This part is from the boys perspective and it means that until the day that he does leave her for one of the girls on his list,that he’ll steal her roses from the cemetery. And until that day, I’ll steal you flowers from the cemetery, red roses. The girl is tired of being the boys fall back plan when everything he does fails and that he should go down his list of girls if he isn’t happy with the relationship that he has. Go down your list and be satisfied if all you have is not enough. I told myself I’m tired of holding up your backup plans. You know the only real way to cure pain is to add a little more, because everything new distracts the old- So it obviously it hasn’t been a very good relationship if the cure to pain is adding more because you forget about the old pain. In the end the girl wants to kill him because of all the things he had put her through. Also that she loves him too much too leave even though he doesn’t really love her back. With the girl asking the boy why he’s not satisfied with their relationship and that he doesn’t really love her he only loves her for all of her support and all of the things she does for him. You know I’ve never held a gun in my life,īut now I carry one around in case I see you tonight.īasically the song is about a boy and girl who are in a very dysfunctional relationship where the boy can`t stop hurting the girl over and over again.

I’m tired of holding up your backup plans. Sometimes the bedroom walls become my only friends, (Personification)īut they were there from beginning to end. (A diamond bullet and a gun made of gold, she was covered in blood last seen in San Francisco) (Alliteration, Hyperbole)

So say it, say I’m in love, cause you called meĬrying from your job, said you just got fired. How does it feel to breathe oxygen inside her head?(couplet) I’ll steal you flowers from the cemetery, red roses.

Go down your list and be satisfied it’s all you have. I’ll keep talking till something does.(Alliteration)Īs we’re covered in sand, you roll over and smile. She said paint a picture on me, (Alliteration)Ī friend of a friend, these strangers at the party never paid. (True love comes from more than just the heart) (Assonance) Go down your list and be satisfied if all you have is not enough.(repetion) I’d better pick it back up, it might ruin your night.Īnd she said, “Baby, leave the water by the bed for later, (You know the only real way to cure pain is to add a little more,īecause everything new distracts the old.)Ī violin with no hands plays symphonies with no words.Ī drowning boy with no voice prays someone up there’s telling me, (Assonance)

Pierce the veil songs about reality