Ego Brain

(Note: This is what I think in general) This song is about an Egotistical man. For most of his life he wanted people to see him as a higher class man, but greed got to the most of him. His lover ended up dying because of his selfish reasons.

'I am just a fool, searching for a stool, just a stool, trying to look real cool, now I'm just a man, fighting other men'

• • • • • + I think that means the man is reflecting on himself, noting that he always wanted to look cool and didn't bother to really worry about emotional or problems that were happening by his significant other. 'now I'm just a man, fighting other men' can have 2 different meanings to it, since I couldn't decide which was more logical.
          1. The man joined the Army out of guilt, after his lover died.
          2. The man went on an outrage after his lover died, but still was highly self-confident so blamed the people around him; Resulting in m ass murder (I assumed this since System sung mostly about war and genocide.)

  'You see my pain is real, watch my world dissolve, and pretend that none of us see the fall'

  • • • • • + This can tie with either of my previous ideal meaning of the last lyrics, so I'll divide it into Two again.
            1. After his lover dies he's obviously in pain, causing him to join the Army off of pure guilt, knowing that he can die in the Army makes him self assured that this is his plan (Since he wants to stay loyal with the lover). At the army his world dissolves; He no longer wants to be Egotistical, making that self confidence crumble, His lover is gone so he has nothing to rely or depend on. After this man becomes aware of things beside himself he sees that our Politics are falling causing unwanted deaths, his eyes opened by experiences of war. This also ties with being Egotistical; That this world doesn't realize what is happening besides what is happening in their life.
            2. After the lover's death his pain is obviously real, besides what he previously believed that Physical pain was worse than Emotional. His world crumbles apart after he realizes that the death of his lover might be his fault, but he doesn't want to believe this so he blames everyone who didn't tell him to stop being self confident. This last lyric piece can be divided into semi-categories. 1- Since he believes it's everyone else's faults he believes that the world is falling and that everyone realizes it is; making him go insane that people wont change it. He blames everyone else and he thinks that if he kills then people will get the memo that our generation is learning the wrong things about violence (Pretty much over saturation; making it seem as if it's not that serious). So he filled with hatred and decided to commit mass murder. 2- He thinks the world is falling because if he would have went crazy over the death of a loved one, that everyone would do the same. This gives him the idealism that if he kills a majority of people then their hatred would leak out too since people are dying (Since he believed that everyone had the same type of problem). So if he commits mass murder it will cleanse the earth of hate crimes.

  'As I turn to sand, you took me by the hand, and declared, that love prevails over all'

  • • • • + This lyric is also divided into 2 things! Oh god...
          1. This is when the lover dies. The man is becoming more aware, his self-esteem is turning to sand as he realizes what he's done. But the lover is loyal to their last breath, taking him by the hand and saying that their love over powered his Ego (Since he was still in-love with her).
          2. This is where the man dies. He ended up getting fatally wounded during war, and is visited by the ghost of his lover came to assure him that he died in honor. She took him by the hand and told him that his love overpowered his egotistical ways, while he died (AKA turns to sand).

'All of what remains, ego brain, shame, love after it rains'

• • • • + THIS GOES BOTH WAYS ASWELL!
        1. This happens RIGHT after his lover's death. He took all of what hadn't been destroyed by his emotional breakdown to power off his egotistical side, even though he was overwhelmed with shame, guilt, and regret. (This last piece is divided into semi-categories) 1- After it rains means/symbolizes his egotistical brain (The sand), His regrets (The rain). The egotistical part of his brain is melted by his regrets. 2- This means his lover died in the rain?
        2. After his lover died, a part of him died as well. He felt shame as he had only realized how much he loved himself as to her, and how he felt guilt that he just now knew after the rain (After she passed away).. So he still loved her after she died resulting in him either going to war, or committing mass murder.

THE REST OF THE SONG IS SELF EXPLANATORY! THANK YOU FOR READING SUCH A LONG FUCKING INTERPERATATION!