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Hungry Ghost Lyrics
Lying there inside of a tomb
Like lying there in your mothers womb
Written bare in blood that were red
We're following the book of the dead
Feed the hungry ghost
All we are looking for is life
All we are searching for is life
Like lying there in your mothers womb
Written bare in blood that were red
We're following the book of the dead
All we are searching for is life
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No idea, but guessing it is about drugs is probably not a wild guess considering it's SoB...
imao,this song has several subtle references tot Taoism, & how it deals with (what they call) hungry ghosts (èguÇ)
i think this song is about onryo (vengeful spirits in japanese folklore).
"lying there inside of a tomb, like lying there in your mothers womb" "written bare in blood that were red" - their murder and being reborn in death.
"we're following the book of the dead" - this part is the most open to interpretation:
"feed the hungry ghost" "all we are looking/searching for is life" - the spirits consuming a soul/killing whoever they encounter to survive and sustain the curse.