A state of perfection, immersed in filth
Equilibrium obtained
Pure in devotion to all things unwell
This sweet zen of our ill condition sustained
A new belief-system
Salvation found in vomit and blood
Where depravation, lies,
Corruption, war and pain is God
Balance
Harmony found in the sickly, the vile
Unflinching eyes, joyous and gleaming
Intense in their need to watch things die
A new belief-system
Salvation found in vomit and blood
Where depravation, lies,
Corruption, war and pain is God
Decay, disgrace, disgust - our state of zen
The grime of contempt and degeneration
Sticky, foul and pungent
- the sediment of our creation
We flourish in this bloodred soil
Equilibrium obtained
Pure in devotion to all things unwell
This sweet zen of our ill condition sustained
Salvation found in vomit and blood
Where depravation, lies,
Corruption, war and pain is God
Harmony found in the sickly, the vile
Unflinching eyes, joyous and gleaming
Intense in their need to watch things die
Salvation found in vomit and blood
Where depravation, lies,
Corruption, war and pain is God
Sticky, foul and pungent
- the sediment of our creation
We flourish in this bloodred soil
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Describes mankind as a pestilence on earth for its selfish well-being and it's unyielding commitment to consumption. Greed seems to be the main theme yet lumps everyone who breathes into the same category. There's probably a buddhist ideal that says humanity can live with much less by simply 'being' or living as is. I think this is the underlying motive for the song, saying that our current ideals can only be maintained through blood. Were literally working ourselves to death and killing anyone who gets in the way.
Well, i heard the interpretation before I've heard the song and read the lyrics, so it's pretty hard to come up with an interpretation of my own.
By the way, you haven't posted any interpretation. Mind coming up with one?
The protaganists mind was rewired by the evil god (an entity both god and hell (or void) in itself) and he is now a drone yet again, like the rest of humanity. Combustion has been forgotten.
I took it far more literally I thought he was saying because most religions have some sort of pain ritual where the person goes into a kind of trance in which they may feel closer to God or enlightenment. That we should trash the rest of any given religion and only focus on the pain and suffering in order to perpetually maintain this state.
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I think this song is talking about how humanity has found it's zen in the obscure and obscene => ObZen! Fredrik Thordendal stated this in an interview.
Yes, that's Fredrik's interpretion. Now you mind coming up with one that's your own?
I might be kicking in an open door now but i guess this song har the same theme as Tools Vicarious. And to say that is has a certain meaning might be a little far fetched.. to me it's rather a reflection on the state of the world.
Ill try to give it a proper, full interpretation cuz this song deserves credits.
All people no matter how pretty or ugly have same needs and feelings, but some experience it in a wicked way. For example rapers, mass-murderers, or people who torture etc. find their need of ecstacy and output of adrenaline in their own sick way.
Put in simple, its the psychopath or wacko way of thinking, feeling perfect when doing things that we may find insane.
This track is a summary of the whole idea of the album. The other tracks are each examining aspects of this.
To me this is about humanity's addiction to violence, pain, and obscenities. It seems that these things evoke strong emotional and mental reactions in people, and there is a high associated with viewing it, almost like curing a feeling of persistent boredom.