| Symphony X – When All Is Lost Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I think this song is on par with, or just below, Paradise Lost and the Odyssey. The lyrics almost make me cry, no matter how many times I hear it. Russell Allen's voice is ridiculously beautiful, mellodic, and yet metal at the same time. | |
| Symphony X – Reign In Madness Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Another fantastic song. This song seems to be from the viewpoint of the robots, and as mentioned by the original poster all of the capitalized words are either places, or the names of the robots. It provides great insight into how these robots came to be, and what their ultimate goal is. For a synthetic breed of man, its interesting to see they possess the basic emotions of vengeance, hatred, and even anger. | |
| Symphony X – The End of Innocence Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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What a great song. This song is the basis for the entire idea of this album: we have become too reliant on technology, and as great of an asset it is to humanity, it is turning us into something less than human. I also think this song is from the viewpoint of the robots: the lines "Beware - the ruthless hearts of man" and "Sons of light - synthetic gods of man" are referring to the robots, as they are 'synthetic'. Or, perhaps, we have come to "worship" all of our technological devices, hence "synthetic gods". The end of innocence is a very powerful line, and its very true for modern society. Our children are not as innocent as we once were. More and more time is spent inside, away from real social interaction, exercise, and everything else natural. |
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| Symphony X – Reign In Madness Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Your logic is completely valid vbdude; very basic grammar rules taught to us in elementary school state that proper nouns are always capitalized, i.e. Statue of Liberty, etc. Names of people, places, historic landmarks (Washington Monument), etc. It could also just be a stylization of the album lyrics/artwork that bands do. I've seen albums where there are no real 'proper nouns' in this respect, but alot of the stuff is capitalized just to look either symmetrical with the rest of the words, or thats just the font they chose to use. |
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| Symphony X – Iconoclast Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I'd say this song is really the taking off point of the album; it could be interpreted from either side. The chorus seems to be the humans rallying to take on the robots, and the stanza before that (Infernal machines arise, flesh and steel collide) is the start of this epic battle. Human v robot. Intelligence v AI. The next stanza is more into the battle, as it heats up, the "armored mounts" could be either the robots' or the humans' mounts covered in protective armor. "Striking with spear of hate; at the heart where evil reigns" is pretty obvious that the humans despise these robots, or vice versa, and they look to take out the very origin of it. The next stanza seems to lend victory to the humans, but again everything in these lyrics is very open-sided so it could be interpreted from either side. The line "synthetic resurrection" makes me think that this is not the first, or only, battle humans will fight against these robots; that perhaps they have a way of either creating more robots or resurrecting the ones they've already fought. |
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| Symphony X – Electric Messiah Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| This song seems to be talking about the robots' point of view (as the "concept" of this album is robots v human). The "electric messiah" is whoever the leader of the robots is, and/or whoever creates/programs them. The line "Endless empty minds at your command" makes sense in that the person is programming these robots, very much like the clones in the Star Wars series: ultimate soldiers who will kill without question, without morals, or without feeling any emotions about the dead. I personally love the chorus :D | |
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