| Tom Waits – Alice Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The whole Alice theory seems silly, but I can't help but feel that's what this song is about. "Arithmetic, arithmetock" - It sounds like a childish way of mocking "arithmetic," that "arithmetic" being the age difference between Lewis and Alice. "And so a secret kiss Brings madness with the bliss" Pretty self-explanatory... forbidden love. Amazingly well crafted lyrics and song. |
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| Mercenary – Isolation (The Loneliness In December) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Seems to be someone talking to/about a loved one who is dying, or perhaps already dead. The first verse makes more sense in the perspective of the loved one though, curiously. | |
| Sonata Arctica – Dream Thieves Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I really can't figure out why so many bands, especially in the metal scene, rage out over piracy. It's already been proven that the dawn of piracy has *increased* the sales of records, because piracy allows for greater exposure. This exposure is even more noticeable with underground metal artists who probably never would've been heard of outside of the local area otherwise. Since Sonata Arctica is fairly popular, I suppose that does not matter to them, though. Oh well. |
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| Sonata Arctica – Don't Be Mean Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I think the meaning is rather self-explanatory. I just want to point out how beautiful the lyrics are; with a name like "Don't Be Mean," I didn't expect that. :) | |
| Iced Earth – When the Eagle Cries Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I love how idiotic most of these comments are. Pro or against, who really cares? As someone else pointed out, a lot of mainstream artists (such as S.O.A.D) have super leftwing lyrics and everybody loves them. One band has a positive message in respect towards a catastrophic event towards America (and remember this song was recorded shortly after that event took place), and it's supposedly corny, or redneck garbage. No, just no. Regardless of how you feel about it, it's called freedom of speech. I don't agree with a lot of S.O.A.D.'s lyrics, but I still respect their right to preach about whatever bullshit they want. You guys are tools. |
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| Insane Clown Posse – Miracles Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Son of a bitch, you guys are morons. I don't even like ICP (apart from two songs), and the execution of the lyrics is TERRIBLE. That said, the meaning they are trying to convey is perfectly reasonable. They obviously don't mean miracle by the typical definition of "something that can't be explained." They're just referring to the magic of life in general - regardless of its definition. And, indeed, life is magical. Certainly all these things can be explained, but that doesn't change the fact that their very existence brings a magic to the world that only butthurt logicfags would try to revoke. But man, did they really have to include those lines, "And I don't wanna talk to a scientist / Y'all motherfuckers lyin' and gettin' me pissed." It's like they are intentionally just trying to troll people with that one. |
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| Swallow The Sun – Labyrinth of London (Horror Pt. IV) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| "By the blood of all these dirty cunts" Subtle. | |
| Opeth – In My Time of Need Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I don't think this is a suicidal song. Not like, "My life sucks, please kill me." No, it's more like, "My life sucks, please help me live." The realization that there is nothing left to live for sinks in, and he's trying to find any possible way to escape that negative thought. The cause of this realization is unclear - while others speculate it being because of a relationship due to the first verse, I think that life itself is the "you." The chorus is an optimistic conclusion that he should... "step out of the rain." If anything, the song is uplifting. Instead of seeking death, he's seeking life. It's very touching, and helps me when I'm bummed out myself. | |
| Sonata Arctica – The Dead Skin Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I'm surprised this song has so few comments. Only 2??? Wow. Regardless, I think this is another dark love song by SA. The lyrics here - they're very touching to me, because when absorbing this song I realized that the lyrics explain exactly how I feel about my most recent ex-girlfriend, and myself afterwards. I think this is my favorite SA song. | |
| Sonata Arctica – Misplaced Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Definitely about the feeling of being in a wrong time period, IMO. My best friend and I have always had the constantly lingering feeling that we were born in the wrong time period, and I can truly say there is much to relate to here. This includes the values of today (education, job, etc.). Powerful lyrics, and a nice change from all of Sonata Arctica's love-gone-wrong songs. |
