| The Black Dahlia Murder – Warborn Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| My interpretation would be the war between the Norse and the Christians. Especially the part where he's talking about dying and walking with his fallen brothers. However, much of the lyrics could apply to any war. Maybe Trevor added the anti-Christian stuff in the lyrics to be more edgy. | |
| The Black Dahlia Murder – To A Breathless Oblivion Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think the first and last verse come full circle, speaking of the same hanging. Between the solos is a description of a drowning. The last couple lines of the last verse speak of the futility and pain of life. "No one can truly touch another parallel never to cross. Pointless, Fumbling, sad mistake only capable of pain." The beginning chorus is speaking indirectly of the breathless oblivion "beyond those cursed stars." The second line mentions another method of death, which is by a bullet "longing to kiss my cheek." The last couple lines are my favorite, as they are the most profound to me. "Resenfully decline, retire this hated life. Without guilt I break these veins, carved with salvation's knife." These are obviously the words of somebody who hates life so much that he hands it back, saying "No thanks." Ultimately, I believe this song is about how a person can be so fed up with life that they are overcome with the passion to kill themselves, and are so deluded to believe that an answer awaits them in death. |
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| Unearth – March of the Mutes Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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To me this song is about the ending of a society or civilization. In particular the American society or western society as a whole. The mutes are citizens sitting idly watching while the world is obviously in turmoil. The walls thinning is this turmoil starting to bleed through into the society itself. Basically, he's asking how we can stay silent when there's so much violence and death in the world while at the same time warning that the same turmoil is threatening to invade our perceived safety. The Everlasting ignorance part is about how mankind has made mistakes in the past. Instead of using this history as a warning, we ignore all the parallels. This idea is continued with the mention of Rome burning. We've tried to learn from past mistakes, but it's happening again anyway, because we're too ignorant to look at what happened in the past and relate it to what's happening now. I think the down on our knees part is about nationalism. How people can bow to a flag whose government propagates hate throughout the world. How in the end bowing to this hatred will be our demise. In the broader scope, I think this song is about the futility of man to survive itself and the foolishness of not speaking out against a world power which is ethically in the wrong for many recent activities. Finally, it's mentioned that this time when society falls everyone is going to be wiped out the world over and our history will be forgotten forever. |
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| Faith No More – The Cowboy Song Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think it's about depression. I think the suicidal themes are thoughts or fantasies stemming from depression. The first couple verses are about how hopeless the world feels and how it makes one feel trapped and blind. The chorus is written as a plan like somebody rehearsing their suicide to themselves, not acting it out. The third verse is listing more depressing things, but they seem more epic in nature especially "Gods fall" and "You Fall". The last line reminds him that he's somewhat of a coward as he questions if he'll bother to look down. Through to the end are variants of the first chorus adding an idea. He believes he wants to find peace in death before he finds out what's in his head. Maybe he's afraid to confront himself because he's been through a lot and changed so much that he wants to find peace somewhere without having to rebuild his sense of self. I believe this song was written as an outlet of suicidal thoughts brought on by depression. Also, the song itself sounds manic like he trying to sound happy as he's singing about why he wants to kill himself and his plan to do it. Perhaps it's a voice in his head that's telling him to do it. In any case, that's my interpretation of the song. |
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| Divine Heresy – Failed Creation Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Blizzaine, he's not talking about how religion is a lie. He's talking about how humanity is a failure because of itself. It says in the opening verse that humanity was created out of God's arrogance (a common theme in early gnostic religions and a particular Luciferian order). I believe this idea is mirrored in the band's name. What at first sounds like an oxymoron could be a label for humanity. Humans are a divine heresy. The song then goes on to describe the ultimate destruction of mankind on a global scale starting with war and famine, then getting more obscure. I think he's talking about the fact that governments blind their citizens to keep them complacent even though the world is falling apart all around them. The verse I think Blizzaine took to mean that religion is a lie is actually asking a question, which I believe is, "Will humanity be forgiven by their God?" The last couple parts are reiterating that humanity is blind to the world around them because of government lies. That this fate self-made and inevitable. |
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