The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Masters are relentless, torture is for slaves
Money, greed and power drives you to obey
Temperature is rising, shakes me to the core
Blood and domination, victims of the law
When bloody angels spread their wings
We're drowning in madness, the heart of the Unicorn...
Dwelling in sadness, the heart of the Unicorn...
...is dead
I see the demons rising, beyond their sleeping void
Deep and down the masters take them to the light
Their piercing rays are blazing, obliterating fast
All dreams are torn to pieces, vaporized at last
When bloody angels spread their wings
We're drowning in madness, the heart of the Unicorn...
Dwelling in sadness, the heart of the Unicorn...
...is dead
I scan the dead horizon, illuminated curse
In squished imagination, catastrophies unfurl
Beyond the cataclysm, a dream of Unicorns
The purest heart in heaven, stabbed by poisoned thorns
Bloody angels, searing with fire-turn to dust
All through the millenniums, I've seen the writing on the wall
Into our oblivion, we are the riders on the storm
We're drowning in madness, the heart of the Unicorn...
Dwelling in sadness, the heart of the Unicorn...
...is dead
Beware - all dead
No light - all dead
No dreams - all dead
No life - you're dead
Money, greed and power drives you to obey
Temperature is rising, shakes me to the core
Blood and domination, victims of the law
When bloody angels spread their wings
We're drowning in madness, the heart of the Unicorn...
Dwelling in sadness, the heart of the Unicorn...
...is dead
I see the demons rising, beyond their sleeping void
Deep and down the masters take them to the light
Their piercing rays are blazing, obliterating fast
All dreams are torn to pieces, vaporized at last
When bloody angels spread their wings
We're drowning in madness, the heart of the Unicorn...
Dwelling in sadness, the heart of the Unicorn...
...is dead
I scan the dead horizon, illuminated curse
In squished imagination, catastrophies unfurl
Beyond the cataclysm, a dream of Unicorns
The purest heart in heaven, stabbed by poisoned thorns
Bloody angels, searing with fire-turn to dust
All through the millenniums, I've seen the writing on the wall
Into our oblivion, we are the riders on the storm
We're drowning in madness, the heart of the Unicorn...
Dwelling in sadness, the heart of the Unicorn...
...is dead
Beware - all dead
No light - all dead
No dreams - all dead
No life - you're dead
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Actually a litle different from their other but yet... DAMN ITS GOOD Very nice tune
I think the heart of the unicorn represents the mystical soul of mankind.
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Kai's voice in this one is awesome ... There's nothing quite like this song.
Well a major power metal component is basing songs on a fantastical world (like something from world of warcraft or lord of the rings). Dragonforce and Rhapsody of Fire are the most notable power metal bands who do this. So, many of power metal songs, despite their beautiful, epic, melodies don't actually have deep meaning simply because their based on a storyline linked to a world that doesn't exist. I think this song might be one of them.
Scratch that. This is more speed metal than power metal. I actually think it talks about the apocalypse and that the never ending struggle between good and evil is "drowning" the earth.
Or perhaps it may be about how society's restrictions make you feel like you're torn to pieces, kinda like The Wall only without the isolation storyline.
I think this song is about the Apocalypse, just like Armageddon.
Armageddon was another great song they did