For my english project (Im german) in school I did an interpretation on this song...I got an a but Im only 10th grade but here it is.
In the following I want to interpret the song especially the lyrics of “Protest the hero”'s song “Blindfolds aside” of their 2003 released record “Kezia”.
The song is featured on the second part of the concept record in the prison guard's part.
It's about a man wondering whether to follow his order and kill Kezia, an innocent girl,
or listening to his conscience and keep her alive.
Right in the beginning of the song the prison guard looks into the future knowing that that day he has to kill someone “tonight we'll asleep as killers”
“With a heart...” shows that Kezia is more frieghtend than the guard because she can't explain herself how she got into all that.
“I watch a woman that I know...” and the following line shows that the prison guard knows his victim or can feel with her.
The following line represents his hopes for his future in food and money witch he gets from his job and to not be sorry about his deeds he “blindfolds himself”.
This he says also in the next verse that he has to atone for sins he doesn't care about which means that he just does his job and does not care for the background of the victims and murderers but he has also to be a murderer to do his job to get money that feeds his family, pays his debts and taxes and keeps his cigarettes running.
In the next two lines beginning with “and no one ever said” the prison guards starts wondering weather he's doing right or wrong and if he should keep Kezia alive.
The next lines are standing for the apathy many governments have towards the captives (“dutiful and obligated”). After that there is a a little bit more silent part and in reference to the text it should show the sedation of the executioners by the governments and the police. The text tells about five soldiers, witch goes along with the video where the guys of “PTH” appear as band and captives ready for their execution and as executioners. If you read between the lines you can easily see how governments want their soldiers to not have obstructions and do whatever the governments want.
After that with the “her tiny steps”-line they tell about not believe what you see and ask about it to not make wrong decisions. The consequence is told in the next line that if the prison guard shoots Kezia he will mentally bleed dry.
The question following is to understand like: “Why don't you stop with that you don't believe in and stop executing people for reasons you don't know?” The blindfold is here used a a symbol for having no conscience, not thinking independent and trying to ignore all the bad things that are going on in the world.
In the next line you can see the “Angel versus Devil” fight because the official lyrics say “Drop the gun” but in the background you can hear someone shouting “Shoot her”.
The ending is sung by Kezia and the prison guard as a duet what says that both have all in all equal feelings. Kezia could be a prostitute and she doesn't care about selling her body because she gets money for this. The prison guard thinks equal. He also just wants to get money to live.
The sin is just that they have a dependence to money so that they'd do everything.
Protest the hero wants to denounce that and wants to make you think about what you are doing.
The song is meant to shake up the people that they do not believe whatever they get told and to think about their deeds.
For my english project (Im german) in school I did an interpretation on this song...I got an a but Im only 10th grade but here it is.
In the following I want to interpret the song especially the lyrics of “Protest the hero”'s song “Blindfolds aside” of their 2003 released record “Kezia”. The song is featured on the second part of the concept record in the prison guard's part. It's about a man wondering whether to follow his order and kill Kezia, an innocent girl, or listening to his conscience and keep her alive.
Right in the beginning of the song the prison guard looks into the future knowing that that day he has to kill someone “tonight we'll asleep as killers” “With a heart...” shows that Kezia is more frieghtend than the guard because she can't explain herself how she got into all that. “I watch a woman that I know...” and the following line shows that the prison guard knows his victim or can feel with her. The following line represents his hopes for his future in food and money witch he gets from his job and to not be sorry about his deeds he “blindfolds himself”. This he says also in the next verse that he has to atone for sins he doesn't care about which means that he just does his job and does not care for the background of the victims and murderers but he has also to be a murderer to do his job to get money that feeds his family, pays his debts and taxes and keeps his cigarettes running. In the next two lines beginning with “and no one ever said” the prison guards starts wondering weather he's doing right or wrong and if he should keep Kezia alive. The next lines are standing for the apathy many governments have towards the captives (“dutiful and obligated”). After that there is a a little bit more silent part and in reference to the text it should show the sedation of the executioners by the governments and the police. The text tells about five soldiers, witch goes along with the video where the guys of “PTH” appear as band and captives ready for their execution and as executioners. If you read between the lines you can easily see how governments want their soldiers to not have obstructions and do whatever the governments want. After that with the “her tiny steps”-line they tell about not believe what you see and ask about it to not make wrong decisions. The consequence is told in the next line that if the prison guard shoots Kezia he will mentally bleed dry. The question following is to understand like: “Why don't you stop with that you don't believe in and stop executing people for reasons you don't know?” The blindfold is here used a a symbol for having no conscience, not thinking independent and trying to ignore all the bad things that are going on in the world. In the next line you can see the “Angel versus Devil” fight because the official lyrics say “Drop the gun” but in the background you can hear someone shouting “Shoot her”.
The ending is sung by Kezia and the prison guard as a duet what says that both have all in all equal feelings. Kezia could be a prostitute and she doesn't care about selling her body because she gets money for this. The prison guard thinks equal. He also just wants to get money to live. The sin is just that they have a dependence to money so that they'd do everything. Protest the hero wants to denounce that and wants to make you think about what you are doing. The song is meant to shake up the people that they do not believe whatever they get told and to think about their deeds.