| Katatonia – Behind the Blood Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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Taken from a Loudwire interview with Jonas Renkse: Loudwire: One lyric that really grabbed me was "You're like a torch to the temple of depression" which is on "Behind the Blood." Where did that line come from? Renkse: That song is what I call the heavy metal song on the album because we wanted to achieve something like a Judas Priest or Accept song, but in a Katatonia way. The biggest task for me was, 'How could I write lyrics to a song like this?' Musically, it's not overly depressing — it's a bit upbeat and the only way to go was to write about drinking and having a good time. That's the torch to the temple of depression — trying to overcome your demons with having a good time with alcohol and friends. |
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| Katatonia – The One You Are Looking For Is Not Here Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Taken from an interview with Jonas Renkse from cvltnation.com: J: I believe this song is about feeling… like, people expect you to be a certain person, and sometimes you don’t feel like that person. So it’s written from that perspective pretty much. Like, “The one you are looking for is hidden from you” to me, means like you expected to see someone else here, but maybe I’m not that person. And I think that’s thing you can adapt to in a lot of situations basically because a lot of the time most people already have an opinion before they meet someone. |
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| Katatonia – Increase Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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After thinking about this for some time, I believe that this is about a negative person who did bad stuff Verse number one speaks about the person's presence. The vapor can mean literal vapor, or it can mean the person's elusiveness, his method of concealing his wrongs(Which seems to be ineffective). The sickness tells about the negative energy that this person emits. The Second verse/Chorus has two possible meanings. The first two lines label the person, while the second two may reference the narrator's increase in being aloof, or the person's detachment from people. Following this school of thought it's easy to interpret the remaining lyrics of the song. Verse 3 is advice given to the person, to take a step back, see how he acts. "As on film, you will see the mask of shame" - Tells how seeing the shame on his face is as easy as spotting the villain on a film. The rest of the verse tells how, upon retrospection, he will see that he's undeserving of the social status he possesses. The last verse is kind of tricky: The first line may peak about the person's rationalization of his works, or how he pulls stuff out of context to justify himself. The others may speak of the deed itself. The second in particular, how he didn't save someone when he should. The line above referring to status could come into play here, telling us how he has the power to stop something from happening, yet he didn't use it, ergo that power should be stripped from him. The final line may speak of the deed, or his own life after the event(s). Sick sleep - he can't get a good night's sleep from the weight of his aberration of a burden. All in all, It's a very good song, that possibly carries this message, but nevertheless it gives of a melancholic, dark, almost inimical vibe that I simply adore! |
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