| The Mars Volta – Askepios Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"The mind of a serpent swallowing tail" Hello Ouroborous; the whole image of the dragon swallowing its own tail...the unity of the album, the lyrical mastery; I should get this thing. Of the 3.5 songs I've heard ("Goliath" is the 0.5, "RTF" took away the surprise of it...plus "Back Up Against the Wall"), the magic of the music has only come more alive since Amputechture. |
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| The Mars Volta – El Ciervo Vulnerado Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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It's not wounded deer, it's wounded shepherd. The word differs in meaning in context, and don't try to knock Spanish for being weird, because English has more of those than Spanish. So, the title reads, "The Wounded Shepherd." Shepherd can be taken to mean pastor. My theory, "blessed be the wrong I've done" is linked to the Catholic institution, and committing atrocities in the name of God. I also find it very easy to envision a priest walking on a dimly-lit, shady street when reading these lyrics with "pastor" in mind. Doesn't help any but man, vivid. Also, the last 2 lines, "because the flies... ... at play" could be some referrence to dead bodies (with flies around) and later generations being raised on this death as foundation, but masked...hard to explain, but if anybody's on the same page, try to verbalize it a little better. |
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| The Mars Volta – Day Of The Baphomets Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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sikdawg: Preach. The Moo: High five. Achilles: The principle of "turn the other cheek," when analyzed historically, is actually not one of submission. The story is pretty righteous. Jesus said, when somebody strikes your right cheek, offer your left as well (something along those lines). By being striken with on the right side, it implies that one was hit with the backside of the right hand (left-handedness was virtually non-existant during those times, unclean something). The "pimpslap" signified that the attacker was in a position of dominance over the target. By offering the left cheek, it would force the attacker to strike with a fist, putting the two parties on the same level. Pretty "cheeky" if you ask me. I feel sick for saying that, sorry everybody. Just thought I'd let you know. Yours and Cedric's explainations, however, still fit. Also, I took "put a muzzle on the lamb" to mean oppressing the weak, exploiting people who are already in a position of weakness. But if that's what the Ced-master Flex said, who am I to argue. Straight up, bitchin' tune. |
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