| Avenged Sevenfold – Hail to the King Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Very nicely done. As I quote [The next two lines are interesting in that they turn the tables with the same imagery used previously, "Death is riding in the town with armor / They come to grant you your rights" The same type of soldiers that once marched through to kill them are giving them their rights. This is a possible foreshadowing of the last three stanzas.] -Perhaps "grant you your rights" could be interpreted as the right to death in the eyes of a tyrannical government who strives for complete control. Scrolling down and reading all of the comments do shed light on the "meaning" and "interpretation" of this song. Other comments suggest that the song is merely what is written in black and white. Perhaps. I would say though, that a song is written from inspiration and with motivation to influence or share a particular emotion or idea. From face value we do see ideas of "King's Armies" sweeping through villages and towns seeking to destroy if not obtaining that control they seek. Villagers fight back and the fight breaks out. Other comments suggested that this song is a reflection on the American Government to include the Revolutionary struggle against the tyrannical Britain power and how perhaps the American Government has fallen into the same stride. At first glance of this song, I was trying to figure out if maybe this is some kind of "attack" against religion (Christianity, God, etc) and how maybe the "Hail to the King" was some sort of mocking, sarcastic phrase to demean the motives of those who claim the power of God behind in administrative or government actions. As quoted by another in a different comment [Maybe a cigar is just a cigar]. Perhaps this song is just a song, but that cigar was crafted with different ingredients and prepared in a particular manner. Anyone who's a cigar aficionado would say that there is a certain degree of craft and passion that would go into a cigar. Would not the same go for a song? Or maybe just the same motifs of religion, government, and death are thrown into a blender and BAM! Metal thrash song created. |
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