I'm standing in Brooklyn just waiting for something to happen.
I can't help but look thinking that everyone doesn't get it.
To my left there's a window
Where did I go?
My reflection just blends into rows of coats
And bad ideas, but ideas nonetheless and so
I put one foot in front of the other one. (Oh oh oh!)
I don't need a new love or a new life just a better place to die.
I put one foot in front of the other one. (Oh oh oh!)
I don't need a new love or a new life just a better place to die.
I put one foot in front of the other one. (Oh oh oh!)
I don't need a new love or a new life just a better place to die.
I happen to stumble upon a chapel last night.
And I can't help but back up when I think of what happens inside.
I got friends locked in boxes, that's no way to live.
What you call a sin isn't up to them.
After all, after all I thought we were all your children,
But I will die for my own sins thanks a lot.
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We'll rise up ourselves thanks for nothing at all,
so up off the ground, our fore fathers are nothing but dust now.
I put one foot in front of the other one. (Oh oh oh!)
I don't need a new love or a new life just a better place to die.
I put one foot in front of the other one. (Oh oh oh!)
I don't need a new love or a new life just a better place to die.
Maybe I should learn to shut my mouth.
I am over twenty-five and I can't make a name for myself some nights I break down and cry
I'm lucky that my father's still alive he's been fighting all his life
and if this is all I've ever know then may his soul live on forever in my song.
I put one foot in front of the other one. (Oh oh oh!)
I don't need a new love or a new life just a better place to die.
I put one foot in front of the other one. (Oh oh oh!)
I don't need a new love or a new life just a better place to die.
In front of the other one
In front of the other one
Just a better place to die.
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srduncan
oh, and the whole "it isn't up to them" seems like a reference to gender stuff (their tour feature a LGBT rights group. So that is one reason why i think this song could be about those types of issues.)
How bold a statement "i'll die for my own sins, thanks alot." ... love the band, and they've got some great art and expression, but no way could I nor do I want to die for my own sins!
srduncan
I think the "friends locked in boxes" could be talking about religious people that feel limited by their belief set.
"I don't need a new love, or a new life" could be a frustration of those trying to preach/convert.
I don't know about you guys, but it seems like there are a lot of religious discussions in this song.
Maybe even some reactions to the way some religions treat homosexuals (instead of people struggling with a challenge, some churches look at homosexuals as evil and worthy of shunning, which is waay wrong).