I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Violent chaos haunting me
Mirror of countless human tragedies
Times of horror, constant lies
Totalitarians autocracy's demise
Fake peace a necrologue for the elite
Brutality among the weak
While children die for armageddon victory's breed
This necrologue for the elite
Like raging beasts among the sheep
While flags are waving everywhere
They scream
Hordes of chaos
Hordes of chaos
Everyone against everyone - chaos
Hordes of chaos
Hordes of chaos
Everyone against everyone - chaos
Brutal riots left and right
Out to destroy, willing to die
Honour killing in blood is she'd
A cruel reality in empires built in sand
Dark war, more gruesome then ever before
Supports this decadence galore
A tyrants feast on shoulders
Of the poorest of the poor
The necrologue for the elite
The rise of the heartless bourgoise
While flags are waving
Everywhere they scream
Hordes of chaos
Hordes of chaos
Everyone against everyone - chaos
Hordes of chaos
Hordes of chaos
Everyone against everyone - chaos
Mirror of countless human tragedies
Times of horror, constant lies
Totalitarians autocracy's demise
Fake peace a necrologue for the elite
Brutality among the weak
While children die for armageddon victory's breed
This necrologue for the elite
Like raging beasts among the sheep
While flags are waving everywhere
They scream
Hordes of chaos
Hordes of chaos
Everyone against everyone - chaos
Hordes of chaos
Hordes of chaos
Everyone against everyone - chaos
Brutal riots left and right
Out to destroy, willing to die
Honour killing in blood is she'd
A cruel reality in empires built in sand
Dark war, more gruesome then ever before
Supports this decadence galore
A tyrants feast on shoulders
Of the poorest of the poor
The necrologue for the elite
The rise of the heartless bourgoise
While flags are waving
Everywhere they scream
Hordes of chaos
Hordes of chaos
Everyone against everyone - chaos
Hordes of chaos
Hordes of chaos
Everyone against everyone - chaos
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I love the intro to this song, and the rest is pretty cool, too, but it is quite different from the old Kreator we all knew and loved.
As for the meanings, it's basically about the world being in a state of complete and utter chaos. Everyone rioting and killing one another, kind of like an apocalypse brought about by humans.
I COULD BE WRONG, THIS LINE:
A tyrants feast on shoulders Of the poorest of the poor
COULD REFER TO THE BANKING ELITE WHO BASICALY CONTROL THE WORLD THROUGH CENTRAL BANKS, INTEREST AND DEBT (MONEY). SOURCE - ZEITGEISTMOVIE.COM
THE SONG MENTIONS "ELITE" WHICH USUALY MEANS ELITE BANKERS WHO ARE BASICALLY IN A POSITION OF DIFFERENTIAL ADVANTAGE.
I think this song is about the two classes in the world of today the poor and powerless (citizens) and the rich and powerful (politicians and bankers).
The first verse could refer to the mistandings amongst the citizens "Brutality among the weak"
while politicians are lying to the public and just caring about themselves
"Times of horror, constant lies"
"While flags are waving everywhere" could mean the politicians are rallying for their party
The second verse could refer to the leaders making a war that destroys mankind while they are blind and ignore the poor.
"Dark war, more gruesome then ever before"
"Honour killing in blood is she'd" Refers to war
"A tyrants feast on shoulders Of the poorest of the poor" While the powerful are feasting the poor remain hungry
I interpret this song as Kreator's response to the tiresome argument that anarchism is chaos and violence. 'Hordes of chaos' refers to national armies and all of the blood shed ('the countless human tragedies') for the maintenance of the wealth of the few, the bourgeoisie, at the expense of the 'poorest of the poor'.