vampire
Three Nails For a False Prophet Lyrics
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These lyrics are describing a toxic relationship with someone who is referred to as a "vampire." The singer initially saw this person as someone who was always there for them and willing to help, but they eventually realized that the person was only using them for their own benefit. The phrase "vampire suck the life from me" is used to describe how this person is draining the singer of their energy and will to live. The singer feels suffocated in this relationship and is struggling to break free from it.
The lyrics also depict how this "vampire" uses manipulation to control the singer. They "piled on [their] shit so thick" that the singer couldn't see through their lies and deceit. The vampire also puts the singer on a pedestal, only to then knock them off of it and leave them feeling vulnerable and hurt. The singer is now able to see the truth about this person and is no longer willing to let them continue to drain them.
Line by Line Meaning
Always quick to offer a hand when help was no longer needed.
You pretended to help me when I didn't need it and became dependent on you without realizing it.
The growing beast of dependency unheeded (heeded).
I became so dependent on you that I couldn't see how it was affecting me.
How could I refuse when you'd always been there for me?
I felt obligated to let you continue to help me since you had always been there for me in the past.
I was blinded then, but now I fucking see it.
I didn't realize your true intentions before, but now I see you for who you really are.
Vampire suck the life from me.
You are like a vampire, draining the life out of me.
Stifling it's getting hard to breathe.
You are suffocating me and making it hard for me to live my life.
The toll that you exact is more than I can give.
You are demanding too much from me and it is taking a toll on me.
You drain away my will to live.
You are causing me so much pain that I am losing my desire to live.
You piled on your shit so thick that it was hard to see it was all a trick.
You fooled me by pretending to help me and covering up your true intentions.
Reaching out to pat my back with that dagger firmly in your grasp.
You pretended to care about me while secretly causing me harm.
Put me on a pedestal to knock it out from under me.
You pretended to admire me and then betrayed me by attacking me.
I was blinded then, but now I fucking see it.
I didn't realize your true intentions before, but now I see you for who you really are.
Contributed by Audrey K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.