Silver

General CommentTis about the asymilation of society.

"Close your eyes... this envy that i've worn so well."
This verse is society entising, or teasing a 'castaway' of itself (society)

"Everybody wants" - we all have dreams

"Everybody says" - we all lie when are dreams fall through

"Everybody begs in time" - after a while we can't take the restraint any more

"so drink me in like tainted wine" - give in to society

"come bit edown on the sharpened cup" - give in to what will eventually hurt you.

"and taste the dreams that numb the mind" - live the 'american dream', vise your own dreams

"a simple word.... that binds.... thread... pins....bed"
- how society makes you captive with false promises; lawers, etc...

"you will be the first to fall" - humans are the first species to imprison themselves

"every feeling will dissolve" - the book 1984, a world with-out emotions, ruled by society.

"we are silver" - society is like silver, shiny, looks good, speads like wildfire, materialistic, yet consumes Oxigen to form Ag2O, a black tarnish that covers it all.

"morphine baby" - unatural births causing babies to be exposed to leathal drugs before birth.

"final breath, ever smothered to my breast" - A mother's nurturing now only helps in the Assimilation.

"so shy.... judas kill... thrill" - we are desensitised to all that we do, and can get away with murder.

"a memory i won' t soon forget" - however society always does remember all our mistakes; a false sense of innocense.

"been washed out clean... you could sell" - Your mistakes can, at a wim, be taken fully advantage of, and in the end you must live with yourself.


Overall.... That I get from this song, Live life as you want to.

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My InterpretationI agree with Yelraek I too believe this song s about the assimilation of society. Assimilation is the process by which a person or persons acquire the social & psychological characteristics of a group. Furthermore, cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble those of a dominant group. Society may appear like silver, shiny, looks good, though often materialistic & still below the surface there's often a black tarnish. Be weary & cautious of this as you go through life and make sure you remain yourself at all times & not part of that pool of that tarnishing silver.

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General CommentI'm pretty much in agreement with the other guy. My favorite line though is "The charmed enigma chosen one... painted lips, skin ripped and torn..." I think this part is about how you'll just be ravaged by the rest of the people content with the way society works should you try to stray from it.

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