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Doomsayer (The Beginning Of The End) Lyrics
you are the only one with the ability to turn this tide
with the capacity to learn the truth and burn the lies
that signalize our disgust so come with me,
I'll be your doomsayer and show you everything
that you'll never see
behind borrowed eyes you're living in the end
you're not alone
decrepit monuments sit on their own thrones
the crushing weight relentless in its pull
resist!
or be diluted with the rest all weare,
leads us to inherent insurgence
it leads you to deceive yourself
when you believe you've been bled dry
and aren't you sick of waiting for nothing
facilitating all your demons staring at the sun
I watched it rise and collide
with this dream where I had stopped living in the past
stopped living with that crash/burn longing
it'll pass
it brings you to your knees
reliving that same nightmare where you realize..
and who can save you,
not their gods and not their masters
and who will free you,
look in the mirror
with the capacity to learn the truth and burn the lies
that signalize our disgust so come with me,
I'll be your doomsayer and show you everything
that you'll never see
behind borrowed eyes you're living in the end
you're not alone
decrepit monuments sit on their own thrones
the crushing weight relentless in its pull
resist!
or be diluted with the rest all weare,
leads us to inherent insurgence
it leads you to deceive yourself
when you believe you've been bled dry
and aren't you sick of waiting for nothing
facilitating all your demons staring at the sun
I watched it rise and collide
with this dream where I had stopped living in the past
stopped living with that crash/burn longing
it'll pass
it brings you to your knees
reliving that same nightmare where you realize..
and who can save you,
not their gods and not their masters
and who will free you,
look in the mirror
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dominick On Jul 26, 2007
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this song is about waking up to yourself and realising that you are the only one who can save yourself. simple
This song, even if it was the first track, made the album for me. Brutal, heavy, and fast. Just like DH should always be. LIVE TO THRASH, THRASH TO LIVE
This song is fucking sick! i love darkest hour. :D
"and who can save you, not their gods and not their masters and who will free you, look in the mirror"
That part pretty much sums up how I see things. Great song!
i have to agree with rashul an xrunner....pretty much jus havin a problem an being in denial of it...kinda of like saying wake up and admit to whats going on only you can fix what you've done to yourself
The message in this song is that changing the world for the better doesn't begin with the lies of politics or religion, it begins in the hearts of men.
The message in this song is that changing the world for the better doesn't begin with the lies of politics or religion, it begins in the hearts of men.
You are the only one who can save the world and you must first save yourself.
You are the only one who can save the world and you must first save yourself.
Doomsayer is about many things and has many meanings, alot of you are correct in saying its about self-salvation, but it also implies a changing of times, a realization and re-invention, the discovery of ones inner potential.
To sum it up its about living a lie, a mascarade if you will, believing what you're told and not attempting to make your own judgements on the world around you, realizing the error in that way and freeing yourself of it, re-inventing yourself for the better, the beginning of the end
a doomsayer is kinda like, well if youve ever seen scrooge or read it the ghost are like doomsayers. " So COME with me ill be doomsayer.""you arre the only one with the ability to turn the tide." so its about scrooge if you must,haha. he was the only one who could change him.
Rashul, you are totally right. But this song is about waking up and realizing that you are the only one that can save yourself from something in particular. This something in particular is religion. The lines that blatantly point to this are: "Who can save you? Not their Gods and not their Masters...who will free you, look in the mirror" "I'll be your doomsayer and show you everything that you'll never see behind borrowed eyes" 'Borrowed eyes' means seeing only what the religion tells you is true. "It brings you to your knees." "You're not alone decrepit monuments sit on their own thrones the crushing weight relentless in its pull resist! or be diluted with the rest." John also refers to the tides in this song. The song, "The Tides" is also about resisting religion.
A friend and I were discussing this song earlier, and I think you've got it wrong, cob151. Keeping in mind Undoing Ruin was a lyrical masterpiece about depression, pain, and grief, this song (first one on the next record- probably not an accident) takes on a new meaning.
A friend and I were discussing this song earlier, and I think you've got it wrong, cob151. Keeping in mind Undoing Ruin was a lyrical masterpiece about depression, pain, and grief, this song (first one on the next record- probably not an accident) takes on a new meaning.
To me, it's John giving advice to those who are still lost in pain and suffering. "Only you can save you." John is the doomsayer because he's speaking about impossibilities. Feel better?! Impossible! ("You're living at the end") But John, no longer in a bad place, offers to show the sufferer "everything...
To me, it's John giving advice to those who are still lost in pain and suffering. "Only you can save you." John is the doomsayer because he's speaking about impossibilities. Feel better?! Impossible! ("You're living at the end") But John, no longer in a bad place, offers to show the sufferer "everything that [he'll] never see." This is a reference to better things and brighter days. John also adds a comforting "you're not alone" for support.
Anyone who's ever dealt with depression knows how it can feel inescapable, which is why the Doomsayer lyrics make a lot of sense to me. I think if one were to listen to Tranquil from Undoing Ruin and listen to Doomsayer right afterwards my interpretation would make that much more sense. It's a continuation of the concept of "pushing on and getting on with life."
This song is obviously about how cool i am.
This song is obviously about how cool i am.