| Gojira – Flying Whales Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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There's a video on youtube where Lamb Of God vocalist Randy Blythe interviews Joe and Mario. He asks, "Why the fuck the flying whales". I'll paraphrase most of this: Joe tells him "Flying" because their graceful motion in the water looks as if they are flying. I'm not going to quote everything but he talks about how they are beautiful creatures and very intelligent. They can communicate with one another and if you've seen whales or dolphins they have almost human-like emotions. We can learn a lot from them and what do we do as humans? We poach them, often times for trophies. So if it follows a concept story like Sentient169 says, that's where the inspiration came from apparently. So knowing that, the lyrics, the sounds of the whales, and the story, it makes for a pretty emotional song. Great song and one of my favorite albums \m/ |
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| Gojira – Clone Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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It seems this song has been covered well but I'd like to emphasize some lines that stand out to me and essentially describe the meaning of the song which is kind of obvious to me anyway. Every Step you take is to the end -The future of science doesn't bode well for humanity Mother Nature so far away : Why? -Duplicating life is unnatural, why not let nature work the way it was intended? Goes well with the first line. Science vs Nature Perfect is the race you dream -Seems to me if clones of ourselves were all wandering around, it's the perfect world right? Never die completely;immortal. I'm being sarcastic of course Perfection you fake is not -The perfect world some strive for by messing with the natural order of life isn't perfect at all; it's an abomination The soul, not a genetic code -If we do in fact possess a soul, which many believe we do, what happens to it when something is cloned? It can't be replicated like a genetic code. Hatchery, the newborn to celebrate -Natural birth is worth celebrating Ashes to ashes, I see respect in the dust -Ashes to ashes, the circle of life. Death is a natural part of the circle of life(oroborous) and worth respecting for we all will face it. We should anyway, that's what the song is about(in my opinion), Nature vs A Perfect World(created by science) Life is so perfect -Goes hand in hand with the two prior lines. The circle of life is perfect the way it is. Now for the weak an abortion -Self explanatory and I wouldn't want to spark a debate not that many people comment here(on Gojira anyway) but what other creature on this planet uses a clothes hanger to rip a fetus from the womb or goes to a hospital for a less crude way of abortion. Most often then not, it's done because it wasn't planned or they were scared(weak). I suppose it's their choice but it isn't natural obviously and it proves human-kind is weak not to embrace the life that grows. Not stating Gojira is pro life or pro abortion as I don't want to speak for them, but this is the only way I can interpret this line. Celebrate perfection that grows -Self explanatory, going hand in hand with the prior line. Abortion is for the weak and unnatural; celebrate life. My interpretation anyway. The flesh, a gift of science The soul a fault of a god -These two lines seem to express the confusion of cloning or replicating life by scientific means. What happens to the soul? Do we even possess one? Will a clone just be human robot? Many more questions could be asked. Again, just my interpretation. The last 9 lines seem to contemplate the future of life. I won't go over each line, but the most important are the last two in my opinion that sum it up. Mother Nature is at saturation point And the cradle is falling down -We destroy the earth and insult mother nature with many things we do as humans. Eventually, the cradle(or the many) that mother nature supports us with and provides for us will break and we'll ultimately feel her wrath. How much more can she tolerate? So to sum up, Nature Vs Unnatural Life( and the song does well criticizing it) Again just my interpretation. Great song and brutal heavy metal. Gojira \m/ |
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