He bends and he breaks
If he gives they will take away
His passion, his pain, his grace
He exhales,
A thousand black flowers explode
Into butterflies as they're away
Rip them out, take them,
Burn coals as they crush him and
Leave nothing
That resembles a soul of a man
(See him numb, see him crushed)
See him numb, See him crushed
Rip them out, take them
Burn to coals as they crush and
Leave nothing
That resembles a soul of a man
(Leave him numb. leave him crushed)
Leave him numb, leave him crushed [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/a/atreyu/the_theft.html ]
Took the fire inside
One too many times
He's burning over and out now,
Now he fails
Up against the raging tides,
No more fights
Everything you ever wanted to see,
See it in his eyes
One more time, one more time
Climb down to test the waters,
My hands feel like they're rusting away yeah,
So I'll pace around like a lamb before the slaughter
I'll stay here as long as you let me,
Decisions been made obvious so I will return
Where I started I'll stay here
Unfinished
I'll wither away
Rip them out, take them,
Burn coals as they crush him
Leave nothing
That resembles a soul of a man
(See him numb, See him crushed)
See him numb, See him crushed
Rip them out, take them
Burn to coals as they crush him and
Leave nothing
That resembles a soul of a man
(Leave him numb, Leave him crushed)
Leave him numb, leave him crushed
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The Theft meanings:
by Unregistered on Mar 1st 2012 12:39 pm
Im not to religious but kinda reminds me of the stories of jesus. Honestly he was a man trying to saving the world through teaching of "god" and we took that away and crucified him. Crushed him into nothing.
by Unregistered on Jan 14th 2012 12:06 am
Everyone walks all over him and someone finally realizes he's more than just a doorstep but he is broken inside and has nothing left to live for and just held everything in
by Unregistered on Oct 23rd 2011 2:31 pm
Please dont take the music video as the theme of the song, sure its whats the songs about but not entirely. Its about someone who goes through too much for too long that the pain and sadness start to eat away at his soul. Whether its over a girl or everything through out his life. This song reminds me of my ex girlfriend, she took my heart out and chopped it up to feed to her dog.
by Unregistered on Sep 12th 2011 3:37 pm
This song is about a man who loses his innocence & happiness as he goes through life. The world around him breaks him down until he has nothing left. I suggest you watch the music video to this song, it explains it a lot better than i can.
The songs about a man that works for his whole life and has no fun. When he realizes this it's too late for him. The video supports that. I also agree with monsteraddict17's meaning.
This song is basically about a guy that does everything that is asked from him. Then, because he is very manipulative, they tried to change him. The title "the theft", is a symbol of everything being taken from him. I went through this, but had help from amazing friends to overcome it. :)