The best way to explain this is simply to the "Venom" something external. Propaganda, politics, stories, rescism, sexism, just something that warps the perception of another group.
So the subject of the song is a soldier, or someone called in to fight, because of the venom's influence. They fight other soldiers fed their own lies, and are told to hate the enemy because x, y, and z. He voices how the venom has warped them to war over and over, unable to peacefully survive so long as both sides feed into it and fight their endless repeating wars with no compromise. And eventually the venom takes all the soldiers' lives and they are destined to die for the venom.
@fenris1102 David said to Loudersound.com in an interview that “All of these songs are pretty blatant,” David tells us. “There’s not a lot of cryptic writing going on – it’s pretty black and white.” He wen't on to explain all the meaning of the songs except for This Venom and Uninvited Guest.
@fenris1102 David said to Loudersound.com in an interview that “All of these songs are pretty blatant,” David tells us. “There’s not a lot of cryptic writing going on – it’s pretty black and white.” He wen't on to explain all the meaning of the songs except for This Venom and Uninvited Guest.
If we are to go with the flow of how black and white the other songs are I'm inclined to agree with you. As I was listening to the song I thought this venom could be religion but, really it can be anything that drives a...
If we are to go with the flow of how black and white the other songs are I'm inclined to agree with you. As I was listening to the song I thought this venom could be religion but, really it can be anything that drives a wedge between people or a groups of people. Heck, it could be sports!
The best way to explain this is simply to the "Venom" something external. Propaganda, politics, stories, rescism, sexism, just something that warps the perception of another group.
So the subject of the song is a soldier, or someone called in to fight, because of the venom's influence. They fight other soldiers fed their own lies, and are told to hate the enemy because x, y, and z. He voices how the venom has warped them to war over and over, unable to peacefully survive so long as both sides feed into it and fight their endless repeating wars with no compromise. And eventually the venom takes all the soldiers' lives and they are destined to die for the venom.
@fenris1102 David said to Loudersound.com in an interview that “All of these songs are pretty blatant,” David tells us. “There’s not a lot of cryptic writing going on – it’s pretty black and white.” He wen't on to explain all the meaning of the songs except for This Venom and Uninvited Guest.
@fenris1102 David said to Loudersound.com in an interview that “All of these songs are pretty blatant,” David tells us. “There’s not a lot of cryptic writing going on – it’s pretty black and white.” He wen't on to explain all the meaning of the songs except for This Venom and Uninvited Guest.
If we are to go with the flow of how black and white the other songs are I'm inclined to agree with you. As I was listening to the song I thought this venom could be religion but, really it can be anything that drives a...
If we are to go with the flow of how black and white the other songs are I'm inclined to agree with you. As I was listening to the song I thought this venom could be religion but, really it can be anything that drives a wedge between people or a groups of people. Heck, it could be sports!