Strange Detachment (house, member, quote, band, song)

either/or · 01-23-2006, 05:14 AM

YOU GET A COOKIE IF YOU CAN WORK OUT WHAT IT IS ABOUT

Strange Detachment

They came to see the sights
Far from the bright city lights
They laughed took pictures at the gates
He sat in the darkness and waited

Sitting in the arrow watching the crowd
Turning to people and thinking out loud
One o’ clock he rose with a smile
Fiery shots rang out from his rifle

He watched as they all fell down without a fight
Smoke drifting above his rifle sight

He left the restaurant with three notches on his belt
No one could understand the pleasure he felt
A husband and a wife went down in the fire
He didn’t blink and he didn’t tire

Walking through the ruins he makes to leave
Sweat on his face and blood on his sleave
He made for a car and fled the scene
His tally had now reached sixteen

Passing a mother and a child
He shot them both and left
Their bodies in the wild

The cops surrounded the house
Trying to be as quiet as a mouse
But he saw them and made the call
Give into his demands or the hostages would fall

But early next morning a fire was started
He ran out flaming and the air was parted
The cops grabbed him and pushed him to the ground
He just smiled and didn’t make a sound

They took the killer in alive
His total had reached thirty-five

For years to come they would talk about his spree
Children hide under their beds
They cry to their parents when they hear his name
He hurt us so bad but he’ll never be free

TrampInaTux · 01-23-2006, 08:56 AM

It's a good song, although I'm not going to guess what it is about because I have no clue. Also, this is strange, I made a thread which asked you to guess what my song was about. Before I read this. I swear we're connected by brain or something, either/or.

Crowe · 01-23-2006, 07:33 PM

Wouldn't happen to be about the Port Arthur killing spree, would it? In Australia? And the Arrow is actually the Broad Arrow... I think that's it... what was the guys name??? Brian? Martin... something like that. Cool song. It reminds me of Alkaline Trio's "Sadie"

EDIT: AHHH it drove me crazy and I had to look it up. MARTIN BRYANT. Gah.

either/or · 01-24-2006, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Crowe

Wouldn't happen to be about the Port Arthur killing spree, would it? In Australia? And the Arrow is actually the Broad Arrow... I think that's it... what was the guys name??? Brian? Martin... something like that. Cool song. It reminds me of Alkaline Trio's "Sadie"

EDIT: AHHH it drove me crazy and I had to look it up. MARTIN BRYANT. Gah.

yeah i wrote it about martin bryant and the port arthur massacre, mainly because i moved out of tasmania just a few months before it happened and i remember all my tasmanian friends talking about how it really shook everyone in tassie.

01-23-2006, 05:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
either/or Don't think twice Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: A basement on the hill Posts: 352	Strange Detachment YOU GET A COOKIE IF YOU CAN WORK OUT WHAT IT IS ABOUT Strange Detachment They came to see the sights Far from the bright city lights They laughed took pictures at the gates He sat in the darkness and waited Sitting in the arrow watching the crowd Turning to people and thinking out loud One o’ clock he rose with a smile Fiery shots rang out from his rifle He watched as they all fell down without a fight Smoke drifting above his rifle sight He left the restaurant with three notches on his belt No one could understand the pleasure he felt A husband and a wife went down in the fire He didn’t blink and he didn’t tire Walking through the ruins he makes to leave Sweat on his face and blood on his sleave He made for a car and fled the scene His tally had now reached sixteen Passing a mother and a child He shot them both and left Their bodies in the wild The cops surrounded the house Trying to be as quiet as a mouse But he saw them and made the call Give into his demands or the hostages would fall But early next morning a fire was started He ran out flaming and the air was parted The cops grabbed him and pushed him to the ground He just smiled and didn’t make a sound They took the killer in alive His total had reached thirty-five For years to come they would talk about his spree Children hide under their beds They cry to their parents when they hear his name He hurt us so bad but he’ll never be free __________________ Painstaking devotion and love Surrendered to self preservation From others who care for themselves A blindness that touches perfection But hurts just like anything else Isolation, isolation, isolation

01-23-2006, 07:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
Crowe Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 699	Wouldn't happen to be about the Port Arthur killing spree, would it? In Australia? And the Arrow is actually the Broad Arrow... I think that's it... what was the guys name??? Brian? Martin... something like that. Cool song. It reminds me of Alkaline Trio's "Sadie" EDIT: AHHH it drove me crazy and I had to look it up. MARTIN BRYANT. Gah. __________________

01-23-2006, 08:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
TrampInaTux that's my war face. Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,418	It's a good song, although I'm not going to guess what it is about because I have no clue. Also, this is strange, I made a thread which asked you to guess what my song was about. Before I read this. I swear we're connected by brain or something, either/or.