The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Triumphant beyond its glory
Like a towering prize they stand tall
From their hands a demonic entity, as it comes to life
The electric playground breathes irradiant light
Muses the eyes of the faithful with a single touch
The electric playground
Muses the eyes of the faithful with a single touch
Cauterization envelops your soul as all joy drains
From your body
Knees collapsing, you bow in it's aura
In the crowd a head gives the word
With a blue glow the playground comes to life
Unveiling the secret in us all
Knees collapsing, we bow in it's aura
Like a towering prize they stand tall
From their hands a demonic entity, as it comes to life
The electric playground breathes irradiant light
Muses the eyes of the faithful with a single touch
The electric playground
Muses the eyes of the faithful with a single touch
Cauterization envelops your soul as all joy drains
From your body
Knees collapsing, you bow in it's aura
In the crowd a head gives the word
With a blue glow the playground comes to life
Unveiling the secret in us all
Knees collapsing, we bow in it's aura
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We Bow In Its Aura Lyrics as written by Mike Okubo Brandon Butler
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
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could be about how religion is brainwashing or maybe aliens haha
I'm a high school drop out with an arrest record but I cleaned up my act and through sheer luck I've landed a job working for some of the richest business people in Los Angeles. I listen to this song on the way to work because it makes me think about the people I work for and how they seem to bow down and worship money and profit (and helps me remember that I don't want to end up like them)
good guitar work
trippy as hell. listen to this song when your high :D
haha my fav to listen to when im high is BMTH basically anything with blast beats is very fun to listen to when ur high XD
i agree with ekyryliuk especially the solo in the middle that sounds like ninja gaiden off the NES, also the breakdown towards the end is one of my favorite breakdowns ever :D
i believe its about maturing (:
"with a blue glow the playground comes to life unveiling the secret in us all"
i agree with shakeitoff, it's about religion
this sounds hella weird, but it sounds like this song is about the addiction of gambling at casinos and stuff with the slot machines hahahahah and all the scummy bastard owners that get all your money("like a towering prize they stand proud, from their hands a demonic entity, as it comes to life")
"the electric playground(casino) breathes irradiant light (slot machines) muses the eyes of the faithful(gamblers) with a single touch"(when you pull the spinny thing ahah
its a fuckiin weirdass analogy, but it might be describing the lives people waste from the submission to doing all that slot machine shit and how it never gives them fulfillment:
"cauterization envelops your soul as all joy drains from your body knees collapsing, you bow in its aura"
I'm really surprised no else has thought my theory yet. I think it's television and computers.<br /> "triumphant beyond its glory<br /> like a towering prize they stand proud"<br /> It's such a wonderful invention.<br /> "from their hands a demonic entity, as it comes to life<br /> the electric playground breathes irradiant light"<br /> It is evil. It has light. And as a "playground," it attracts children.<br /> "muses the eyes of the faithful with a single touch<br /> cauterization envelops your soul as all joy drains<br /> from your body"<br /> You get used to using it. Eventually, it takes your emotion away.<br /> "knees collapsing, you bow in its aura"<br /> Pretty self-explanatory.<br /> "in the crowd a head gives the word<br /> with a blue glow the playground comes to life<br /> unveiling the secret in us all<br /> knees collapsing, we bow in its aura"<br /> People continue to use it. The same happens to them.<br /> <br /> But yeah, that's just what I thought the first time I saw it.
"the electric playground breathes irradiant light muses the eyes of the faithful with a single touch... ...with a blue glow the playground comes to life"
The song's clearly about "internet addicts", the guilty pleasure of the internet, and/or personal computers.
"knees collapsing, we bow in its aura" I'm pretty sure that part has to do with how people will refer to the internet regardless of the subject (whether it be news, politics, videos, music, pictures, comedy, etc.) and how the internet is seen as omnipotent.
Keat913 is correct the song is about internet addicts and world of warcraft i asked the band and thats what they said hope this helps