| Protest the Hero – Tilting Against Windmills Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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If I had to pick a least favorite song on the album, it's this one. I don't know why, I just can't get into it. I do love the "Father forgive me" and "He might not forgive you but I will" parts though |
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| Protest the Hero – Without Prejudice Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The message I got from this is that you shouldn't let money control your life. The band has a great perspective on this, because they once let money control their life, when "some devil" (music industry) persuaded them. As we can see by the last bit of the song, they no longer care about money, and they don't let it control their life. "Revisions of histories et al. abound. It flatters me now. It flatters me now… ”Hey spin that song back, it’s my favourite" It flatters me now." my favorite lines of the song. "Revisions of histories et al. abound." refers to all of the protest the hero fans that have done covers and remakes of their song. This is what they strive for now, this is what flatters them now. People loving their music is what their goal is. |
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| Protest the Hero – Skies Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Thank you to whoever fixed it, it's much better now :) | |
| Protest the Hero – Skies Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I agree, thanks for laying it out so clearly I think I've said each and every song on the album was my favorite at one point. |
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| Protest the Hero – Skies Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| This has nothing to do with the song, but whoever wrote these lyrics is an asshole. Haven't you ever heard of a paragraph? This is very hard to read. | |
| Protest the Hero – Drumhead Trial Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| one of my favorites on the album | |
| Protest the Hero – Animal Bones Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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And to add to this, "The ancient spears rise from her shoulders and riddle your frame, marking the first time it was done right." Look at the album cover to fortress. |
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| Protest the Hero – Animal Bones Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This song is about the successes of their past albums, Kezia and Fortress, and how they're tired of being defined by these albums. Yes, they are proud of their creations, but it shouldn't define who they are today. The song has 2 reprises (from what I've noticed). "The path of five innocent men who are only capable of walking one last mile." (Divine Suicide of K.) "We are still life" (Sequoia Throne) Their albums don't define them, and they shouldn't define the genre, because they are nothing without the thousands of voices that make the choir (the fans). |
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| Protest the Hero – These Colours Don't Run Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I know this is a comment from 4 years ago, but "Rocket's red glare" is lyrics from the American national anthem | |
| Between the Buried and Me – Melting City Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| and to add to my comment below, we know that prospect 2 didn't destroy his own planet, because in Lunar Wilderness, he returned to his planet and it had already been destroyed | |
| Between the Buried and Me – Melting City Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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BTDAN, I agree, this could be the case. The "burning smell" portion of the song makes me almost believe it to be true. However, in previous songs on the album, we know that the "black box" is a machine built by the night owls that will destroy the planet. I feel like the "burning smell" is him remembering the fall of his own planet, and maybe he is drawing parallels from that. |
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| Between the Buried and Me – Extremophile Elite Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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For this to make sense, read my comment on "Lay your Ghosts to Rest" Prospect 1: To see one's self is hard to explain Last night was the first notion of this Once again real life and dreams are whirling amongst one another Space flight navigator A walking mirror Galaxy drifter Entwined together To grasp the other hand To hear the other speak Carve one's skin out of their own soil Sends chills throughout my body He is having dreams about prospect 2, knowing he is just like him. He's a "walking mirror". He is also aware that he is from another planet and traveling space. He's aware that prospect 2 "carved his skin". Wake up to a dirt covered surrounding Machines in the distance Something far too familiar The world comes to a screeching halt when I cover my ears Lift off the hands and the claws work again Digging graves Deeper graves The machines deafen my ears with such extremity Constant maze from digging graves I bury my head in the dirt It all stops He wakes up at the bottom of a dirt hill, and he hears machines very loudly in the distance. When he covers his ears, he finds peace again, much like he did at sea. He wants this to continue, so he buries his head into the dirt. This sends bliss throughout me Upside down dreaming The sound of earth soothes my entire body Real life and dreams are whirling (A hand lifts my head out of the dirt) Pulling hairs from what seems to be my brain I see him… me… us? The walking mirror .fade out. He is overwhelmed by the peaceful feeling. Real life and dreams are whirling, almost as if they are one. Prospect 2 pulls his head out of the dirt, and they finally meet. Prospect 2: Eyes slowly open as dust clouds surround me Speak to me freely I am listening Rewind to Prospect 2's landing on earth. The "dust clouds" are from his ship's landing. The clanking of machines scream in the distance I strain in order to get up Soon I stumble down a dirt hill and see a buried man Just his skull is underground Once again real life and dreams are whirling amongst one another Walking into a certain state of desperation (Dig deep into the soil to lift this man's head. It pulls out of the ground with ease.) He hears the machines in the distance and goes down a dirt hill, where he finds prospect 1 with his head buried into the ground. He pulls prospect 1's head out of the ground in desperation Carves one's skin out of their own soil Sends chills throughout my body It is a corpse Something is buried where his head once lay A note… my note My hands shake and I fall to my knees Slowly read… "please know I love…" Prospect 2 finds the note he had written in "Lay your ghosts to rest". Somehow, it was in the hands of Prospect 1. Prospect 2 falls to his knees in the realization that they are the same person |
