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Misanthrope Lyrics
From above and around,
observations are collected
Knowledge is taken in by curious life forms
That may bring hope from beyond
Beneath the giver of life, our sun
An examination of another kind is done
A view from those who stood high
And breathing the sky
An opinion from below and from above
Some were decided, some were not
A few looked away, but none forgot
Misanthrope
Hater of all mankind
There is some hope
For those who own their mind
They came, they saw and acknowledged
Some good, some bad
Opinion: Dangerous
Solo: Schuldiner
Stay where you are, don't get consumed
By what they created from sheer neglet
In denial of years and years of
shattered souls
That were lost to the power of
Fragile, frightful minds
A view from those who stood high
And breathing the sky
An opinion from below and from above
Some were decided, some were not
A few looked away, but none forgot
observations are collected
Knowledge is taken in by curious life forms
That may bring hope from beyond
Beneath the giver of life, our sun
An examination of another kind is done
And breathing the sky
An opinion from below and from above
A few looked away, but none forgot
Hater of all mankind
There is some hope
For those who own their mind
They came, they saw and acknowledged
Some good, some bad
Opinion: Dangerous
By what they created from sheer neglet
In denial of years and years of
shattered souls
That were lost to the power of
Fragile, frightful minds
And breathing the sky
An opinion from below and from above
A few looked away, but none forgot
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Ah the first song that hooked me up on Death. I would actually put this in the same array as Philosopher.
I don't really see how this is about "intelligent life forms existing outside of Earth."
To me this song makes more sense as a description of nihilistic philosophers, for example Nietzsche. From above and around, observations are collected Knowledge is taken in by curious life forms That may bring hope from beyond Beneath the giver of life, our sun An examination of another kind is done
This verse is about gathering information about people and forming an opinion that develops into an idea or a philosophical doctrine.
A view from those who stood high And breathing the sky An opinion from below and from above
This describes a philosopher as a figure above the other people.
Some were decided, some were not A few looked away, but none forgot
An idea of ubermensch and untermensch. "A few looked away, but none forgot" might be a parallel to the genocide and other activity committed by Nazis.
Misanthrope Hater of all mankind There is some hope For those who own their mind They came, they saw and acknowledged Some good, some bad Opinion: Dangerous
Pretty much self-explanatory. Think with your own head. The idea is a double edge sword and can not be taken blindly.
Stay where you are, don't get consumed By what they created from sheer neglect In denial of years and years of shattered souls That were lost to the power of Fragile, frightful minds
Don't rush to follow the idea, or you might end up like a lot of people who lost their lives (souls) by following something that was created by the insecurities of their leader (philosopher/misanthrope)
Well that's my opinion. Not a lot comments over here. Hope someone will find it useful.
@Wargherd reading this in 2021, thank you man you're the best comment here after 9 years
@Wargherd reading this in 2021, thank you man you're the best comment here after 9 years
@Wargherd Very insightful, not a big philosopher but made what seemed like random lyrics make sense. Thank you.
@Wargherd Very insightful, not a big philosopher but made what seemed like random lyrics make sense. Thank you.
I believe Chuck said in an interview that this song was about the possibility of intelligent life forms existing outside of Earth.
wallamanage, you should really shut the fuck up and get a life. youre not funny.
This is a very underrated Death song.
I love this song
@Wargherd
https://www.emptywords.org/SparkMagazine07-95part2.htm
You're literally disagreeing with the man who wrote the lyrics.
@SASR Oh well, I wasn't aware of that interview, my interpretation made sense to me.
@SASR Oh well, I wasn't aware of that interview, my interpretation made sense to me.
This song is about Herbert. He looks through some World War One documents and finds out that the war occured because Archduke Ferdinand was assasinated. This is quite the revelation.