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All The World Is Mad Lyrics
We are saints made of plaster, our laughter is canned;
We are demons that hide in the mirror.
But the blood on our hands paints a picture exceedingly clear.
We are brimming with cumbersome, murderous greed,
And malevolence deep and profound.
We do unspeakable deeds, does our wickedness know any bounds?
Something's gone terribly wrong with everyone;
All the world is mad.
Darkness brings terrible things; the sun is gone -
What vanity! our sad, wretched fires.
We can't medicate man to perfection again;
We can't legislate peace in our hearts.
We can't educate sin from our souls, it's been there from the start.
But the blind lead the blind into bottomless pits,
Still we smile and deny that we're cursed.
But of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst.
Something's gone terribly wrong with everyone;
All the world is mad.
Darkness brings terrible things; the sun is gone -
What vanity! our sad, wretched fires.
Oh, what little light we have!
It only serves to show
The snares and seeds of wrath
We have already sewn on every path
We are demons that hide in the mirror.
But the blood on our hands paints a picture exceedingly clear.
And malevolence deep and profound.
We do unspeakable deeds, does our wickedness know any bounds?
All the world is mad.
Darkness brings terrible things; the sun is gone -
What vanity! our sad, wretched fires.
We can't legislate peace in our hearts.
We can't educate sin from our souls, it's been there from the start.
Still we smile and deny that we're cursed.
But of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst.
All the world is mad.
Darkness brings terrible things; the sun is gone -
What vanity! our sad, wretched fires.
It only serves to show
The snares and seeds of wrath
We have already sewn on every path
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Heard this on myspace today. Ahhhmazing.
Gosh, I love these lyrics. Dustin has truly written an amazing song. I can't wait to hear the studio version.
The meaning of this song is pretty self-explanatory. Sounded pretty sick at the warped tour. Can't wait to hear the studio version
The record has already been leaked, =( Though I couldn't wait for it to come out the leaking of the record is still a saddening thing because it was incomplete and it is so beautiful already, so now that they are rushing to release the album to counteract the damage the leak will do to sales who knows what it could have been refined into?
@ musicallyobsessed
@ musicallyobsessed
You are wrong about the album being leaked incomplete if you follow their studio blog you know that they had already finished tracking and mixing the whole album as well as sent it to be mastered which was completed. Once a record is mastered there is no more changing tracks or anything. The real crazy/sad thing about the leak was that the mastered version hadn't made it back to thrice yet, it was still only at the the record company, since the one thing Thrice doesn't do themselves is master the record which they send out to...
You are wrong about the album being leaked incomplete if you follow their studio blog you know that they had already finished tracking and mixing the whole album as well as sent it to be mastered which was completed. Once a record is mastered there is no more changing tracks or anything. The real crazy/sad thing about the leak was that the mastered version hadn't made it back to thrice yet, it was still only at the the record company, since the one thing Thrice doesn't do themselves is master the record which they send out to do. What was left for them to do was all the artwork and marketing, which is the business side of it. So having it leaked did not in any way effect the sound of the songs of the record it is just changing their marketing strategy.
oh on side note I think it is funny that if the music business didn't get so over caught up in itself and marketing this album would have been coming out right about now like in 60's and 70's after an album was mastered the album would come out in a week or two, but now they are so worried about setting up a single and booking appearances and trying to build up the hype machine it delays the process into which music is able to get to the consumer....
and to get on to what I actually think these song lyrics mean...
yeah this is a pretty straght forward song lyrically, just about the evils of mankind, plus it is dark in the fact that i interpret toward the end that mankind is doomed to failure and cannot be saved and that it was in our nature to always be evil....
Lyrically, this may be my favourite off of Beggars. This song sort of sets the theme for what the rest of the album is about, which is pretty straight-forward: the decline/corruption of mankind.
"But the blind lead the blind into bottomless pits, Still we smile and deny that we're cursed. But of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst."
So good.
