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He seems to think that it is going to put him to sleep, but instead he is awake talking to himself “in disgrace with a shameful regret.”(13) He knows he is doing something wrong but it seems to be the only answer.
Alkaline Trio formed in Chicago and often refer to hell as cold instead of hot. Skiba says “all that followed fell like mercury to hell.” The simile describes how the relationship went after that night. Like the fall of a great empire, the relationship “fell” as quickly as the temperature would drop when you entered hell. Then he says “we lost our heads for the last time,” which means that the relationship is over.
The last verse gives the impression that she introduced the drug to him when Skiba says, “Now I can’t dream since I quit sleeping and I haven’t slept since I met you.” He cannot sleep due to the coke and that started when he met her. He then refers to both of them as vampires (as he often does). Cocaine makes you stay up all night and sleep during the day, which are the same sleeping habits as a vampire. He continues the vampire theme with a play on an old pick-up line, “your place or mine?” but instead Skiba says “your coffin or mine?” The symbolism of the coffin in this situation refers to the bed that vampires sleep in. The denotation of this line is that she is a hypocrite because even though she does not do it as much she still does it enough that she could …show more content…
He knows everything that he is doing to drive her away but yet he feels it will be better for her to just give in and be an addict with him. It sounds like Matt Skiba is very stubborn and that is why she walked out without saying why, he would not have listened anyway. Skiba never does seem to disappoint when it comes to symbolism in his writing. The alliterations and euphonies used help form a more melancholy rhythm and feel. The dark references to hell, vampires, and drug abuse are infamous with his work and create a strong visualization of what exactly his emotions
Alkaline Trio formed in Chicago and often refer to hell as cold instead of hot. Skiba says “all that followed fell like mercury to hell.” The simile describes how the relationship went after that night. Like the fall of a great empire, the relationship “fell” as quickly as the temperature would drop when you entered hell. Then he says “we lost our heads for the last time,” which means that the relationship is over.
The last verse gives the impression that she introduced the drug to him when Skiba says, “Now I can’t dream since I quit sleeping and I haven’t slept since I met you.” He cannot sleep due to the coke and that started when he met her. He then refers to both of them as vampires (as he often does). Cocaine makes you stay up all night and sleep during the day, which are the same sleeping habits as a vampire. He continues the vampire theme with a play on an old pick-up line, “your place or mine?” but instead Skiba says “your coffin or mine?” The symbolism of the coffin in this situation refers to the bed that vampires sleep in. The denotation of this line is that she is a hypocrite because even though she does not do it as much she still does it enough that she could …show more content…
He knows everything that he is doing to drive her away but yet he feels it will be better for her to just give in and be an addict with him. It sounds like Matt Skiba is very stubborn and that is why she walked out without saying why, he would not have listened anyway. Skiba never does seem to disappoint when it comes to symbolism in his writing. The alliterations and euphonies used help form a more melancholy rhythm and feel. The dark references to hell, vampires, and drug abuse are infamous with his work and create a strong visualization of what exactly his emotions