my_apocalypse_etf August 4th, 2007 11:08AM  
I think this song is talking about how Ronnie is somewhere and a man comes up telling him to "never fall asleep, you won't wake up" I think he was either telling Ronnie that someone wants to kill him, that he wants to kill Ronnie or that Ronnie is receiving the death penalty ("hiding from the gallows"). So the chorus (below) is saying that he has to run, to not be murdered.

"I walk with shadows
(you have to find a better way)
I walk with shadows
(the questions I will never say)
Hiding from the gallows
(they keep me safe and sound)
So I walk with shadows
(the ways of burning down this house)"

stefi1994 December 17th, 2007 05:58PM  
I think that in this song there is a feeling of guilt that Ronne is trying to portray.

"There's a place that I've found, as far as I can see this place lies within the depths of my dreams"
his conscience
there's a man with an axe...looked me staright in the eyes this is what he had to sya, never fall asleep you won't wake up destroy the guillotine...obviously whatever it is that his conscience is feeling guilty about will kill him. Symbolically.

"I walk with shadows...hiding from the gallows..."
feeling guilty.
my assumption is that he did something bad to another person and he can't even look at them because he feels so guilty about it. Referring to "hiding from the gallows" as the other person.
"I need an earthquake to shake this pity off the ground"
he feels sorry for himself for committing such a monstrosity.



~steph~

McAqoCaIlIypze October 3rd, 2009 04:42PM  
the man with the axe (an executioner?) tells him that he has to hide (he walks with shadows) and that he mustnīt fall asleep otherwise he will be killed. Heīs guilty for something, he needs the pity to be shaken off the ground I think the person who wants to kill him is the death himself, it seemes to be something supernatural

anonymous January 17th, 2010 04:27PM  
This song is about betrayal; something Ronnie sings about often.