The song is amazing, from the first second, your like ohh whats this!!??
i love it
absofuckinglutely incredible. like thrice visited halloweentown or something. hehehe this has to be some of the darkest music they have ever put out which is not bad in the least bit
Look at songs like All that's Left, Between the End and Where We Lie, A Subtle Dagger... the list goes on man.
Look at songs like All that's Left, Between the End and Where We Lie, A Subtle Dagger... the list goes on man.
Point being All of Thrice's music even from Identity Crisis have always had such deep meanings.
Point being All of Thrice's music even from Identity Crisis have always had such deep meanings.
dustin is one of the most amazing poets to me and you are completely right. cant wait for the cd though. it has 5 more tracks
dustin is one of the most amazing poets to me and you are completely right. cant wait for the cd though. it has 5 more tracks
"We can't medicate man to perfection again; We can't legislate peace in our hearts. We can't educate sin from our souls, it's been there from the start. But the blind lead the blind into bottomless pits, Still we smile and deny that we're cursed. But of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst..."
Can anyone else see the picture of America and the world of late? How about the "Church"...?
We've all forgotten our purpose, turned our thoughts and intentions inwards, and spit on the very thought of God and all that we don't understand of Him. All the while, we've figured out that Apes are our fathers and mothers, and sharks are our offspring.
Auhsoj3 says "this has to be some of the darkest music they have ever put out"
I say, this has to be some of the most honest music anyone has ever put out... Of all of our iniquities ignorance may be the worst...but it's bliss, right?
Listen to track 2...A bright light shines in the darkness to anyone who is willing to look, and listen.
But we all talk too much...
It has little to do with the belief in evolution and more to do with the disconnect from nature. Nature is God. We salute flags and adhere to manmade lines drawn in the sand.
It has little to do with the belief in evolution and more to do with the disconnect from nature. Nature is God. We salute flags and adhere to manmade lines drawn in the sand.
Evolution is real. If you believe in God you should admire him more for it.
Evolution is real. If you believe in God you should admire him more for it.
yes it is some of the darkest stuff they have ever made and that is because it is so brutally honest. so glad they produced this album themselves. nothing holding them back.
yes it is some of the darkest stuff they have ever made and that is because it is so brutally honest. so glad they produced this album themselves. nothing holding them back.
auhsoj3, couldn't agree more. It's disheartening to say the least to listen to the majority of mass produced drudge that comes in off the airwaves. Not that the world is simply doom and gloom, but 'brutally honest' music just hits it home for me.
auhsoj3, couldn't agree more. It's disheartening to say the least to listen to the majority of mass produced drudge that comes in off the airwaves. Not that the world is simply doom and gloom, but 'brutally honest' music just hits it home for me.
Augustineee, we all hold to our beliefs with fervor, and in no way do I wish to push any of mine on anyone else. All the same, evolution or not, you are so right about our disconnect from nature. I wish more people in this world could just stop and take a breath or two. Our...
Augustineee, we all hold to our beliefs with fervor, and in no way do I wish to push any of mine on anyone else. All the same, evolution or not, you are so right about our disconnect from nature. I wish more people in this world could just stop and take a breath or two. Our adherence, and so blindly at times, to the man made lines of religion and politics will always (in my opinion) be the downfall of our race...
I think this song is about simply we have become so deeply corrupt and greedy that we cannot change what is done. We are doomed.
This song is essentially about the fall of man since Eden,
"But the blind lead the blind into bottomless pits, Still we smile and deny that we're cursed."
The former line being an adaptation of one of Jesus' shorter parables, and the latter a reference to the human race being cursed after Adam and Eve sinned, and the fact that we try to pretend everything's.
The gist of this song is summed up nicely by Psalm 14:3
"There is no one who does good, not even one."
The whole album is very much like the book of Ecclesiastes.
'We can't educate sin from our souls, it's been there from the start'
'We can't educate sin from our souls, it's been there from the start'
original sin?
original sin?