Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance

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  1. justnabs

    justnabs New Member

    I dont know if this has been posted earlier as I dont have time to go through all the topics.
    I love the lyrics, the music, the everything in this song.

    Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance

    late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeal
    red light, can't stop so I spin the wheel
    my world goes black before I feel an angel lift me up
    and I open bloodshot eyes into fluorescent white
    they flip the siren, hit the lights, close the doors and I am gone
    now I lay here owing my life to a stranger
    and I realize that empty words are not enough
    I'm left here with the question of just
    what have I to show except the promises I never kept?
    I lie here shaking on this bed, under the weight of my regrets
    I hope that I will never let you down
    I know that this can be more than just flashing lights and sound
    look around and you'll see that at times it feels like no one really cares
    it gets me down but I'm still gonna try to do what's right,
    I know that there's a difference between sleight of hand,
    and giving everything you have
    there's a line drawn in the sand, I'm working up the will to cross it
    and I hope that I will never let you down, I know that this can be more than flashing lights and sound
    rhetoric can't raise the dead
    I'm sick of always talking when there's no change
    rhetoric can't raise the dead
    I'm sick of empty words, let's lead and not follow
    late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeal
    red light, can't stop so I spin the wheel
    my world goes black before I feel an angel steal me from the
    greedy jaws of death and chance, and pull me in with steady hands
    they've given me a second chance, the artist in the ambulance
    I hope that I will never let you down, I know that this can be more than just flashing lights and
    sound.
    can we pick you off the ground, more than flashing lights and sound
     
  2. amit82cse

    amit82cse Silent observeR

    I haven't listened to this song but lyrics are quite good.
     
  3. justnabs

    justnabs New Member

    Yeah, the singer is actually trying to picturise death...thats what i understand.
     

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