Kill Thy Enemies Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Kingofstilport 

Cover art for Kill Thy Enemies	 lyrics by Machine Head

This track directly follows the previous one, "Assinilate," and this is the beginning of his path to darkness. He's adopted their radical ideologies, joined the death cult, full of the tired and blind. Fear made them slaves to violence, making them ignorant of their white privilege, and believing wholeheartedly that a different kind has polluted the nation. They're being fed a bible of lies, led to support the Jim Crow laws. The Jim Crow laws, which existed from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries, enforced racial segregation and denied African Americans basic rights; They mandated segregation, limited voting rights, enforced discrimination, and criminalized interracial relationships. These are all the laws the death cult that Eros has been assimilated into believes in. That last law, for interracial relationships, is the main cause of why Eros kills Amythest, but not Ares.

It's not described how she died, whether or not Ares saw her killed or came across the aftermath, but it makes sense in the story as to how he knows Eros is the murderer, and not someone else. I may be wrong in assuming he's white and not another race, and if so, I apologise.

Song Meaning
Negative
Subjective
Anger
Fear
Sadness
Disgust
Radicalism
Violence
Segregation
Injustice
Race