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Rhythm  9.5
Melody  9.7
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Lyrics  9.7
Vocal  9.7
This song has been reviewed 41 times. Overall score for this song, 9.6.
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Underoath - Its Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door Lyrics

Song details
TitleIts Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door
ArtistUnderoath
AlbumWarped Tour 2005 Tour Compilation [2005]
album from the festival Warped Tour [1995], Track 11
They're Only Chasing Safety [2004], Track 6
GenreHardcore, Metal
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Song lyrics
I've been up at this all night long
I've been drowning in my sleep
I've prayed for your safe place
And it's time for us to leave

Time is running, it's running on empty
And the gas is running out
I've decided tonight is the night
That I let love aside
Full speed ahead this seems to be the place
I've seen this once before
Planned perfection sought in my dreams
Hoping this would take you home

My knuckles have turned to white
There's no turning back tonight
Kiss me one last time

Around this turn where the cross will cast your shadow
The people will all gather
To remember such a day where the flames grew as high
As trees
And the world stopped for you and me

My knuckles have turned to white
There's no turning back tonight
Kiss me one last time
[Shut your eyes]

My knuckles have turned to white
There's no turning back tonight
[So hold on tight]
Kiss me one last time
[Shut your eyes]

I will now bring new meaning to the word alone
Endless nights of dreaming of life
And the days we should have spent here

Drowning in my sleep, I'm drowning in my sleep [x2 alone]

Glass shatters and comes to a halt
I thought we'd be there by now
I thought it would be so much quicker than this

Pain has never been so brilliant
I made sure you were buckled in
Now you can walk hand in hand with him

My knuckles have turned to white
There's no turning back tonight
Kiss me one last time
[Shut your eyes]

My knuckles have turned to white
There's no turning back tonight
[So hold on tight] [x2]
Kiss me one last time
[Shut your...]
submitted by VinylAGoGo on 28-10-2004
corrected by rockprincessrosie, PyroAmber on 29-05-2005


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  28-10-2007 00:22 bellamuerte3393 
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I love the titles of their songs also. haha.
  28-10-2007 00:20 bellamuerte3393 
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This song has so much change and variety, it keeps you entertained because it's not all the same all the time.
  26-05-2007 17:16 TBSx54 
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this is my favoirte song ever. it's amazing.
  08-04-2007 21:33 katyBBY 
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what an amazing song & band.
  06-03-2007 02:06 Tennismaniac144 
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Ok, u all have come pretty close to the meaning, but ur all wrong, no offense
here's how it goes this guy is really in love with his wife, but he realizes he can't love her as much as God does. So he takes her and kills her with a car accedent and now she can walk hand and hand with God and he's waiting to die so he can be with her and Jesus. This isn't just my take on this there is was an interveiw with one of the band members and that's what he said, and i have one of the band members screen name (no i'm not giving it out, he said he doesn't want me to) and he said that, that was right. Hope you all believe me cause i'm right, just look at the words, it'll make sense. Cya
  01-10-2006 20:25 SurferChic13 
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love it my fave part is "I've been up at this all night long"
  27-09-2006 01:22 sweetdishonesty 
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this song is about a tragic car accident, in which one survived and the other didn't. the surviver is having tropuble letting go but in the end he accepts it.

Around this turn where the cross will cast your shadow The people will all gather

the cross is foreshadowing the person's death "will cast your shadow." it just means that the time has come for this person to go and people are gathering at the sence.

To remember such a day where the flames grew as high As trees And the world stopped for you and me

means that the car when up in flames "as high as trees". and nothing mattered at that point, it was all about surving the accident.


