| Starset – Carnivore Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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To me it seems very clear that society is a carnivore. The carnivore is destroying an individual, crushing who they are. Individually is discharged, and being unique is met with strong backlash. There is little hope in changing one of the cores of society, so one who is their own person succumbs to the corruption of who they are: “won’t you come digest me? Take away everything I am”. The chorus is a metaphorical request to have the process, the forced metamorphosis, be over instead of living in the tormenting hell of vein suppressed but trying to retain individuality. The line were it seems to be another voice saying “who are you to change this word? Silly boy!” implies that this was ingrained into the person at a young age. “Silly boy” is a term said to a child, so when a unique child tries to explore who they are and what they can be, the message of conformity was instantly enforced. The narrator is very clearly prey, he “chew[s] through the ropes” as though he has been overtaken by the predator, the carnivore. The second verse is describing how you push feeling and individuality down deep, and how they evolve into a consuming fire of rage, consuming who you are and what you can become. There is a sense of hopelessness to the song, but after multiple listening there seems to be an underlying part of you that is refusing to give up. A part of you that is always under the surface, growing and becoming less and less stable. The bridge is describing the release. After a life of being told who you are and what you should be, the true you has been twisted and deformed to something that will drives them to insanities. A life of repressing your inners self ends up causing a lack of self control driving the narrator to insanity. I didn’t have time to edit his so here may be a few mistakes, sorry! And also I’m sorry I jumped around from first to second to third person. |
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