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"The Doomed"
Behold a new Christ
Behold the same old horde
Gather at the altering
New beginning, new word
And the word was death
And the word was without light
The new beatitude:
"Good luck, you're on your own"
Blessed are the fornicates
May we bend down to be their whores
Blessed are the rich
May we labour, deliver them more
Blessed are the envious
Bless the slothful, the wrathful, the vain
Blessed are the gluttonous
May they feast us to famine and war
What of the pious, the pure of heart, the peaceful?
What of the meek, the mourning, and the merciful?
All doomed
All doomed
Behold a new Christ
Behold the same old horde
Gather at the altering
New beginning, new word
And the word was death
And the word was without light
The new beatitude:
"Good luck..."
What of the pious, the pure of heart, the peaceful?
What of the meek, the mourning, and the merciful?
What of the righteous?
What of the charitable?
What of the truthful, the dutiful, the decent?
Doomed are the poor
Doomed are the peaceful
Doomed are the meek
Doomed are the merciful
For the word is now death
And the word is now without light
The new beatitude:
"Fuck the doomed, you're on your own"
Behold the same old horde
Gather at the altering
New beginning, new word
And the word was death
And the word was without light
The new beatitude:
"Good luck, you're on your own"
May we bend down to be their whores
Blessed are the rich
May we labour, deliver them more
Blessed are the envious
Bless the slothful, the wrathful, the vain
Blessed are the gluttonous
May they feast us to famine and war
What of the meek, the mourning, and the merciful?
All doomed
All doomed
Behold the same old horde
Gather at the altering
New beginning, new word
And the word was death
And the word was without light
The new beatitude:
"Good luck..."
What of the meek, the mourning, and the merciful?
What of the righteous?
What of the charitable?
What of the truthful, the dutiful, the decent?
Doomed are the peaceful
Doomed are the meek
Doomed are the merciful
For the word is now death
And the word is now without light
The new beatitude:
"Fuck the doomed, you're on your own"
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Folks, MJK is here reversing the contents of Christ's Sermon on the Mount, (Matthew 5-7) to reflect our morally impoverished state - the original Sermon included a series of 'beatitudes' such as 'Blessed are the meek, they will inherit the Earth'. Therefore the lyrics are not 'newbie attitudes' but 'new beatitudes'.
@gobbolinocat did any1 really think i he said 'newbie attitudes?' lol
@gobbolinocat did any1 really think i he said 'newbie attitudes?' lol
@gobbolinocat did any1 really think i he said 'newbie attitudes?' lol
@gobbolinocat did any1 really think i he said 'newbie attitudes?' lol
To me this song speaks to the hopelessness that the poor/sick/ less fortunate often feel. How cast aside they become and how rich/ wealthy are often hailed as kings and treated often better then actually deserved to be. They become hailed as the new Christ while the less fortunate and/or weaker souls are forced to hide in the shadows and are even in some cases shamed.
This may actually be the most Christian song APC has ever put out. It condemns those fake people who calls themselves Christians while simultaneously ignoring or attacking the actual values Jesus taught. The new god in this song is clearly Trump, and people like him: demagogues who use the Bible to gain followers but twist the message of it to their own ends. Trump is far closer to the Anti-Christ than to anyone godly, and everything he represents is a slap in the face to true Christianity. And yet those people practically worship him. Meanwhile, the people really represents those values of peacefulness, helping the poor and downtrodden, etc.--some may call themselves Christian, but many do not--are doomed because they always get trampled by the hateful demagogues, the warmongers, the greedy wealth hoarders, etc. This is the perfect song for the Trump era.
@Starwatcher23
@Starwatcher23
I created an account to call you a dumb add. They are just talking of society and how it has always been. Religion is just designed to keep the poor hopeful. Something to turn to when they have nothing. APC is damn sure not Christian. They are real
I created an account to call you a dumb add. They are just talking of society and how it has always been. Religion is just designed to keep the poor hopeful. Something to turn to when they have nothing. APC is damn sure not Christian. They are real
Just continue looking at the stars. But quit listening to the fuckin news and think for yourself.
Just continue looking at the stars. But quit listening to the fuckin news and think for yourself.
@Starwatcher23 trump isn't all that bad. Blindly hating him for the sake of hating him is not very intelligent..
@Starwatcher23 trump isn't all that bad. Blindly hating him for the sake of hating him is not very intelligent..
