Lyric discussion by jegotti. 

Cover art for Shamans Witches Magic lyrics by Hidden in Plain View

"And there's villians in their closets and theives beneath their beds"

that's about how evil is hidden everywhere today, and you can't escape it because you're part of it, and you support it. but they're still spontaneous, and you can't control it, so they can jump out at any minute and surprise you.

"And business men in mirrors with guns against their heads Stepstools beneath their ankles nooses tied around their throats"

this is about how we're all killing ourselves, whether we admit it, or not.

"Sharpening their switchblades and sighting in our scopes"

murder. period.

Singing no one sleeps tonight till everything is burned and everyone is sacrificed No one sleeps tonight till everything is burned and everyone is"

that's obviously about how we're all trying to 'make the world better', but really, all we're doing is making it a chaotic hell.

"Maxing out their credit cards on ammuntion They're polishing their rifles and they're polishing their guns"

a war reference? Or, no.

"And to saves our souls or what's left of them"

yep. that definitely fits in with the rest, does it not?

"Who we are is all we are Desperation shows our pain And so they sing And they sing it loud and they sing it Clearly For their faith

Whats left of the dreams we have? Whats left of the hope we have? Nothing, nothing at all"

the world today is nothing, anymore. and we can think that it is, and we can hope that it is, but really, all we're doing is destroying ourselves, and we all say we want to stop it, but we can't and we won't because we're either too afraid, too unwilling, or...we just like it.