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| Between the Buried and Me – Lay Your Ghosts to Rest Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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"Prospect 2: Under it all A new world A new world make with the hands of madness These hands They will always do the cutting Piece by piece the pain gets worse If only I could see myself right now" He's cutting pieces of his skin off so that all that remains is new "material". Think of it as a full transformation. He is a new person, therefore he should have a new identity. "The gathering of flesh Transforming my face into an unrecognizable state Smooth out the eyes Smooth out the lips Every mirror is a past idea smashed upon recognition (These selfish reason… the letter is all I left for explaining)" He cut off all of the skin on his face, leaving it in an unrecognizable state. He has a letter, explaining why he did it. Will it be found? Will the right hands deliver? The heartache I left Will the letter (I'm assuming) be found by someone? Will the right hands deliver the same fate upon the earth as it did on his own planet? (Remember, his planet was destroyed) Cut until all that is left is new material Myself Day in, day out Deep down I know what I must do He keeps cutting his skin until everything on the surface is new. Deep down, he knows what he must do, and that is to destroy planet earth So much happens behind closed doors So much happens behind our closed doors This key will open them Expose us all I think he's talking about how a lot of stuff happens in the government behind curtains, that civilians don't know about. His idea to bring the earth to it's demise will reveal the true motives and morals of humans Crusty-eyed symphony Awakened by my grunts and moans Why do I do this to myself? I suppose the choice was all mine God felt so much better before the mirror glimpse On the surface I know what I must do "crusty-eyed symphony" - he's just waking up, with that feeling of crusty eyes. He was grunting and moaning during his sleep, and he woke himself up. He felt a lot better about his situation with his skin before he actually looked in the mirror and saw what he looked like. He knows what he must do (destroy earth) and he's growing okay with the idea. Folder 502: The precaution documents The failsafe way back "home". Should I end it right here and now? That would be far too selfish I shall end what I've begun The creation of more More of us The skin and bones of destruction An army of weak souls Weak minds Weak life He found a folder on the ship showing a "failsafe" way back home, or out of harms way. He's finally coming to the decision to destroy earth. (written in a language I can understand. My brilliance seems questioned with these instructions. Fairly obvious for precaution documents I suppose. The "Night Owls" always send me back. Seems to be in their DNA) .fade out. The "Night Owls" are from BTBAM's song "Fossil Genera". In Fossil Genera, the government is overthrown by the night owls, and they take control of every aspect of everyone's lives. From this, we know the folder he found was made by the Night Owls. It should also be noted that in Fossil Genera, they mention building "weapons that none of you could even begin to think would harm the outside world" I wake to my own whimper Ship is counting down Must regroup myself He wakes up to his own grunts and moans again. The ship is counting down to landing, so he must get ready. The end starts now Just like it says, the end starts now |
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| Between the Buried and Me – Lay Your Ghosts to Rest Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Prospect 2 is heading to destroy earth I love the reference to Fossil Genera (the "Night Owls") |
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| Between the Buried and Me – Melting City Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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If you don't know the storyline of the parallax, there is a good summary of it on heavy blog is heavy titled "prognotes". Basically after the 2 prospects meet, they decide to destroy the world. This song (and silent flight parliament) is them destroying the world. |
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| Between the Buried and Me – Swim to the Moon Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| He doesn't die. In fact, he is one of the characters in the album Parallax: The Hypersleep Dialogues. He is also in their upcoming album, Parallax 2 | |
| Periphery – Facepalm Mute Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This song is amazing | |
| Protest the Hero – Hair-Trigger Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| why is only like half the song on here? | |
| Protest the Hero – Dunsel Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I made all necessary corrections, thanks for the feedback! | |
| Protest the Hero – Tongue-Splitter Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| fixed, thanks for the feedback | |
| Protest the Hero – Dunsel Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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If anyone can understand what he says at the ???'s please say so, it will be much appreciated. Also if you think one of the lyrics are wrong or something, they say something |
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