I'm kinda pissed cos I typed out my comment and my internet lagged and I have to re-do this. -.-
Basically I don't understand the whole song, but with all reference to my history lessons and the video:
The emptiness of the antithesis
Becomes the choking and crying land
Bury the bones in the common land immersed in thesis
Be burdened by depression
The gritty tsunami takes me away and I smile with bitter tears
Couldn't understand the value of things
The hanging of the necks at the 13 stairs
Seeing people becoming friendly while clapping hands
That mixes in with sissy thoughts and hurts others
Seeing you like this, it's just too sad
Splash of blood
Squashing basic instincts
Talk about death
I will live with my work I scream with this body of flesh that separates heaven and hell
I carve the sins What will be the proof of my existence if it disappears with the wind?
No one wants to talk about the truth that hurts the ear
The suppressed minds
Compensate the sins, and let life be gone
Is it a sin for me to live because I am evil?
~~
Ok so in Japan the government officially conceals a lot of the truth about WWII. To my knowledge they portray themselves as the absolute victims, being bullied by the Allies and all - correct me if I am wrong.
What actually happened was that the military got hold of the government, who weren't able to suppress the army's increasing influence over the entire nation. throw in a wall street crash, protectionist policies of other nations, and the pride of the japanese - we get a rising sun out to conquer asia, and then the rest of the world.
That's why (No one wants to talk about the truth that hurts the ear
The suppressed minds)
Now I'm Singaporean and perhaps I am biased, but I often hear stories about how the Japanese ill-treat civilians from whatever country they conquered. (we were a Brit colony, the English people made us surrender, they were too busy fending the Nazis off their land anyway) The Japanese occupation is always portrayed as a period of pain and suffering for us, where people are tortured, raped, and basically bullied very badly. Anybody heard of Sook Ching? A massacre indeed.
And thus the reference to sinning and being evil.
Still, there's much controversy over whether it was appropriate for the Allies to drop two atomic (refer to entire chunk of imagery that refers to the dropping of the bombs)on Japan. If I am not mistaken, radiation still plagues Nagasaki and Hiroshima up till today. The idea is that the younger generation weren't the ones who committed the "sins"; yet retribution befalls upon them.
That should explain (Is it a sin for me to live because I am evil? )
Also that line alone suggests that Dir en Grey, as they are Japanese themselves, admit that they weren't right to go around bullying China and the Southeast Asian nations.
Hmm and one last part
(Seeing people becoming friendly while clapping hands)
I think this refers to the Allies celebrating over the successful dropping of Little Boy and Fat Man.
Very interesing opinion!
I think you'll find that the music video highly supports your claims, that is if you haven't seen it already. The music video, however, seems to focus on being the victims, at least in terms of the atom bombs.
Very interesing opinion!
I think you'll find that the music video highly supports your claims, that is if you haven't seen it already. The music video, however, seems to focus on being the victims, at least in terms of the atom bombs.
I'm kinda pissed cos I typed out my comment and my internet lagged and I have to re-do this. -.-
Basically I don't understand the whole song, but with all reference to my history lessons and the video:
The emptiness of the antithesis Becomes the choking and crying land Bury the bones in the common land immersed in thesis Be burdened by depression The gritty tsunami takes me away and I smile with bitter tears Couldn't understand the value of things The hanging of the necks at the 13 stairs Seeing people becoming friendly while clapping hands That mixes in with sissy thoughts and hurts others Seeing you like this, it's just too sad
Splash of blood Squashing basic instincts Talk about death
I will live with my work I scream with this body of flesh that separates heaven and hell I carve the sins What will be the proof of my existence if it disappears with the wind?
No one wants to talk about the truth that hurts the ear The suppressed minds
Compensate the sins, and let life be gone
Is it a sin for me to live because I am evil?
~~
Ok so in Japan the government officially conceals a lot of the truth about WWII. To my knowledge they portray themselves as the absolute victims, being bullied by the Allies and all - correct me if I am wrong.
What actually happened was that the military got hold of the government, who weren't able to suppress the army's increasing influence over the entire nation. throw in a wall street crash, protectionist policies of other nations, and the pride of the japanese - we get a rising sun out to conquer asia, and then the rest of the world.
That's why (No one wants to talk about the truth that hurts the ear The suppressed minds)
Now I'm Singaporean and perhaps I am biased, but I often hear stories about how the Japanese ill-treat civilians from whatever country they conquered. (we were a Brit colony, the English people made us surrender, they were too busy fending the Nazis off their land anyway) The Japanese occupation is always portrayed as a period of pain and suffering for us, where people are tortured, raped, and basically bullied very badly. Anybody heard of Sook Ching? A massacre indeed.
And thus the reference to sinning and being evil.
Still, there's much controversy over whether it was appropriate for the Allies to drop two atomic (refer to entire chunk of imagery that refers to the dropping of the bombs)on Japan. If I am not mistaken, radiation still plagues Nagasaki and Hiroshima up till today. The idea is that the younger generation weren't the ones who committed the "sins"; yet retribution befalls upon them.
That should explain (Is it a sin for me to live because I am evil? )
Also that line alone suggests that Dir en Grey, as they are Japanese themselves, admit that they weren't right to go around bullying China and the Southeast Asian nations.
Hmm and one last part (Seeing people becoming friendly while clapping hands) I think this refers to the Allies celebrating over the successful dropping of Little Boy and Fat Man.
if i read more out of this, I'll post them later.
Dir en grey is awesome.
Very interesing opinion! I think you'll find that the music video highly supports your claims, that is if you haven't seen it already. The music video, however, seems to focus on being the victims, at least in terms of the atom bombs.
Very interesing opinion! I think you'll find that the music video highly supports your claims, that is if you haven't seen it already. The music video, however, seems to focus on being the victims, at least in terms of the atom bombs.