I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
(How much do you make in that death factory?)
(Severance owed in the chamber of revolvers)
(Empty jails fall from my scalp)
(Shaped the globe and then let me out)
(Still, I can remember the day)
(That they took you from me)
Seems like I've been running
From your trenchant memory
Harpsichord will warn me when it's over
'Cause if heaven breathes
Then someone trade places with me
'Cause I don't want to tear feathers instead of rags
Instead of rags
When do I get to see the body preserved inside this brim?
"Sewn on the lips" were her last words
I'll be damned I can still hear her laughing
Your angels have tangled their breasts again
The comfort of doubt, still it keeps you thin
And still, I can remember the day
That they took you from me
Seems like I've been running
From your trenchant memory
Harpsichord will warn me when it's over
'Cause if heaven breathes
Then someone trade places with me
'Cause I don't want to tear feathers instead of rags
Instead of rags
Does your temperature ache?
Is your glass about to break?
Are you purple with currant?
Will you now become the servant?
Gordian knots in the power lines
Saucer fills to empty with pesticide
Like the pharaohs of old
Bury me in gold
I'll make your son refuse to fight
In the Stockholm city that we provide
If your heart does cease to speak
My fingernail choir will make your chalkboard sing
(Severance owed in the chamber of revolvers)
(Empty jails fall from my scalp)
(Shaped the globe and then let me out)
(Still, I can remember the day)
(That they took you from me)
Seems like I've been running
From your trenchant memory
Harpsichord will warn me when it's over
'Cause if heaven breathes
Then someone trade places with me
'Cause I don't want to tear feathers instead of rags
Instead of rags
When do I get to see the body preserved inside this brim?
"Sewn on the lips" were her last words
I'll be damned I can still hear her laughing
Your angels have tangled their breasts again
The comfort of doubt, still it keeps you thin
And still, I can remember the day
That they took you from me
Seems like I've been running
From your trenchant memory
Harpsichord will warn me when it's over
'Cause if heaven breathes
Then someone trade places with me
'Cause I don't want to tear feathers instead of rags
Instead of rags
Does your temperature ache?
Is your glass about to break?
Are you purple with currant?
Will you now become the servant?
Gordian knots in the power lines
Saucer fills to empty with pesticide
Like the pharaohs of old
Bury me in gold
I'll make your son refuse to fight
In the Stockholm city that we provide
If your heart does cease to speak
My fingernail choir will make your chalkboard sing
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This album is supposedly a soundtrack to a kidnapping. Luciforms pretty well captures that feeling in both lyrics and tone. I hear this as a lamentation from the perspective of the parent/friend/relative/whoever of a kidnapped person. It goes through alot of the stages of thought that a loved one might go through. "How much do you make in that death factory? severance owed in the chamber of revolvers" Hating the kidnappers. "Empty jails fall from my scalp, shake the globe and let me out if still I can remember the day that they took you from me." Empty jails, as in they haven't been caught. shake the globe, as in shake my head, wake me up from this nightmare.
The chorus is essentially about how this event becomes a central part of their life against their will. they're haunted by it until they die, no matter how hard they try to escape it. If heaven is real (breathes) they don't want to go there,(trade places) because they're consumed with a violent urge for revenge.(don't want to tear feathers instead of rags, don't fight angels instead of demons)
the second verse is about remembrance as time goes on. They are still obsessed with the lost loved one while everyone else moves on and comforts you with menial things. (comfort of doubt still it keeps you thin. "maybe she survived?" "you look well")
The last verse is a lashing out at the kidnappers, as it was alluded to in the chorus. (if your heart does cease to speak, my fingernail choir will make your chalk board sing. fingernails on a chalkboard = torturous sound. if you die, I'll see you in hell, and make your afterlife miserable.)
Nice work kantieb. I'm going to build off of your post, if I may.<br /> <br /> A "Gordian Knot" was a part of Mediterranean(?) folklore concerning Alexander the Great... In the story, it was said that whoever could untie the knot would rule all of the known world. Alexander the Great, however, couldn't (or lacked the patience to) untie it, and cut it in two. If you guys are familiar with the history concerning Alexander the Great, I'm sure you can figure out the rest (Hint: he got fucked up).<br /> <br /> So, when Cedric writes about "Gordian knots in the powerlines", it seems to me as if the troubled parent or loved one of the one who was kidnapped was so extremely desperate to, as you put it, seek revenge, that he/she would put aside all rational thought and rashly cut the "Gordian Knot" in two, even though it would be the death of him/her (citing Alexander the Great's downfall, and of course, powerlines - im sure trying to cut a powerline in two would probably be the last thing one would do).
the song title is obviously a play on "Lucifer", maybe it means the different forms a devil can take.
i think that maybe when it's saying "harp sickle will warn me when its over", it's harpsichord instead of harp sickle.
I think it's "Stockholm setting that we provide", not Stalk home setting.
Stockholm would be referring to stockholm syndrom in which the kidnap victim grows close and even starts to like/love their kidnapper...
This is from the official lyrics.
yo man a few corrections--<br /> <br /> severance hold in the chamber of revolvers<br /> <br /> shake the glove and let me out<br /> <br /> harpsichord will warn me when its over<br /> <br /> your angels have tangled their breasts again<br /> <br /> sizes fill empty with pesticides<br /> <br /> with a pharaoh to hold<br /> <br /> will your sun refuse to bite<br /> <br /> in the stockholm city that we provide<br /> <br /> my fingernail claw will make your chalkboard sing.
some of those are wrong logano. what is posted are the official real lyrics.
is it possible that Cedric himself meant "stockholme" and printed it incorrectly, etc? an editor might assume artistic license and pass it over. who knows? then again, its difficult to interpret if even lyrics aren't for sure. i think its best to accept the official version for the sake of interpretation
is it possible that Cedric himself meant "stockholme" and printed it incorrectly, etc? an editor might assume artistic license and pass it over. who knows? then again, its difficult to interpret if even lyrics aren't for sure. i think its best to accept the official version for the sake of interpretation
I have no clue what it means, but the last 4 lines are some of my favoritee Cedric has written. especially the finger nail choir bit
It's definitely "In the Stockhom setting that we provide" referring to the Stockhom Syndrom referrenced above. The line just prior states "I'll make your son refuse to fight"
I spent a long time looking at this song and realized what it's actually about. The "death factory is his mind" (Idk who "he" is but let's just go with that). his severance is owed in the chamber of revolvers. He's going to end this relationship with someone by shooting himself in the head with a gun (revolver) The "empty jails" is his skull or brains. By shooting himself in the head he is "Shaking the globe" and releasing himself from the pain. Then he says after he's destroyed his brain, then he won't be able to recall his pain for the loss of a loved one. If heavan breathes, then someone trade places with me. If heavan was real, he wouldn't have to go through this pain. It's a pretty scary song.
sounds like if you sit and stare at a songs lyrics long enough you can pull out a bunch of rediculous stories
It's about a person who made a deal with a demon or asked for something from a demon and now has to pay the price "severance owed in the chamber of revolvers". If you're a fan you'll realize most/all of their songs are about demons.
I also did a little research on currants, and how they could possibly be applied to this song...
The only really relevant data I could gather is that there is a currant plant, native to central and south america, known as the "purple plague". It is fast-spreading, and capable of destroying entire ecosystems. This could be another metaphor for the kidnapper: both completely destroyed lives.
It also definitely seems as if the first half of the song is of the loved one speaking toward the victim of the kidnapping, and then, for the last few stanzas, shifts his attention toward the kidnapper and speaks toward HIM.
Luciform is a play on the word cruciform. Cruciform is the shape of a cross or crucifix.