come on down, the furthest reaches of your nowhere town
they suck you in, the black hole kids wont let you free again

dont you try to shoot up the sky
tonight well stay alive

when its gone, you sit and stare
until the golden dawn
cant you see his arms are a hell and you wont ever leave?



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Track duration: 04:56


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    General Comment:The Black Hole Kids I think is a reference to the Adolescents song. The definition I saw said that the black hole is a one bedroom apartment in California where homeless kids into punk music live.

    The Vivian Girls song Death also refers to staying alive and came out the previous year.

    I have wondered if the Golden Dawn line is a reference to the occult group at the beginning of the last century that had as members Aleister Crowley and W.B. Yeats.
    Flag jscott33on November 06, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:beautiful song. i'm sure it's about meth, though. "when it's gone / you sit and stare until the golden dawn" is definitely about drugs, nevermind the other lines.
    Flag chamiseulon July 04, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Seems to me like the singer is trying to persuade someone not to commit suicide, hence the chorus. I might not be reading deep enough, though.
    Flag cooltapes45on April 12, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I think, like 2/3s of their songs, this one is about the speaker who being involved with a super cool woman already in a relationship with someone else.
    Flag robwyattfanon January 04, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Sorry for the typing errors...
    Flag maracuyitoon April 12, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is an amazing nod to Ride, the guitars are so Ride-ish, the whole atmosphere... Tt really makes me think of a huge endless sky, and being in a desert looking at a ghost town or something like that. Anyway, it's amazing, I love this band, I hope there's a real shoegazing revival coming up...

    And I think it's about being so happy in the arms of someone you love but know it's bad for you, about just wanting to enjoy the moment, to forget about the harm that may come from that relationship, and realizaing that happiness can easily turn inyo you geting lost and trapped... I'm not sure, but right now it sounds like that.
    Flag maracuyitoon April 12, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:don't you try to shoot up the sky
    Flag existentialanxietyon February 15, 2009   Link
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    My Opinion:beautiful
    Flag thenor9on February 07, 2009   Link

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