| Megadeth – Gears of War Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I'm sure it has something to do with the game, but also can have connotations of nuclear weapons in general, which are gears of war. | |
| Megadeth – Anarchy in the U.K. (Sex Pistols cover) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| That would be a retarded concept. Going by that logic, whenever a non-yank does a cover of 'Kids in America' they need to change the country name to their one? | |
| Megadeth – Holy Wars... The Punishment Due Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Erm, it came from Northern Ireland's long battle between Protestants and Catholics. It probably can be applied to places like Iraq now, where sunnies and sheites have been doing some shit, not to mention the minority christians getting a load of shit. Tbh, it can be applied anywhere. It can perhaps also have connotations of bringing together left and right wing political voters. |
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| Five Finger Death Punch – Far From Home Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| One word, I think of some guy from the Haiti earthquake when this gets played. Doesn't it make sense? | |
| Iron Maiden – Dance Of Death Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think it has something to do with being young and innocent before seduced by evil forces. I perceive this as gang culture, such as committing crimes or taking drugs (although the drugs thing could be an internal problem with no peer pressure of a gang). When it mentions stepping onto the coals, but not feeling any pain/heat could be alluding to how the narrator had believed that the gang activities/drugs could be some kind of impossible taboo but now believes it to be alright. Where the song talks about his spirit going up it could mean being lost in the madness of the gang or intoxicated/addicted by the drug. When the spirit comes back down it shows a sudden realisation as to what the narrator has done and fruitfully regrets this. Now obviously the whole 'skirmish' thing could be with a rival gang, before which the narrator had been watched by more leading members. This is the first time they have no grip on the narrator as he has now appeared to have proven himself worthy of belonging to the gang. In the context of being on drugs, the 'skirmish' could actually be a drug advisor, acting as a third party in this drug and narrator, personifying the drug in that it sees the advisor as a threat. When the narrator realises this he starts to take the appropriate measures to get off the drug, such as smaller and smaller doses, which would refer to the actual running part of the song. Finally, the narrator shows puzzlement as to how 'they let me go'. This could refer to having finally being completely off the drug, but also personifying it suggesting that the drug agrees that the narrator deserves better. The same thing could be said with the gang context, the leader could have well looked himself in the mirror and realised what he has become and decided that the narrator is better off without the gang. This context could also suggest that the narrator had inadvertently taught the gang to follow suit and rid themselves of gang culture. To conclude, the amount of deictic expressions in the lyrics suggests that it was written with the intention to be completely metaphorical. |
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