Paradise Lost
Hollywood Undead Lyrics
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As this last breath leaves me
I am trying to be
What you're dying to see
I feel like "fuck man,
Can't take this, anymore,
This heart, break this."
This is life that's so thankless,
How could he just forsake us?
Breaks us he makes us
Hate us he gave us
Nothing but no trust
And I am so fucked up
So let this gun bond us
Let's hide by this lust
And once we are just dust
He'll know that he loved us
Let it all burn
I will burn first
God I've tried, am I lost in your eyes?
Just let me burn, it's what I deserve.
God I've lied, am I lost in your eyes?
So take me and make me
Weakened and save me
This hate that you gave me
Keeps saying the same thing
To sing when you hurt
And to sing when you cry
To sing when you live
And to sing when you die
And here at the end
At the end of the hurt
All the pain ain't the same
When it's your turn to burn
We're the heart for the heartless,
The thoughts for the thoughtless,
The eyes for the eyeless
We're the gods of the godless!
Let it all burn
I will burn first
God I've tried, am I lost in your eyes?
Just let me burn, it's what I deserve.
God I've lied, am I lost in your eyes?
So cry 3 tears for me,
When it's all gone,
Sing me this song
So cry 3 tears for me,
When it's all gone,
When it's all gone
I can not stand
Who I am I'm this man
With this blood on my hands
In this blood I am damned
So watch my wings burn
As they burn in the fire
I'll scatter the ashes
No need for the choir
Let it all burn
I will burn first
God I've tried, am I lost in your eyes?
Just let me burn, it's what I deserve.
God I've lied, am I lost in your eyes?
This hate that you gave me keeps saying
Just let me burn,
Just let me burn
This hate that you gave me keeps saying
Just let me burn,
Just let me burn
Burn
Now
Burn
Just let me burn
Now
Burn
Burn!
The lyrics of the song "Paradise Lost" by Hollywood Undead explore themes of pain, self-hatred and rejection, culminating in an existential crisis experienced by the singer. In the first verse, he describes his physical struggle to maintain his life, while feeling like he cannot handle it anymore. He questions why life is so thankless and why God would forsake humanity. The singer expresses that life has broken him and made him lose all trust. He feels lost and consumed by self-hatred, and he wishes to be bonded to someone through their mutual lust.
The second verse begins with an appeal to God to take and make the singer, weakened and save him. He states that the hate given to him is reminiscent of the same thing. The chorus repeats the phrase, "let it all burn," which is indicative of the singer's desire to be consumed by his own pain and self-hatred. He sings of his longing to free himself of his pain and guilt by burning himself along with everything that reminds him of his past. The line, "We're the heart for the heartless, the thoughts for the thoughtless, the eyes for the eyeless; we're the gods of the godless!" suggests that the singer belongs to a group of people that society has forsaken.
In the third verse, the singer accepts his fate and acknowledges that his actions have condemned him. He refers to himself as a man with blood on his hands, damned by that same blood. Despite his religious allusions, he then declares that he will burn his wings in the fire, scattering his ashes without any need for a choir or symbolic ceremony.
Line by Line Meaning
So watch my chest heave
As this last breath leaves me
I am trying to be
What you're dying to see
I'm dying and struggling to be what you want me to be, and this is my final breath.
I feel like 'fuck man,
Can't take this, anymore,
This heart, break this.'
This is life that's so thankless,
How could he just forsake us?
Life is tough, heartbreaking, and thankless, and it's hard to understand why God has abandoned us.
Breaks us he makes us
Hate us he gave us
Nothing but no trust
And I am so fucked up
So let this gun bond us
Let's hide by this lust
And once we are just dust
He'll know that he loved us
God breaks and hates us, gives us nothing and no trust, and we're so messed up that we'll bond over death and lust. And when we're dead, God will realize he loved us all along.
Let it all burn
I will burn first
God I've tried, am I lost in your eyes?
Just let me burn, it's what I deserve.
God I've lied, am I lost in your eyes?
I deserve to burn in hell for all my mistakes, and I've lied to myself and to God. I've tried to please God, but I feel like I've lost his favor.
So take me and make me
Weakened and save me
This hate that you gave me
Keeps saying the same thing
Please take me and make me weak, save me from this hate that I constantly feel. It's always telling me the same thing over and over again.
To sing when you hurt
And to sing when you cry
To sing when you live
And to sing when you die
Sing through the pain, sing through the tears, and keep singing until your final breath.
And here at the end
At the end of the hurt
All the pain ain't the same
When it's your turn to burn
We're the heart for the heartless,
The thoughts for the thoughtless,
The eyes for the eyeless
We're the gods of the godless!
At the end of all the pain, when it's our time to burn, we're here for the heartless, the thoughtless, and the eyeless. We're the ones who offer guidance and hope for those who feel abandoned by God.
So cry 3 tears for me,
When it's all gone,
Sing me this song
So cry 3 tears for me,
When it's all gone,
When it's all gone
When I'm gone, cry three tears for me and sing me this song as a tribute.
I can not stand
Who I am I'm this man
With this blood on my hands
In this blood I am damned
So watch my wings burn
As they burn in the fire
I'll scatter the ashes
No need for the choir
I can't stand who I've become, a man with blood on his hands who's damned forever. Watch my wings burn as I disintegrate in the fire, and scatter my ashes without the need for a choir.
This hate that you gave me keeps saying
Just let me burn,
Just let me burn
This hatred that I feel tells me to just burn and suffer.
Burn
Now
Burn
Just let me burn
Now
Burn
Burn!
I just want to burn and suffer for my sins and mistakes. Burn, burn now, burn!
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: GEORGE DON GILMORE, GEORGE ARTHUR RAGAN, ARON ERLICHMAN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@potatocity121
"I can not stand,
Who I am. I'm this man.
With this blood on my hands,
In this blood I am damned.
So watch my wings burn,
As they burn in the fire.
I'll scatter the ashes,
No need for the choir."
Man, this hit me hard
@potatocity121
"I can not stand,
Who I am. I'm this man.
With this blood on my hands,
In this blood I am damned.
So watch my wings burn,
As they burn in the fire.
I'll scatter the ashes,
No need for the choir."
Man, this hit me hard
@dogwater4880
emo
@cutesyprincess14
@@dogwater4880
Everyone is emotional.
@BigPeeve
@@dogwater4880 name checks out
@PokePiku
Used to be really into HU, and now I just suddenly decided to check them out again for some nostalgia feels. But damn, this is probably still my favourite song by these guys. J3T is amazing here. So emotional and heavily powerful.
@jibrillndny9126
This and This Love This Hate
@Gamingcreeper001
I think this is my favorite Hollywood Undead song. It's really hard to pick one but I think I'd pick Paradise Lost. The Lyrics are so hard hitting, the melody so tragic, and J3T's voice so powerful. This song is just awesome.
@aSceene
The way Deuce says "God I've tried/lied, am I lost in your eyes?" is beautiful
@FlyerFighter606
Had this in my head ALL day and I still love it.
@moverman0420
two things first awesome profile picture second same thing but I song this in class on Friday