True Stories
Jumpsteady Lyrics

Now I lay me down to sleep
Starting the song by invoking a common bedtime prayer

I pray the Lord my soul to keep
Asking God to keep the singer's soul safe throughout the night

Time swifts back upon my bed
The singer is transported back in time to a moment in their childhood

As the undead walk inside my head
The singer is haunted by memories and ghosts from their past

Don't you hear the ghostly calls?
Asking if the listener can hear the same ghostly calls that the singer does

Transcending from beyond the walls
The ghostly calls are coming from beyond the physical walls of the singer's bedroom

They have shown in this life I've known
The ghosts have revealed to the singer that there is another world beyond our own

There's another world beyond our own
Reiterating that there is another world beyond our own

Twisted, broken, shadow land
Describing the other world as twisted, broken, and a shadow land

Connected by paths of emerald sand
The paths between the worlds are made of emerald sand

Have you seen the things I've seen?
Asking the listener if they have seen the same things the singer has seen

Been visited by phantom beings?
Asking if the listener has also been visited by phantom beings

Haunted by those in hooded cloaks
The singer has been haunted by ghosts wearing hooded cloaks

Or been in the séance to invoke
The singer has participated in séances to invoke ghosts

Many who see don't believe
Not everyone who sees these things believes they are real

Because they chose naivety
People who don't believe are choosing to be naive

Don't you know that ghosts exist?
Asking if the listener believes that ghosts exist

Do you believe in exorcist?
Asking if the listener believes in exorcisms

Don't you know that demons live?
Asking if the listener believes that demons exist

Do you live a life of sin?
Asking if the listener lives a sinful life

Don't you know they'll comfort you?
Ghosts and demons can provide comfort depending on the choices that are made

Depending on the path you choose
Whether ghosts or demons provide comfort or terror depends on the choices a person makes

Or do you hide behind your walls?
Asking if the listener hides from the truth behind walls

Spiraling back into my past
The singer is spiraling back into their childhood memories

The nightmare upon my mind is cast
The memories are causing a nightmare in the singer's mind

Remembering a time so long ago
The singer is remembering a distant memory from their childhood

When death took me into its fold
Recollecting a time where the singer was almost killed and brought to death's doorstep

As a young child awakening
Reliving a moment from childhood when the singer was close to death

Face in a pillow suffocating
Describing how the singer was close to suffocating to death

All my senses were there to me
The singer was still aware of their surroundings even while close to death

But I couldn't move and I couldn't breathe
The singer was paralyzed and unable to move or breathe during this moment

As I died I realized
As the singer was dying, they had a realization

There was a reason I was paralyzed
The singer believes there was a reason for their paralysis and being close to death

Inside that room I was not alone
There was a presence in the room with the singer while they were close to death

There was a presence neither flesh or bone
The presence was not physical or tangible

Even though I could not see
Despite not being able to physically see the presence, the singer could sense it

I felt its evil beyond imagining
The presence felt evil to the singer, beyond what they could comprehend

More afraid of it than death
The singer was more afraid of the presence than they were of death

I broke its hold upon my flesh
The singer broke away from the hold the presence had on them, allowing them to live

Can't you hear the child's screams?
Asking if the listener can hear the screams of a child

Can you see horrific dreams?
Asking if the listener experiences horrific dreams like the singer does

Can't you feel your death embrace?
Asking if the listener has ever felt close to death

Can you follow the path of grace?
Asking if the listener can live a life of grace, free from the troubles of the other world

Can't you see the world I see?
Asking if the listener can see the other world as the singer does

Can you see the reality?
Asking if the listener sees the same reality that the singer sees

Do you remember a time like this?
Asking if the listener has experienced something like this in their past

Or is it locked away in your subconsciousness?
Wondering if the listener has repressed memories of the past like the singer has

A female voice would come to me
Describing a ghostly female voice that would speak to the singer

And say my name repeatedly
The female voice would repeat the singer's name over and over

Death's temptation from the grave
The female voice was tempting the singer with death

Spoken word my life did fade
The voice of the ghost was leading the singer towards death

Slowly forget as the years go by
The singer has slowly forgotten about the ghostly voice over time

Plagued by nightmares, I wonder why
The memories of the ghostly voice still plague the singer, even years later

Dreams of a car flipping end to end
The singer has recurring dreams of a car flipping over

Screams of a woman is deafenin'
The singer hears a woman screaming loudly in their dreams

When I awake, I'm rememberin'
The singer remembers the details of the dream when they wake up

The explosions of pain and dismemberin'
The dream is violent and involves explosions, pain, and dismemberment

Then one day a vision forms
The singer has a vision that forms in their mind

Inside my mind a dream was born
The vision becomes a dream in the singer's mind

I drove a car that's now destroyed
The dream involves the destruction of a car that the singer was driving

A woman's inside like a broken toy
A woman is inside the destroyed car, hurt and broken like a toy

Blood goes cold as I realized
The blood in the singer's veins goes cold as they realize something

Her face is too bloody to recognize
The woman's face is covered in blood and the singer cannot recognize her

Looking through my horrified eyes
The singer is horrified as they look at the scene

Somehow I loved this woman who died
Despite not recognizing the woman, the singer loved her and is devastated by her death

Turning to me upon deaths embrace
The woman speaks to the singer while she is close to death

She calls my name out to space
The woman calls out to the singer

It's the voice of my childhood ghost
The ghostly voice from the singer's childhood is back

I reach for her, but the vision is lost
The singer tries to reach out to the woman, but the vision ends

Won't you step up through the gate?
Asking the listener to step up and face the unknown

Will you face up to your fate?
Asking the listener to face their fate, regardless of what it may be

And walk upon the emerald sand?
Asking the listener to take the path through the other world

Have you seen what I have seen?
Asking the listener if they have seen the same things the singer has seen

Or do you choose to be naïve?
Wondering if the listener chooses to remain naive about the other world