Dancing in Madness Lyrics

Lyric discussion by haulinoates 

Cover art for Dancing in Madness lyrics by Pallbearer

I think this AMAZING song gives us a saga of death, repentance and reincarnation, in a spiritism view.

It starts with the death, when they sing about "the putrid liquid washes away" and the "null incarnate". It's about this person portrayed the music facing the death.

In the second stanza they talk about this people meeting the process of incarnation. "Locked withing a spell" figures the magic of this process, the supernaturalism that envolves it. Even when they talk about "the serpent whispers" remind of an entity. The third stanza reafirms all of it, when they talk about the "self-fulfilling doomsday", and about if this person wants to end this, he should accept his fate and face what's coming for him.

And then comes the choir that starts to introduce us the idea of repentance. Maybe picturing the idea of souls in the purgatory talking about regrets of our actions and "paying the price" in this place.

Until the very last verse, the song talks about repentance and regrets. It portrays this soul suffering and rethinking about its life. Even in a hopeless situation this soul still calls for some hope, like when they sing about "Even in the deepest night, the softest voice will sing".

At the end, they finish the music with this verse "The seeds of pain are sown to grow once again". There it makes me think about a reincarnation and circle of life in this spiritualistic view.

My Interpretation