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The Velvet Cell Lyrics
to understand the killer
I must become the killer
and I don’t need this violence anymore
but now I’ve tasted hatred I want more
the velvet cell within men
gloriously rusted masks
grey death heart crocuses
and I had always thought
the desire to kill was a disease you caught
but it’s dormant in the hearts of everyone
waiting for a spark, an emotion
I must become the killer
and I don’t need this violence anymore
but now I’ve tasted hatred I want more
the velvet cell within men
gloriously rusted masks
grey death heart crocuses
and I had always thought
the desire to kill was a disease you caught
but it’s dormant in the hearts of everyone
waiting for a spark, an emotion
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This song is so good and this band is my new obsession. I can't believe this doesn't have any other comments! I think this song is pretty straightforward lyrically. It's about the dormant animalistic instincts that can become triggered within people...resulting in destruction. :)
Re. the first 2 lines - in the 1920 German silent movie, 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari', there is a scene in which the insane director of the hospital declares,
"I must know everything. I must penetrate the heart of his secret! I must become Caligari!" - subsequently the same words appear outside to him, like graffiti - "You must be Caligari!" - Caligari being a murderous showman.