Overburdened

It helps to get the lyrics right: Hell is still overburdened I must stand and wait in line Hell is still overburdened How have I been so determined malign?

I will agree it is very much about soldiers: I was fighting for a reason Holy blessed homicide Seems I have committed treason All I've sacrificed

Ask any Vietnam veteran, or any soldier coming back from Iraq now. They left, lauded as heroes. They return, and have people spitting on them insulting them. What must that feel like, to fight for your country, only to have your countrymen turn on you when you return?

It seems like this is about Vietnam veterans in particular. "How was I considered evil?" - Everyone seemed to hate the soldiers in that came back from Vietnam with a passion. "Led to nothing" - America eventually withdrew, and essentially were defeated. "Blind leading the blind" - When we first went to war, we didn't really know anything about our enemies, or even our allies. "Decades spent in strife" - We spent over a decade in Vietnam in strife.

I agree. Another truly righteous song, like the rest of the CD.

I can see where demise of me is coming from with that view on these lyrics. personally, however, i feel that this song is a bit more a of a political commentary. I think that it is written from the point of view of a soldier from a useless war and he has been so blinded by "patriotism" that he doesn't understand why he is in hell for killing. Just my thoughts on the song, which I also feel is one of the best on the album.

I never thought of it that way before but it makes a whole lot of sense that way. The way he says "If only I was born another time" plays part to the soldier meaning because then he wouldn't have had to go to war. It makes sense that the song has a strong political meaning too because I know Deify at least has one. I haven't really looked at the lyrics of the other songs but I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of them had some sort of political meaning.

K first there are some lyric problems. It's "Pleasures taken in this life" not "Measures", and it's "REpeat it in my mind", and then the chorus is "Hell is still overburdened How have I been so determined malign"....only reason I say this is cause that what is says inthe liner notes. Anywho

This being my favortie song by disturbed I listen to it alot and I've been really thinking about the meaning, and it being political does make alot of sense. I personally feel however it's about someone who is constently chastized by hypocrits. He leads his own life and enjoys it but makes many a mistake and is belittled by people aroud him making the same mistake. I say the hypocrit part because of the line "Blind leading the blind" and the lines "I was fighting for a reason, holy blessed homicide, seems I have committed treason" because its like he doesnt understand how these people could come at him like this and misconceivehis action and not blame the others around him. But hey that explanation is the best I could think of so yeah, anywho, peace.

About a soldier standing in line waiting to pass through the gates of hell, and he's in line with all these other soldiers that died in the course of battle, and they're all wondering why they got there.

All of you who are hypersensitive to any mention of the word "soldier" being associated with a place called "hell" let me offer my last and final explanation. The song is an idea, a concept, an ironic image in my mind, the notion in this case that someone fought for what he'she thought was right, only to have been mislead and be forced to deal with the consequences. I have deep love, respect, and admiration for our soldiers who defend our way of life.

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I think it is quite possible that this song is about the evils of war, but some lines struck me that made me think this could also be about The Great Depression. "If only I was born another time." "I must stand and wait in line."(Bread lines in the 1930s)

I personally believe that this is about an atheist. An atheist who was part of many wars (decades spent in strife). He follows people saying that this is your world, there is no tomarrow and in a harsh reality he dies only to realize that he rejected God and cared about nothing but himself and hes in Hell and hes tellin us his story that Hell is backed up because people are all making the mistake of rejecting him.

Thats just me. I am a Catholic. I don't go to church, but I still strongly believe in God.

I think this song follows the theme of the album, this is from the point of view of a soldier waiting to go to war in iraq. Hell represents Iraq. For example the line "Now I find that some take turn in the line", one soldier gets killed, they send another from America. My opinion