A story of death, afterlife, a soul tethered to earth unable to pass forward,
and what it means to be alive. Conceptual credit entirely belongs
to Armor For Sleep--This is my interpretation of the lyrical content in the form
of a short story.
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑻𝒐 𝑫𝒐 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑨𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑
ᴘʀᴏʟᴏɢᴜᴇ 'ᴏɴᴇ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ʀᴇɢʀᴇᴛ'
"Save me, even though we both know that you can't."
ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ 'ᴄᴀʀ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ'
"You can't turn back the clocks. You can't pull me up from here, so don't try."
ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴡᴏ 'ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴ'
"Don't believe that the weather is perfect the day that you die."
ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ 'ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ʀᴇᴀʟ'
"Sometimes it's hard to know what's real when you're not."
ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ꜰᴏᴜʀ 'ᴀᴡᴋᴡᴀʀᴅ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ'
"I never had the gift of holding onto you, now you're so far away."
ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ꜰɪᴠᴇ 'ꜱᴛᴀʏ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ'
"About fifty years left, I'm just waiting around, put your heart on your sleeve and watch me pull it down."
ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ꜱɪx 'ᴀ Qᴜɪᴄᴋ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜰʟɪɢʜᴛ'
"Can you see me through your bedroom window? Are you waking up your friends to watch with you? Can you see me at all?"
ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴇᴠᴇɴ 'ᴡʜᴏ'ꜱ ɢᴏɴɴᴀ ʟɪᴇ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ?'
"Now that I'm gone, who's gonna pick up where I left off?"
ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴇɪɢʜᴛ 'ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴀʟᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇꜱꜱ ɪ ʜᴇᴀʀ'
"I'll scream till' I bleed, I'll scream stay away from me, you can't keep me back."
ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɴɪɴᴇ ' ʙᴀꜱᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ɢʜᴏꜱᴛ ꜱɪɴɢɪɴɢ'
"I miss you more than you know, but I know time makes you move on."
ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴇɴ 'ᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ɴɪɢʜᴛ, ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ'
"Holding my breath walking at night with you, I get to hear your voice again."
ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴇʟᴇᴠᴇɴ 'ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ'
"Thought I was dreaming, my heart stopped beating, but I've got this feeling I was put here for you."
ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴡᴇʟᴠᴇ 'ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ꜰʀᴀᴜᴅ'
"They never heard one sound out of my mouth."
ꜰɪɴ 'ᴠᴇʀʏ ɪɴᴠɪꜱɪʙʟᴇ'
"You'll never be alone again, isn't that what you wanted?"
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What To Do When You Are Dead
FanfictionEvents depicted in What To Do When You Are Dead by Armor For Sleep, transcribed into a story based on the album.
