| Opeth – Beneath the Mire Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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'Haunted nights for haleyon days Can't sleep to the scraping of his voice" The Son has accepted Satan, which now haunts him. "Willingly guided into heresy Beneath the surface, stark emptiness And you'd pity my conviction Whereas I thought of myself as a leader" After turning to Satan he realizes there is no good in it, and as others saw him and pitied him, he thought he was doing what was right, hence being a leader. "You'd cling to your pleasant hope It is twisted fascination While I'd ruin the obstacles into despair And I'm praising death" Here he is saying how others would lead their life, typically, while he was obsessed with death and destruction. "Decrepit body wearing transparent skin Inside, the smoke of failure" His dealing with Satan has ruined him, and he has nothing to show for it but failure. 'Wept for solace and submit to faith In his shadow I'm choking Yet flourishing" While with Satan he is losing sanity, yet is growing stronger. |
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| Opeth – The Baying of the Hounds Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Read the song lyrics for Ghost of Perdition and this song makes sense, warning of the things that happen by taking comfort in Satan. Especially the line "And I embrace bereavement Everything beloved is shattered anyway I would devote myself to anyone I would accept any flaws" After the death of his Mother, the Son is lost, and takes comfort in Satan. |
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| Opeth – Ghost of Perdition Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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"Ghost of perdition Stuck in her chest" Could figure it to be a possesion of Satan or just a simple fact that she has accepted Satan into her life "A warning no one read" Probably meaning she hid this pact from other, perhaps even acted Christian "Road into the dark unaware Winding ever higher" Like a downward spiral into the clutches of Satan "In time the hissing of her sanity Faded out her voice and soiled her name" Drove the mother insane over time "To see a beloved son In despair of what's to come" The son, knowing his mother is going mad, knows of whats soon to come(death) |
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