This song is about how the virtues and focus of humanity have been tainted by judgemental behaviors and lack of ability to communicate because of it.
There is no compromise- and people have seen things in black and white for so long, that they have lost the ability to think- only to accuse and regurgitate the same rhetoric over and over.
"We have all been so wrong -
Conditioned to accept and approve of substandard
Communication and behavior.
Reason is clouding,
Hearts are hardening,
And the result is murder.
This age is grave bound,
Likewise its aging successors.
Aging, all the while, descending -
Developing an even more insatiable thirst for chaos.
Life amongst hyenas and asps under the vultures
That pick at the corpses of the fallen."
This is his refusal to partake in that, and despite the fact that he is making accusations here, himself- he hopes for more.
"Woe is he that feels compelled to pen
Even one word of hatred.
The act is contemptible.
To know I hate with the passion
With which I love is a travesty.
Let this writ acknowledge these facts."
He misses the warmth of red blood (as in, humanity, and how people should really be to eachother).
This whole album is laiden with allusions to the facts of our miseducation, lack of discipline, and our desire to try and cheat our way to inner peace- only to find savageness.
This song is about how the virtues and focus of humanity have been tainted by judgemental behaviors and lack of ability to communicate because of it. There is no compromise- and people have seen things in black and white for so long, that they have lost the ability to think- only to accuse and regurgitate the same rhetoric over and over.
"We have all been so wrong - Conditioned to accept and approve of substandard Communication and behavior. Reason is clouding, Hearts are hardening, And the result is murder. This age is grave bound, Likewise its aging successors. Aging, all the while, descending - Developing an even more insatiable thirst for chaos. Life amongst hyenas and asps under the vultures That pick at the corpses of the fallen."
This is his refusal to partake in that, and despite the fact that he is making accusations here, himself- he hopes for more.
"Woe is he that feels compelled to pen Even one word of hatred. The act is contemptible. To know I hate with the passion With which I love is a travesty. Let this writ acknowledge these facts."
He misses the warmth of red blood (as in, humanity, and how people should really be to eachother).
This whole album is laiden with allusions to the facts of our miseducation, lack of discipline, and our desire to try and cheat our way to inner peace- only to find savageness.