I agree with deth that it describes our society as a hive and we are the hornets. Also, I think SomeOtherPerson is correct that we have lost the ability to think.
Don't really know what april night-tyme means. My only idea is that april is when we 'run' to get taxes done. The muscles, nodes, blood, synapses are parts of the human body, and it symbolizes how we have lost out abliity to think for ourselves, our individualism. Hence the stars (our unique qualities and good characteristics) have been disarmed. We all just do our jobs as human cells do, and all just serve the brain, or the dictator. We don't think for ourselves anymore. Blood-bridges is just showing how our cities run like body systems.
It is like a dark hornet hive, we all work for the purpose of the hive, but not thinking for ourselves. Our wings have been severed, our abilites and freedom have been severed, but we still beat them in vain. I think the inferno of fangs is the hive, the fangs destroy the stars within us.
I'll get to the chorus in a moment. The third verse is what still confuses me. A halo of thorns make me wonder if it has reference to jesus, but I remember that it is In Flames singing this. Sips now down makes me think of blood oozing out, but sheets of sharp silver makes me think razor blades or something. If anyone figures this out, let me know.
We should have been so much more by now. We had a lot of potential because of our inteligence and each human bean has potential to do great things. But our intelligence got misfired. Too dead inside because ours stars (ability to think) were disarmed. We can't even realize that we destroyed ourselves, and we shouldn't have.
In the Whoracle story, this song is exposition describing this hive-like society. It sets up what will happen in the next few songs.
jesterhead,
april is when we 'run' to get taxes done, but it is also the time when bees make their hives and fertilise the flowers. so that makes a nice comparison!
I agree with the rest of your good interpretation!
jesterhead,
april is when we 'run' to get taxes done, but it is also the time when bees make their hives and fertilise the flowers. so that makes a nice comparison!
I agree with the rest of your good interpretation!
I always enjoy In Flames songs in 2 ways: the deep meaning and poetic formulation of the lyrics, and the sic awesome music that's with them.
I always enjoy In Flames songs in 2 ways: the deep meaning and poetic formulation of the lyrics, and the sic awesome music that's with them.
Holy crap, the solo of this song is one of the best by in flames too.
Holy crap, the solo of this song is one of the best by in flames too.
I agree with deth that it describes our society as a hive and we are the hornets. Also, I think SomeOtherPerson is correct that we have lost the ability to think. Don't really know what april night-tyme means. My only idea is that april is when we 'run' to get taxes done. The muscles, nodes, blood, synapses are parts of the human body, and it symbolizes how we have lost out abliity to think for ourselves, our individualism. Hence the stars (our unique qualities and good characteristics) have been disarmed. We all just do our jobs as human cells do, and all just serve the brain, or the dictator. We don't think for ourselves anymore. Blood-bridges is just showing how our cities run like body systems. It is like a dark hornet hive, we all work for the purpose of the hive, but not thinking for ourselves. Our wings have been severed, our abilites and freedom have been severed, but we still beat them in vain. I think the inferno of fangs is the hive, the fangs destroy the stars within us. I'll get to the chorus in a moment. The third verse is what still confuses me. A halo of thorns make me wonder if it has reference to jesus, but I remember that it is In Flames singing this. Sips now down makes me think of blood oozing out, but sheets of sharp silver makes me think razor blades or something. If anyone figures this out, let me know. We should have been so much more by now. We had a lot of potential because of our inteligence and each human bean has potential to do great things. But our intelligence got misfired. Too dead inside because ours stars (ability to think) were disarmed. We can't even realize that we destroyed ourselves, and we shouldn't have. In the Whoracle story, this song is exposition describing this hive-like society. It sets up what will happen in the next few songs.
jesterhead, april is when we 'run' to get taxes done, but it is also the time when bees make their hives and fertilise the flowers. so that makes a nice comparison! I agree with the rest of your good interpretation!
jesterhead, april is when we 'run' to get taxes done, but it is also the time when bees make their hives and fertilise the flowers. so that makes a nice comparison! I agree with the rest of your good interpretation!
I always enjoy In Flames songs in 2 ways: the deep meaning and poetic formulation of the lyrics, and the sic awesome music that's with them.
I always enjoy In Flames songs in 2 ways: the deep meaning and poetic formulation of the lyrics, and the sic awesome music that's with them.
Holy crap, the solo of this song is one of the best by in flames too.
Holy crap, the solo of this song is one of the best by in flames too.
Sips down now in the "sheets of sharp silver"
Sips down now in the "sheets of sharp silver"
Im just taking a stab in the dark here but to me I think they are refering to coin, our currency? im not sure
Im just taking a stab in the dark here but to me I think they are refering to coin, our currency? im not sure