The end result of so many meetings
at late night diners with no one eating,
we sit in corners
and sip burnt coffee,
count the tiles
up on the ceiling,
skip this pretense
and cut straight to dying,
don’t beg me to keep your eyes from crying.

You said so much
without ever parting your lips.

It’s past 3am and I'm still far from sleep,
and this is a habit I can’t break,
you're my only company,
I'm skipping stones.

And the street lights flicker like this match in my hand,
the street lights flicker like this match in my hand.
And street lights flicker like this match in my hand,
begging to strike.
Begging to strike.
And I keep repeating but this payphone telly stopped receiving,
flat out of change now.
I'm sure you won't accept the charges.
It’s all the same because by morning I'll be halfway to Colorado
or someplace like that.

You said so much without ever parting your lips.

Its past 3am and I'm still far from sleep,
and this is a habit I cant break.
You're my only company,
I'm skipping stones down a sub-suburban street.

She keeps on asking:
“Do you think it hurts much to die?“
It’s hurting so much more to stay alive now,
She’s gonna find out how much it hurts to die.

She laced her perfume up with death,
I feel it in my lungs,
so I'll pull in the deepest breath and drop my head.



Lyrics submitted by radiosilencex

Track duration: 04:29


Chloroform Perfume song meanings
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    General Comment:Am i the only one who thinks this song is about doing meth? when your coming down one of the ingredients "chloroform" seeps through your pores and you stink of it, and it freakin sucks and its painful hence the "hurting so much more to stay alive" line, and "It’s past 3am and I'm still far from sleep, and this is a habit I can’t break" and the relationship troubles, its a sad one but its a good one! =)
    Flag bennythekion March 20, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Kind of like when you know what someones feeling.But neither of you want to admit it,so instead you're both zoning out at a diner,saying nothing,staring at eachother.

    "you said so much without ever parting your lips"

    And you know it has to hurt the other person too,but basically you're so overwhelmed with your hurt,you don't really think about anything else.

    "She�s gonna find out how much it hurts to die.
    She laced her perfume up with death,
    I feel it in my lungs,
    so I'll pull in the deepest breath and drop my head"

    I don't think this means she killed herself,persay.I think it means she killed herself metaphorically to him.And she's dead to him ie=horrible breakup.And it was her choice,because she 'chose' to lace her perfume.And he resigns from trying ...drops his head.
    Flag neonskyy3on August 14, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:you'd be very lucky to see them live now lol, they broke up last year (N)
    awesome song btw :D
    Flag HitAndRunon May 20, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:"She laced her perfume up with death,
    I feel it in my lungs,
    so I'll pull in the deepest breath
    and drop my head."

    Hearbreak hurts so much that you just want end it but w/ her essence/perfume - her poison. A bittersweet death.
    Flag TraViesoon November 24, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:im actually in love with this song, i admire fata over alot of bands purely because of their raw emotion and energy in songs, francis mark in my opinion was always the best because he put his heart right into these songs and used all his emotion on them, this song is an amazing example of fata's lyrical brilliance
    Flag OMGZitsDanon August 18, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:My friend and I were singing this song, and we thought it was about cocaine.
    "It’s past 3am and I'm still far from sleep,
    and this is a habit I can’t break,
    you're my only company,
    I'm skipping stones."

    Meaning losing friends, so now he's alone because he couldn't stop the addiction.
    I'm not too sure, just an idea.

    That's what we figured, but we could be totally off.
    Anyone have any ideas?
    Because honestly "this is my favorite song" doesn't really help me at all. lol.
    [:
    Flag staceyyyleeon December 04, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:This song is VERY well written, unfortunately Fran can't sing at all... He has no range and he kills this song. Chloroform refers to death. This song is pretty starightforward with its message.
    Flag SoldYourSoulon June 19, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:fata is one of the best bands ever. no doubt.
    Flag whoa_itz_rachelon June 14, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:The lyrics aren't quite as original as you may think.

    Anyone here read Chuck Palahnuik? Well, maybe you should start. In his novel Survivor, the main character has his # misprinted as a suicide hotline number by a newspaper, and he tells the people who call in asking for help to just kill themselves. When one chick calls in, she askes "Do you think it hurts much to die?" And he says, well yes sweetie, it does. Later in the story, both his agent and his caseworker die by inhaling deadly amounts of cholrine gas.

    I doubt coincidence.

    Amazing song all the same.
    Flag RiseUpStandTallon May 26, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:This song REMINDS me of my cocaine addiction (and this is a habit that i can't break) and overdosing, and how i realized how desperate i was to live when i thought i was dying several times (she keeps on asking do you think it hurts much to die, its hurting so much more to stay alive, shes ganna find out how much it hurts to die) .. i listen to this when im all fucked up and it really hits me hard even though that is not at all what the song means.. it's just what it reminds me of
    Flag CoutureGirl13on March 01, 2007   Link

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