After The Flood Lyrics
Herding step on flesh
And nothing else
To well
To drown & drown
Sleight of reason
How they come
Cain in number
Alone
The crowd
Spurning step by state
Blame something else
Thirsting
Within without
Sighted
Weeded
How they run
Slain in number
Turn my face to the floor
Dead to respect
To respect to be born
Lest we forget who lay
I know this is a big cliche on this website, but I seriously can't believe no one has commented on this song. I mean, I understand it might be a little difficult to understand what he's singing about, but we could all at least take a crack at it.
The chorus seems to be about reincarnation and respecting the dead. Maybe in the line "To respect to be born" he's talking about karma and the only way to be born again is to lead a good life in the previous one.
I dunno. You guys give it a try.
had a crack at it :)
had a crack at it :)
Thanks for the encouragement. ATB
Thanks for the encouragement. ATB
It seems its about not having a reason to live, not knowing oneself. Drowning in life and looking down upon the way society works. Its a view from an outsider. "within without"-what a great fucking line.
this is my favorite song..btw.
I think this refers mainly to the flood story in the Bible (a very common source for Mr Hollis,) with the first section describing a fallen civilization and their drowning. And the last lines are about us remembering this.
Couldn't agree more. Very line seems to fit that theory.
Couldn't agree more. Very line seems to fit that theory.
Every line*
Every line*
My Interpretation
I see this as being applauded by the act of genocide which no matter who does it is a crime against mankind. The lyrics give me the feeling of a disregard for humanity from god. This rings true for me when he signs 'Shake my head Turn my face to the floor Dead to respect To respect to be born Lest we forget who lay' A person shakes their head and faces down when disgusted by an act of inhumanity such as the Holocaust. This song is referring to the story of Noah's ark which to me, is Hitler's dream realized by a sociopath.
I think bigdt87 has got something quite right. The french symbolistic poet Arthur Rimbaud also wrote the poem "Après le déluge" that in english was entitled "After The Flood".. Arthur Rimbaud is also very known as an "outsider of society", and he did also write a lot of what bigdt87 also mentions: "not having a reason to live, not knowing oneself".
This song is about Noah and the great flood.
Cain in number. Cain (Cain & Able), a man who killed his own brother. Everyone has a piece of Cain within them, and God punishes them. The people are sighted and weeded by God in the flood. The people are slain (intentionally killed) in number. ... This is a very brief analysis. Can't be bothered typing anymore.
I think this song is quite literally about rapture itself. He talks about the decadent society being wiped out by the flood (angels and the horsemen). The people are characterized as soulless, and bags of flesh that are idolaters who blame others for their mistakes. At the end the character is in disarray over what happens, and is a testament to what occurred. I believe at the end he is giving thanks to God for life, and to remember to follow his way of life he set for us.
This entire album deals with the subject, and nature of God, as well as the bible.
Clearly the song is a prophetic piece. Both foreboding the redundancies at TalkTalk the communications company, along with the later but recent, flooding of some of its offices from torrential rain.
And also a scathing commentary on the theft and flippant abandon affected on the fineries of human creativity. Such a poignant closing lyric, revering the paramount effort exacted by those tasked with the groundwork of much of humanities progress.
"Lest we forget who lay"
http://carphoneworker.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/drip-drip-redundancies-at-talk-talk-now-the-flood/