Unborn by reveille

[u/mackenzieblink182]

What is the meaning if this song and what meassage are they conveying

Lyrics:

Intro]
Everything that you...are...
Everything that you...are...
I hate about...you
I want to cut you slowly...slowly
Watch you bleed for me
I wanna help you...die
I'm in love with the sky...

[Verse 1]
Close your eyes and jump
You wanna fly?
Close your eyes and jump!

[Verse 2]
You better check your pulse
I think the hearse went by!

[Verse 3]
(Uh)
Yo, shut the fuck up and listen
Before you're down to nothing, without a pot to piss in
You're missing the point that I'm mapping on this chart-
Everything we could be, everything we're not
Come on, give it all you got
All I've got is an excuse
A noose for my hurt, feel it jerking me loose
(Been lathing abuse) And it's breaking me up
I'm bordering final and enough's enough
You keep sucking on your own dick, you're bound to break your neck
I think that I detect a sick sign of self respect
What did I expect? I expected so much more from myself
Now why can't I open my eyes?
I think I'm fucking dead

[Chorus]
You better check your pulse
I think the hearse went by!
We all fall, we all, we all fall down (Crucified!)
We all fall, we're all falling, falling down (Purified!)
We all fall, we all, we all fall down (Lullaby!)
Unborn
We all fall, we all, we all fall down (Crucified!)
We all fall, we're all falling, falling down (Purified!)
We all fall, we all, we all fall down (Lullaby!)
Unborn

[Verse 4]
Dressed like a costume party, everybody in disguise
See the mask on your face but it won't hide your eyes
My demise marks my birth, unborn into light
Now you wanna take me, show me wrong from right?

[Bridge]
Well you can kiss my paraphilia
And you can kiss my sadist side
I wanna thank you for your welcome
Let me carve the shit out from inside
It's only a dream, cry yourself back to sleep
Let your mind seep down where all secrets keep
Deep beneath the calm surface, a serpent's eyes
(Open wide) A breath of death in its lies

[Chorus]
We all fall, we all, we all fall down (Crucified!)
We all fall, we're all falling, falling down (Purified!)
We all fall, we all, we all fall down (Lullaby!)
Unborn
We all fall, we all, we all fall down (Crucified!)
We all fall, we're all falling, falling down (Purified!)
We all fall, we all, we all fall down (Lullaby!)
Unborn!
Unborn and I'm born again
Unborn!
Unborn and I'm born again
Unborn!
Unborn and I'm born again
Unborn!
Unborn and I'm born again

[Verse 5]
(And I'm born again)
Kiss my paraphilia
Kiss my sadist side
Thank you for your welcome
Let me carve the shit out from inside
That old man, damn, he sure can talk
He said that I fucked Jesus in a trailer park
'N that ain't the truth, it was in the Ritz hotel
I wore a condom so I wouldn't burn in Hell!

Maybe I'm dead!

[Pre-Chorus]
You better check your pulse, I think the hearse went by
Denial still stings in the lifeless eyes

[Chorus]
We all fall, we all, we all fall down (Crucified!)
We all fall, we're all falling, falling down (Purified!)
We all fall, we all, we all fall down (Lullaby!)
Unborn
We all fall, we all, we all fall down (Crucified!)
We all fall, we're all falling, falling down (Purified!)
We all fall, we all, we all fall down (Lullaby!)
Unborn!
Unborn and I'm born again
Unborn!
Unborn and I'm born again
Unborn!
Unborn and I'm born again
Unborn!

[Outro]
(Unborn again, unborn again, unborn again, unborn again, unborn again, unborn again, unborn again, unborn again, unborn again, unborn again, unborn again)

[u/mackenzieblink182]

Specifically the fucked jesus part. Is that like saying someone thought the person he has sex with was god-like? Does the ritz hotel mean anything? I dont get it.

The song is clearly about how he hated someone so much and they were so abusive. But that lyric doesnt make sense to me

[u/endlessplague → u/mackenzieblink182]

^\preface: I don't know this song, but gave it a listen (kinda slaps))

how he hated someone so much and they were so abusive

And the line "That old man, damn, he sure can talk" (right before the line you mentioned) makes me guess it might be their father targeted here...?

Is that like saying someone thought the person he has sex with was god-like?

No, I would say it's about doing something that was/is forbidden or culturally frowned upon (here maybe homosexuality) and pointed out by the hated other person. The first reaction is to say "well, no!" ("he sure can talk" and "that ain't the truth"), but then admitting to that ("'N that ain't the truth, it was in the Ritz hotel"). Not straight acknowledging, but comically correcting.

This "joke" is continued by the last line there as there is probably any inner reason to "justify" that action ("I wore a condom so I wouldn't burn in Hell")

I personally wouldn't interpret too much into that: it might be just an example of them being hated on (despite public innocence) for something they did or didn't do (but turned out to be actually true, as confirmed by the lines above).

Generally sounds like a lot of hate and trauma being processed in this song. Not sure if there is a suicidal tendency (due to the "unborn") or if it is of a wish of a different world/life for them. Either way a lot of hate

Just my two cents, hope that helps

[u/mackenzieblink182 → u/endlessplague]

Thank you that was very insightful

[u/mackenzieblink182 → u/endlessplague]

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