Don't listen, don't even hear a sound they make it breaks you
Unspoken, words that taunt you when you listen
Forgotten, words that haunt you while you're sleeping
You seen afraid, don't be alarmed
It's only the face of things to come
Servant to the sun, we are beings, we become as one
Lighting every cell, every shape we will never form
And is it relevant, our fears, our faults
As foolish as it sounds
So lead us on (only one way left)
Through the free world of false promise
It's one thing to be forgiven (only one way left)
Only you could learn how to let it go
So we are
Servant to the sun, let us see we are still as one
Here lie my fault, I'd give up everything
To see what you see and dream on
(Why can't we dream on)
Don't listen, don't even hear a sound they make it breaks you
These words won't help to save you
Servant to the sun, we are beings, we become as one
Lighting every cell, every shape we will never form
These words won't help to save you
Servants of the sun, let us see we are still as one
You seen afraid, don't be alarmed
It's only the face of things to come
Unspoken, words that taunt you when you listen
Forgotten, words that haunt you while you're sleeping
You seen afraid, don't be alarmed
It's only the face of things to come
Lighting every cell, every shape we will never form
And is it relevant, our fears, our faults
As foolish as it sounds
Through the free world of false promise
It's one thing to be forgiven (only one way left)
Only you could learn how to let it go
So we are
To see what you see and dream on
(Why can't we dream on)
These words won't help to save you
Lighting every cell, every shape we will never form
These words won't help to save you
Servants of the sun, let us see we are still as one
You seen afraid, don't be alarmed
It's only the face of things to come
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Follows the whole 'exploration' theme of the rest of the album. Sound Awake is a very anti-religious album as religion is seen as a suppressor to seeking and open-mindedness. Illumine is basically saying forget all that religion has taught you and look to other possibilities. "Don't listen, don't even hear a sound they make it breaks you" - religion focuses on eliciting fear in peoples minds to get them to believe, e.g. fear of dying, etc... "So lead us on through the world of false promise" - self explanatory of the concept of religion. Anyway, awesome song. Awesome album....
While I agree with the religious undertones you've explored, in an interview with JJJ, Kenny and Goddard described the song as simply being a "love song to the sun". Awesome song and ablum anyway
as far as im concerned christianity is rehashed pagan sun worship
Been watching Zeitgeist? :P
Been watching Zeitgeist? :P
But yes, I agree with everything you have all said so far.
But yes, I agree with everything you have all said so far.
"these words won't help to save you" is a fairly obvious line in regards to it being anti-religion
"these words won't help to save you" is a fairly obvious line in regards to it being anti-religion
I've always seen this as the most Satirical of their songs... As Sawyejr said, this is clearly a 'love song to the sun' representing to ideologies of a sun cult (ie the majority of religions) and the lines "don't listen, don't even hear a word they say" symbolises each religion's opinion of other religious teachings
Though, if you take this from a more philosophical POV, if anything should be worshipped it should be the Sun directly. It is the give of light, heat, fuel, power. Star dust provides us with the Carbon, oxygen and heavy metals we need for life. without the sun, life wouldn't have come to exist and wouldn't survive.