The Fall of Troy – Panic Attack!

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I fucking hate myself
'Cause my words just curse, and sentence life to death
Why do they?

Here we go again
Losing all my friends
Distorting the truth
To lie to you again

Stuck in this hole
Where no one will ever go
Have to find somewhere else
With someone else's whiter fences

As if to
Annoy you
On purpose just cause I can


Here we go again
Losing all my friends
Distorting my truth
To lie to you again

Here we go again
Losing all my friends
Disconnect from them
To side with you again

If I go down
I'm taking the world with me

As if to
Ignore you
On purpose just cause I can

Here we go again
Losing all my friends
Distorting her truth
To lie to you again

Black and white has never been so right
Black and white has never been so bright

Woah!

A silence guts me
Eats me alive
Looking for a ladder, to climb to her level

Here we go again
Losing all my friends
Distorting my truth
To lie to you again

Here we go again
Losing all my friends
Disconnect from them
To side with you again

Black and white has never been so right
Black and white has never been so bright

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Track duration: 03:34


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    General Comment:With a bit of Zakk Wylde in the mix
    Flag ContemporaryDecayEmbodimenton March 19, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Also, don't know if there are any tone chasers out there, but the intro is amazing. It's like a cross between Tom Morello and Mike Einziger on coke. Thom's tone has always been unique and awesome, but this is nothing short of flawless.
    Flag ContemporaryDecayEmbodimenton October 21, 2009   Link
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    My Interpretation:Okay I'm just speculating and this could be a misinterpretation, but I hear "Black and white have never been so right / Black and white has never been so bright" the first time. The second time I hear him say "has" both times.
    I'm not sure why he uses "have" the first line, then "has" the second. Maybe he's referring to "black and white" the first part of the stanza as two things: bad and good. While the on the next lyric, "black and white" is a synonym for a single thing e.g. grayscale. But this raises questions. I can understand how a grayscale could be brighter than before, but why would good and bad ever be "right"? And why would he change the phrasing at the end of the song?
    Thom is an intelligent guy. I'm pretty sure as a songwriter he wrote it like this on purpose. Or perhaps he didn't. Who knows? Maybe he intentionally used incorrect grammar to see if any obsessive-compulsive scrutinizers, like myself, would waste time trying to figure it out. lol
    Flag ContemporaryDecayEmbodimenton October 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:"This is about when you're surrounded by a lot of people and you have to take a step back and weed out a lot of them to figure out who your real friends are. The song was named 'Panic Attack' because I actually had a panic attack when we were recording the drums for it. I had to chill out for 20 minutes to recover, and then I realized, 'Well, I guess we've got the name of our song.'"
    Flag theTyranton September 30, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:its about facebook (not really tho)
    Flag temp1444on September 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Thehobo94 is an idiot for falsely stating shit as facts. It's definitely "I'm losing all my friends!" Not "breathe."
    Flag kjhoveyon September 28, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Here are the lyrics directly from TFOT themselves.

    I fucking hate myself,
    Cause my words just curse, and sentence life, to death.

    Here we go again, I'm losing all my friends...
    Distorting the truth, to lie to you again.
    Disconnect from then to side with you again...

    Stuck in this hole, where no one will ever go...
    Have to find somewhere else, with someone else's whiter fences.

    As if to, annoy you, on purpose just cause I can...

    If I go down, im taking the world WITH ME!!!!!!

    As if to, ignore you, on purpose, just cause I can!

    Oh, the silence guts me... It eats me alive...
    Looking for a ladder, to climb to her level!

    Black and white have never been so bright.
    Flag lendmeyourbrainon September 28, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:and maybe:
    Here we go again
    Losing all my grips
    Flag theTyranton September 25, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I hear:

    Accept you
    Ignore you
    On purpose just cause I can
    Flag theTyranton September 25, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:the first time it says "as if to annoy you on purpose just cause i can" and the second time it says ignore. It definitely says breath everytime and never says friends
    Flag Thehobo94on September 20, 2009   Link

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