| Wumpscut – Golgotha Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Pretty straightforward take on the crucifixion of Christ. That last verse looks like a dismissal of the promises of the crucifixion, but when you take it in the context of all :Rudi:'s work, it's slightly more complicated. He's got a complicated relationship with religion. He often sounds like he's denouncing it, and probably is sincere. At the same time, lots of lyrics reveal that he is strongly driven by the longings that Christianity claims it can satisfy, not to mention the pains it claims to cure. So, the last verse may not be him speaking, but may be coming from those who brought about or aided the crucifixion. |
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| Wumpscut – Down Where We Belong Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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What it all boils down to is, the human condition will always have its share of strife, inequality, injustice, deceit, and other miseries and vices. We are promised reform, promised that we will make the world a better place, but we are bound by our inherently corrupt nature, and helpless before the indifference of the universe toward us. That is what keeps us down. What about the promise of some hereafter? "Our Thoughts Are Fading In A Time That Melts Our Flesh Is Fading As We've Always Felt But We Kid Ourselves To Meet Heaven's Feast To Rise Up To God And To Be Released." This verse can be taken in two ways: it is either a complete dismissal of a better life beyond this one, or as a repetition of the previous point from a new angle. The latter would specifically mean, it addresses the delusion man sometimes entertains, of thinking he is able to rise up to a godly level of power over reality in order to create a heaven on earth that will release him from the human condition. He is of course kidding himself with this. However, when this verse is taken in this second way, it still leaves room for an afterlife's promise, and affirms death as the only way out of the suffering of the world and into something better. Your interpretation will be dictated by how it passes through the filter of your own philosophy. |
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| Wumpscut – Is It You Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Clearly, the narrator of this story chased the promise of finding someone dear to him in the dark. Was it God he was looking for? Was it a lover? Was it just somebody who promised him the light he needed in life? Take your pick, as it's a moot point considering it was only a trap set by the devil. We are all like this person in the story. Living in the human condition, we are all a bit lost, in the darkness of ignorance and suffering, and we feel around for what, or who, can fulfill us or bring us closure in this life. Even when we have our wits about us, we want desperately to believe that those who promise us the fulfillment we seek, are real. This is why we fall for the deceptions of those who want to destroy us and what we need. |
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| Wumpscut – Turns Off Pain Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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@[NIVIsAwesome:8335] I think your interpretation is correct, but there is more to the story this song is telling, in my view. The song opens by describing the base instincts and appetites of man when unchecked by compassion (hence "sneering at a starving child"), scruples, or nobler attitudes. The night is our unconscious mind, and our animalistic drives to feed, procreate, etc are demanding to be sated--this is what "howling voices through the night" are. The frozen landscape is the coldness and cruelty of the world today. It is left to us to decide whether this is the cause or the effect of the degeneration of humanity described above. The rest of this stanza describes the strife and carnage resulting from it. The emptiness and torment created by such a life condition demands we search for a meaning to numb the pain. But, how to find any meaning when all the nobler faculties of man have been overthrown by his bestial side? Anything we can resort to, can only be just more baseness and carnality. Our emotional/instinctive side is very often described as female; when it rules us, it is like having an oppressive goddess rule us. It is "broken" because it corrupted, like you said, for reasons I've covered. The sex instinct is often seen as this "goddess's" primary manifestation, and is the one we pursue for meaning because we crave intimacy as shelter from the cold. Lust is like the pagan sculpted idol ("golem") of this goddess. The constant scrambling to fulfill her within us, only leads to more entanglement in the wretchedness of the world ("swamps") and to more conflict among our fellow humans ("traitors"). This realization of the falsity and vanity of it all can only lead to the conclusion, "No, goddess, I don't believe!" |
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