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To rid the earth of the filth
To rid the earth of the lies
The will to rise above
Tearing my insides out
I feel my soul go cold
Only the dead are smiling
To rid your heart of all lies
Their poison tongues, poison hearts
Burning cold...
Now let the final darkness fall
I feel my soul go cold
Only the dead are smiling
"...The dream of the new disease
On wings of euphoria...
Sucking terror from the needle scars..."
22 years of pain
And I can feel it closing in
The will to rise above
Tearing my insides out
I feel my soul go cold
Only the dead are smiling
To rid the earth of the lies
The will to rise above
Tearing my insides out
Only the dead are smiling
Their poison tongues, poison hearts
Burning cold...
Now let the final darkness fall
Only the dead are smiling
On wings of euphoria...
Sucking terror from the needle scars..."
And I can feel it closing in
The will to rise above
Tearing my insides out
Only the dead are smiling
Song Info
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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sentric Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer
Christopher Banks, Zara Maria Clark
Duration
3:27
Submitted by
jt On Apr 18, 2001
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Almost every response said that it was about suicide. I really disagree, and find it very stereotyping of people to think that all metal songs are about suicide.
This song to me, is about awakening the self with a kind of painful honesty, and rising above a hypocritical society of denial. It isn't about dying at all, it's about living, awake and aware, in a world of people who are dead inside, mere robots fulfilling a routine of consumption and production.
@doktorj this is kinda what I thought too
@doktorj this is kinda what I thought too
I think it's more than just suicide, i think it's more about finding a release, which happens to be suicide. "The will to rise above"
Rise up into the next world? Assumably a better one, heaven concept kind of thing. "only the dead are smiling" I think that's saying the only thing that looks good to the speaker, is death, it's the only thing he finds happiness in.
That's my take atleast.
about having a disgust for life on earth and a desire to commit suicide
'i feel my soul go cold only the dead are smiling'
i can't work out if this is the coolest or lamest metal lyric i have heard in years.
just possibly it is both.
fuck yeah! METAL
great vocals on this song, he pawns anders friden and mikael stanne
Obviously this song is about me.
lololol @ c0ld0r
The Will to rise above a dead and robotic society and the dream of creating a new euphorian order. But constant failiur, being draged down. The pain of 22 years of will to rise above, but only the burning cold. Only the ones already lost and dead are smile. But he continues trying to break out, but the cold is closing in... Only darkness remains.
About being fed up with the world and suicide. I argee, RoboLuncheon.