Discover the story of the song > Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants – The Dillinger Escape Plan

The song is about a tired protagonist who wants to escape from reality and go to another world. He encourages his partner to join him and leave everything behind, even though it might feel wrong. He talks about the temptation of the stranger's candy that can take them to different places, even to broken alleys. The song ends with the protagonist wanting to bring everything down and dance to the beat until he kills them.