anonymous October 15th, 2007 09:58PM  

Anyone else find it strange that it seems as though the song is referring to the song itself? "Bring that chorus in", "rolling in every verse"?

TemperVamp13 December 14th, 2007 02:50PM  

It is about oppression of people in the past and how we would celebrate victories of killing other people in times of war, but all it has done for humanity is brought us to a point of endless fighting that we call “The War on Terrorism�. It also says in the song that everything we build our lives around today is consumed by violence and nothing can stop the fighting anymore so there is no point in trying. It says that we are absolutely convinced that the only way to end this is to fight to the death because our politicians do nothing but give excuses why they can not put a stop to the problems in the world today. They say that politicians do not care about the well being of others as long as they get paid and can afford to spoil themselves. The song basically says that everyone is under the influence of the government and we are all being forced to watch our loved ones die for no reason and that everyone is going to die because there is no escape. This is what the government expects us to believe because it is all part of a huge conspiracy to kill off the poor and the weak so the world will belong to the rich and powerful. They are tired of hearing us complain about how hard things are for us down here at the bottom of the social ladder so they plan to kill off all of us so they do not have to deal with it. If they decide to spend money on helping us have the things we need to survive, then they will not be able to afford those million dollar homes with plasma televisions on every wall inside. Rich people do not believe in donations. Every penny spent is a loan to whatever it goes toward and is expected to be paid back in full as soon as possible. The world strongly needs to realize that when the rich wage war it is the poor who die. That is the meaning of the song Bleed It Out and I like that song because I strongly believe it and agree with it.

anonymous October 22nd, 2008 02:54PM  

I thought the song lyrics were about the song itself and about the ways mike felt having to rewrite the song over 1 million times.

anonymous May 21st, 2009 01:13AM  

Ok my interpretation may be a little different but by looking at the lyrics it really seems like somebody who is getting bullied and the people doing the bullying are basically digging him a grave
"going out of my fucking mind" he can't take it anymore
"filthy mouth, no excuse" the people who make fun of him
"find a new place to hang this noose" so people won't find his body
"knot it tight so I won't get loose""dug a trench and laid out there" basically people digging his own grave
"I bleed it out, digging deeper, just to throw it away" the chorus basically saying that by killing himself, or burying himself is the only way to stop the bleeding, or in this case the verbal abuse

Nornan12 May 28th, 2009 09:47PM  

I actually agree with Beat Ryhmer and Temper Vamp. As for Big Bob...I honestly can't find worse phrase than "big f*cking pile of rubbish." This song has almost every single thing to do with the war. As for my interpretation, "shotgun opera lock and load" - every theatre I've ever seen is meant to hold a large amount of people which leads me to beleive that terrorists are waiting for massive groups of innocent people to back themselves into a corner so they (terrorists) can bomb the hell out of them.

HowCouldYou May 30th, 2009 06:19PM  

Saying bad things are taking place and there are those that want to wash it away to just forgive and forget and move on so they can take advantage of the spoils, wife kids and the other tangible assets, of those that die 'to protect us', and the last part, saying I will make you face this, there is no white wash or primer that can hide me because I will bleed right through. He knows they have ways of getting rid of you if they want to. The title is a play on block it out as if to block out or hide a dirty that seems to be a given. These 'volunteers' get hurded through a system, shoved (Shavi-) to their ending to be killed with a shank (shankar) for what purpose to protect the many or to protect the elite and 'the church' or the 'tap' will help us stitch it closed with salutes and ribbons and bows and color glass and a rose. We salute you (and our hearts bleed for you). Saying nothing seems to change no matter how much we struggle to do what is right only to find that what we thought was right was wrong, climb up, slide down, and then get back in line again because we are not supposed to look back. Speak out now and you will be killed.

Big_Bob June 7th, 2009 10:52PM  

This song is an indictment against the people who hate the group, calling theme a bunch of candy-ass mopers who complain about life while swimming in money and fame.

