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Victory Over the Sun Lyrics
Trees will speak before you listen
Oh my god, no-one knows that
we can barely stand each other
It's not right, no it's not fair
Cause I'd wait anywhere for you
Would you wait for me?
Bleeding tears is the least of our problems here
We can moan our family's gone, blistered feelings
All we have's diseased organs
And I'd die anytime for you
Would you die for me?
Keep digging for the rest of your days
Say something please it's time to pay
Smoke crack for me, read jack for me,
At this time I'd let you spit in my face
I can only make you see the moon,
You can touch it but that's up to you
This is happening because of you
Stay special brother you stay true
We can change the world despite all our enemies
We're fighting on, listen to your heart and sing
Pray for love, it feels like a memory
If we hold on, there's a victory over the sun
Collapse in front of all of your peers
Stop bleeding, keep blocking your ears
Eating babies, drinking black brandy,
Squinting all night through your demonic haze
I can only make you see the moon,
You can touch it but that's up to you
This is happening because of you
Stay special brother you stay true
We can change the world despite all our enemies
We're fighting on, listen to your heart and sing
Pray for love, it feels like a memory
If we hold on, there's a victory over the sun
Oh my god, no-one knows that
we can barely stand each other
It's not right, no it's not fair
Cause I'd wait anywhere for you
Would you wait for me?
We can moan our family's gone, blistered feelings
All we have's diseased organs
And I'd die anytime for you
Would you die for me?
Say something please it's time to pay
Smoke crack for me, read jack for me,
At this time I'd let you spit in my face
You can touch it but that's up to you
This is happening because of you
Stay special brother you stay true
We can change the world despite all our enemies
We're fighting on, listen to your heart and sing
Pray for love, it feels like a memory
If we hold on, there's a victory over the sun
Stop bleeding, keep blocking your ears
Eating babies, drinking black brandy,
Squinting all night through your demonic haze
You can touch it but that's up to you
This is happening because of you
Stay special brother you stay true
We can change the world despite all our enemies
We're fighting on, listen to your heart and sing
Pray for love, it feels like a memory
If we hold on, there's a victory over the sun
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@brainmurphy I think that your explanation is spot on, perhaps the sun and moon bits could also refer to ideas. The sun could be the obvious, out there meaning that everyone just accepts, although there may be plenty of under thought flaws, while the moon can be the much darker, yet still beautiful truth. When I was little, I bought into the whole 'if you're good you go to Heaven, if you're bad you go to Hell' deal, (either way thinking about it now it sounds like a scummy thing for a mother to say to her kid) and I...
@brainmurphy I think that your explanation is spot on, perhaps the sun and moon bits could also refer to ideas. The sun could be the obvious, out there meaning that everyone just accepts, although there may be plenty of under thought flaws, while the moon can be the much darker, yet still beautiful truth. When I was little, I bought into the whole 'if you're good you go to Heaven, if you're bad you go to Hell' deal, (either way thinking about it now it sounds like a scummy thing for a mother to say to her kid) and I know that that's the common reception on ideas of Heaven and Hell, and what happens when we die. Later on in life there was an 'incident' and I found myself becoming a Christian. Actually learning about Christianity, I found out that (what I personally believe) you have to be Christian to go to Heaven, or at least 'know God' to put it bluntly. The Sun could be the common possible misconception (and could tie into the plethora of figurative language in the Bible that leads to a lot of skim thinking) while the moon represents the lesser known belief. "I can only make you see the Moon." "You can touch it but that's up to you."
Just as usual I feel like relating this to religion, it's like fulfilling the end time.
Right now we can barely stand each other, life is getting harder every moment. We can stop moving and only keep moaning about the past and all the bad things on earth, but we shouldn't, we gotta hold on. We should read our bible (jack) and pray everyday, like Jezus; we should let them spit in our face. We made this world go wrong, it's our fault, but despite of that we are still children of God (stay true). We should fight satan by praying, in the end there will be victory and God will make everything allright.
This would be a bit in contradiction with Biffy's other songs, though I do feel like this is a possible interpretation.
pretty powerful lyrics...i would also relate them to religion and belief, as well as to strength, patience, choice, hope and love, ofc. :)
I believe this song is an anthem for the environment
“Trees will speak before you listen” This line talks of an intelligence existing within the natural living world. The humans appear to be the last animals to comprehend. This comes to us - partly through science and partly through spirituality. Consider the teaching of the Hindu “Dance with the Shiva”, The delicate balance between Creation and Death.
“We can change the world despite all our enemies” Talks about the people that don’t respect nature and the delicate balance. They live to a system of power, greed and consumption. The selfish focus on themselves through the mind and ego.
It’s the lack of respect to the environment, that them such a threat (enemies) to Mother Nature.
“Victory over the Sun” Means that the Sun will in the end be our the great equaliser. And without a change of worldwide thinking, it will become a people killer.