| Portishead – Elysium Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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First of all, I completely love this song and it's on my top 3 Portishead list. According to Wikipedia, Elysium or the Elysian Fields (Ancient Greek: Ἠλύσιον πεδίον, Ēlýsion pedíon) is a conception of the afterlife that developed over time and was maintained by certain Greek religious and philosophical sects and cults. According to an article, which I currently do not remember the source of but will update this once I do, the song Elysium has a political base, where religion or in other words religious leaders trying to control our community. No one has said what the truth should be And no one decided that I'd feel this way If you felt as I Would you betray yourself "No one has said what the truth should be", as in no one should say what and what not to do. "And no one decided that I feel this way", as in the way I feel is completely my choice. "If you felt as I, would you betray yourself?", rather simple to understand, if you wouldn't be your usual close-minded self, you wouldn't deny what you truly feel. But, you can't deny how I feel And you can't decide for me I'll explain the chorus as a whole, there's no way that you can deny how someone feels because you can never know what they feel. You can't decide for anyone just because you call yourself a priest and do good. No one should fear what they cannot see And no ones to blame it's just hypocrisy It's written in your eyes And how I despise myself "No one should fear what they cannot see", rather straight forward indicating that religion is all a hoax since there is no proof of the existence of God and the heavens and hell. "And no one's to blame, it's just hypocrisy", religion all in all is hypocrisy created by people who want to take control and maintain leadership. "It's written in your eyes", it's rather obvious but somehow unnoticeable. "And how I despise myself", how I hate myself of why people still persist on falling for what religion has to say. And it's your heart That's so wrong Mistaken You'll never know Your feathered sacred self This part is my favourite since Beth decides to confront all the religious hypocrites in these few lines. "And it's your heart that's so wrong, mistaken", it's what you believe that's wrong and what you say is wrong and what you think is wrong. Beth meant it's you whose wrong and not us. Although "not us" is not mentioned in anyway in these lines it is perfectly portrayed by the addition of "and" at the beginning. "You'll never know", as in you'll never know how wrong you are since you'll block all incoming advice which is explained the reason of these actions in "Your feathered sacred self", Beth meant that religious authorities thought of themselves as angels hence feathered and holy hence sacred, which portrays them as full of pride. Hope that explains it well! |
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