In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
An unforeseen future nestled somewhere in time.
Unsuspecting victims no warnings, no signs.
Judgment day the second coming arrives.
Before you see the light you must die.
Forgotten children, conform a new faith,
Avidity and lust controlled by hate.
[The] Never ending search for your shattered sanity,
Souls of Damnation in their own reality.
Chaos rampant,
An age of distrust.
Confrontations.
Impulsive habitat.
Bastard sons beget your cunting daughters,
Promiscuous mothers with your incestuous fathers.
Engreat souls condemned for all eternity,
Sustained by immoral observance a domineering deity.
Chaos rampant,
An age of distrust.
Confrontations.
Impulsive sabbath.
On and on, south of heaven
On and on, south of heaven
On and on, south of heaven
On and on, south of heaven
The root of all evil is the heart of a black soul.
A force that has lived all eternity.
A never ending search for a truth never told.
The loss of all hope and your dignity.
Chaos rampant,
An age of distrust.
Confrontations.
Impulsive habitat.
On and on, south of heaven
On and on, south of heaven
On and on, south of heaven
On and on, south of heaven
Unsuspecting victims no warnings, no signs.
Judgment day the second coming arrives.
Before you see the light you must die.
Forgotten children, conform a new faith,
Avidity and lust controlled by hate.
[The] Never ending search for your shattered sanity,
Souls of Damnation in their own reality.
Chaos rampant,
An age of distrust.
Confrontations.
Impulsive habitat.
Bastard sons beget your cunting daughters,
Promiscuous mothers with your incestuous fathers.
Engreat souls condemned for all eternity,
Sustained by immoral observance a domineering deity.
Chaos rampant,
An age of distrust.
Confrontations.
Impulsive sabbath.
On and on, south of heaven
On and on, south of heaven
On and on, south of heaven
On and on, south of heaven
The root of all evil is the heart of a black soul.
A force that has lived all eternity.
A never ending search for a truth never told.
The loss of all hope and your dignity.
Chaos rampant,
An age of distrust.
Confrontations.
Impulsive habitat.
On and on, south of heaven
On and on, south of heaven
On and on, south of heaven
On and on, south of heaven
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i totally agree - f**king genius lyrically, some of the sickest lyrics ever- matched with the hardest grooving thrash ever...
@ktaps13 Totally agree and i dont belive he was just writing about America but the whole world, the modern western ways injected with posion of media got to us all. Yet Arraya still mentions the second coming and the day of judgment... goes on saying "before you see the light you must die" the self-centeredness, pride, malice, arrogance it all must die, in the holy scriptures they say Christ is the only one who can redem us and change our lives if he was truly the one he claimed to be. The lyrics later in the song go (after a solo pause); " the root of all evil is the heart of a black soul, a force that has lived for all eternity. Implying clearly that Satan and his fallen angels exist as a force in the world that inflicts and influences humanity through weak-broken,tormented and evil men.
Ok, I like this type of Music, but it doesn't mean I am a goth. And also, out of all those bands/artists you stated, i like all of them, except linkin park. You can't judge everyone here as a goth, just because they like slayer. Most of us probably have a broad taste in music, and listen to it because it sounds good, not because we agree with the beliefs of the band.
metal_advocate u fuckin cunt! who the fuck are you to come into a slayer post and call us goths (which im not, goths are fucking freaks!) and start badmouthing the music of slayer. how the fuck can you say the riffs and solo are shit when u listen to faggot ass linkin park and sytem u ass licking cunt
EAT SHIT AND DIE YOU PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT! I WILL RAPE YOUR MOTHER AND EAT HE DISMEMBERED CORPSE! HOWS THAT FOR FUCKED UP IN THE HEAD U CUNT
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Basically, we are 'south of heaven', and still heading south...