Lyrics for To Lose My Life as interpreted by screamingchoirs

To Lose My Life Lyrics
he said to lose my life or lose my love
that's the nightmare I've been running from
so let me hold you in my arms a while
I was always careless as a child
and there's a part of me that still believes
my soul will soar above the trees
but a desperate fear flows through my blood
our dead love's buried beneath the mud

let's grow old together
and die at the same time
let's grow old together
and die at the same time

I said,
I've got no time, I have to go
and I was more right than I will ever know
He said 'my heart is fate' well mine's regret
and left him crying next to the chapel steps

let's grow old together
and die at the same time
let's grow old together
and die at the same time
let's grow old together
and die at the same time
let's grow old together
and die at the same time

(he said!)
he said to lose my life or lose my love
that's the nightmare I've been running from
so let me hold you in my arms a while
(let's grow old together and die at the same time)
I was always careless as a child
(let's grow old together and die at the same time)
and there's a part of me that still believes
my soul will soar above the trees
(he said! let's grow old together and die at the same time)
but a desperate fear flows through my blood
our dead love's buried beneath the mud

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cosinewave
11-23-2008

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It's 'lets grow old together' not home

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N/U/T/T/Y/?
12-08-2008

Rated +2 
it's a song about that terrifying decision between who dies first - you or your life partner. the simple solution would be dying together, but it obviously doesn't work that way - so it's to lose your life or to lose your love.
there's also underlying currents of 'does the soul exist?' in there too, particularly:
'and there's a part of me that still believes
my soul will soar above the trees
but a desperate fear flows through my blood
a dead love's buried beneath the mud'
which i think means that he hopes souls exist so they can meet together afterwards, but he's terrified it won't be like that.
i'm really loving white lies, they're a nice break from all the new indie bands out there that just sound the same and sing about girls, girls, girls in an awfully unsubtle way. there's a touch of joy division about them, and from that, the editors. i really like them :)

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adoyle123
02-02-2009

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really great song

very good band

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vanityjunkie
02-07-2009

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I just looked up the lyrics on Myspace and they're all good apart from "he said my heart is faithful to mines regret (?)" is "He said 'my heart is fate' well mine's regret" and (this is really minor) it's "our dead love" not "a dead love"

Love this song so much! It really captures the way you can't imagine ever letting someone go and the way even the idea of that terrifies you.

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Los_weekend
03-05-2009

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"let's grow old together
and die at the same time"

such depressing lyrics.


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sirxander
03-10-2009

Rated +1 
well I think the meaning is pretty straightforward... Nutty explained it pretty well imo... I just want to point out something that appears not to have been noticed by anyone else... despite the fact that the two possibilities the song gives (to lose one's life or to lose one's love), the title of the song, and of the whole album, is TO LOSE MY LIFE... isn't it, in your opinions, some kind of hint left there to propose a solution to the dramatic choice? doesn't it make you think that, in the end, if you really love someone, you'd want him/her to live on even after you've gone?? to me, it does. that's just what I think. sayonara

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billforrest
03-16-2009

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Catchy song with a dark angle. just curious is he gay? because in the song there is a lot of 'he said' ... and seeing that its kind of a love song... hmmm

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comawalker
03-18-2009

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I think he's in love with someone, he's not suppose to be with. So he has the choice of living with out her, or dying. So them being so in love, hold each other for a while. Then commit suicide together. So they die together, in love, instead of living without each other.


That's just my opinion, don't know if that's what they were going for. But that's what i got, and i love this song.

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RacingRat
03-31-2009

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I think it's about the naivete you have the first time you fall in love. Where you think everything's going to be life or death with her/him forever. Then they split and he loses faith. (chapel steps)

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Udaho
08-07-2009

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I don't think this song is depressing, a little dark
maybe, but not depressing. I think it's really sweet,
and catchy. I like the whole thing ^ that guy was sayin
about young love...ahhh the anguish....
Thank you Sirius for another awesome song!

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burningexample
10-26-2009

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I've been listening to this song for close to a year, and it hasn't gotten old. It's so catchy and the lyrics are thought-provoking. The synth-y beats on the chorus are AMAZING.

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