Israel's Son Lyrics

Lyric discussion by powerwordcow 

Cover art for Israel's Son lyrics by Silverchair

this song seems to me like it is about extreme prejudice and genocide a prediction events like the holocaust will happen in the future because it is human nature to hate people different.

hate is what i feel for you and i want you to know that i want you dead:someone of a group angered at another group wishing them dead

your late for your execution if your not here soon i'll kill your friend instead:the execution of people of a group i'll kill your friend instead means that they can always find more of the group to exterminate

all the pain i feel couldn't start to heal though i would like it to: the atrocities of a holocaust don't dissapear even years after

i hate you and your apathy you can leave, you can leave, i don't want you here: the victim hating the agressor after having suffered at there hand the same style of hate being exhibited by both parties

i'm playing this pantomime but i don't see you showing signs of fear: the agressor after being persecuted by others for having done what they did and the victim feeling justified at the result

all the pain i feel couldn't start to heal though i would like it to:the atrocities in a holocaust don't dissapear even years after

this time its for real my pain cannot heal you will be dead when i'm through:the victim growing angry off the wrongs done to them and another predjudice begins in the opposite direction the previous victim wishing the previous agressor dead

pain and execution put your hands in the air: another holocaust happens (put your hands in the air a command before somone is shot execution style)

i am i am israel's son israel's son i am: a warning about how hate will lead to violence(israel's son is a reference to a future holocaust like the one of the jews in nazi germany)

put your hands in the air: people dying and being executed

@powerwordcow it’s 2023 and this is unbelievably relevant!