Vendetta Red independently released their first record, Blackout Analysis, in 2000, and followed that with White Knuckled Substance in 2001, through Loveless Records. Vendetta Red signed to Epic Records and released their major label debut, Between the Never and the Now, in 2003. Sisters of the Red Death, released in late 2005 before the band's 2006 breakup, charted at #21 on the Top Heatseeker's Chart
After their split, former Vendetta Red members Zach, Leif, and Jeff started the band Sirens Sister.
Vendetta Red reunited in March 2011, playing the entirety of Sisters of the Red Death at El Corazon in Seatle, Washington. Afterwards they started creating new record and played the 2011 Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival. In 2012 they released single Close To Me.
In 2013 they released two EPs: Scripture and Light Year Anniversary.
In 2018 they suddenly released an LP Quinceañera.
Current Members
Zach Davidson - Vocals (Sirens Sister)
Leif Anderson - Guitar (Sirens Sister)
Jonah Bergman - Bass (Schoolyard Heroes)
Burke Thomas - Drums (Megasapien)
Studio Albums
- Blackout Analysis (2000)
- White Knuckled Substance (2001)
- Between the Never and the Now (2003)
- Sisters of the Red Death (2005)
- Quinceañera (2018)
EPs
- 6 Kisses, A Blatant Reminder of Why We Are Alive (1999)
- Cut Your Noose EP (2002)
- Shatterday EP (2003)
- Scripture (2013)
- Light Year Anniversary (2013)
Run
Vendetta Red Lyrics
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Stripped down when she went down and that's all.
And where is art?
It's in the tears of the retarded children,
When you tell them there's no God.
You'll fall asleep forever,
But never close your eyes.
You could hold her through the night.
She'd have you sing the chorus
Then watch the years go by
But I don't mind.
The meat talks back, divorce my head off of my neck
To dine on hot organs, and that's all.
And where is love?
It's on the blade of this old knife,
Your lover took your life and took off.
"Lay them on the lawn like dead virgins.
Goddess of the grove."
The lyrics to Vendetta Red's song "Run" are quite cryptic and open to interpretation. The opening lines suggest a sexual encounter where the woman takes control and wraps her legs around his face. The stripping down could be a metaphor for the couple shedding their inhibitions and truly being vulnerable with each other. The line "And where is art?" could refer to the idea that true art is born out of vulnerability and raw emotion. The following line, "It's in the tears of the retarded children, when you tell them there's no God," is perhaps suggesting that true art comes from a place of pain and confusion.
The chorus of the song is melancholic and speaks to the idea of longing for someone who is no longer with you. The imagery of falling asleep forever but never closing your eyes could be seen as a metaphor for death or a feeling of being stuck in a perpetual state of longing. The line "She'd have you sing the chorus then watch the years go by" could suggest that the person you long for has moved on while you are still stuck in this state of longing.
The second verse of the song is even more cryptic, with the mention of meat talking back and the desire to divorce his head from his neck. The line "And where is love? It's on the blade of this old knife, your lover took your life and took off" could suggest a violent end to a relationship. The final lines of "Lay them on the lawn like dead virgins. Goddess of the grove" add to the eerie and unsettling feeling of the song.
Line by Line Meaning
Shoot to kill, she wrapped her legs around my face.
She was aggressive, even violent in bed, by wrapping her legs around his face to ensure complete submission.
Stripped down when she went down and that's all.
She went down on him while she was stripped naked and that's all that happened.
And where is art?
The artist in him begs to explore and create new things.
It's in the tears of the retarded children,
When you tell them there's no God.
True art is in the raw emotions and reactions that one can't control. It's in the tears of the children that society considers handicapped, who feel things too deep to hide, and are told lies when seeking comfort.
You'll fall asleep forever,
But never close your eyes.
In the arms of death, only sleeping forever, but never able to truly rest in peace.
'Cause every day you're wishing
You could hold her through the night.
Every day, he wishes he had someone to hold while the night falls, and to be there to wake up with.
She'd have you sing the chorus
Then watch the years go by
But I don't mind.
She had a talent for making him sing the same song, and while the years passed, they felt the same. He didn't mind her talent or the time that had passed.
The meat talks back, divorce my head off of my neck
To dine on hot organs, and that's all.
Life has a way of twisting the inevitable path humanity takes, and one day the bodies they were given as humans will exist without the head to guide them, so they will consume and ravage hot organs.
And where is love?
It's on the blade of this old knife,
Your lover took your life and took off.
Love is often defined by the pain that is inflicted by another because of it. The blade of the knife is testimony to the aftermath of failing love - the lover is gone and the person left behind is overwhelmed by the guilt of being once in love.
"Lay them on the lawn like dead virgins.
Goddess of the grove."
The mother nature sometimes demands sacrifice, where innocents become pawns of her games. The Goddess of the Grove would then ask for sacrifices in her name.
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