@Starwatcher23 I am not Christian, but this song is certainly a lament that Christ's sentiments - as expressed in the Sermon on the Mount - have been essentially reversed in modern culture. Most folks haven't picked up on the biblical links, so don't let these fiends get you down. For the most part, they will be parroting the Think for Yourself line, oblivious of the fact that someone else had to tell them to think for themselves :-)
@Starwatcher23 I am not Christian, but this song is certainly a lament that Christ's sentiments - as expressed in the Sermon on the Mount - have been essentially reversed in modern culture. Most folks haven't picked up on the biblical links, so don't let these fiends get you down. For the most part, they will be parroting the Think for Yourself line, oblivious of the fact that someone else had to tell them to think for themselves :-)
@Starwatcher23 I am not Christian, but this song is certainly a lament that Christ's sentiments - as expressed in the Sermon on the Mount - have been essentially reversed in modern culture. Most folks haven't picked up on the biblical links, so don't let these fiends get you down. For the most part, they will be parroting the Think for Yourself line, oblivious of the fact that someone else had to tell them to think for themselves :-) Plus, OF COURSE it is related to the Trump presidency though the context is much wider, plainly - Jeez!
@Starwatcher23 I am not Christian, but this song is certainly a lament that Christ's sentiments - as expressed in the Sermon on the Mount - have been essentially reversed in modern culture. Most folks haven't picked up on the biblical links, so don't let these fiends get you down. For the most part, they will be parroting the Think for Yourself line, oblivious of the fact that someone else had to tell them to think for themselves :-) Plus, OF COURSE it is related to the Trump presidency though the context is much wider, plainly - Jeez!
@Starwatcher23 I would say that this song could definitely be representing the Trump administration, but I do believe that, as always, A Perfect Circle's music covers a much broader spectrum of history and the world at large than an american presidency still in its infancy. Also, while I agree Trump is not a great president; it does no one any good to hate the poor fellow. Hatred and anger are a poison we drink hoping that another will suffer the ill effects.
@Starwatcher23 I would say that this song could definitely be representing the Trump administration, but I do believe that, as always, A Perfect Circle's music covers a much broader spectrum of history and the world at large than an american presidency still in its infancy. Also, while I agree Trump is not a great president; it does no one any good to hate the poor fellow. Hatred and anger are a poison we drink hoping that another will suffer the ill effects.
@Rekoath Yes, Trump that poor, poor fellow.
@Rekoath Yes, Trump that poor, poor fellow.
@Starwatcher23 I'd say TalkTalk is more Christian than this. This song alludes to the Sermon on the Mount, but it's message is quite pessimistic. TalkTalk meanwhile explicitly tells the listener to try walking like Jesus.
@Starwatcher23 I'd say TalkTalk is more Christian than this. This song alludes to the Sermon on the Mount, but it's message is quite pessimistic. TalkTalk meanwhile explicitly tells the listener to try walking like Jesus.
@Starwatcher23 Yeah... this didn't age well lol
@Starwatcher23 Yeah... this didn't age well lol
@Starwatcher23 You hit it right on the head
@Starwatcher23 You hit it right on the head
It's hard not to see the parallels with what is going on in the U.S. right now.
Many thought things would be different this time, and they are, but as it turns out, they're not different in the way they might have hoped.
Crazy that Maynard and APC are still putting such deep and well put together stuff out after all these years. Glad to hear new APC.
Tool and APC have a heavy anti organized religion stance. This song is typical of Maynard's complex tendency to point out hypocritical dogma. Schism comes to mind. These verses come with similarities to the Holy Bible.
It has undertones of religion glorifying sinners, while casting out those with attributes associated with Christ. Religion is used to justify gluttony, greed and other sins contrary to the teachings of Christ.
Behold a new Christ Behold the same old horde Gather at the altering
New Christ / Same old horde is reminiscent of the papal schisms, Spanish Inquisition, The Crusades and other holy wars. Religious extremism justifying sins that are condemned by the Holy Bible, and those that do follow the teachings of Christ are "doomed" to be the victims and prey of the sinners.
This song is about capitalism - the moral values it creates and the moral values it erases.
@LucasPCosta I think you have the word capitalism confused with post modern moral relativism. Capitalism is the voluntary assocaition of individuals in a coercion free system. I see this more as critique of how we glorify all the cardinal sins due to a lack of an objective right and wrong. The modern left pushes the idea that morals and truth are subjective and therefore all lifestyles are valid and beneficial to society. This has led to a massive deficit in morality that leads people to glorify all that is a detriment to a functioning society. We glorify adulterers, the self...
