Definitely one of my favorite Alter Bridge songs and one of the most intense songs I've ever heard. It's challenging people who feel lost, dead, abused, alone, empty, damned, cursed, etc. to find a strength inside themselves if they are to survive in this world. I think the purpose of the intensity of the music is to empower such people. As for this part:
"They tell you what you should be
Sell you the plastic dream
Opinions are all provided
But nothing is what it seems
I dare you take control
’Cause empty are hands and
Bruised are the souls
Of those who show no resistance
Those who are weak below",
I think this is saying that the world tries to mold us into the people it wants and that we have to find the strength within ourselves to be who we want to be. Otherwise, we will fall to the world, if that makes sense.
Definitely one of my favorite Alter Bridge songs and one of the most intense songs I've ever heard. It's challenging people who feel lost, dead, abused, alone, empty, damned, cursed, etc. to find a strength inside themselves if they are to survive in this world. I think the purpose of the intensity of the music is to empower such people. As for this part:
"They tell you what you should be Sell you the plastic dream Opinions are all provided But nothing is what it seems
I dare you take control ’Cause empty are hands and Bruised are the souls Of those who show no resistance Those who are weak below",
I think this is saying that the world tries to mold us into the people it wants and that we have to find the strength within ourselves to be who we want to be. Otherwise, we will fall to the world, if that makes sense.