Endless nights of dreaming of life And the days we should have spent here


if it wasn't for the accident the person would still be here and he is dreaming of what could have been

I'm drowning in my sleep


i think he's crying himself to sleep

Glass shatters and comes to a halt I thought we'd be there by now I thought it would be so much quicker than this


he thinks he should have died too, so in his mind he should already be in heaven


Pain has never been so brilliant I made sure you were buckled in Now you can walk hand in hand with him


he feels guilty he feels its his fault or that he could have done more, he doesn't understand why.
  25-07-2006 00:40 notaznpryde 
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love the song..this is what got me hooked on underoath..he made sure she was buckled in trying to keep her from dying, but she died anyways, so NOW she can walk hand in hand with him, which is referring to jesus

i wouldn't do that, i'd ask her who she loved more..not die so she could go out with him
  22-06-2006 18:02 slipknot_fan666 
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i think its about a crash but theres sumthing more to it because he says i made sure u were buckled in now you can walk hand and hand with him so i think he made sure his girlfriend was buckled in so she could go out with some dude she liked idk but anyways love this song
  01-06-2006 21:34 Lyrics_Lover_11 
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Awesome song
  03-05-2006 19:33 DiD_4_jC 
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Cool Song!!!!
  25-01-2006 20:52 JewUnit 
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My favourite song by Underoath!
  01-01-2006 20:31 Abbyadams 
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AMAZING SONG!!!
  15-12-2005 13:52 EmoDavey 
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Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know that we recorded this track at my church here in Florida. That choir in the background is the one that sings for us every Sunday and Wednesday. Sorry... I have a lil pride in that. I got to spend a whole day with the entire Band!
  05-12-2005 04:30 TorreyIsLDS 
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Definitely an abundance of biblical metaphors in this song. The part about the "cross casting his shadow," and "flames growing as high as trees" is an obvious allusion to Jesus Christ's crucifixion. Terrific ode honoring Christ's sacrificial dying on the cross.

Musically, this song is great. Composition is nothing short of amazing. Vocals are excellent.

Underoath's very best on [i]They're Only Chasing Safety."

T
  04-12-2005 21:19 crack_frm_kg 
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good song but i like reinventin ur exit more a lot more but still good i saw this video for the first time last night on headbangers ball (hell yeah) and i was like when did this video come out . by the way it was number seven on the best metal videos of 05
  09-11-2005 03:00 5MoReDaYstill 
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yeah, this song is GREAT. I don't think it's about hitting a tree though. The way I saw it was a collision of 2 cars. "My knuckles have turned to white" it was a head on collision, that was when the headlights were on his knuckles on the steering wheel. and the "I thought it would be so much quicker than this" meaning that he thought it would just be another trip that really wouldn't be a big deal or take very long. the whole song is taking a trip through the experience of this guy who survived a car crash with a loved one. he is up during the night and falling back asleep and drowning in memories (drowning in my sleep) I think that's every time he falls alseep, it goes right back into the nightmare. then in the end he finally accepts the experience "pain has never been so brilliant.....now you can walk hand in hand with him" man, I really LOVE THIS SONG. This is WITHOUT A DOUBT my favorite underoath song. followed closely by A Boy Brushed Red, Living In Black & White 5's all the way
  06-11-2005 00:22 cripy_blndsd 
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Man I so like this song!! One of the best!
this band is so kool I really
really...really...love them!
  08-10-2005 19:34 runnershigh 
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I can't get enough.

"My knuckles have turned to white,
there's no turning back tonight"

That's the best part.
  26-09-2005 04:36 xKenshinx 
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Underoath = sexiness.
  19-09-2005 01:29 PunkRawkFreak05 
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wow such a great song.....luv the random choir people cumin in and singin:
drowning in my sleep im drowning in my sleep
then the screaming:
Glass shatters and comes to a halt ...ahhhhhhh such a great part..keep up the good work underoath
  13-09-2005 20:41 InFaMouS_VulgaR 
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a sad song when you listen to the lyrics. but brilliant nonetheless. Underoath never fails to amaze.
  12-09-2005 15:05 i_heart_theused 
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yea, underoath is so genius the way the mixed the choir in with they're screaming. i 3 it!!!
  17-08-2005 14:15 EmoSkater89 
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Just saw the video... wow
  08-08-2005 16:38 x_StRaWbErReEz_ 
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