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Nø Gøds, Nø Masters Lyrics

The helm of awe and terror
Protector of the realm
Savior of all its bearer
In battles never fell
Behold the eye of conjuring
The demon's hell unleashed
Ascension lost in wandering
Our spirits facing East

Gomorrah's decadence
A feast of pain
Sodom a sanctuary
Across the plains
The common knowledge burned
To hell we're sent
Dying for dissidence
The punishment

No gods, no masters
No lords above

Psalms to a broken idol
The elegies we sing
Praying to lust so carnal
Pleasure temptations bring
Silent and stoic faces
We curse the crimson sky
Our blood is slowly boiling
Knowing that we may die

Fractured and battered lives
We fed the curse
This chaos cavernous
Deep in the earth

The books of nevermore
They are the past
Crossing the Rubicon
The die is cast

No gods, no masters
No lords above
No gods, no masters
No lords above

We're past the point of no return
Religion's flame, watches the world burn
Unchain your life from Christianity
Unleash thy destiny

No gods
No masters
Shall tell me how to live
No gods
No masters
Shall tell me how to live

No gods, no masters
No lords above
No gods, no masters
No lords above
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Cover art for Nø Gøds, Nø Masters  lyrics by Machine Head

Sodom & Gomorrah are two of the Old Testament’s most infamously sinful cities and are mentioned in verse 2 of this track. Genesis 19 tells of how God destroyed these cities for their wickedness. The New Testament uses these cities as examples of behavior that God’s people need to avoid. This song's theme is centered around this power struggle.

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Cover art for Nø Gøds, Nø Masters  lyrics by Machine Head

This song is the confrontation of the two characters, Eros and Ares, coming into conflict. They both acknowledge that they're both past the point of no return. Both have abandoned their gods, claiming that they have no masters anymore. There is a reference to Sodom and Gomorrah used, as someone else pointed out. While the sins of both cities were homosexuality, in this story, it paints Sodom as a sanctuary and Gomorrah as a place of hedonism.

In terms of the story this album tells, a comparison can be made between the two cities and the main characters: Eros being on the side of Gamorrah and Ares on that of Sodom. Eros, however, tainted Sodom through his actions, leading to them falling to a different sin, that being one of vengeance. Ares formed a group of revenge-seeking, justice-serving people, ruining his city's name.

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Conflict
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Abandonment
Sin
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