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It's in my hair, it's on my clothes
It's in the river, over the road
It's shining down, my angry star
Hanging off the hood of my car
Not going far, not going far
It's coming down, they're coming up the shoulders
What have they found? I wonder if they'd know
I'm in a bull black Chevy Nova, silhouetted by the setting sun
This can't be undone, this can't be undone
If I am the one, blood on the sofa
Blood in the sink, blood in the trunk
High at the wheel of a bull black Nova
And I'm sorry as a setting sun
This can't be undone, can't be outrun
It's in my hair, there's blood in the sink
I can't calm down, I can't think
I keep calling, there's blood in the trunk
I can't calm down, I freak out, black out
It's in the river, over the road
It's shining down, my angry star
Hanging off the hood of my car
Not going far, not going far
It's coming down, they're coming up the shoulders
What have they found? I wonder if they'd know
I'm in a bull black Chevy Nova, silhouetted by the setting sun
This can't be undone, this can't be undone
If I am the one, blood on the sofa
Blood in the sink, blood in the trunk
High at the wheel of a bull black Nova
And I'm sorry as a setting sun
This can't be undone, can't be outrun
It's in my hair, there's blood in the sink
I can't calm down, I can't think
I keep calling, there's blood in the trunk
I can't calm down, I freak out, black out
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Here he is pulled over and the "it" are police lights
It's in my hair/It's on my clothes/It's in the river, over the road
It's shining down my angry star/Hanging off the hood of my car
He is about to be arrested:
It's coming down/They're coming up the shoulders/What have they found
I wonder if they'd know (this thought is a fragment and picks up again later)
I'm in a bull black Chevy nova/Silhouetted by the setting sun
If I am the one (balance of the thought fragment)
Blood on the sofa/Blood in the sink/Blood in the trunk
Here he is "freaking out" frantically calling the girl he just murdered begging her to pick, which of course she cant because she is dead:
I can't calm down, I can't think
I keep calling
There's blood in the trunk
I can't calm down
Pick up!
Oh pick up
It sounds like he loves this person very much and fears losing them which I would think is quite normal. The blackout just means that he can't even imagine hurting this person and the blood being on his hands must symbolize that he feals responsible for this persons death.
Great song, glad they let Nels off the leash for this one :)
and yeah, you right on the "pick up", the words " I keep calling" is mia in lyrics above, pick up makes plenty of sense,
so, to add to my above interp... "he" is emotionally abusive to the extreme, with words/ actions meant to destroy,
the abuse freaks "her" out, she leaves, refuses to pick up her phone, wisely I might add
and now he's alone and freaking at what he has done, and, in the dark state, is convinced it is so bad it "can't be undone"
thing about JT is he writes these disturbing songs that eerily describe disturbing experiences I been having with another
gotta give him credit, he does make me feel for the killer
bless those of you who read these lyrics literally,
to me this means you don't have a heat seeking missile in your arsenal, and that's a good thing
been there, both sides
makes me think of down by the river,
JT is a great songwriter, great voice, and has got himself a great band too