@LucasPCosta I think you have the word capitalism confused with post modern moral relativism. Capitalism is the voluntary assocaition of individuals in a coercion free system. I see this more as critique of how we glorify all the cardinal sins due to a lack of an objective right and wrong. The modern left pushes the idea that morals and truth are subjective and therefore all lifestyles are valid and beneficial to society. This has led to a massive deficit in morality that leads people to glorify all that is a detriment to a functioning society. We glorify adulterers, the self absorbed, the prideful, the gluttonous (body positivity), the lazy (welfare and wealth redistribution) instead of promoting voluntary charity, the wrathful, and all of the other major sins.
@LucasPCosta WTF i logged in and it says i'm you...
@LucasPCosta WTF i logged in and it says i'm you...
@LucasPCosta (if that is your real name) This song isn't a criticism/condemnation of the modern left.
@LucasPCosta (if that is your real name) This song isn't a criticism/condemnation of the modern left.
@Christech1 Maynard has never been anti-capitalism. Anti-chrony capitalism sure.
@Christech1 Maynard has never been anti-capitalism. Anti-chrony capitalism sure.
"In light of this current difficult and polarized social, spiritual and political climate, we artist types need to open our big mouths and share the light a little louder." – Maynard James Keenan
This song is literally a reflection of the times we have lived, we're living and we're going to live as humans; this cannot be centered only in one aspect nor in one country.. is much more complex than that. Think of humans as a whole
@FacuCba I woke up in the middle of the night with this song in my head,, I've been blasting it for the past 3 days now, listening to it before my workouts,, listening to it while i cruse around just feeling the adrenaline but then i woke up like i said and the lyrics just kept repeating in my ear, i couldn't go back to sleep then it all hit me...my stomach sank, I discovered what this song is telling me. I figure its about the new younger generations after the Gen X'ers. Its a song about how these younger...
@FacuCba I woke up in the middle of the night with this song in my head,, I've been blasting it for the past 3 days now, listening to it before my workouts,, listening to it while i cruse around just feeling the adrenaline but then i woke up like i said and the lyrics just kept repeating in my ear, i couldn't go back to sleep then it all hit me...my stomach sank, I discovered what this song is telling me. I figure its about the new younger generations after the Gen X'ers. Its a song about how these younger generations after gen xers and baby boomes are blissfully unaware of the horrors that may await them,, the are not a generation of warriors, they will not survive the other hyper violent cultures around them, a barbarian at the gates situation if you will, and also they will not survive themselves......its all explained in the lyrics perfectly,, and its our fault, (gen xers, and baby boomers) its our fault for not training them to protect themselves, for not teaching them to see the horrors of human beings,, and now once we adults die (gen xer's an baby boomers) they will be on their own, hence the lyrics "your'e on your own" ,, its very sad because these people are our children, that's how i understand the song. To take a word out of the millennial dictionary, I would say this is a very "amazing" and very dark song. If A Perfect Circle's goal was to fuck with my head they have succeeded. its the destruction of a weak culture, and the restart a rebirth of a new,,, hence "Behold a new Christ Behold the same old horde Gather at the altering New beginning, new word And the word was death And the word was without light The new beatitude: "Good luck, you're on your own"" pretty much a the restart of civilization, chopping heads off like mayan sacrifice, rape,, war,..ect...........
@FacuCba I woke up in the middle of the night with this song in my head,, I've been blasting it for the past 3 days now, listening to it before my workouts,, listening to it while i cruse around just feeling the adrenaline but then i woke up like i said and the lyrics just kept repeating in my ear, i couldn't go back to sleep then it all hit me...my stomach sank, I discovered what this song is telling me. I figure its about the new younger generations after the Gen X'ers. Its a song about how these younger...
