So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
Hey little dreamer's eyes open and staring up at me
Oh little lonely eyes open and radiant
Wait until I come and I will steal you
Wait until I come I'll take your soul
Wait until I come and I will steal you
Wait until I come and I will go
Darlin' dreamin in the night
Shadows on the windows
Lead oh and everyone go
Well leave me on the night
I will give you lightning
I will not relinquish light
Oh little dreamer eyes open and raving here
Wait until I come and see you little girl
When we come I'll leave with you too
When we come I'll let you come low
Hey we'll leave it all behind
Oh and then the nightmares
I'll fill them in good time
Oh they will seat your mind
When the light hits
And you maybe'll ask me
Why do you run around here
Why do you come inside of me
Why does it rip me out in dream
Why then why then watch this little fuck
Going away
Why this lonely
Why this lonely
Why this lonely love
Why this lonely
Why this lonely
Why this lonely love
Halloween
Carry on
Bury all
Bury all
Bury all
Bury all
Bury all
And in this dream
Tell us are you satisfied with fucking
Don't walk away
Don't walk away
Don't walk away
I'm talking to you
Love is hell
Love is hell
Love is hell
Love this I'll tame you
Love
Love
Love
Love this not me here
Love
Love
Love
Love him up to you
Oh little lonely eyes open and radiant
Wait until I come and I will steal you
Wait until I come I'll take your soul
Wait until I come and I will steal you
Wait until I come and I will go
Darlin' dreamin in the night
Shadows on the windows
Lead oh and everyone go
Well leave me on the night
I will give you lightning
I will not relinquish light
Oh little dreamer eyes open and raving here
Wait until I come and see you little girl
When we come I'll leave with you too
When we come I'll let you come low
Hey we'll leave it all behind
Oh and then the nightmares
I'll fill them in good time
Oh they will seat your mind
When the light hits
And you maybe'll ask me
Why do you run around here
Why do you come inside of me
Why does it rip me out in dream
Why then why then watch this little fuck
Going away
Why this lonely
Why this lonely
Why this lonely love
Why this lonely
Why this lonely
Why this lonely love
Halloween
Carry on
Bury all
Bury all
Bury all
Bury all
Bury all
And in this dream
Tell us are you satisfied with fucking
Don't walk away
Don't walk away
Don't walk away
I'm talking to you
Love is hell
Love is hell
Love is hell
Love this I'll tame you
Love
Love
Love
Love this not me here
Love
Love
Love
Love him up to you
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Halloween is on my top 3 list of favorite Dave Matthews songs. Many people ride off this song as Dave trying to scream into a microphone about a past bitch girlfriend that would not commit, but in all reality that is not the case. I am sure that it is possible that the event of Dave being rejected by his G.F. inspired him to write about the theme of love rejection. What people tend to not realize is that this song means a lot to The Dave Matthews Band because it is not just the lyrics that are overly dramatic but as well as the instruments that are involved as well. Dave and his band members came together and made a song of pure adrenalin and extreme passion. An exuberant and haunting sound is given off through Dave's cold lyrics and the piercing but yet comforting notes that are played on the violin as well as the guitar. Of course the saxaphone brings together the amazing equilibrium that is created through The Dave Mathews Band. Halloween is indeed a hard and or thrashy type song if you compare it to such work as Crash or Under the Table, but BEFORE THESE CROWDED STREETS happens to be a cd that is full of rough emotions poured over 12 tracks. For example Sad as Stone, Dont Drink the Water, and my absolute favorite THE STONE. People need to praise Dave's ability to be so diverse in his music abilities rather than riding off Halloween as The Dave Matthews Band's attempt to create rough music about a dumb girlfriend that is now I am sure regretting not giving Dave the chance that he so well deserved.
These lyrics are pretty screwed up. alot of them are wrong. check other listings on different websites and compare what you think is closer to what he is saying.
wow, I love to see the Live "Gorge" version. When he belts out into the microphone it really sets me off. I could feel it!. I take it as an ex-girlfriend fucking you up! When love is lost it burns, but this songs is a healer. The simple man got played :) read Proverbs chapter 5
Halloween is a brutal kick ass song. I am a fan of hard rock as well as DMB. my spectrum is wide for music. My older brother (a pansy as well i might add) always skipped this song, said it "scared him" and i agree it's definitely a "What the?" type DMB song cause they don't normally write music like that. But this is a rockin tune and very powerful. I mean the man is bleeding his soul on this song and you all had the pleasure to hear it.
this is my favorite song because dave is so passionate and the style is just so different from their other songs - i agree with steelbluerage that he's "bleeding his soul." i've been through rejection before - and i have also rejected... "And in this dream tell us are you satisfied with fucking " more is wanted out of a relationship that can be more physical than anything else - and it definetely is a bitter thing to let go. <3
I wonder why this is the only song without printed lyrics in the booklet for "Before These Crowded Streets"?
This song is the sequel to I'll Back You Up, a song written for the girl to whom Dave proposed and was then rejected, hence this song.
this song is a fuck you to his x- girlfriend he ask her to marry him like 7 times. she denied him every single time. he is saying love hurts, its an agonizing pain that filters out your soul and you weep.
I forgot to say, but... does anyone know who this girl is.. I mean what's her name?
this is soo good