| Disturbed – The Night Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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For those who don't know, the members of Disturbed encompass 4 religions: Christianity, Judaism, Satanism, and Paganism. Many of their songs revolve around these, (The Animal = Paganism, Inside the Fire = Satanism) and I believe this song revolves around Satanism. The lyrics describe a man who has been destroyed by something. "...from all they've taken..." And he obvidously wants revenge "giving me the strength to fave them" " redemption taking hold of mind" The song describes a man making a deal with the devil. A classic Faust. It's rather obvious in "sweet shadow taking hold of my hand" that something evil is guiding him, ie the devil. In the chorus the "savior" is satan who seems at the time the way out of a situation, but the speaker is hesitating taking the deal and stares into "the night" and is told to give in to "the night". With the devil referred to as a "shadow" earlier, it is safe to assume "the night" is the devil's spirit. |
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| Linkin Park – The Catalyst Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This song describes the moment before a nuclear war where everyone is pleaing for mercy. It uses many allusions within. God Bless Us everyone, we're a broken people living under loaded gun God bless us is obviously a plea for mercy. The people are "living under a loaded gun" meaning either they are caught up in themselves and only care about the domination of their ideas or, perhaps the more likely one, they are at the brink of a major global conflict. In the next few lines, "it" is repeated. Whatever "it" is, it is inevitable and powerful. Most likely a nuclear bomb. "...when I close my eyes tonight, to symphonies of blinding light" The blinding light is the flash at the beginning of a nuclear explosion. He fears it when he goes to bed, has nightmares. Or this could be a scene of him dying, blinded by the light he sleeps and never wakes up. We will burn inside the fires of a thousand suns. An allusion to a quote from Oppenheimer during nuclear bomb testing. Memories in cold decay, transmissions echoing away After the explosion, years later in the cold decaying ruins of civilization all that is left is memories of what the place has once been. You can almost hear the sounds of transmissions kicking into gear on the streets of a city that no longer exists. Gives a chiling effect. Where oceans belled into the sky This is a tough one, but I think it refers to the oceans evaporating from the massive heat output of a bomb during ocean testing. Refers to what could happen if this testing a were attacks on cities. |
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| Five Finger Death Punch – Far From Home Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This is obviously about a solider returning home. Most of the first stanza is speaking of the past. The first two lines represent how time is blurring, all seems the same. Same protocol... Same everything. Time is flying by, and not for good reason. The 3rd and 4th lines talk about his memories of a normal life are fading, becoming a fantasy it seems. Amist all the chaos and poverty and destruction in the Middle East, how could his normal life exist outside of this? "Ink on the page" is letters from loved ones, they are the only thing that he can still grasp to and remember what he fights for. He 'can't seem to find his way home' is him having trouble returning to normal after coming home. The chorus is him describing how "heaven" is locking him out. "Heaven" could be many meanings, perhaps that's intentional. "Heaven" could be symbolic of home life, how it seems angelic compared to life overseas. Or he could feel like Heaven is legit locking him out for sinning. I think it has both meanings going on at once, dual wield. :) The next stanza talks about his experiences in combat. The places he has seen is poverty and destruction. The stories and dreams are the dreams that have been crushed by the war in the Middle East. The faces he'll never see is most likely referring to the people he has personally shot or fallen comrades, or both. This is causing him to have trouble assimilating back into society. PTS stuff probably |
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| Breaking Benjamin – Dear Agony Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Now, as many have said, this song is very sad and depressing. But I do not believe that it is about dying, as the majority believe. That is too literal. I believe the message is more encrypted than that. The first stanza is peppered with phrases such as "I have nothing left to give", "You were made to make it hurt", and "I will end were I began" all seem to sound like a bad breakup. He has nothing left to give in a relationship, most likely one that just ended or is ending. She hurt the speaker not physically but emotionally, hence possibly making him believe that's what she was meant to do, it was his destiny to be in this situation. "I will end were I began" means he ends up single, just like before the relationship, which may be his fear or source of sorrow. He doesn't want to be single. "Disappear into the dirt" could mean he is going to be buried, but I believe since it directly follows the line "You were made... hurt", that it references that she is now like all the others that hurt him, she is becoming worthless and "normal", she isn't who he thought she was. "And I will find the enemy within, cause I can feel it crawl beneath my skin" Enemy=depression. He doesn't wish to become depressed, perhaps he has been depressed after a similar breakup and doesn't wish to feel that way again. He can feel the sadness within him wanting to express itself but wants to find the source of that sadness and terminate it before he is overwhelmed by depression. The chorus could revolve around two things either Agony=the girl he is breaking up with OR Agony=depression Either way the chorus is asking the "agony" to leave", just go and let him be. In the forth stanza, it describes him dying but he doesn't want to give in, perhaps the depression is so strong he would rather die but keeps fighting to keep the depression within him The chorus is extended, "I'm so sorry" could be him apologizing to himself or the girl for screwing up (the breakup could be caused by him cheating), and then "Is this the way it's gotta be" could be his attempt at bringing the relationship back together, but he fails. This next stanza shows a great mood shift. Originally, he still liked the girl and just wanted the depression to go away and was more angry at himself than her. "I'm blue and cold" verifies he is sad or depressed. Now the lines "love pull me down, hate lift me up" shows that the remaining love he has for his ex is what is pulling him into depression and now realizes that hatred towards her is making him feel better, so he starts to hate her instead of love her. "There's nothing left" references him feeling no love for her anymore. The next two lines are different than the other transitions in the song, this verifies a change in the mood/tone. This references that now he is depressed because he hates who he loves? The final chorus is just him back in depression because he has no more love for her and wants to feel love again, when is is not in love he is in agony. |
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