Yeah here we go for the hundredth time,
Hand grenade pins in every line
Throw 'em up and let something shine

Same old songs, each verse loaded with conflict and doom.

Going out of my fucking mind
Filthy mouth, no excuse
Find a new place to hang this noose
String me up from atop these roofs
Knot it tight so I won't get loose

Our verses are unrepentantly terrible, so if you want to criticize us, do your worst.


Truth is you can stop and stare
Bled myself out and no one cares
Dug a trench out, laid down there
With a shovel up out to reach somewhere
Yea someone pour it in,
Make it a dirt dance floor again
Say your prayers and stomp it out
When they bring that chorus in

We've heard it all, so anything you say to us will come too late to even hurt us.

Shotgun opera, lock and load
Cock it back and then watch it go
Mama help me, I've been cursed
Death is rolling in every verse
Candypaint on his brand new hearse

We're drama queens, woe is us! Hear the pain in our verses, but look at the symbols of success that cover our tragic asses.

Can't contain him, he knows he works
Practice hurts, I won't lie
Doesn't matter how hard I try
Half the words don't mean a thing
And I know that I won't be satisfied

We work our asses off to get here, but you say" it's garbage", so who cares?

anonymous July 2nd, 2009 07:46PM  

I have a bit of a different interpretation than most... been listening to this song a lot as I work through my issues in life, I have been dealing with addictions and major losses in my life and this song holds a great deal of meaning to me. There are multiple facets of the "personality" that go into the whole codependance/addiction, some of which are easy to see and others aren't, please bear with me as I try to explain.

Yeah here we go for the hundredth time,
Hand grenade pins in every line
Throw 'em up and let something shine

we always find ourselves back in the same spot, craving our addiction, giving in to it, we know what will happen if we give in, but we do it anyway and hope/expect that the results will be different this time.

Going out of my fucking mind
Filthy mouth, no excuse
Find a new place to hang this noose
String me up from atop these roofs
Knot it tight so I won't get loose

fighting to recover from the "demon" inside of us and cherish the inner child of god can be one of the most challenging things ever mentally and emotionally and often, unless you have been there you wouldn't understand how crazy you feel not knowing whether you are sane or not. Some of the issues that come up during the downward spiral that occurs as our lives self destruct can be described here and in a lot of ways we do it to ourselves. a true "addict" isn't about the drug of choice, but about finding the next "fix", I have been through many different thing that I have been addicted to... drugs, alcohol, sex, religion, work, love, relationships... the point is that you can trade one for the other easily and it always ends the same way where we create a situation that is inescapable.

Truth is you can stop and stare
Bled myself out and no one cares
Dug a trench out, laid down there
With a shovel up out of reach somewhere

the final stage of addiction is looking for answers when you have hit bottom, the people in your life that have supported the addictive behavior will treat you like crap because you are flaking out on them. sometimes hitting bottom is a suicide attempt, but you will never get real help from the people that have been your "friends", you are stuck having to try to work it out yourself, but often the problems that you have created are unmanageable or unfixable, the resolution to the problem is out of reach and the fact is we did it to ourselves.

Yea someone pour it in,
Make it a dirt dance floor again
Say your prayers and stomp it out
When they bring that chorus in

Wanting someone else to fix it for us, to bring us back to where things were ok… often addicts also have issues with wanting to escape from their life or what they have created and will want others to do it for them so that they don’t have to face the consequences of their own choices. The dirt dance floor is a reference to starting over again from the bottom. Prayer is a reference to the connection that is lacking with god and the need to get “fired up” about doing the work needed to get free and become better.

I bleed it out
Digging deeper just to throw it away
I bleed it out
Digging deeper just to throw it away
I bleed it out
Digging deeper just to throw it away
Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away

Often, there are many things where an addict has stuffed many issues deep down inside and never faced them, part of breaking that addiction and learning something new is digging deep inside and unloading the garbage that we have carried around for so many years. “bleed it out” is a reference to the pain of doing so, I can honestly say that I have never done anything in my life that was difficult as this… quitting smoking was a walk in the park compared to looking at all the garbage and emotions that went with it that had to come out and just be let go of. Not easy at all.

