The Crimson (song)
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| Single by Atreyu from the album The Curse |
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| Released | 2004 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Genre | Metalcore | ||||
| Length | 4:01 | ||||
| Label | Victory Records | ||||
| Producer | GGGarth | ||||
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"The Crimson" is the sixth song from Atreyu's second full-length album, The Curse.
The song is 4 minutes and 1 second long and is a single released from the aforementioned album. It once again explores sing/screamer Alex Varkatzas's vampiric obsession. Many of Atreyu's songs talk about vampiric things, which has been reported to occur because Alex Varkatzas is a fan of Anne Rice novels, which mainly deal with vampires. "The Crimson" actually says, "..I am an Anne Rice novel come to life". The song "The Crimson" talks mainly about vampiric immortality, with the chorus of "Will you still hold me, when you see what I have done? Will you still kiss me the same, when you taste my victim's blood?", with Brandon Saller on vocals. He also talks about Robert Smith, lead singer of the English rock band The Cure, due to personal experience Alex felt the song "Boys Don't Cry" wasn't/isn't true, the exact line in the song is "Robert Smith lied boys do cry". The song has shown influences from such films as the lost boys also says "to become what I became" which is a direct quote from the film/book Interview with the Vampire.
This song is supposedly about doing lots of things in your life that were mistakes and that you regret. This claim has been made by Alex Varkatzas himself, one mention was at the Give it a Name 2006 at the Manchester MEN Arena. Another was in 2008 at The Armory in Albany, NY during the Taste Of Chaos tour.
The Crimson Lyrics:
I feel it welling up inside and Robert Smith lied
Boys do cry and with blood tears in my eyes
I'm an Anne Rice novel come to life
I can't hide the monster anymore
One can only feel desolate for so long
Until one starts to change
Into something the mirror doesn't recognize
I metamorphasize
The darkness has been biding its time
To claim its latest victim
Fresh meat for carnal desires
To become what I became
I viewed the sun for the last time
[Chorus:]
Will you still hold me when you see what I have done?
Will you still kiss me the same when you taste my victim's blood?
So crimson and red, I feel it flowing from your lips (crimson and red)
My heart is dead and so are you
And it pulses through, the desire to change
The desire to deconstruct all of my past failings
But where to begin because when you live in sin
It's hard to look at saints without them
Reflecting you're jet black auras back on you
And all I have is hope, my inner burn's not fading
I'll wipe the blood from my cheek and get on with my day
[Chorus]
And all I have is hope, and all I need is time
To bury in pine under six feet of time
The lies I told me about myself
Claw my way out, pick the splinters from under my fingernails
I won't lose hope, I won't give in
Just live and breathe and try not to die again [x3]
[Chorus x2]
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