| Opeth – The Lotus Eater Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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it's methaphorically speaking of alcoholism, but the reference to greek mythology is probably quite literal. The lotus eaters are in mythology a warning of the dangers of addictions and there are some clear references to the myth: " A barren waste is your land, Crops they were sown to die." In mythology they forgot of everything, even their work, crops and animals, they just became addicts to the lotus fruit. |
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| The Mars Volta – Televators Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I was listening this (one of my favourite songs) and I found it to be more straightforward than I previously thought. I think it talks about a man who threw himself over a bridge, the bottom of the bridge is perhaps unreachable so they tow him using a harness or something like that. The song describes the chalk outline drawn by the police who found the body, and describes the forensic report, how his face was crushed against the asphalt (his teeth broke and fell, his jaw was splitted in two) . Perhaps the part that speaks is an hypotesis on how he killed himself and his last thoughts or even by someone who saw him killing himself: "You should have seen The curse that flew right by you Page of concrete Stain walks crutch in hobbled sway Autodafe A capulary hint of red Everyone knows the last toes are Always the coldest to go" Refers to the fear of killing himself, the curse is the fear of imagining himself hitting the concrete (or perhaps is the police asking someone that should have seen him as he fell). "Stain walks crutch in hobbled sway" the fear to death makes him nervous and he can't even walk straight, the "auto da fe" is a leap of faith ( for freeing himself from this world) "capulary hint of red" he imagines the blood spilled against the concrete. "Everyone knows the last toes are Always the coldest to go"; the moment of the last step into the void becomes eternal, the toes that are still on the bridge/platform feel cold and are harder to move because even this far he's still afraid of death. |
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| Avantasia – The Toy Master Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Actually I see it as capitalism itself, masses giving to conformism lured by "toys" (ie. our electronic devices, and small luxuries) accepting their fate and abandoning their wish for a better future. | |
| X Japan – Kurenai (English) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I think this song is about losing someone you love, that person is now dead, but he doesn't have the courage to kill himself to follow that person to the afterlife. The last part.. i don't understand if he's talking about cutting himself to ease the pain in his heart with real pain, or if he is drinking wine to cope with the pain. | |
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