This song is timeless, and nearly 20 years after its creation, still possesses the mystique it did the first time i heard it ~1994. To me, at first blush, all those years ago, it had some kind of homo-erotic allure. The line "so that the others may do" tells of something which must be done for others to follow suit. It felt like like some kind of roxy-glam-pop invitation to sexual liberation.
Upon further introspection I think the song may not have an intrinsic meaning, but simply represents a sort of "holding open the door" for people who otherwise might be affronted by this song/band's unusual style. I know, as a sort of armchair rock-historian, that there have been few bands so daring and so true to the sound that wanted to emerge from within, whether the creator wanted it or not. This band handled it with elegance and grace seldom, if ever, seen.
looking back at the days that past, as hindsight's perspective settles in
and unwinds the time...
it dawns on me (that), for which my life was sold
it dawns on me that only one could have done that
for which my life
was stolen from within my reach
you took away my life and
like shattered glass
cuts through the skin
i began to fell your vengeance
and your treachery
the blood is real...
yet silent i remained
indicted by the conspiracy
of fate...
entombed within
the walls of the condemned!
conspiracy of fate!
fate will make you pay!
why should i
pay the price for your mistakes?
for transgressions
not remotely mine?!
loyalty of blood
condemns me with your sins
paying with my life
silent i remain
empty walls cry out my name!
burn ignited by my will
slowly consumed from within
amongst the damned
you will descend
you should be the one
paying the price
burn ignited by my will
slowly consumed from within
amongst the damned
you will descend
you should be the one paying th price
entrapped by my own ethics
my own rules impose this torture
shall i speak and save myself
the traitors do not deserve respect!
why should i
pay the price for your mistakes?
blood ties and loyalty should work both ways
shall i speak out?
let the truth be known?
why do i condemn myself to this prison
without walls
why?
i should make you pay. i shall betray!
burn ignited by my will
slowly consumed from within
amongst the damned
you will descend
you should be the one paying the price
and unwinds the time...
it dawns on me (that), for which my life was sold
it dawns on me that only one could have done that
for which my life
was stolen from within my reach
you took away my life and
like shattered glass
cuts through the skin
i began to fell your vengeance
and your treachery
the blood is real...
yet silent i remained
indicted by the conspiracy
of fate...
entombed within
the walls of the condemned!
conspiracy of fate!
fate will make you pay!
why should i
pay the price for your mistakes?
for transgressions
not remotely mine?!
loyalty of blood
condemns me with your sins
paying with my life
silent i remain
empty walls cry out my name!
burn ignited by my will
slowly consumed from within
amongst the damned
you will descend
you should be the one
paying the price
burn ignited by my will
slowly consumed from within
amongst the damned
you will descend
you should be the one paying th price
entrapped by my own ethics
my own rules impose this torture
shall i speak and save myself
the traitors do not deserve respect!
why should i
pay the price for your mistakes?
blood ties and loyalty should work both ways
shall i speak out?
let the truth be known?
why do i condemn myself to this prison
without walls
why?
i should make you pay. i shall betray!
burn ignited by my will
slowly consumed from within
amongst the damned
you will descend
you should be the one paying the price
Lyrics submitted by DarkAbyss
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