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| Protest the Hero – Bone Marrow Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Actually, it says that Shah Jahan was growing ill (growing fat on the throne) while his son led a rebellion and executed the other successor. He wore a plumed turban (sixty feathers) and according to this song a ton of rings. He attained power through violence and deceit and lost it in the same way (those who plundered, pilfered, pillaged lives would now accept the blame), and brought the kingdom to it's greatest point while simultaneously marking its downfall. It may refer to a radical change in religious belief (and if heaven rides against us God himself then must be damned) leaving behind a Hindu-Islam mix [Hindu being more pacifistic] for full blown Islam. |
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| Protest the Hero – Limb From Limb Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I agree with Punk Aholic but disagree with gorgonseye, while it does seem to relate to Irish mythology the main reason is due to the mention of Flidais in the White Goddess, which is what the whole album is about. I don't mean that his analysis of humans causing her to be overthrown was wrong, though the book itself in fact refers to worships of male gods instead of female gods causing Flidais to be overthrown. Also, for FlidaisKezia1028, the celts allowed women to be warriors and considered them equals to men in many cases. Though Flidais was overthrown by a male god (i.e. Jesus), much of the new religion was identical to the old one, so you could argue that "[their] goddess gave birth to [that] god". |
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