Just wrote the lyrics after what I understood, there are a few pieces where I'm sure its pretty wrong.
So please help me out, I'm from germany and so listening to english speaking people still gives me a bit of trouble sometimes.
Anyway, IMO this song as well as the other bonus track a far better than most of the stuff on the album, and I just love this song, its a bit like a darker version of injection.
I'm not sure what its about, cause its hard to tell when the lyrics aren't absolutly correct.
But anyway the beginning seems to be about people just living a live they can't take, they can't stand, they can't enjoy and that drains them down. (Do you spend your days counting the hours your awake ? ;) )
But they can't break out of this live, they can't let go of something, that keeps them controlled but unfree (pull this plug, and let me breathe, on my own I'm finally free(The plug keeps you alive and safe, but unfree, pulling the plug means living risky and probably means that the person will die soon, but they can live their live free at last)(its pretty much the same in this song, "with everything comes a price" = freedom has its price, like in injection))
But then, the lyrics are just to off IMO to go any further, exspecially the part with the debt.
It could be about economy or sth like that, but that just doesn't fit with the beginning which definitly (and I thing most RA songs can be interpreted in various ways, but there its pretty clear imo) is personal and about beeing unsatisfied in the life you live.
Anyway I like this switching between the slow verses which are dark and desperate and the exploding chorus which is (with desperate courage) a cry out for breaking free and too risk it all. (Just like injection, being down and rotting slowly in a life you don't want to live / breaking free and live the way you want, even if it may kill you)
But please help me out with the lyrics^^
i know this is a stupid question xD but can anyone explain to me what elective amnesia means cause i dont really know. also it would be cool if rise against made the oficial really lyrics so ppl wasnt confused xD
i know this is a stupid question xD but can anyone explain to me what elective amnesia means cause i dont really know. also it would be cool if rise against made the oficial really lyrics so ppl wasnt confused xD
Putting it together, "Elective" means "chosen or choosable," and amnesia is what it's called when you forget things and lose memories severely. That said, Elective Amnesia basically just means "choosing to forget." Simple as that.
Putting it together, "Elective" means "chosen or choosable," and amnesia is what it's called when you forget things and lose memories severely. That said, Elective Amnesia basically just means "choosing to forget." Simple as that.
Just wrote the lyrics after what I understood, there are a few pieces where I'm sure its pretty wrong. So please help me out, I'm from germany and so listening to english speaking people still gives me a bit of trouble sometimes.
i know this is a stupid question xD but can anyone explain to me what elective amnesia means cause i dont really know. also it would be cool if rise against made the oficial really lyrics so ppl wasnt confused xD
i know this is a stupid question xD but can anyone explain to me what elective amnesia means cause i dont really know. also it would be cool if rise against made the oficial really lyrics so ppl wasnt confused xD
Putting it together, "Elective" means "chosen or choosable," and amnesia is what it's called when you forget things and lose memories severely. That said, Elective Amnesia basically just means "choosing to forget." Simple as that.
Putting it together, "Elective" means "chosen or choosable," and amnesia is what it's called when you forget things and lose memories severely. That said, Elective Amnesia basically just means "choosing to forget." Simple as that.