@FacuCba I woke up in the middle of the night with this song in my head,, I've been blasting it for the past 3 days now, listening to it before my workouts,, listening to it while i cruse around just feeling the adrenaline but then i woke up like i said and the lyrics just kept repeating in my ear, i couldn't go back to sleep then it all hit me...my stomach sank, I discovered what this song is telling me. I figure its about the new younger generations after the Gen X'ers. Its a song about how these younger generations after gen xers and baby boomes are blissfully unaware of the horrors that may await them,, the are not a generation of warriors, they will not survive the other hyper violent cultures around them, a barbarian at the gates situation if you will, and also they will not survive themselves......its all explained in the lyrics perfectly,, and its our fault, (gen xers, and baby boomers) its our fault for not training them to protect themselves, for not teaching them to see the horrors of human beings,, and now once we adults die (gen xer's an baby boomers) they will be on their own, hence the lyrics "your'e on your own" ,, its very sad because these people are our children, that's how i understand the song. To take a word out of the millennial dictionary, I would say this is a very "amazing" and very dark song. If A Perfect Circle's goal was to fuck with my head they have succeeded. its the destruction of a weak culture, and the restart a rebirth of a new,,, hence "Behold a new Christ Behold the same old horde Gather at the altering New beginning, new word And the word was death And the word was without light The new beatitude: "Good luck, you're on your own"" pretty much a the restart of civilization, chopping heads off like mayan sacrifice, rape,, war,..ect...........
@FacuCba I woke up in the middle of the night with this song in my head,, I've been blasting it for the past 3 days now, listening to it before my workouts,, listening to it while i cruse around just feeling the adrenaline but then i woke up like i said and the lyrics just kept repeating in my ear, i couldn't go back to sleep then it all hit me...my stomach sank, I discovered what this song is telling me. I figure its about the new younger generations after the Gen X'ers. Its a song about how these younger...
@FacuCba I woke up in the middle of the night with this song in my head,, I've been blasting it for the past 3 days now, listening to it before my workouts,, listening to it while i cruse around just feeling the adrenaline but then i woke up like i said and the lyrics just kept repeating in my ear, i couldn't go back to sleep then it all hit me...my stomach sank, I discovered what this song is telling me. I figure its about the new younger generations after the Gen X'ers. Its a song about how these younger generations after gen xers and baby boomes are blissfully unaware of the horrors that may await them,, the are not a generation of warriors, they will not survive the other hyper violent cultures around them, a barbarian at the gates situation if you will, and also they will not survive themselves......its all explained in the lyrics perfectly,, and its our fault, (gen xers, and baby boomers) its our fault for not training them to protect themselves, for not teaching them to see the horrors of human beings,, and now once we adults die (gen xer's an baby boomers) they will be on their own, hence the lyrics "your'e on your own" ,, its very sad because these people are our children, that's how i understand the song. To take a word out of the millennial dictionary, I would say this is a very "amazing" and very dark song. If A Perfect Circle's goal was to fuck with my head they have succeeded. its the destruction of a weak culture, and the restart a rebirth of a new,,, hence "Behold a new Christ Behold the same old horde Gather at the altering New beginning, new word And the word was death And the word was without light The new beatitude: "Good luck, you're on your own"" pretty much a the restart of civilization, chopping heads off like mayan sacrifice, rape,, war,..ect...........
A few things stand out:
This song is a condemnation of the current US political regime. Not unlike APC's earlier song "Pet" (an obvious jab at GWB for his warmongering ways), "The Doomed" criticizes Trump and all of his pals for their love of wealth, their materialist attitude, and their efforts at lawmaking that benefits the rich and shafts the poor.
Additionally, "The Doomed" is an interesting and literal response to WB Yeat's poem "The Second Coming" (google it). Yeats believed that every 2000 years, there was a "changing of the gods". This song is an answer to the question posed in the last two lines of "The Second Coming":
"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?"
Since most people are missing the meaning behind a key part of this song, what is referred to as "The Beatitudes" from Jesus' sermon on the mount., I will back up the others who have pointed this out with a more detailed explanation.
First, what is the song referring to with the lyric "The new Beatitude: Good luck, you're on your own"?
There is a part of Jesus's sermon on the mount which is called the Beatitudes which describes certain values and character traits that God and Jesus seem to think highly of. So highly in fact, that each has their own reward for upholding them.
From Matthew 5:3-12
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn,for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers,for they will be called children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
As you can see here, the song is one big giant reference to the Beatitudes from Jesus' sermon on the mount. Maynard turns the whole thing on it's head to reflect the apparent Christianity of modern times as evidenced by their support for Donald Trump, a man who embodies the 7 deadly sins more than he does the teachings of Jesus.
"Behold a new Christ" He starts the song out with the claim that there is a new Christ. (Trump)
"Behold the same old horde" But it's the same group of people who were following Jesus. (Specifically the Evangelical Christians)
"Gather at the altering" "New beginning, new word" Rallies, debates, town halls, interviews. Every platform Trump has use to get his "word" out.
