My Apocalypse lyrics

Its probably about all the problems but dont try to understand it... Just losten it!!!... Its an amazing song!

I think its about his past coming back to haunt him.

This i pritty much my life. But i really liked ronnie

I agree with blackbelt, but this is also about his old band "the gallows". When he left them one of the members went up to him and told him never fall asleep cause you won't wake up.

This is going to be a long interpretation, but whatever:
the "place that he found in the depths of his dreams" is something he subconsciously wants. The "garden" is his life (gardens filled with plants->life), but his is surrounded by "fire in trees" (his life is messed up, to put it simply)
the "man with the axe" is death, and ronnie feels he is trying to say something to him:
"never fall asleep, you won't wake up. Destroy the guillotine, before he does". I think that means basically kill yourself before someone else does (probably kills him mentally, but anyways)
"i walk with shadows" the shadows are his life (shadows->dark->bad)
the "better way" is death
the "questions i will never say" are things like 'will anyone care if i'm gone? '
[my personal favorite of the entire song] "hiding from the gallows (they keep me safe and sound)" i think that this is saying ronnie is hiding from death (for those of you who don't know what a gallow is, its like the guillotine) but the "they keep me safe and sound" part means like he feels as if he is better of dead. "so i walk with shadows". The 'so' was put there to say 'so i continue life (walk with shadows)
then "the ways of burning down this house" is important in my opinion. House->life/many people. So i think this means he thinks that by living, he is destroying everyone else's lives... The "end transmission" verse is basically saying not to talk to anyone about it. "just don't trust these liars at the door (you have to find a better way). Kill the ones that have these answers for (the questions i will never say)". This is saying no matter how much people say 'don't kill yourself' or something, they are lying. Better off dead. It is the "better way". So the killing of the ones with those answers is saying 'i don't want to hear any of this because it's untrue'
the "vibrant colors" are the things that gave his life meaning, but "the pain" stands for how they only give pain now. The rest i already explained...

Matt

(i swear i did not steal this from a site or anything. I'm 15. This is honestly just my opinion on what the lyrics mean. I think of this as a song about suicide which is why it has the name "my apocalypse")

I love this song, i think its my top 2 in my list of songs! I agree with sara, i do the black eyeliner and dark clothing but i am actually quite approchable, well back to the song. I love this song, he knows he's done something serioulsy wrong but he is hiding, he doesn't want to be caught by anyone for his crimes... Ronnie we know what this is about! But it is passionate and has alot of meaning in it, which makes me sooo happy!

Best song on the album in my opinion and i think the meaning has something to do with how people judge people because they are different and how changing who you are on the outside wont change who you really are deep down... Or it could be about someone on the run from a murderer and hiding in the shadows is the only way to be safe, idk but i do know that i love to play this song!!!

The first verse is my favortie because in my interpertation it means we create meanings and things in our mind that can destroy us. Basically we all over think our next move in life causing self destruction.!!

Escape the fate really is awesome. I would love to wae thick eyeliner like all you guys seem to bring up except my mom won't let me ( i know how lame that sounds) and some people if they didn't know me may think i'm some sort of a prep but i really really am not. I am "emo" although i hate that term because it's used in such a negative way usually. Escape the fate is an amazing band. Alot of people misjudge it because their sound sound suicidal if you can't understand the hidden meanings in it. Trevor did a really good job in understanding it all. Amazing :)

Kate

Wow, trevor, i completely agree with you. I wear black, i wear eyeliner (although it's certainly different, being a girl; i still wear thick black eyeliner that people would assume to be "emo"), i have three tattoos chosen that i plan to start getting when i turn 16 (one in memory of my late grandmother, one the cancer zodiac sign, and one being an escape the fate lyric), and i worship god. I'd also like to add that escape the fate was so much better with ronnie, not because his voice was better or because i like him more (craig is an excellent singer/screamer & i have nothing against him), but because ronnie's lyrics were much more meaningful than craig's are. It really bothers me, because escape the fate - whose music has affected me greatly - will never be the same with craig. :(
anywho, amazing song.

Love, sara