in vein and valor
be what they fear
their days are over
our nights are here
with hate and heartache
i’ll strike you down
with rage and rapture
i crush your crown
no more gods
no more graves
no more love
no more hate
hell hammer comes down
onto their blade
our world of widows
needs to be saved
it’s now or never
victim or victory
rebel or regret
who you are and who you claim to be
no more heroes
no more
no more
in my world of enemies
i walk alone


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    i see these lyrics as a nihilistic statement.

    thus spoke zarathustra.

    teen nihilismon December 26, 2006   Link
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    Many will take this song to be nihilistic, but I think it's just the opposite- realizing that hero worship and wishing you were someone else are the two biggest wastes of time ever created. It doesn't matter who you look up to or what ideals you hold- at the end of the day everyone's crap stinks and no human should have to stand in awe of anyone else.

    BlackManta_77on April 10, 2007   Link
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    staying strong and believing in yourself, while not looking up to anyone. but yourself.

    maybe?

    rebel_scumon December 16, 2006   Link
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    i only found this song thruogh that latest comment thang.........sounds awesome oi. hmmm maybe like only trust in yourself,,,look at what the world has done....why trust the world

    shanimal_caton December 16, 2006   Link
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    It's about empowering yourself.

    omgwtfboogieon January 12, 2007   Link
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    Absolutely love this song. It's definitely about looking after number one. Amazing chaos, beautiful instrumentals, it grows on me, the more i listen to it.

    SammySinon January 13, 2007   Link
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    I like this song as it's pretty much about everything i believe in. This song is sending out a message saying that the heroes that you see on TV are just a glorious escape for people who cant solve their own problems. Too many people expect there to be some kind of divine being that will come down and save them in the time of trouble, but it will never happen. If you want to solve your own problems, you have to stand strong and solve them yourself. The days of hero-worshiping are long gone now as we must stand up for ourselves and fight for what we believe in.

    rogermaniaon April 25, 2007   Link
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    I agree with Rogermania.

    This song is absolutely mad. The vocals are absolutely furious, fraught with raw and genuine emotions. The lyrics are absolute poetry. "in my world of enemies i walk alone" Brilliant line. Converge are geniuses. Their music is mindblowing. There's no way you can possibly ignore this.

    +}-136-{+on September 19, 2007   Link
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    im not sure but maybe this song is about how people look up to, well, the church as if there he best thing and make lies about jesus and stuff. its also bout looking up to nobody

    44%burnton January 19, 2008   Link

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