In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
(Never again, never again)
They have a frightening desire for genocide
They wouldn't stop til what what was left of my family died
Hell-bent on taking over the world
You couldn't hide in the shout of conformity
We can't forget how we were devastated by the beast
And now we pleaded with the captors for release
We were hunted for no reason at all
One of the darkest times in our history
All that I have left inside
Is a soul that's filled with pride
I tell you never again, oh
In a brave society
Didn't end up killing me
Scream with me, never again
Not again
A generation that was persecuted endlessly
Exterminated by the Nazi war machine
We will remember, let the story be told
To realize how we lost our humanity
You dare to tell me that there never was a Holocaust
You think that history will leave the memory lost
Another Hitler using fear to control
You're gonna fail this time for the world to see
All that I have left inside
Is a soul that's filled with pride
I tell you never again, oh
In a brave society
Didn't end up, killing me
Scream with me, never again
Not again
All that I have left inside
Is a soul that's filled with pride
I tell you never again, oh
In a brave society
Didn't end up killing me
Scream with me, never again, oh
For the countless souls who died
Their voices fill this night
Sing with me, never again
They aren't lost, you see
The truth will live in me
Believe me, never again
They have a frightening desire for genocide
They wouldn't stop til what what was left of my family died
Hell-bent on taking over the world
You couldn't hide in the shout of conformity
We can't forget how we were devastated by the beast
And now we pleaded with the captors for release
We were hunted for no reason at all
One of the darkest times in our history
All that I have left inside
Is a soul that's filled with pride
I tell you never again, oh
In a brave society
Didn't end up killing me
Scream with me, never again
Not again
A generation that was persecuted endlessly
Exterminated by the Nazi war machine
We will remember, let the story be told
To realize how we lost our humanity
You dare to tell me that there never was a Holocaust
You think that history will leave the memory lost
Another Hitler using fear to control
You're gonna fail this time for the world to see
All that I have left inside
Is a soul that's filled with pride
I tell you never again, oh
In a brave society
Didn't end up, killing me
Scream with me, never again
Not again
All that I have left inside
Is a soul that's filled with pride
I tell you never again, oh
In a brave society
Didn't end up killing me
Scream with me, never again, oh
For the countless souls who died
Their voices fill this night
Sing with me, never again
They aren't lost, you see
The truth will live in me
Believe me, never again
Lyrics submitted by MistaTwewa
Never Again Lyrics as written by David Draiman Dan Donegan
Lyrics © Unison Rights S.L., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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This song is about not letting the bad things happen again.
Like the holocaust. It must never happen again. This song relates to David Draiman in a personal way, too. Long before he was born, in World War 2, his grand mother was a little girl during the holocaust. David Draiman is (or was) a strict Jew, and so was his grandmother. The grandmother escaped the showers(and death) by crawling under the legs of the older folk, waiting in line for their demise.
So, this song is about preventing another holocaust, and another Hitler. It must happen Never Again.
Jesus Christ, that's heavy. The holocaust was truly terrible. :(