I bleed it out
Go, stop the show
Chop your words in a sloppy flow

This is about trying to control the outcome of your life, using words to try to explain your way out of the mess you have created which usually doesn’t work very well.

Shotgun opera, lock and load
Cock it back and then watch it go

A shotgun opera is an opera that doesn’t pause or stop no matter what, it is one single act from beginning to end. In conjunction with the lines previous it means that you are not able to stop, you are “triggered” by something and you are powerless to change the outcome.

Mama help me, I've been cursed

This leads back to the desire to have a safe environment where we can heal this wound that seems unfair that we are saddled with.

Death is rolling in every verse

All roads lead to death and destruction if we don’t do something different.

Candypaint on his brand new hearse

When we substitute one addiction for another, we still haven’t beaten it, we have just made it look different and prettier, the “demon” is still within us and going to end up in death and destruction again.

Can't contain him, he knows he works

The “demon” within is also our “fake self”, the mask we wear to hide behind so that we don’t have to face our problems and hope that no one sees the real person that is afraid of being seen. This “alter ego” is generally the persona that we put forth for the world to see and often takes on a life of its own… even when things are bad and we don’t want to be where we are, this “alter ego” will keep telling us that it knows what is best for us if we would just listen to it. We can’t stop him, he still finds ways to come out and even though we don’t want him to, he is suffocating our “inner child” and is strong because he knows that it has worked for him in the past, yet we don’t give up, we keep working at it or we die.

Practice hurts, I won't lie
Doesn't matter how hard I try

It hurts like hell and is scary to dig deep and pull out all the garbage, the emotions I have felt while working through all of this and getting past my “mask” to my “inner child” have been everything I have buried for all of my life and there were times when I thought the hurt itself would kill me... I honestly don’t think I have ever been so afraid in my life.

Half the words don't mean a thing
And I know that I won't be satisfied
So why, try ignoring him
Make it a dirt dance floor again

Words are cheap, only action makes a difference, but even when we try, we find that there is yet still more that needs to be dug out and discarded and usually this is coupled with trying to be perfect which is impossible and we end up hating ourselves for not getting it right. We can’t ignore our “demon”, our “mask” the persona that we hide our inner child behind, the one that keeps us in our addiction and we find ourselves back to square one, right back where we started from, at the bottom, he has to be dealt with. The dirt dance floor is a reference to starting over again from the bottom.

Say your prayers and stomp it out
When they bring that chorus in

Prayer is a reference to the connection that is lacking with god and the need to get “fired up” about doing the work needed to get free and become better.

I bleed it out
Digging deeper just to throw it away
I bleed it out
Digging deeper just to throw it away
I bleed it out
Digging deeper just to throw it away
Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away

Again, back to digging it out of ourselves, purging the hatred, the self loathing, the shame, everything that has been stuffed deep inside that feeds our “demon” when it tells us that we aren’t worth anything, that it is hopeless… it has to go.

I bleed it out
I've opened up these scars

Many of us have serious childhood wounds or trauma that taught us to be who we are and those old wounds are very much like scars that must be looked at and dealt with.

I'll make you face this

We have to force ourselves to look at the things we don’t want to see, sometimes it is truly terrifying.

I pulled myself so far
I'll make you face this now

We have come this far in searching for the answers, we aren’t about to give up and quit, we will make ourselves face our issues no matter what and we won’t put it off again in hopes of finding another solution that ends up just being another addiction.

The song wraps with the chorus repeating over and over showing that it is a never ending cycle, this isn’t something to be “cured”, it is something that is a process, a journey and an understanding that we will never be perfect, that we will always need to do the work and until our “inner child” is stronger than our “demon”, our “mask”, we will have to start over again and again and again and….