| Karnivool – Sky Machine Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Totally agree with gcj725 here, it seems pretty clear to me that you have it the opposite way around. "I keep staring at the sky I've been waiting for some time So out of touch So out of mind" - Waiting for a sign from a higher power above, but it isn't going to come "I can feel you there, I won't lie We're all just kids We're all good liars Good liars..." - He can (and others do) pretend to feel something there, but we're all good liars and there isn't anything actually there. (Similar to the story of The Emperor's New Clothes) "Please try to understand There is no great plan We have no idea What lies beyond our reach Try to understand There is no great plan We will cross the line With an open mind" - This is one of the clearer lines for the message...there is no great plan for us, no higher power pulling the strings, whatever happens after death (if anything at all) is a total mystery to us and we should approach it with an open mind (not suggest we are all apart of some god's plan). "Our reasons for trying are justified We hold the fate of the world The dearly departed, They won't make a sound They won't make a sound" - This really drives home this message. Our reasons for wanting a higher power and the afterlife may be justified, but it is really us who hold the fate of the world. "The dearly departed, they won't make a sound," seems clearly to say that those who have died are gone, they won't make a sound, because they no longer exist. |
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| Karnivool – Aeons Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Seems pretty clear that it's about someone searching for meaning in the universe and specifically the afterlife, coming to the conclusion that there is no higher power or continuation after death. Given what so many like to preach, that Hell awaits those that don't believe, there seems to be a dialogue held with a hypothetical God, if indeed he actually exists and the character was wrong. The singer sings of his hope that if he was wrong, that this God would see better of punishing honest disbelief, and would hold a place away from the fires for him. The song then repeats both of these ideas in this order. Make amends before you die, make one last stand, then leave with nothing. Then, wonders that if he does breathe again after death, will it be in smoke and fire? He hopes not. |
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