| Meshuggah – New Millennium Cyanide Christ Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Am I the only one who thinks this song is just about drugs? I know it seems short-sighted, but when I was reading through all the lyrics for this album a while ago, it seemed like a lot of it had to do with drugs. This is my ultimate favorite band. I can admit that a lot of the guitar work is pretty basic, but that's because it really is a beat-driven band, like a lot of metal bands. Other more "Melodic" metal seems to be more guitar-driven. And I happen to extremely love the vocals for their variety. |
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| Meshuggah – Qualms Of Reality Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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ostentation: a gaudy outward display calumny: a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions penury: a state of extreme poverty or destitution My first thought is that this song is talking about a specific event, as certain things seem to less pictoral and more real, like “children shoved into enclosed solitude in lack of value caused by minor defects”...”left to die on a bed of concrete”...”LOCKED UP”...”Hundreds in a room, staring with empty swollen eyes.” I guess it could relate to the Holocaust. But I guess the downside of writing songs in this sort of abstract rhetoric is that people aren’t going to know what you are talking about. I also had an idea that this song could be concerning abortion, but then also thought that it could be about pollution. But who can say? |
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| Meshuggah – Internal Evidence Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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slovenry: untidiness in personal appearance Typical of someone who is having a bad day in this world and just can’t find words to properly describe everything that has set him off, this song seems to be a mixture of feelings. One of them is about the world not solving ongoing problems. The other one that sticks out is a feeling of having no purpose and not knowing what in the world we are here for. |
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| Meshuggah – Abnegating Cecity Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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abnegation: the denial / rejection of a belief Cecity: the state of being blind or lacking sight refract: To bend or change direction begrudge: envy: be envious of; set one's heart on amenity: A non-essential enhancement to property that adds value. malnutriated: not a word. Maybe they meant malnutritioned. malevolent: wishing evil to others defray: to bear the expenses of bewalling: not a word. Maybe they meant bewailing. demise: death, an end of something penury: a state of extreme poverty or destitution Overall, the song seems to be about a drug addition. “Whitecoated freaks” refers to medical professionals that diagnose his mind, maybe psychiatrists. “Sweet needle of salvation” has obvious implications to an addiction. The first part of this song comes off in a sort of self-confident, retaliating tone of “I don’t need you, this is who and what I am and I am okay with that.” The second part of the song seems to switch gears, beginning with “Ripping my dignity way”...”Identity is leaking out”...”REALIZATION is catching up on me.” He mentions this craving as eating away at his soul, and that he feels trapped within himself. “Defraying my own lies” seems to mean, in a sense, “reaping what I have sown” by the things I have believed. He senses a feeling of deep, internal poverty. “Give me something to live for”...”bring me back from my purgatory of obsessions” seems to be a call for help. In the life of an addict, the first step in recovery is admitting that one has a problem. In the world of addiction, there is a place called “Rock Bottom” that one must arrive at before he is able to admit an addiction. It is a place where he comes face to face with the reality of his need for this thing, the damage this thing is doing to him / others, and his inability to stop. I’m not assuming any member of Meshuggah is an addict, but if they were, this song sure sounds like one of those “Rock Bottom” |
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| Meshuggah – Erroneous Manipulation Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I think this song was intentionally written to have no meaning, and I wouldn't be surprised if he was on drugs when he wrote this because it's so wacko. | |
| Meshuggah – Paralyzing Ignorance Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This songs seems to be pretty clearly about world pollution. They use a lot of big words. This might help: skullduggery: trickery: verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way dupery: fraud: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage mouldering: becoming rotten; "a field covered with thousands of decomposing bodies"; "John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave" trepidation: A state of alarm or dread; apprehension. perfidious: tending to betray |
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