Pierce The Veil – King For A Day lyrics

The song is totally a battle with "god". He feels for the dead souls and he sees and feels their pleads all around. He looks up at the sky and he sees blood shed by those who were taken by cancer, wealth, and those who took their own lives. He wants someone to kill him so that he can join the dead bc he's sick of playing: living. The thought of gods no f*****g fun and he's willing to be a martyr someone who is killed for their religious beliefs; and he's currently going against his by taking the deads side. He's negotiating for his death so he thought about it and he's decided death is the path for him because he's tired of begging for the things that he wants and doing nothing purposeful. The after life would be devine he thinks because he could join the great list souls. Being dead would be living the life of a king or luxury for him because he would no longer have to deal with the pain of the dead because he has joined them, and if the bass hits the earth underground that will awake the dead and they will start a revolution with the living. Bring the dead back to life is against religion so he's asking virgin marry to forgive him for starting this but this is now war. The attack and the bringing the dead back to life is explained in the bridge "now terror begins inside a bloodless vein... " zombies! You can tell he thinks highly of joing the dead souls because dying is a gift so close your eyes and rest in peace. This also signifies taking the livings lives for their own good. And the song ends with once again having death as the higher option because they are the shadows screaming take us now (back to the after life) they'd rather die to live to rust on the ground.

I think it's about commiting suicide. It says, "you told me think about it well I did. Now I don't want to feel a thing anymore". By saying that they don't want to feel a thing anymore, they're pretty much saying that they're done with living, and feeling pain. They're tired of just nothingness; being bullied, and being pushed around. Also, there are tons of references to suicide in the song.

In the music viddeo they are both bossed around by. Well the boss of the bank? I think they are working at. So from the music video view id say they are imagining being boss for the day and not taking any orders because to a company the boss is the king and no body questions the boss(king) so I think that's the point in the song.
(srry if its not a good description just a 14yr old ptv & sws fan_jess).

I think they are talking about a life they were hoping for when they wanted to be famous(imagine living like a king someday) and coming to realize that fame isn't all everyone expects it to be(I'm oversleeping like a dog on the floor, so sick of playing, I don't want to anymore). Dealing with crazy fans(the thing I think I love with surely brign me pain, pubescent drama queen, three cheers for throwing up) and in the end, how happy they will be to remembered when they are gone and their fans are still around(dying is a gift so close your eyes and rest in peace).

This song is about someone who is planning to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge because they are pushed around to the point of not wanting to take it anymore. They have been contemplating sucked for a while, and they want to go numb.
Then there is a part of the song where they describe a bulimic person who's doing it for the popularity (maybe them or a dead person?).
They ask God to forgive them for what they're about to do. There is a war raging in their head. "Hail Mary, forgive me
Blood for blood, hearts beating Come at me, now this is war!"
The protagonist is terrified about what is about to happen ("Now terror begins inside a bloodless vein"), but they are gone past the breaking point. They are ready. ("We'd rather die than live to rust on the ground"), and they jump. They change their mind, but too late ("Shit") .