"And the word was death" "And the word was without light" Trump's rhetoric is completely devoid of the teaching of Jesus, therefore it is the word of true death of the soul and it is without the light of God.
"The new beatitude:" "Good luck, you're on your own" Trump's own personal philosophy: There's the weak and the strong. You're either the predator or the prey.
Maynard replaces Jesus' Beatitudes to reflect the apparent modern day Christian values in the Trump era with these lyrics in the frame of them being new Beatitudes.
Blessed are the fornicates May we bend down to be their whores Blessed are the rich May we labour, deliver them more Blessed are the envious Bless the slothful, the wrathful, the vain Blessed are the gluttonous May they feast us to famine and war
Fornication (adultery), wealth (greed), envy, sloth, wrath, vanity and gluttony. All of which (sloth could be debatable) can easily be applied to Trump and he would have no problem telling you otherwise.
He follows this verse up by asking what happened to the values that were reflected in Jesus' Beatitudes.
What of the pious, the pure of heart, the peaceful? What of the meek, the mourning, and the merciful? What of the righteous? What of the charitable? What of the truthful, the dutiful, the decent?
And the conclusion he comes to is not an optimistic one as reflected by the lyrics at the end of the song.
Doomed are the poor Doomed are the peaceful Doomed are the meek Doomed are the merciful For the word is now death And the word is now without light The new beatitude: "Fuck the doomed, you're on your own"
The poor, the peaceful, the meek and the merciful. All seen as weak fools in the eyes of people who think like Trump and by continuing to endorse him to the point of delusion after everything he has done, they are basically claiming he is perfect and can do no wrong. They have made him their new Christ and adopted his values by proxy without realizing they are worshiping the literal definition of an Antichrist and they unknowingly took the mark of this beast.
@Oblique9043 Ah yes, then the rest of the world is ok I guess...
@Oblique9043 Ah yes, then the rest of the world is ok I guess...
This didn't age well.... lmao
This didn't age well.... lmao
I see this more as critique of how we glorify all the cardinal sins due to a lack of an objective right and wrong. The modern left pushes the idea that morals and truth are subjective and therefore all lifestyles are valid and beneficial to society. This has led to a massive deficit in morality that leads people to glorify all that is a detriment to a functioning society. We glorify adulterers, the self absorbed, the prideful, the gluttonous (body positivity), the lazy (welfare and wealth redistribution) instead of promoting voluntary charity and cooperation. All of those in the spotlight, i.e. celebrities, are the role models for our nation so it isn't surprising that we have no hope left. The decent and the reasonable individuals amongst us are silenced while the extremes are amplified leading to an extreme division in everyone's minds and hearts. This division will lead us all to our doom.
@Christech1 Nothing to do with the "modern left" as you claim. You're a right wing smear merchant. Be gone!
@Christech1 Nothing to do with the "modern left" as you claim. You're a right wing smear merchant. Be gone!
@Christech1 Looks like someone's been drinking the right-wing kool-aid. You seriously believe that people who hold left/progressive views glorify adultery?! I think you are confusing the people you watch on tv with ordinary people. We don't glorify people on welfare, we just refuse to shame them, like you do, because we understand that poverty isn't always the pure result of an individual's choices in life. And government is a more effective tool than charity for helping these people. We don't shame overweight people because they are people, and their value doesn't depend on their body/appearance. The left believes morality is...
@Christech1 Looks like someone's been drinking the right-wing kool-aid. You seriously believe that people who hold left/progressive views glorify adultery?! I think you are confusing the people you watch on tv with ordinary people. We don't glorify people on welfare, we just refuse to shame them, like you do, because we understand that poverty isn't always the pure result of an individual's choices in life. And government is a more effective tool than charity for helping these people. We don't shame overweight people because they are people, and their value doesn't depend on their body/appearance. The left believes morality is subjective? You don't even bother qualifying your massive generalization with an example, so we can dismiss that. I honestly feel like this song is talking about people like you, since you sound like a religious conservative. Jesus said blessed are the poor, but you think they're just lazy mooches. See the hypocrisy? You sound just like all the evangelicals who blame the liberals for the decline of morality, when, in reality, it is the evangelicals who keep voting for the immoral Republican war-mongers. Please stop claiming the moral high ground, it is not left versus right, it is just the fight to give everyone a fair shot at life. The song is great because it points out exactly how much of the bible the religious conservatives are out-right contradicting in order to push their political agenda.