For a long time I was wondering what the lyrics of this song meant, the lyrics are so spread out in terms of subject matter that it's hard to tell exactly what they mean, until just now when I listened to it. Here's what I'm thinking: I'm thinking the band says exactly what they mean within the song, when there's the repeated line of "It's too late to change your mind/you let loss be your guide," and all throughout the song there are references of everyone within the song trying to escape from pain. There's a lot of references to suicide and yeah, a bit of drug use in there, and someone mentioned that drug use could be a metaphor for something else, and I think it is, I think it's a metaphor for escapism in general, which only comes about because people want to get away from all the pain and the hurt within their own lives, only to find that in escaping, either they are hurt just as badly if not moreso, and/or they hurt others by escaping, both of which fit within the song. That's just my educated guess, it's a hard song to get through and it's definitely not straightforward, but it's a great one and I can't get enough of it.
I agree; this song is definitely about suicide (for me). Even the chorus "Come on and get your overdose / Collect it at the borderline"... the overdose being escape/oblivion and the borderline being that between life and death.
"A detour to your new life / Tell all of your friends goodbye / The dawn to end all nights / That's all we hoped it was"
I agree; this song is definitely about suicide (for me). Even the chorus "Come on and get your overdose / Collect it at the borderline"... the overdose being escape/oblivion and the borderline being that between life and death.
"A detour to your new life / Tell all of your friends goodbye / The dawn to end all nights / That's all we hoped it was"
For a long time I was wondering what the lyrics of this song meant, the lyrics are so spread out in terms of subject matter that it's hard to tell exactly what they mean, until just now when I listened to it. Here's what I'm thinking: I'm thinking the band says exactly what they mean within the song, when there's the repeated line of "It's too late to change your mind/you let loss be your guide," and all throughout the song there are references of everyone within the song trying to escape from pain. There's a lot of references to suicide and yeah, a bit of drug use in there, and someone mentioned that drug use could be a metaphor for something else, and I think it is, I think it's a metaphor for escapism in general, which only comes about because people want to get away from all the pain and the hurt within their own lives, only to find that in escaping, either they are hurt just as badly if not moreso, and/or they hurt others by escaping, both of which fit within the song. That's just my educated guess, it's a hard song to get through and it's definitely not straightforward, but it's a great one and I can't get enough of it.
I think you hit it right on the head.
I think you hit it right on the head.
I agree; this song is definitely about suicide (for me). Even the chorus "Come on and get your overdose / Collect it at the borderline"... the overdose being escape/oblivion and the borderline being that between life and death. "A detour to your new life / Tell all of your friends goodbye / The dawn to end all nights / That's all we hoped it was"
I agree; this song is definitely about suicide (for me). Even the chorus "Come on and get your overdose / Collect it at the borderline"... the overdose being escape/oblivion and the borderline being that between life and death. "A detour to your new life / Tell all of your friends goodbye / The dawn to end all nights / That's all we hoped it was"