| Megadeth – The Scorpion Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"Here's the real lyrics," LoL.... One of the things about music that people love to do is react to the emotion that the song invokes in the individual in a way that they apply the song to their own circumstances... that's the beauty and cathartic aspect of music. However, that leaves out the actual message of the song most of the time. In other words - the song is about something that Dave Mustain made it about - not about what people "think" it's about because of what they apply it to in their own lives, or in their head. This is an easy one to figure out. Look at the first line of each verse: "My life is everything that feeds my thirst that causes sin..." "Me self I'm centered in, there's nothing else, there's never been..." And then look at the last words of the song: "I'm the fall of man..." The lyrics in verses 1 & 2 are elaboration and support to those opening lines and then the chorus is about "the scorpion" injecting it's venom - a metaphor for the negative consequences. In the finale he flat out states: "I'm the fall of man..." The Scorpion is the fall of man - sin. In the song Mustain creates a symbol out of sin, making it into a tangible object itself separate of the human condition. In this case the "sin" is a scorpion rather than a condition of being or state of existence. This lyrical "trick" is how he is able to make such poetry out of the subject matter, as well as why it can be so elusive and cryptic in it's actual meaning. The song is about being filled with sin and selfishness. What kind of sin and selfishness? Well that he doesn't elaborate on... but knowing him - probably drug abuse and narcissism. So in effect, you could apply this song to whatever your circumstances are and it may be relevant... but the song itself isn't about anything more specific than the emptiness of sin, and self betrayal of one who is entirely self centered in their own condition. |
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