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Abominations Of Those Virtuous Lyrics
We rely on subtle points
And stabs at biting humor
To reveal our tired roles
Of slave and domination
Who did you enlighten today?
Humiliate to sell your point of view
Create an image for mass consumption
Insecurity as intellect
See your soul in your eyes
Hope your trophies will not mind
I'm sick of this grain of salt
That I must take you with
I wanna lash out but I bite my lip
The talk gets older and the lines get stale
Your chance at godliness has already failed
You can't deny
Your thirst and drive
For your time in the spotlight
Why are you so damned sure
That you shut your friends out
I have learned to shut out every hateful word
You'll never see the friends you've lost
From behind your transparent mask
I haven't grown to hate you
I've just grown to forget you
You label me class rank and station
Your intellectual masturbation
You're absolutely intoxicated
By your own mouth running in circles
Your tongue always tends to lose it
Every chance you get you abuse it
You have now spent a lifetime
Killing time
Killing time
Tow the line
But your ego is drawn out for you
Throw your intellect like a brick
To make others feel so small
The more that you repeat
And the louder that you scream
The more that you are killing time
It's time
I'm sick and tired of your reaction
Sick and tired of your reaction
Sick and tired of your reaction
Why don't you shut the fuck up
When you discover just how easy it is to impress
Without demanding all the attention for no reason maybe you'll believe me
Your own will to power has come back to haunt you
Your own will to power has come back to haunt you
And stabs at biting humor
To reveal our tired roles
Of slave and domination
Humiliate to sell your point of view
Create an image for mass consumption
Insecurity as intellect
Hope your trophies will not mind
That I must take you with
I wanna lash out but I bite my lip
The talk gets older and the lines get stale
Your chance at godliness has already failed
Your thirst and drive
For your time in the spotlight
That you shut your friends out
I have learned to shut out every hateful word
From behind your transparent mask
I've just grown to forget you
Your intellectual masturbation
You're absolutely intoxicated
By your own mouth running in circles
Your tongue always tends to lose it
Every chance you get you abuse it
You have now spent a lifetime
Killing time
Killing time
Tow the line
Throw your intellect like a brick
To make others feel so small
The more that you repeat
And the louder that you scream
The more that you are killing time
Sick and tired of your reaction
Sick and tired of your reaction
Why don't you shut the fuck up
Without demanding all the attention for no reason maybe you'll believe me
Your own will to power has come back to haunt you
Your own will to power has come back to haunt you
Song Info
Submitted by
jt On Apr 16, 2001
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In a way, this song has the same idea as Rottin Apple by Strung Out.
using intellect and still managing to be so scathing... kick ass in my book.
Another awesome song with only 3 posts. Amazing. But I think this song is about the way that bands, and not only bands but, the way that they try to instill thoughts into peoples minds. " Who did you enlighten today? Humiliate to sell your point of view Create an image for mass consumption... Your chance at godliness has already failed " I also think it sorta suggests that people use social intellect to place themselves higher on the social pedestal, when in fact " Why don't you shut the fuck up " Someone else put some thoughts up. Awesome song.
whats up. i decided to look up what abominations meant. then i thought of this song and looked up virtuous. abominations are things that are disgusting or bad in anyones eyes. abuse, bragging, stealing, whatever. those virtuous are people of moral excellance. so the title is saying the dirty things of those who are perfect (for lack of better words). the whole song is basically about anyone who hurts others to get ahead as in the line "humiliate to sell your point of view". and the line "see your soul in your eyes, hope your trophies will not mind" is just telling that person to look at who they are and what they did to others to get those awards, trophies, achievements, whatever. i hope this is getting the point across, im not good with words, so forgive me. but this is just my opinion. its always funny when you "sing" a song to someone thinking that the song is about them, but when you turn it around and apply it to yourself......more often than not, you can apply it to you even better than anyone else. i learned that with this song. nathan grey lyrical, in my eyes, is a lyrical genious.
I have to agree with blove on this one, personally I was a lead singer in a band too, I've never looked at it as a spotlight thing though, in fact I have stagefright for anything else, the whole point for me was that playing music is something I enjoy, and getting a message across seems to be fairly important in a society that tends to like to close its eyes.
I have to admit, this song did make me reflect on myself in that regard, anything that makes you question yourself is good, if you're wrong, change if you can, if you're right, you've reinforced yourself. I don't think this is about all bands, I got the feeling its about a specific person, with a message that applies to many. I hope not me, but we're all horribly fallible.
one of the best vocal preformances ever. i never though id say this, but this song doesnt need music.