The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
My body's broken, no words spoken
Am I finally at the end?
This conflagration is my contagion
Holds me down
Yeah again
Maybe life is nothing more
Than a curse inside the blessed
I will fight this bloody war with every strength I'll breath
I'm on my own
I'm on my own
I don't need a conscience
I don't need to feel
I don't need these weary eyes
Tell me what I know is real
I don't need anybody to tell me who I am
Blaming on the broken heart
I'm falling apart again
Am I finally at the end?
This conflagration is my contagion
Holds me down
Yeah again
Maybe life is nothing more
Than a curse inside the blessed
I will fight this bloody war with every strength I'll breath
I'm on my own
I'm on my own
I don't need a conscience
I don't need to feel
I don't need these weary eyes
Tell me what I know is real
I don't need anybody to tell me who I am
Blaming on the broken heart
I'm falling apart again
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The Travelers, Pt. 2 Lyrics as written by James Root Corey Taylor
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This is such a short song (made seem so that it is short), yet it has so much feelings put into i can't even describe it. As a beginning, i think this song is about facing failure countless times in life. If you follow the melody of the song in the beginning, until Corey starts singing the lyrics, you can notice, that for approximately 0:20 minutes the song doesnt seem so sad, does it? Then it starts to descend into a critical state. The closest word i can get to in this song is a journey of everyone's.
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After reaching to the point where we hear the coming of a sinister entity conveyed by the piano's slow rythm, corey has made a perfect job adding probably the best lyrics to this part.
"My body's broken No words are spoken"
He is helpless and exhausted, he can't say anything at all he has no hopes left anymore.
"Am I finally at the end?" When will the suffering end? When will the endless failures end? Just when?? When will i be happy?
"This conflagration Is my contagion Pulls me down yet again"
The conflagration here is basically himself, he is the fire that turns everything into ash he touches (contagion), and he can't help it, he cant do any better by now, it always pulls him down everytime.
"Maybe life is nothing more Than a curse inside the blessed"
It's kind of like: What have i done to deserve this? Why am i supposed to suffer so much why can't it just end or end my life?
"I will fight this bloody war With every strangled breath" He is fed up with failure, he will keep his efforts until he dies to achieve what he wants, even if it ends up him more suffering.
"I'm on my own I'm on my own"
It does not necessarily mean that he doesnt want any help from anybody, it simply means that even if he asked someone to help him (or something), it does not matter, since this is a complication that ONLY he can solve.
"I don't need a conscience I don't need to feel I don't need these weary eyes Tell me what I know is real"
He does not want to live in the present anymore, he wants to live his dreams, his imaginary world that he thinks he knows he will get it, he is fed up with tears, he wants to live in happiness finally, by now he has no present nor feelings but only his future.
"I don't need anybody To tell me who I am Blame it on the broken heart I've fallen apart again"
He doesn't listen to anybody anymore, he became very stubborn so stubborn that nobody can lead him off of his path (that he chose) then he is at the end of the path, but he finds himself amongst failures again and he must build himself up again and again as this is a circle that nobody knows when will end..
Evidently, my own experiences have been put into the analyzing so there may be things not understood or seem weird to you:P