CERAMIC HOLIDAY

18

It's a song about how your fears hold you back from becoming everything you are capable of being. The message is go for it.

You?ll never get it right
So you settle for your life
And now love becomes hate
And your sex becomes rape

Cuz you?re afraid
Oh, you?re afraid
Oh, no I?m so afraid
Oh-oh, you?re afraid

Actor factor, false reacter
You squirm and turn, little worm
And life becomes strife
And your date becomes mate

And you?re afraid
Oh, you?re afraid
Oh, no I?m so afraid
Oh-oh, you?re afraid

They turn you down with a frown
You wear it all over town
And now truth becomes lie
And your dreams will always die

Because you?re afraid
Oh, you?re afraid
Oh, no I?m so afraid
Oh-oh, you?re afraid

12

It's about those things we know we shouldn't do, the things that aren't good for us, but we do them anyway.

I was reading Sylvia Plath's journals and I related to all the self-loathing created by doing things you know aren't good for you. The end of the song refers to the fact that Sylvia Plath had signed a long term lease on an apartment in London and then killed herself the next day. The combination of these events illustrates the battle people fight against depression. Sometimes you lose the fight and it's for keeps.

Wanted some help but not the solution
I choke on the smoke but I crave the pollution
I dream the future right into the past
And I played the game but I lost again

Can we, can we, can we avoid?
What we?re bound to do?
What we?re born to do?
Boy?

Wanted some help but not the solution
I choke on the smoke and I crave the pollution
I dream the future right into the past
I ran the race but I finished last

Can we, can we, can we avoid?
What we?re bound to do?
What we?re born to do?
Boy?

Tunnel vision of the final decision
I?ve got the tunnel vision
Of the final decision

Wanted some help but not the solution
Oh, I choke on the smoke and I crave the pollution
Sign the lease and turn on the gas
Last chapter now I fade to black...