| Mgła – Exercises in Futility VI Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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"As if the irony was more than a defense mechanism" Really interesting line, since all the lines starting with "as if...." including this one, are actually pretty ironic...or should I say cynical? As already pointed out by dilligentia, it's about realising the futility of humankind and it's existence. But in my opinion the writer also wants to show the cruelty of humans: "As if the gods were bored with peace in our hearts And their fingers are itchy" If that would be the truth, "the gods" (whoever this is) would be responsible for all the cruelties and bad things caused by humans, and it wouldn't be our fault. They are bored by humans living in peace so they formed humans to be brutal and hostile. But as all the other lines, this statement is meant cynical and actually it's the opposite way: "As if we never break people out of sheer boredom, And slept calmly among the wastes" This is the actual truth: There are no gods, therefore humans are 100% responsible for their actions. The cruelty of this world isn't caused by some ferocious gods that are bored, but by ferocious and bored humans. It's part of the human nature. Furthermore humans either try to deny this responsibility and blame the gods instead (shown by the use of irony/negation in the line) or they aren't aware of it, which is why they can "sleep calmly among the wastes" without even feeling guilty. The second-last verse would also support this: "As if we would be someone else While mindlessly wandering through the mountains As if we would be someone better Expelling purgatory in Latin alphabet " First sentence means that humans try to hide their real nature behind a peaceeful mask. Second sentence again shows the true nature: "purgatory in latin alphabet" is obviously the bible: Humans a) are generally hostile so they try to put themself over another through different ways (in this case religion) and b) deny their own responsibility and true nature by blaming god. |
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