The Captain Lyrics

Lyric discussion by whitlock1843 

Cover art for The Captain lyrics by Biffy Clyro

no idea what it means. feeling of inadequacy, and he's trying to convince himself that hes better by saying so? that seems too plain to come from such beautiful words

It is about someone being confused as a a Christ-tpye person. ("I am not the son of God)". In this case, the singer could be referring to Lucifer as The Captain. Lucifer is the shadow or the opposite reflexion of the son of God. When the singer says: "Angels fell to the floor like they would if I was captain" he is referring to when Lucifer was cast out of heaven with a legion of angles. They all ''fell to the floor' when this happened. Lucifer is in this song the captain. Someone witness this apparent glory and exclaims: "Silver...