@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
I wonder have you ever seen the sky
and felt this weight upon open eyes
New death sensation
flesh flowers dream to bloom
Illumination
New death sensation
we dance the stone death naked by the shore
I hear her highway song forever more
empty is this tomb
lay this flesh to waste
let the pieces fall where they may
insects play their sunshine games
splashing blood on my soul
crisp black kiss upon my skull
lay this flesh to waste
let the pieces fall where they may
let the worms play their sunshine games
slashing blood on my soul
crisp black kiss upon my skull
empty is this tomb
and felt this weight upon open eyes
New death sensation
flesh flowers dream to bloom
Illumination
New death sensation
we dance the stone death naked by the shore
I hear her highway song forever more
empty is this tomb
lay this flesh to waste
let the pieces fall where they may
insects play their sunshine games
splashing blood on my soul
crisp black kiss upon my skull
lay this flesh to waste
let the pieces fall where they may
let the worms play their sunshine games
slashing blood on my soul
crisp black kiss upon my skull
empty is this tomb
Lyrics submitted by OmniDark_Corporation
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The lines "lay this flesh to rest/let the pieces fall where they may" make me think of suicide. And "crisp black kiss upon my skull" = kiss of death, maybe?
"Flesh flowers dream to bloom", I'm guessing, refers to the desire to be dead and buried underground, like a seed made of flesh. Not sure how coherent that is in words, but it makes sense in my head.
For some reason the first two lines make me think of being buried and having the weight of six feet of dirt on top of you. But then that kind of contradicts itself...You wouldn't be able to see the sky if you're underground, and your eyes most likely wouldn't be open. But then again that could be the point. You're still alive (and thus still able to see the sky and your eyes are still open) but at the same time you feel dead. I don't know, I'm just rambling now.
The song is very depressing overall. The distorted guitars, the banging noises, and weird vocal effects all add to the mood.
@KaiteTheTaterFairy hi there! sorry for replying to this comment 10 years later, i wasn't into acidbath when i was 13.<br /> <br /> i personally believe this song is about a psychedelic trip, illumination, flesh flowers dream to bloom (sounds like psilocybin to me)<br /> <br /> the "egodeath" concept surrounding taking too much lsd or psilocybin and other substances makes me feel like the term "new death sensation" has almost direct relation to an egodeath, also the term "lay this flesh to waste, let the pieces fall where they may" reminds me of the go with the flow attitude you're meant to have when taking psychedelics otherwise you potentially face a bad trip
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The insects and worms are just representations of death and decay, being that they consume your body after death. Illumination represents a new knowledge/feeling/sensation you have learned what it is like to be dead.
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