| Voltaire – Welcome To The World Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think it's meant to be the commenatry of a circus owner or the like, "come one and all and behold the wonders... etc" Showing the world for what it really is to her. I donno, I don't know any spanish. |
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| Voltaire – Almost Human Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song reminds me, personally, more of a guardian angel that has to earn his/her wings. being left behind, alone, again, whenever someone dies and they go to heaven, while he has to stay behind to watch over others. Tired and sick of the world of mortals because of all the stupid crap we pull. I figured "I'm almost human" referred to the idea that he doesn't have his wings yet, so he isn't really an angel yet. But the Lucifer idea strikes me as just as valid now I've heard it. |
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| VNV Nation – Lastlight Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song reminds me of a speech of comfort to the dying, letting go of the world, letting the pointless be pointless, and letting the dying soul into a sense of comfort. No more striving for anything, to please anyone, no more seeking for answers. |
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| VNV Nation – Art of Conflict Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare." Doesn't so much say you shouldn't wage war, it's a claim that any prolonged war, a war that goes on too long, in no way benefits a nation. "speed is the essence of war" The only way to genuinely benefit from waging war is to make it a quick one, hench why they called it a Blitzkrieg. This song contains a few quotes from Napoleon, aswell as The Art of War. |
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| VNV Nation – Procession Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This strikes me as a song from an ironic point of view, a man consumed by anger trying to start a war. "I have never felt so proud as I do now." This strikes me as nationalistic pride "Like the sun is placed behind me." A refference to how the egyptians and later the christians put a sun behind or on the head of important or holy figures. Some emperors have proclaimed themselves to be gods, so this doesn't seem very farfetched. "One day we'll see our names in stone where fires burn. The great who silent stood among you never praised nor never known. Our thoughts defined the passing days. Sensed the spirit, seized the age." This entire segment just screams, to me, that they believe the world will go up in flames after they're dead, or a refference to judgement day. Ranting about the ones among an "enemy" nation or a group of people who didn't praise their god or somesuch, their thoughts, their religious ideals forming the new laws and rules of a conquered city or country. Seizing the age, as in establish a power that will last for centuries. "And we who were so scorned will always wish to make their end. Our words to still their voice. Our hands to break their worthless necks." An obvious rant about the hatred toward the "non-believers" The entire last segement reffers to a conquered region, how their laws and rules have shaped the world, that previous heroes have been unpraised, noone believes in them anymore. Having lived terribly all this time for to "dream again", Cheering the path of tomorrow's glory days, continueing to live in ignorance and terrible living conditions in the hope tomorrow will be better because of some god or deity, the one they've said would come tomorrow for a looong time |
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| VNV Nation – Requiem QCN Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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To me, this song speaks of a culture long gone, the Romans. It just reminds me of the Roman mindset, "we are the best at everything, who could really pose a threat?" The arrogance and pride behind it are reflected in this song. That might just be my personal love for the Roman Empire though. |
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