| System of a Down – Aerials Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| It's about the 'aerial toll houses' outlined through the teaching of Orthodox monk Seraphim Rose. "When you lose small mind you free you life" - ie when you overcome the ego you gain salvation. The aerial toll houses are the stations after death where the soul is judged. I realize Serj says he's not religious, but I have to wonder if he ever read Seraphim Rose, or maybe just heard about the idea from someone else. | |
| Placebo – Days Before You Came Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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I'm not saying the drug use interpretations are wrong, but I think there is more to this song. And just because Molko himself said it's about x doesn't mean there aren't other layers of meaning. I think the song is also about 'end times' / final judgement. Days before you came = The last days / the end times. Towns that change their name / and a horn of plenty = the passage of history / either a cornucopia (related to Dionysian orgiastic cults) or the trumpets that sound in end times. Even crack cocaine couldn't start to hide me = cocaine gives confidence, so even that wouldn't be enough to 'protect him' from what's coming (the final judgement) Won't you join me now / baby's looking torn and frayed / join the masquerade. Yes - I get the drug reference but it can also mean generally that 'baby' is f'd up - it's too late to repent so follow me down into hell. Join the masquerade (in the sense of the Dionysian festival) It always seemed enticing / to be naked and profane / there is no denying = ie before the final judgement when the truth could be denied or rejected it was fun to flaunt the rules - profane is always the counterpart to sacred. Days before you came / thunderbolts and lightning = A biblical event. Yes, the subsequent lines are clearly drug-related (tourniquet, brand new vein) but that doesn't necessarily mean that's the exclusive meaning. He's using drugs to 'hide from God'. Didn't want you anyway - He's too proud to submit - he's taken a path of hedonism and indulgence and isn't willing to turn back. So he proclaims - well I don't want you anyway! And continues his march down into hell. "Join the Masquerade" Whether you think my interpretation is worthwhile or not, the fact is that there are certain lines in this song that are clearly beyond drug symbolism. |
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