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| Sybreed – Permafrost Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Epic song. | |
| Sonata Arctica – Weballergy Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Yeah this song hit home to me too. I'm a total computer addict. | |
| Scar Symmetry – Retaliator Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I probably would've thought that theinfovault's comment is complete BS were it not for The Unseen Empire. This song (as well as others) definitely seems to be a prelude to some of the topics discussed on TUE - in this case, the Reptilian species living among us. | |
| Scar Symmetry – Mechanical Soul Cybernetics Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Interesting lyrics. It seems to be questioning mankind and our essence beyond the physical, fleshly appearance. At first it almost seems like it's talking about cloning, or robotic beings, and even simulated worlds, then proceeds to reference to us and our world. It kind of fits with the entire theme of the album in asking what our world is compared to the rest of the universe, and what are we truly. In the lyrics "simulations of intelligence beyond," "divine-synapse and sacred circuitry," and "who made us think and form creations," I am led to believe the song questions a higher intelligence or God-like being. Again, the song fits with the theme of the rest of the album in comparing us with the rest of the unseen forces of the universe. Henrik really is a master at writing lyrics. Just another insightful masterpiece of his. |
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| Iced Earth – Disciples Of The Lie Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| That's not right. Fear being the way to God, I mean. God is supposed to be a God of love; yes, there is a certain amount of fear to it, but no more than the way one fears his parents when he's disobeyed and such. People who do that are wrong and give Christianity a VERY bad name. I'd hope Jon realizes that not all people who take on the name of Christianity are so...stupid. | |
| Iced Earth – Disciples Of The Lie Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Yeah, the song seems to be talking about Catholic priests who've done that. It is kind of eerie the timing and everything, as other's have said. It does make you wonder if Jon has had a more personal involvement with this subject. GIJoe is right though, not all Catholic priests are bad and it happens everywhere, not just by Catholic priests. I'd hope that just because events like this do happen, people wouldn't automatically hate Catholicism and even Christianity. As said, it happens but it's wrong to hate every priest and the entire religion for it. Nonetheless, the song is awesome. Iced Earth, in fact, is awesome! |
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| Protest the Hero – A Plateful of Our Dead Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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As we all already know, Kezia is a concept album about a prison priest, a prison guard, and finally Kezia, a woman who is to be executed. The first three songs are the prison priest's side of the story. No Stars Over Bethlehem tell of the prison priest doubting his profession as a priest in a society where God is "dead" (or does not exist...reminds me of America). Heretics & Killers tell of the priest doubting his own religion by temptation (since he was first dining with "heathens", or possibly Kezia, it may be assumed that Kezia is the source of the priest's temptation). Then, Divinity Within tells of the prison priest witnessing Kezia going down to be executed, when finally the priest is reminded by his faith by Kezia (perhaps the fact that Kezia's execution could seem as Christ's crucifixion). Even still, the priest may be interpreted as a strong hypocrite when he remains a priest even though he doubts his profession and religion, then does not even care to go against Kezia's execution. The next set of three are of the prison guard's point of view. Bury the Hatchet is simple enough: it basically says that he does not originally care about Kezia's execution, because of his job as a prison guard. However, in Nautical, we find that the remorse begins to tick in when it comes to Kezia, due to her nature (the same nature that led to the prison priest being reminded of his faith). Nautical also implies that Kezia has been first imprisoned due to a "fashion trend", quite possibly standing up for her morals...something she believes in. Morals can quite easily be related to as a "fashion trend." It may be possible that she stood up for her religious beliefs, and has been imprisoned for it (this somehow seems like it takes place in a third-world or communist country). The prison guard reaches full regret in the next song, Blindfolds Aside. The sin that he "didn't care for" is, of course, execution. Quite a sin indeed, but nessecary for his support of his family. And this profession as a prison guard has blindfolded him (metaphorically). He questions if he should remove this blindfold, drop the gun, and save Kezia from execution. But in the end, I