Well in the bible Goliath was a big evil giant, and david was a small man with a slingshot. David, with help from god won the great fight between the two. Very inspirational really. The small overcoming the great.
I beg to differ with everyones interpretation so far. the music of this song is too glorious and uplifting for the goliaths, who are doing the disarming to be the bad guy. and as for the lyrics:
In Flames, in this modern metaphysical piece invert the attention.
I think that it is unquestionable that this song tackles religion. firstly, it's implied by the title. Goliaths disarm their davids. Secondly, the very first line seems to critisize the work religion does in a society
thirdly, the protagonist of this poem is collecting the words of Fallen Goliathsin his quest to Disarm "this psychotic chaos".
WHY?
Well, the beauty of David vs. Goliath is howsomeone so small can challenge something so big. But in reflection, what is bigger? The Desciple of God, or the opposer of religion?
In this piece, Goliath is romanticised. or the goliaths. the giants, who the protagonist gathers his information, or code, from. the giant is suitable as an image. this song romanticises the strong individuals in their struggle against the weaker masses, who are under davids "bible arm", his catapult, that "spins it's downward spiral."
"The Code" is the information, gathered from the atheists struck down by the masses ("the graves of giants") and the protagonist is searching for informatin sufficient enough to take away the persuasive power the religious authorities have that leads to the problems brought up in the first verse.
Another thing which convinces me that the singer is on goliaths side is the last line of that verse.
"Strong objects track my body, My body down"
david killed goliath with a catapult. goliath (i think) was unarmed.so if the posotive character(s) of the poem are the Davids, then this poem is writen from the point of view of The negative character(s), Goliath, which is completely inconsistant with the rest of the song.
by the way, i hope that i've made everyone who thought that the goliaths were the bad guys in this song feel really stupid now, or else that their able to back their points up with sufficient refrence to the song.
i had to through that in their. i just couldn't help highlight that i'm disarming the other interpretations.
Well in the bible Goliath was a big evil giant, and david was a small man with a slingshot. David, with help from god won the great fight between the two. Very inspirational really. The small overcoming the great.
I beg to differ with everyones interpretation so far. the music of this song is too glorious and uplifting for the goliaths, who are doing the disarming to be the bad guy. and as for the lyrics:
In Flames, in this modern metaphysical piece invert the attention.
I think that it is unquestionable that this song tackles religion. firstly, it's implied by the title. Goliaths disarm their davids. Secondly, the very first line seems to critisize the work religion does in a society thirdly, the protagonist of this poem is collecting the words of Fallen Goliathsin his quest to Disarm "this psychotic chaos".
WHY?
Well, the beauty of David vs. Goliath is howsomeone so small can challenge something so big. But in reflection, what is bigger? The Desciple of God, or the opposer of religion? In this piece, Goliath is romanticised. or the goliaths. the giants, who the protagonist gathers his information, or code, from. the giant is suitable as an image. this song romanticises the strong individuals in their struggle against the weaker masses, who are under davids "bible arm", his catapult, that "spins it's downward spiral."
"The Code" is the information, gathered from the atheists struck down by the masses ("the graves of giants") and the protagonist is searching for informatin sufficient enough to take away the persuasive power the religious authorities have that leads to the problems brought up in the first verse.
Another thing which convinces me that the singer is on goliaths side is the last line of that verse. "Strong objects track my body, My body down"
david killed goliath with a catapult. goliath (i think) was unarmed.so if the posotive character(s) of the poem are the Davids, then this poem is writen from the point of view of The negative character(s), Goliath, which is completely inconsistant with the rest of the song.
by the way, i hope that i've made everyone who thought that the goliaths were the bad guys in this song feel really stupid now, or else that their able to back their points up with sufficient refrence to the song. i had to through that in their. i just couldn't help highlight that i'm disarming the other interpretations.