| Motörhead – Brotherhood Of Man Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| Lyric referencing Nazi Germany? One clue is the line 'We put our faith in maniacs, the triumph of the will'. 'The Triumph of the Will' was a 1930's Nazi propaganda film, 'We put our faith in maniacs' (maniac=Hitler). The rest of the lyrics talking about death and destruction could very aptly describe the merciless Nazi war machine. | |
| Metallica – The Small Hours (Holocaust cover) Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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This song is about séances, confirmed by the lead singer of the band Holocaust who wrote it. What makes it particularly interesting is that the lyrics are from the perspective of the spirit being contacted, and reflect that the lyricist has semi-insider knowledge of metaphysics and demonology and has probably studied the same. "Look out at the darkness, and you will see Just call my name and I'll be there" Spirits are summoned by their name "You cannot touch me, you would not dare" The spirit is discarnate/incorporeal- it has no physical body therefore one cannot touch it "I am the chill that's in the air" According to many demonologists/exorcists, when a demonic spirit is present, the room temperature drops dramatically to cold enough temperatures that one can see their breath It is speculated that this temperature drop is the spirit taking thermal heat energy from the air so that it can levitate or move objects, or cause other paranormal phenomena Incidentally many who have done 'ghost hunting' investigations report cold spots in a particular location as indication of a spirit presence "And I try to get through to you, in my own special way" The spirit communicating during the séance "As the barriers crumble at the end of the day" There is a veil ('barrier') between the spiritual and physical worlds that ebbs or wanes when the general hubbub or vibrations of daytime cease "Dark rivers are flowing back into the past" During the séance, questions are typically asked about past or future events; the 'dark river' is a description of what the past 'looks' like in the spirit realm "You are the fish for which I cast" The living person conducting the séance (the questioner) is the 'fish'; the séance itself is part of the spirit's entrapment but the naive questioner doesn't realize it "And what of the future, what is to be As the rivers flow into the sea" Again, future events are often asked about in séances; this is a description of what the future 'looks' like in the spirit realm "Do not take for granted, powers out there" There are 9 orders of spirits: Principalities, POWERS, Virtues, Dominions, Thrones, Cherubim, Seraphim, Archangels, and Angels. Demons are fallen angels and have the same 9 orders. So the word 'powers' in the lyrics could refer to the order or 'rank' of the spirit itself "Don't step into the demon's lair" Perhaps a warning for people not to hold séances as the spiritual dimensions with which they are in communication, are the abode of evil or demonic spirits "Time is an illusion, rising from time" A most interesting phrase... one of the principles of spiritualism and metaphysics is that in the dimensions beyond our physical world, time does not exist. Ghosts for instance exist in a perpetual 'present' or limbo where Space and Time as we know them, are absent "Steep is the mountain which we climb" There are many references to mountains in incantations/conjurations for summoning demons, referring to mountains as the (either literal or metaphoric) place where spirits dwell |
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