Appreciation and The Bomb

I was driving home listening to The Spill Canvas when I heard this song, I’ve listened to it heaps of times but I think this is the first time I really listened to the lyrics and they kind of surprised me just a little bit.

It’s called Appreciation and the bomb

“Appreciation And The Bomb”

I gathered you here to say my last piece.
A few final words before I am deceased.
Don’t change your plans, this won’t take long.
I packed it up nice into this little song.

If I could have your attention, observe this fuse.
Leads to these explosives that I’m about to use.
Before you freak out, just let me explain.
This bomb is the answer to all of my pain.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that we never feel the heat until we get burned.
But we try so hard not to die.
Sometimes we forget to appreciate life, oh no.

When the spark reaches powder, I will blow up.
I’ll become the mist you breathe into your lungs.
All of my love will then turn into yours.
And you will feel hope bleeding out from your pores.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that we never feel the heat until we get burned.
But we try so hard not to die.
Sometimes we forget to appreciate life, oh no.

Dad, you were there when nobody was.
I followed your lead, now I’m proud of what I’ve become.
Brittney, you never cease to amaze me.
Maybe someday we’ll get another chance to be.
Mom, I wished you would try a little harder.
Maybe catch a show or two, would that be such a bother?
To all my friends, where do I start?
I know I’d be dead without you in my heart.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that we never feel the heat until we get burned.
But we try so hard not to die.
Sometimes we forget to appreciate life.

Here is a video of it on Youtube. I wanted to find the proper song by the band but all that are there are other peoples covers of the song. So here is a live recording! Its bad quality.

So basically… its about a suicidal person with a bomb strapped to themselves wanting to let everyone know that they appreciate / love them… So then its kind of like why are you going to bomb yourself.

The song actually really annoys me now when I listen to it, because its basically just about another selfish person bitching about how bad their life is and that they are going to kill themselves but they want to rub it all into the faces of the people they care about.. But if they cared about them they wouldn’t be there threatening to blow themselves up. GRR
Well that’s all for my little rant

[Lyrics from azlyrics.com]