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Visual Aggression Lyrics
Thousand decades in vain
(Again) they strive for final completion
Forgotten are the fast sins
And the perfect creation calls
What will the wind bring these days?
The smell of self-deception?
Masses of dullness, a spiral cage
As they ride on visual aggression
Once, I slept in confidence
Sounds like I've been a fool
Now, as my will is invisible
(They shall) face the evoked curse alone...
What will the wind bring these days?
The smell of self-deception?
Masses of dullness, a spiral cage
As they ride on visual aggression
Just fool yourself - a world of ignorance
Will tear the walls - of dreams apart
Vast signals - memories in black
Sense is beyond - distorted any balance
Flood of tears - you'll have to drink
As the grail - is lying on the floor
Don't ask for another messiah
No martyr will save the stupid (again)
Is truth what you believe?
A prophet's tears will dry...
What will the wind bring these days?
The smell of self-deception?
Masses of dullness, a spiral cage
As they ride on visual aggression
The watcher's eyes are closed
As the dust covers the madmen again
There'll be a new king
And I was born to encounter him...
What will the wind bring these days?
The smell of self-deception?
Masses of dullness, a spiral cage
As they ride on visual aggression
(Again) they strive for final completion
Forgotten are the fast sins
And the perfect creation calls
The smell of self-deception?
Masses of dullness, a spiral cage
As they ride on visual aggression
Sounds like I've been a fool
Now, as my will is invisible
(They shall) face the evoked curse alone...
The smell of self-deception?
Masses of dullness, a spiral cage
As they ride on visual aggression
Will tear the walls - of dreams apart
Vast signals - memories in black
Sense is beyond - distorted any balance
As the grail - is lying on the floor
No martyr will save the stupid (again)
Is truth what you believe?
A prophet's tears will dry...
The smell of self-deception?
Masses of dullness, a spiral cage
As they ride on visual aggression
As the dust covers the madmen again
There'll be a new king
And I was born to encounter him...
The smell of self-deception?
Masses of dullness, a spiral cage
As they ride on visual aggression
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Unfortunately, a couple of lines are misquoted here. They should be:
"Forgotten are the past sins And the "perfect creation" falls"
With the proper lyrics, the meaning becomes a lot clearer. On the face of it, this song might describe Western civilization in general and the U.S. in particular. "Masses of dullness, a spiral cage/ As they ride on visual aggression" -- the dull masses, obsessed with pacifying media violence?
But, like George Orwell's "Animal Farm", this story has a more general meaning. It suggests a repeating cycle that happens to one civilization after another over the millenia. Again and again, human beings create what they think is the "perfect" civilization, the one that finally got it right -- only to destroy it with their own folly.
Interestingly, the lyrics hint that the narrator is some heroic or guardian figure. He counsels honesty in facing the inevitable slide into disaster: "Is truth what you believe?/ A prophet's tears will dry..." The catastrophe (at least this time) comes because he has somehow failed or neglected his duty: "Once, I slept in confidence/ Sounds like I've been a fool . . ." But he knows this history will repeat itself, with a new civilization rising again.