Discography:
1999 - The Burial Plot Bidding War (EP)
2001 - Last Night In Town
2003 - Hot Damn!
2005 - Gutter Phenomenon
2007 - The Big Dirty
2009 - New Junk Aesthetic
2012 - Ex Lives
2014 - From Parts Unknown
2016 - Low Teens
2021 - Radical
Final Lineup
Keith Buckley: Vocals
Jordan Buckley: Guitar
Andy Williams: Guitar
Stephen Miccichie: Bass
Clayton “Goose” Holyoak: Drums
Rendez‐Voodoo
Every Time I Die Lyrics
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because you know the highs are running low, and every new is getting old.
lord, I've been down since you've been seeing another boy.
me and my girl are gonna smoke the cigarettes that we find in another man's tray.
we're gonna pick all the meat from the big city bones
because the hot is getting cold.
keep you chin up the water will boil,
the comet will come for us all.
so make amends with anything you've ever loved
and open your arms to the swarm.
we have salted the earth. raid hell. raid hell.
x2
you'd better drink up, get your sorrows in, because we're coming upon where the ending begins.
the nickel city's new church says "no one allowed"
since all the lights are going out.
the end is near. I will be delivered. we've filled our bellies with so much repulsive flair I'll explode if I'm not forgiven.
make amends with anything you've ever loved and open your arms to the swarm.
we have salted the earth. raid hell. raid hell.
you'd better get it while the gettin' is good, corner boy. you know the highs are running low. you'd better shove another piece of what is left into your mouth. we need to learn to go without.
there is no plan for the dutiful. we dried the country making room for our grave. but my time is sure taking it's time running out.
The lyrics to Every Time I Die's song Rendez-Voodoo are rich in imagery and themes of inevitability and resignation. In the opening lines, the singer urges the listener to consume whatever is left of the "highs" of life, as they are running low and becoming old. The theme of depletion is further emphasized in the subsequent verses, as the singer laments a lost love and the fading pleasures of the city. The imagery of scavenging - "picking all the meat from the big city bones" - also evokes a sense of decay and decay, as the singer and his girl are reduced to living off the scraps left by others.
The chorus contains several cryptic but evocative lines, such as "keep your chin up the water will boil" and "open your arms to the swarm." The former suggests a sense of hopefulness or optimism in the face of imminent danger or death, while the latter evokes a more ominous and foreboding tone, as if the swarm is something to be feared rather than embraced. The repeated refrain of "Raid hell" adds to the apocalyptic atmosphere of the song, with the implication that some kind of reckoning or judgment is at hand.
Overall, the lyrics to Rendez-Voodoo suggest a sense of fatalism and inevitability, as the singer and his companions face the end of the world with a mixture of resignation and defiance. The song's vivid imagery and poetic language create a haunting and memorable portrait of a world on the brink of destruction.
Line by Line Meaning
you'd better shove another piece of what's left into your mouth while the gettin' is good.
Consume as much as you can before it's all gone because everything is becoming scarce.
because you know the highs are running low, and every new is getting old.
Everything is losing its excitement and novelty, and we're left with the mundane.
lord, I've been down since you've been seeing another boy.
My heart is broken since you've been seeing someone else.
me and my girl are gonna smoke the cigarettes that we find in another man's tray.
We will indulge in what we can find, even if it's not ours, to satisfy our cravings.
we're gonna pick all the meat from the big city bones because the hot is getting cold.
We'll take what we can from the big city before it becomes just as dull and lifeless as everywhere else.
lord, I'm not proud.
I'm ashamed of my behavior.
keep you chin up the water will boil, the comet will come for us all.
There's no need to despair because everything comes to an end eventually.
so make amends with anything you've ever loved and open your arms to the swarm.
Make peace with the things you hold dear and embrace the inevitable.
we have salted the earth. raid hell. raid hell.
We have caused destruction and chaos, and now we face the consequences.
you'd better drink up, get your sorrows in, because we're coming upon where the ending begins.
Prepare yourself for the end because it's coming fast.
the nickel city's new church says "no one allowed" since all the lights are going out.
The end is nigh, and even the church can't save us.
the end is near. I will be delivered. we've filled our bellies with so much repulsive flair I'll explode if I'm not forgiven.
The end is coming, and I will face it. We've indulged in so much excess that it's sickening, and I need to make amends before it's too late.
there is no plan for the dutiful. we dried the country making room for our grave.
No matter how much we've worked, there's no reward waiting for us. Instead, we've destroyed the land and made our own graves.
but my time is sure taking it's time running out.
Even though the end is near, it feels like it's taking forever to arrive.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: ANDREW JOHN WILLIAMS, JORDAN TAYLOR BUCKLEY, KEITH MICHAEL BUCKLEY, MICHAEL FRANCIS NOVAC
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