to understand it, the song is probably about a generalization, but lets apply it to a set context
putting this song into context of september 11th:
old friend they told me you were dead
the news broadcast the funeral
that day our innocence and sense of invincibility was lost and we lost many whom we loved, it was all over the news
your love was
ravished drawn and quartered
the soil was swift to drink her blood
this violence in the name of love
the love we felt for the victims was turned to hate against those who had carried out the act and thus was ravished from pure love to hatred. When we bombed Afghanistan which had nothing to do with the attack, albeit a horrible government with economic ties to terrorists, we turned this love into violence against people who had as little to do with the attack as those in our country
but i still feel you
despite your tombstone
but i still feel you
despite your tombstone
but we still remember the innocence we lost and the loved ones who perished and how once we had love instead of hate
so friend you must still walk among us
in places we don’t dare to glance
i saw you killing Aristotle
i know its all part of the plan
so now their memories stay with us, a seat of love which has turned to ahte which we do not wish to glance at. This hate killed aristotle, destroyed logic, all part of the diabolical scheme of hate to pit humans against other humans
this violence, this violence, this violence in the name of love
TO….AWAKE….AND …. AVENGE THE DEAD!
TO….AWAKE….AND …. AVENGE THE DEAD!
and this violence which tarnished that love was all to avenge the dead
well maybe im wrong but ive tried to make sense of this song and that so far makes the most sense to me someone tell me to shut up if im way off
i could be completely wrong but well here goes...
to understand it, the song is probably about a generalization, but lets apply it to a set context putting this song into context of september 11th:
old friend they told me you were dead the news broadcast the funeral
that day our innocence and sense of invincibility was lost and we lost many whom we loved, it was all over the news
your love was ravished drawn and quartered the soil was swift to drink her blood this violence in the name of love
the love we felt for the victims was turned to hate against those who had carried out the act and thus was ravished from pure love to hatred. When we bombed Afghanistan which had nothing to do with the attack, albeit a horrible government with economic ties to terrorists, we turned this love into violence against people who had as little to do with the attack as those in our country
but i still feel you despite your tombstone but i still feel you despite your tombstone
but we still remember the innocence we lost and the loved ones who perished and how once we had love instead of hate
so friend you must still walk among us in places we don’t dare to glance i saw you killing Aristotle i know its all part of the plan
so now their memories stay with us, a seat of love which has turned to ahte which we do not wish to glance at. This hate killed aristotle, destroyed logic, all part of the diabolical scheme of hate to pit humans against other humans
this violence, this violence, this violence in the name of love TO….AWAKE….AND …. AVENGE THE DEAD! TO….AWAKE….AND …. AVENGE THE DEAD!
and this violence which tarnished that love was all to avenge the dead
well maybe im wrong but ive tried to make sense of this song and that so far makes the most sense to me someone tell me to shut up if im way off