

If heaven is real (breathes) they don't want to go there,(trade places) because they're consumed with a violent urge for revenge.(don't want to tear feathers instead of rags, don't fight angels instead of demons) they're haunted by it until they die, no matter how hard they try to escape it. The chorus is essentially about how this event becomes a central part of their life against their will. shake the globe, as in shake my head, wake me up from this nightmare. "Empty jails fall from my scalp, shake the globe and let me out if still I can remember the day that they took you from me." Empty jails, as in they haven't been caught. "How much do you make in that death factory? severance owed in the chamber of revolvers" Hating the kidnappers. It goes through alot of the stages of thought that a loved one might go through. I hear this as a lamentation from the perspective of the parent/friend/relative/whoever of a kidnapped person. Luciforms pretty well captures that feeling in both lyrics and tone. My InterpretationThis album is supposedly a soundtrack to a kidnapping.

My fingernail claw will make your chalkboard sing The comfort of doubt, still it keeps you thinĪnd still I can remember the day that they took you from me

Your angels have tangled their breasts again I'll be damned I can still hear her laughing When do I get to see the body preserved inside this brim 'Cause I don't want to tar feathers instead of rags Severance hold in the chamber of revolvers
