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Temptation of Indulgence
Divides and conquers my mind
An elegy for fading youth
Welcome to mankind
If you provide the spleen
Then I'll provide the ideal
If I provide a puppet
Will you provide the strings?
Revel in the glory
Of a coming of age
Decades of suppression
Released in a rage
Have mercy
How can I seize the day when it is dusk?
You provide the pull, and I'll provide the thrust
Romance is nothing but a sack of lies
But it is truth which I have come to despise
Bacchanal
If I provide the scene
Will you provide the ordeal?
If I provide a crown
Will you provide a queen?
Divides and conquers my mind
An elegy for fading youth
Welcome to mankind
If you provide the spleen
Then I'll provide the ideal
If I provide a puppet
Will you provide the strings?
Revel in the glory
Of a coming of age
Decades of suppression
Released in a rage
Have mercy
How can I seize the day when it is dusk?
You provide the pull, and I'll provide the thrust
Romance is nothing but a sack of lies
But it is truth which I have come to despise
Bacchanal
If I provide the scene
Will you provide the ordeal?
If I provide a crown
Will you provide a queen?
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Bacchanal Lyrics as written by Gaster Fallon
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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i always thought this song was "god" talking to "the devil" ex:"..i provide the puppet...you provide the strings."="god" makes man while "the devil" pulls our strings,
but viewed through a different filter it seems it may be about being infatuated ex: "temptation of indulgence" might be lust could be the man is the puppet and the woman pulls his strings.
I agree somewhat it is temptation to a degree.<br /> <br /> though some of the other phrases lead me to believe it brings up the fact that we as a culture pen up our feelings so what we should act on is swept aside and when we should be expressing ourselves we simply walk away. "you provide the spleen and I'll provide the ideal" spleen meaning the confidence, the ideal is something to fight or strive for.
I'm seeing other evidence for a male-female idea.<br /> <br /> puppet...strings - woman controlling man<br /> "decades of suppression released in a rage" - makes me think of fucking<br /> pull...thrust - sexual again<br /> crown...queen - obvious male/female<br /> <br /> also, since the whole album has religious themes, I'm sure this song does too. at first I was thinking about someone who had wasted his life being puritanical, the "seven deadly sins" and all. "how can I seize the day when it is dusk?" realization of life wasted, leading to a bacchanal - "a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity"
Baccahs is a roman god of indulgence. the song is about just that over indulgence baccanal is a celebration of baccahs