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In the Flame of Error Meanings & Lyrics Discussion by Zorlin | SongMeanings
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"I'll be no good this time defines,
I'll put this touch around the grip of this knife
These dirty hands just won't come clean.
I'm a murderer, the worst these worlds will see.
Oh, save me from defeat again, This is war
Murder the one so close, while she trusts, you curse,
Die, my darling!"
(As a sidenote, holy fuck this song is amazing. Story-wise and emotionally it is far more powerful to me after reading the book.)
To me this song is about Hohenberger (again! all of them seem to be!) and the fact that his creation of the Monstar has/will render(ed) him a murderer at some point. There's a point where Pearl tells him that the activation of the Monstar will kill her anyway, and that he's a fool for sacrificing millions for her life.
"If only you know how
lovely you glow in the flame of error
Oh, I ask too much
Please turn back the clock and take me instead."
He'd much rather be trapped and tortured than Pearl.
NOVEL SPOILERS FOLLOW.
"I'll be no good this time defines, I'll put this touch around the grip of this knife These dirty hands just won't come clean. I'm a murderer, the worst these worlds will see. Oh, save me from defeat again, This is war Murder the one so close, while she trusts, you curse, Die, my darling!" (As a sidenote, holy fuck this song is amazing. Story-wise and emotionally it is far more powerful to me after reading the book.)
To me this song is about Hohenberger (again! all of them seem to be!) and the fact that his creation of the Monstar has/will render(ed) him a murderer at some point. There's a point where Pearl tells him that the activation of the Monstar will kill her anyway, and that he's a fool for sacrificing millions for her life.
"If only you know how lovely you glow in the flame of error Oh, I ask too much Please turn back the clock and take me instead."