Oblivion

"divinity defines" - religion is usually the first thing that people define themselves by, and use to separate themselves into enemies and friends, on a worldwide-scale, at least, which fits into the "unity divides" and the whole war overtones of this song.

GODDAMN I love this band.

The line that says "America is oh so beautiful." Should be

"A miracle is oh so beautiful"

This song has nothing to do with America.

i absolutely love this song....the first time i heard it, i got goose bumps. this band rocks on a whole new level. and i'm addicted!

This is one of their sadder-seeming songs. At least it seems that way to me. Something about the way it's sung gives it a really nostalgic and slightly tragic mood.

I tend to see most 30 Seconds to Mars songs as short fiction in song form (which is really, REALLY creative and just awesome), so I take this song mostly literally. It's a sci-fi story, albiet a cryptic one.

But listening to it again, really thinking about it, I found another meaning in it.

I think it's about someone daydreaming about an apocalyptic event, and imagining if it happened right then ("under the burning sun, I take a look around, imagine if this all came down"). Now, thinking about that would probably scare most people, but the narrator of the song actually, in a deep, dark, visceral part of the mind, secretly looks forward to it, if and when it happens ("I'm waiting for the day to come"). Just look at the tone, especially in the middle part of the song. Doesn't it make it seem like it would be almost exciting for humankind to be taken down a few notches and return to fighting and running for our lives every day? S/he probably notices that, in society as it exists now, people tend to be subtly combative with one another, and show little care for others. But imagine what would happen if we had to help each other search for food and water, or protect our group from others? We would probably feel a lot more solidarity ("unity divides, division will unite").

Given that meaning, it's a very interesting song. I know I'm one of the people who sometimes think it would be a huge load off if a drastic change in the world would pull me out of my mundane life and launch me in to a fight for survival.

Amazing this one, these guys gonna be big in a few months. Read my Lips!

This song is amazing! It has the best atmospheric sound to it.

I think the song is about war, and the after effects of war. "The Enemy Arrives" meaning the enemy has come. "Imagine If This All Came Down" probably means the war, or fight could tear down the world we live in.

This IS the best song on this disk, bar none.

This IS the best song on this disk, bar none.

this song is cool it is almost how i feel at the very moment how i might explode into a oblivion and just don't know where or when okay peace.

"Under th burning sun" - Sounds like war in a desert.

"Divinity defines.." could be the only difference between the 'armies' is their religion.