open my lungs dear
    I sing this song at funerals...no rush.
    These lyrics heard a thousand times, just plush.
    A baby boy you've held so tightly, this pain it visits almost nightly
    Missing hotel beds I feel your touch.

    *i see a mortician having to prep his own daughter. andy singing it at funerals but this ones different because the girl and him were in love*

    I will wait dear, a patient of eternity, my crush
    A universal still.
    No rust.
    No dust will ever grow in this frame,
    one million years I will say your name.
    I love you more than I can ever scream.

    *hed wait an eternity if he had to just to see her again. dust wont grow he wont forget her. onemillion..i can ever scream. he wakes from nightmare missing her and crying and screaming her name*


    We booked our flight those years ago,
    I said I love you as I left you.
    Regrets still haunt my hollow head, but I promised you I will see you again, again.

    *they booked a flight but she got fatally injured and he wited til she was dying to finally admit he loved her and he regrets never admitting his true fealings when he had the chance, hes been robbed of precious time with her*

    I sit here and smile dear
    I smile because I think of you and blush.
    These bleeding hollow dials...this fuss.
    A fuss is made of miles and travels when roadways are but stones and gravel.
    A bleeding heart and conquer every crutch.

    *he smiles and blushes because he had an insane crush on her and its a bittersweet moment since shes dead but he still loves he and he travels far in his spare time to leave flowers on her grave and everyone with him says its a waste of time. but he thinks he may never get over her*

    Flag Nikki97on June 23, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Okay. This song is now for his army. Yes, it was for Scout. But at a show, he tells the crowd that he wrote it when he was younger and the girl ripped his heart out. He was tearing up and they had to play it over the speakers because he wouldn't sing it. She cheated on him. I agree with wickedd on the meaning to the song. But apparently, after he cracked his ribs, Scout stayed with him in the hospital, along with Matt Good. I seriously hope they don't get back together.
    Flag Emily6Strangeon June 22, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:this song is my lulaby!! i love andy soo much! :D his voice calmss my heart and i can relate to alot of what hes plays...he is an absolute amazing singer and my idol! C:
    Flag danielleypaigeon March 15, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I always thought this song was about a man who was a mortican, and his daughter died.. so he had to prepare her body.
    But he knew he would see her again at 'home'. which was heaven. And in the end he went to heaven..
    Flag Nephele73on March 07, 2011   Link

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