Ghosts
One Dead Three Wounded was formed in 1998 by founding members Sam Tropio, M… Read Full Bio ↴One Dead Three Wounded was formed in 1998 by founding members Sam Tropio, Matt McSorley, Mike and Tim Zahodski. While in highschool, the band developed their sound, sorting through influences until they recorded their first demo in 2000. Although it was quite rough around the edges, ODTW sold quite a few copies in the Philadelphia and surrounding area. Soon after the demo released, ODTW recruited Jay Wilmot on guitar. In 2002, One Dead Three Wounded ventured into the studio once again to record The Heroin Demo. It consisted of 3 songs that began to show signs of the sound that ODTW exhibits today. Following this release, the band underwent countless lineup changes, most notably founding member Matt McSorley left the band. At the end of 2002, ODTW hit the road in support of Kansas City's Saved by Grace and Philly's Dark Day Dawning. Unfortunately, following the tour, founding member Sam Tropio left the band. Easily one of the most trying times in the bands existence, the remaining members Jay, Mike, and Tim decided to keep the band going and recruited friends Jim Fox and Bob Katzianer. By March of 2003, One Dead Three Wounded began playing countless shows throughout the east coast and soon signed with LoveLost Records. In October of 2003 ODTW returned to the Skylight (A life once lost, this day forward, bury your dead) and recorded the critically acclaimed Paint the Town (LoveLost). Following the release of the album in January 2004, the band played a plethora of shows including a two month United States tour.

Ghosts
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I used to befriend ghosts like you but time has betrayed us both. These campfire secrets are over dead men's bones with graveyard hopes of seeing home. A mild mannered man with cheap cologne; blanketed by the arctic embrace of this city. Those towers of money, power, and greed are the tombstones of this ghost town. From the cemetery floor we stare up at our legacy, at the concrete reminders that we are but mere pillars of salt with eyes fixated on the moments that most have forgot. No song can capture this moment, No melody can encapsulate or replicate the thoughts. So I'll sit back, relax and drink from the lip of another half empty glass sobered by the fact that you will never be a teacher and I will never be a father. I am the artist of this lie and on this canvas I paint my crimes.




Overall Meaning

The lyrics to One Dead Three Wounded's song Ghosts are full of symbolism and depth. The singer reflects on his past friendships with ghosts, which could be interpreted as people who are no longer in his life or ghosts of his former self. However, the passage of time has caused the singer and these ghosts to grow apart, as they are trapped in a state of limbo, unable to move on but unable to return to the past. The secrets they shared around the campfire are now buried with dead men, leaving the singer with only the hope of returning home, which seems increasingly unlikely. The singer is described as a mild-mannered man with cheap cologne, who is surrounded by the cold embrace of the city.


The singer then goes on to describe the towering buildings that dominate the skyline, which he sees as grave markers for this ghost town. He and the ghosts he once knew are now buried beneath these buildings, unable to escape their own legacy. The singer suggests that no song or melody could truly capture the moment or encapsulate their thoughts, as they are fixated on memories that most people have forgotten. As the singer reflects on his losses, he is sobered by the reality that he will never become a teacher and his friend will never become a father. The singer then reveals himself as the artist of this lie, painting his own crimes on the canvas of his life.


Overall, the lyrics to Ghosts are a powerful reflection on themes such as loss, time, and the transient nature of life. Through the use of vivid imagery and poetic language, the song creates a haunting atmosphere that lingers long after the last note has faded away.


Line by Line Meaning

I used to befriend ghosts like you but time has betrayed us both.
I used to befriend people like you who are no longer alive, but time has made us both distant from each other.


These campfire secrets are over dead men's bones with graveyard hopes of seeing home.
These secrets shared around the campfire are now buried along with the dead and their hopes of going back home.


A mild mannered man with cheap cologne; blanketed by the arctic embrace of this city.
I am a simple person with nothing much to offer, surrounded by the coldness and emptiness of this city.


Those towers of money, power, and greed are the tombstones of this ghost town.
The skyscrapers filled with wealth, control, and selfishness represent the death of this town's spirit.


From the cemetery floor we stare up at our legacy, at the concrete reminders that we are but mere pillars of salt with eyes fixated on the moments that most have forgot.
Lying on the cemetery floor, we look up at the monuments of our actions, realizing that we are insignificant beings with only memories left of us.


No song can capture this moment, No melody can encapsulate or replicate the thoughts.
No music can truly capture or convey the feelings and thoughts we have in this moment.


So I'll sit back, relax and drink from the lip of another half empty glass sobered by the fact that you will never be a teacher and I will never be a father.
I will just sit and drink from my glass, accepting the reality that you will never achieve your dreams of becoming a teacher and I will never have a child.


I am the artist of this lie and on this canvas I paint my crimes.
I am the creator of this falsehood and I acknowledge my wrongdoings as I express them through art.




Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC
Written by: Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young

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Comments from YouTube:

denialrolls

one of the only bands i truly miss from that era of local music

Samuel Palmquist

This is awesome

Samuel Palmquist

@ShootTheRadio fuck yeah. That was the best time to be into this music. So many good bands coming out.

ShootTheRadio

I was in a band that played a show with these guys. Northern Virginia outside DC around 2004. I never heard these guys and when they started playing I was like whaaaaaaaaat.

MattWojcik

Agreed.

Rhadamanthus

God damn. I thought these guy were gonna be interesting.

Rhadamanthus

5 months too late.

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