Distraction
Angels Airwaves Lyrics

I'll be your distraction
The singer will be a source of comfort or diversion for whoever is being addressed

There's a field nearby / With words written in stone / My love will not die / Please let be known
There is a nearby field with writing that declares the singer's love will endure and they want the addressee to know

This place is dead / It echoes through town / There isn't one voice / I haven't heard a sound
The singer describes a lifeless environment where they haven't encountered a single person or anything emitting a sound

The planes flew in / Their bombs did too / The city fell flat / The fires they grew
The artist describes the destruction of a city where planes dropped bombs and fires spread rapidly afterwards

When the smoke comes in / It'll color this town / But I'll still have you / So I'll say it aloud
Although the aftermath of the destruction will change the city's appearance, the artist will still have the addressee with them and will express their love openly

The friendship we made / Is a waste of our time / There's no one left here / To show future that's kind
The singer views the connection formed between them and the addressee as pointless since there is no one else remaining to set a good example for future generations

It's a world of hate / Gone incredibly wrong / We cared to late / We just followed along
The singer reflects on a time where the world had turned harsh and cruel and blames humanity for apathy instead of acting to stop it

And the boys went down / With their gun in their hand / Their weapon of choice / Their knees in the sand
The artist recounts soldiers falling in battle with weapons in hands and knees touching the sand

If that field nearby / Was still there to be used / Would you ever have known? / Those words were for you
The artist questions if the addressee would have realized the field's message was directed to them - had the field still existed

The War
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The ocean, is on fire / The sky turned dark again / As the boats came in / And the beaches / Stretched out with soldiers / With their arms and guns / It has just begun
The scene described is a military battle by the beach where the sea is burning, and the sky is black. Soldiers with weapons have just arrived and the fighting is just starting.

And the houses / Laid out like targets / With the defining sound / We watched them all go down / And the families / Now useless bodies / They lay still black and blue / A gift from us to you
The artist depicts houses on display as targets with the sound of destruction as they all fell. Families are motionless and bruised, a sacrifice or 'gift' from humanity to each other.

Believe, you want this / Believe, I want this too
The singer tells the addressee they can believe what they want, but the singer themselves wants this too

Why won't you tell me that / It's almost over / Why must this? / Tear my head / Inside out
The singer wants to know why the addressee won't admit the ordeal they're going through is ending and why this situation is somehow affecting the singer's emotions