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I am a chorus of the voices
That gather up the magnets
Set before me
I attract you and repel you
A science of the heart
And blood and meaning

The coldness of most beauties
Is a challenge that our youth
Must quickly conquer
There is no time for guilt
Or second guessing, second guessing
Based on feeling

I am the truth, the beauty
That causes you to cross
Your sacred boundaries
I have no morals
Some think me cheap
And someone who despises
The normalcy of heartbreak
The purity of love

But I worship the young
And just formed angel
Who sits upon the pin of lust
Everything else
Bores me

I want to see your suicide
I want to see you give it up
Your life of reason
I want you on the floor
And in a coffin your soul shaking
I want to have you doubting
Every meaning you’ve amassed
Like a fortune
Oh throw it away
For worship someone
Who actively despises you
For worship someone
Who actively despises you
I am the root
I am the progress
I am the aggressor
I am the tablet
These ten stories

Worship
Worship
Pain and evil have their place
Sitting here beside me
I offer them to you as servants
Of the gold that you must give
Pain and evil have their place
Sitting here beside me
And I’ll offer them, I offer them to you
As servants of the gold
That you must give to me

I want to see your suicide
I want to see you give it up, give it up
Your your life of reason
I want to see you on the floor
And in a coffin, soul shaking
Soul shaking
I want to have you doubting
Every meaning you’ve amassed
Like a fortune, like a fortune
Throw it away
For worship of someone who actively despises you
Who actively despises you
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sepultura1987 On Nov 20, 2011
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Cover art for The View lyrics by Lou Reed & Metallica

Doesn't matter if you liked it, discuss that crap at school. I know the album is based off a certain set of plays, though my knowledge of the meaning is absent, hopefully someone (it may be me) will actually do research and uncover what this actually means.

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This song is about "moral boundaries" and "temptations", the difference between "love" and "lust", good and bad, right and wrong.

If you ever had these kind of conversations inside you - questioning YOURSELF/ seeking THE TRUTH inside you- you'll find the lyrics so direct:

(Instincts/ Desires narrating): I am a chorus of the voices That gather up the magnets Set before me: I am your Desires speaking, I am The voice of your instincts

I attract you and repel you, A science of the heart, And blood and meaning: You cant have enough of me, I want to spoil you.

The coldness of ... quickly conquer: coldness = emptiness. Being attracted to beauties, but feeling nothing in your heart, following desires and missing the feelings. You'll think you have must desirable things, but in fact you don't have anything, you've missed the point (smeagol and the ring!)

I am the truth, the beauty that causes you to cross your sacred boundaries: I want you to follow your temptations. sacred boundaries=your morals I am THE lie(even though it is honest in these lines!)

I have no morals Some think me cheap And someone who despises : live carelessly, it's not easy to The normalcy of heartbreak : keep up with morals The purity of love . . . I want to see your suicide(waste your life by listening to me) = I want to see you give it up(your sacred boundaries ) Consider we live for a reason, life is not purposeless, but going by instincts is like wasting it. . . . I am the root I am the progress I'm the aggressor I am the tablet These ten stories: Act to it once and you will become its slave The Ten Commandments of evil . . . Pain and evil ... must give to me: sacrificing morals for pleasure. You are my bi8ch! . . . I want to see your suicide ... I want to see you on the floor: Inner evil wants us to go by instincts and forget about the truth about life and then==> . . . And in a coffin, soul shaking : When you die, Your soul will find out The truth, and then you are helpless .

I want to have you doubting Every meaning you've amassed Like a fortune, like a fortune Throw it away: I want you a wasted life, just go by your instincts

For worship of someone Who actively despises you Who actively despises you: I am clearly your enemy . . . I am the view I am the table:

This is the truth about me, separated from the tree of life table: once a tree, a piece of soulless wood

beautiful!

My Interpretation
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I think this song is about an evil entity (which I’ll refer to as the Devil) trying to get someone to feel so miserable about themselves that they’ll commit suicide and suffer forever more within his grasp.

His temptations are really strong to this person, hence why he’s the beauty that makes them cross their sacred boundaries. The Devil wants this person to give up trying to be moral, to be good, and let themselves free to live in attractive sin, to worship him through committing such sins. But, in the end, he’s gonna mistreat this person, make them suffer badly because he despises people. He wants their life snuffed out. Gone.

He wants that person to be so depressed, so lonely and loathsome to the point of committing suicide because it’s fun to him. The Devil wants this person to doubt themselves in such a level that, even in death, they won’t find comfort, ever.

James’ parts are just clearing it up that the Devil is the root [of suffering], the progress [of his evil, the one he offers to the person] and the aggressor [self-explanatory]. The more meme-worthy parts of the songs are multiple things related to suicide methods:

  • A tablet [of medicine];
  • These ten stories [people jump off from to die];
  • The view [from either the roof or the window of some building someone could also jump off to kill themselves];
  • The table [someone uses to prop themselves up before hanging themselves]
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Didnt like the album at all

Cover art for The View lyrics by Lou Reed & Metallica

Didnt like the album at all

Cover art for The View lyrics by Lou Reed & Metallica

Didnt like the album at all

Cover art for The View lyrics by Lou Reed & Metallica

This song sucks

Cover art for The View lyrics by Lou Reed & Metallica

Seriously people the meaning of this song is basically saying I’m better than you because it is referring bad things like I wanna see your suicide to someone else and saying I am to a lot of things but it is saying I am all these things which is referring to I am better than you

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Didnt like the album at all

 
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