| Megadeth – Kill The King Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I think it's about how "absolute power corrupts absolutely". Kill the King, The King is dead, Long live the King, I am the King, God save the King, it appears to me to say that one dictator is removed by someone with the best intentions, only to become the next dictator. | |
| Megadeth – My Kingdom Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I heard an interview with Dave where he said this song is about him reclaiming his place in metal royalty. He said that just before he wrote it someone was telling him how in the 80's he was the king of writing huge metal riffs, but in the 90's he kind of abandoned his title. Thus: "The flag that I once planted as a King I abandoned And now I reclaim this banner by God, my sword, and my name". He did go more into it but that's all I can remember at the moment. |
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| Nightwish – Dead Gardens Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think Tuomas is speaking of a broken relationship or unrequited love from a few years beforehand, something that has fueled him to write many songs in the past and how he wishes to move on from it and feel/write about something else instead. It's a few years on and a lot of the painful emotions have now dulled over time, but nothing has replaced them and because he was so heavily invested in it he is left feeling barren, uninspired and empty. He knows that there is no way to get back what he had, and yet he cannot imagine a future without it either, so now that these feelings he had have withered away, he feels like the once blooming garden of love in his soul has become an empty barren wasteland. And now he has nothing to care for but the dead gardens inside his empty heart. I could be way off here, but I've been through a pretty similar thing and the lyrics reflect exactly what it felt like. If you've followed the Nightwish soap-opera of the last 18 months it seems to fit. Should be interesting to see what (or who) he writes about on the next album! www.myspace.com/themedreamer |
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