believe it can be understood that his obligation outshined his reason, and she was indeed executed. The final three songs of the story are Kezia's view of what is going on. She Who Mars the Skin of Gods is rather self-explantory. The first lines allude to the idea that they live in a society of sexism against the female gender. Kezia's mother cursing her father's name could mean that her mother is one of those women whom hate men due to their oppression; the line "It was our situation, our position, our gender to blame" also gives off this idea. (Perhaps it was standing up for female rights that got Kezia imprisoned?) Kezia seems to be highly effected by her mother (almost as if Kezia is still a young girl), by being effected by her mother's "feminist" ideas, then wishing death just like her mother said was most comforting. Someone previously said elsewhere that it's likely for a female to be imprisoned, she would not be executed so she would be used as a sexual slave for the more-than-likely male-only prison guards. Therefore, Kezia is probably not executed for the crime that got her in, but instead she was executed for refusing to be the whore for these prison guards any longer. (As stated also previously, this reflects the name of the next song, The Divine Suicide of K.) Turn Soonest to the Sea shows Kezia being used as a whore, as are most other females in the society. The final lines show her hoping for a society where women will no longer be looked at as a sexual object, but as an equal to man. These lines once more imply that Kezia may have been imprisoned for standing up for women's rights. Finally, in The Divine Suicide of K., we see Kezia's final thoughts before she is to be executed. She knows her death will be short ("It's true that a bullet never knocks on the door, it's about to come crashing through"), so it doesn't bother her. The line immedialy before this also gives off the idea her execution stems from her going against a popular idea (this doesn't mean she's executed because of going against this idea; she would have never gotten into prison if she hadn't of gone against the idea either, therefore avoiding execution). Her thoughts once more show that the priest was a hypocrite (with the golden calf remark), and that the guard became sick of his life as an executioner (with the remark of his future being locked up). The last three lines have a deep meaning. The first of those three show her as being resurrected with the letter mentioned in She Who Mars the Skin of Gods. I believe this to show the letter as being very crucial (I'll get to that later). The last two lines have a double meaning in my opinion. First showing she is resurrected (previous line; I believe emotionally and spiritually resurrected) just to be executed, but perhaps born again through the letter. Then the final line shows her proud of her choices, so she can die with no regrets. I think the final line shows the band's feelings as well; how they feel as Kezia in this story. The final song of this album is A Plateful of Our Dead. I believe this is an aftermath of the story, in perspective of a narrator. I think that, in the end, the priest and guard were so effected by Kezia that they gave up everything. Also, it shows Kezia having a strong effect in the end; quite possibly with that single letter. The last two lines show this the best (though it's also found through most of the song). It simply states that Kezia died for a greater cause; I think she possibly died to have the very thing she was imprisoned for be spread around, like she spread the seeds and it grew an entire garden. It's hard to say the deeper meaning behind all of this. I'd think that, perhaps, the priest shows religion and how many who claim it are truly nothing more than hypocrites, just like the pharisees Jesus talks about in the New Testament, which the priest can be related to. The guard shows society in logic, and possibly nihilism. Trying to define everything with logic, but in the end, it doesn't work. It ends in regret and remorse. The logic killed morals, which brings me to Kezia, who is probably the hardest to define; but I think she represents morality in itself. Her death ends in a resurrection of the greater cause. You can try to kill the morality, but it just springs forth more. I think Kezia's imprisoning for a moral belief shows what reprecutions we receive at times when standing up for what we believe in; but in the end, it only helped everything grow stronger (Kezia's case of reprecutions is a bit of an exaggeration). The concept of this all is actually loosely put together. I think there are many different interpretations you can get, and that was done on purpose. Honestly, it's all in the eyes of the beholder. I'd say this interpretation makes the most sense, though. In addition, I'd say each song has a deeper meaning behind it individually as well. I'd leave that up to the reader to figure out, as that also could be interpreted in different ways, depending. Protest the Hero is a great band, and the lyrics to this album really show how deep they can go. It's honestly...amazing. |
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