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CountSixstring — Fade to White
Published: 2005-06-22 22:47:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 377; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 32
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Description
Grey sky cloudscursed by rain.
Held behind by ball and chain.
How do I play?
When can I laugh?
My scars remind me how I was lashed.
Wanna cry,
I wish I could.
My stark expression, as still as wood.
Run away,
don't look back
as my porcelain heart slowly cracks.
Kiss it all goodbye, don't go back.
Lay your head down.
Make believe you're in another place.
Feel your sorrows drown.
Blue skies seem
so gone.
Tell me where my turn was wrong.
I'm but a boy.
What can I do?
What runs through my veins has no hue.
Kiss my cheek,
mama please.
Can you see the forest for the trees?
I guess I'll run away.
This time I won't look back
as my porcelain heart slowly cracks.
Kiss it all goodbye, don't go back.
Lay your head down.
Make believe you're in another place.
Feel your sorrows drown.
Kiss it all goodbye, don't go back.
Lay your head down.
Make believe you're in another place.
Feel your sorrows drown.
Swallow me whole.
Don't speak again.
Smile as I draw near my end.
Break my bones
and make your bread.
Smile as I lay here torched and dead.
Walk away
from my grave.
Grim's been at my door so in I gave.
Crush my heart.
Rape my soul.
I like it better when I'm six feet under and cold.
Kiss it all goodbye, don't go back.
Lay your head down.
Make believe you're in another place.
Feel your sorrows drown.
Kiss your world goodbye and don't go back. Say hello to your new life. Now you'll be in a much better place as you fade to white.
Comments: 10
That's a fantastic song, mun. I'd love to hear it put to music. I know you asked for in depth reviews, but i really can't think of anything to say besides I liked it a lot.
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Wow! This is incredible! I love all of it! It's just so well thought out!
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i finally got the chance to check this out n_~ courtesy of a note from autisticwolf 
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Wow the words here are placed beautifully. This is such a great pic. I love these lyrics and sounds like it would make a kickass song. I really enjoyed it alot.
Run away,
don't look back
as my porcelain heart slowly cracks.
I love how you describe the frailty of the heart. porcelain hear...great choice of works
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NICELY DONE PING!!! You've outdone yourself this time. I love the," smile as i lay torched and dead " part ^_^ it'z B-E-A-UTIFUL!!!1
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shit, you've really worked on this a whole lot. This is great! I already liked the beginning verses, and the final product is great. The very last line, the italicized one, is a nice touch. Is that sung in the song, or is it just written in the lyrics, like Dir en grey does sometimes, and I've done once or twice?
It seems the meaning of the song has shifted greatly from when you first wrote it. I never felt a strong connection to death at first, but now the song seems to have a great deal with dying (and starting over somewhere better). It also seems more subjective than it used to. By that, I mean it sounds like you're speaking to someone. The chorus has always been there, I know, but towards the end it sounds like you're declairing something to someone. Anyone in particular?
Kiss my cheek,
mama please.
Can you see the forest for the trees?
I guess I'll run away.
what exactly is the significance of this part? especially the first two lines of it. With this in it, it seems like you shifted the focus of subject to your mother for the rest of the song (see second paragraph of comment). I dunno if that was your intention, but I still don't understand those first two lines of this passage.
I feel the meaning has changed greatly, but I still like this song a lot; it's well written. well done, mate ^^
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You're completely right. It actually begins as the protagonist speaking to himself, metaphorically looking back at his bad life and contemplating suicide. He purposely knows that he will again be tortured, so he'll die; thus in a way comitting suicide. Toward the end, he's speaking to himself in his head still, but saying these things as predictions and pleas. When the word "mama" appears, it's merely a cameo appearance, but it has signifigance. The significance is the fact that he isn't loved("Kiss my cheek, mama please") and that no one can see him for who he really is("Can you see the forest for the trees"). The italicized part at the end is sung, sung with the variations of those chords that I played. The initial meaning of the song hasn't changed, it's still about death, hence the title, I get that from death. In Metallica's "Fade to Black" the black speaks of vision fading, in Substance's "Fade to White" the white speaks of the light at the end of the dark tunnel of a void already sticken with black. I hope more people read it!!^^
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that's really well thought out. You could use that in your description, or tell people to read this comment after reading the song. that makes me like it even more ^^
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