Bullet Ride Lyrics
Do you hear steps at the door?
Do you reckon the smell of....?
It's life - the the dark that binds you
Bitterness will run you through
Turning, twisting the alphabet
Frantic eyes
Awaiting the answer
Splinters of a poem
Fragments of what you used to be
Habitual and gullible
Run-down memoirs is all that's left
Do you aim for the shadow?
Do you feel infected?
It's life the the dark that binds you
And takes you to the end, where it begins
Release, the world is waiting on your arrival
Close your eyes, as we witness another bullet ride
Do you that everybody's gone?
Do you know that you're on your own?
It's life - the the dark that binds you
This song is about hating life, because of your own life. The internal struggle to have self-worth and all one can think about is the past and they become a pestimist. The last 2 paragraphs, represent suicide; the bullet takes you to another world, (bullet ride) but one only finds the same situation after they're dead, LIFE THE DARK THAT BINDS YOU.... like the old saying, life is what you make it.
Actually, this song is about badass guitar riffs.
I kinda think it relates to hostage in a hostage situation, when the captor is threatening to shoot witnesses in order to get ransom... just my thoughts... it cam to me after i was reading a tom clancy op center novel.
i think it has to do with paranoia, "steps at the door" and "Do you wish to sleep" sounds like a person hiding from the world but whatever, what a great fuckin song, but what do you expect form in flames, they rule/
I'd like to agree with asadcw on this one. It's about depression sprung from the insigt that your life could be so much more, or at least be...SOMETHING. It's about not living the life you would want to live, beeing aware of it; and still not doing anything about it. Sooner or later you won't be able to stand the sight of (or the smell of...) the pathetic spoil of the human beeing you are. It would be like beeing trapped in a box you can't get out of. Sooner or later that feeling would lead right down the path of insanity and towards the inevitabel end... Then you would wake up and live life again...exactly the same.
I love InFlames, and this song is great. It has such meaning while sounding SO COOL!!
the opening guitar parts are incredible, this song is ingenious.
FUCK FUCK FUCK THIS SONG FUCKING OWNS MY FUCKING LIFE!! ROOAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR GUITAR RIFFS OUTTA HELLS ASS!!!! YEAH FUCKING GET YOUR GUNS BITCH!!!!!
In this song, the vocalist (Friden) is asking you a series of questions about yourself, such as - "Do you feel anything at all?" "Do you hear steps at the door?" "Do you reckon the smell of...?" "Do you wish to sleep?" "Do you aim for the shadow?" "Do you feel infected" and so forth.
And basically, he's saying that if you answer "yes" to these, then it's because the dark binds you, as he clearly says when he states "It's life... the dark that binds you..."
This is about depression and desperation, feeling at the end of your rope and searching for a way out. Like a soul that wants to live, and is frantically try to find a reason to. Strangely though among this darkness there is a beam of light - 'the world is waiting on your arrival' - ie, whatever it is you want to do or be; GO FOR IT, DON'T LET THE DARKNESS BIND YOU!