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True friends stab you in the front
Keep you from getting what you want
When one more fix could kill you
They help you realize that
You're more and less than you first had believed
You've so much to give and there's so much you need
Shortcuts through graveyards and a brand new way to breathe
Three thousand miles just to learn,
All that's gold does not all shine
And helping words aren't always kind,
When one more kiss could kill you,
They help you realize that
You're more and less than you first had believed
You've so much to give and there's so much you need
Shortcuts through graveyards and a brand new way to breathe
Three thousand miles just to learn.
How to let my guard down
Accept the fire that has spread among us.
And if you're feeling all right,
You've got to play it again,
You've got to play it again.
Keep you from getting what you want
When one more fix could kill you
They help you realize that
You're more and less than you first had believed
You've so much to give and there's so much you need
Shortcuts through graveyards and a brand new way to breathe
Three thousand miles just to learn,
All that's gold does not all shine
And helping words aren't always kind,
When one more kiss could kill you,
They help you realize that
You're more and less than you first had believed
You've so much to give and there's so much you need
Shortcuts through graveyards and a brand new way to breathe
Three thousand miles just to learn.
How to let my guard down
Accept the fire that has spread among us.
And if you're feeling all right,
You've got to play it again,
You've got to play it again.
Lyrics submitted by Second Self
Track duration: 04:36
"The Beltsville Crucible" as written by Edward Carrington Breckenridge, James Riley Breckenridge, Dustin Michael Kensrue, Teppei Teranishi
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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This song is definatly about one person trying to get another person to quit. The other person is addicted and the first friend is keeping the second from getting their fix. The second person has become a druggie and has problems and didn't really acomplish what they could. The first friend is kinda doing the whole tough love thing. The second friend doesn't really like it though even though the first is trying to explain it.
I love the ending the best. It's like the first friend is talking about starting up the habits thinking nothing will happen, but the fire (habit) is controling most of their lives now. The whole play it again part seems like the first friend was telling the second friend that is they hear this and their high (or whatever) that they need to play the song again when their sober. It sounds like Dustin is screaming while crying when he yells out the last line.
they say that this song is in a way about the album
the whole recording process and critisism towards band mates and their time recording this specific album
if you havent seen the dvd BUY IT NOW
At the end, however, he says "three thousand miles just to learn, how to let my guard down. accept the fire has spread among us. and if youre feeling alright, you've got to play it again". What dustin means is that he has come so far to learn to live in the absence of safety, but few people can see that "the fire has spread among us".
then, in a moment of sheer brilliance, he finishes the album with the line "and if youre feeling alright, youve got to play it again", basically meaning that if you listened to this whole album and still feel fine, you missed the meaning, and should go listen to it again.
and helping words aren’t always kind is sayin that just becasue he thinks its gold doesnt mean it really is and the words he had to hear to better himself arnt to kind and ect.
from what i understood from lyrics/if we could see us now DVD is that it's more general that ya'll suggest. it's about the concept of having being hurt by a friend, but putting yourself that to save them in the grand scheme of shit.
brian mcternan (producer of IOS) said that he told dustin somethings that were hard to hear, but came from a good place (verbatim).
i'm guessing seeing as how he's a producer, he probably was criticizing what dustin came up w/, and dustin was hurt by it (seeing as how musicians are hella sensitive bout their music), and finally he came to and realized that it was for the best.
anyways, that's how the concept hit dustin. the drug reference/shitty relationship reference is all just different flavors of the same concept of having to hurt to help.
that's my 2 cents.