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Breathing slowly, mechanical heartbeat
Losing contact with the living
Almighty TV plugged, hybrid empty brain
Don't see anything real in the game
The tension is building constantly
No reason just a reflex I have, driven by clockwork
I try to keep an eye open
And I realize I haven't closed my eyes in a long time
Neglected emotions leading to catastrophic voyage on the other side
I have been given so much stress and lack of confidence
I've been given the gift of so small hope deep inside
I haven't close my eyes in a long time, I am trying
I cannot stomach these forms and colors anymore
But I'm here to continue, after all I have been through
I try to keep my eyes open, I am realizing
This life and death more precious than anything
I won't bring no material in the after life
Take no possessions, I would rather travel light
I'm of this kind that kills all day
But I don't know yet how to die
Art of dying is the way to let all go
Within I practice, in the secret of my soul
My shape in the reflector has
Now for ever, a life on it's own
Lyrics submitted by metalheadvega
Track duration: 09:54
"The Art of Dying" as written by Joseph Duplantier, Mario Duplantier
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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In the first verse the first line has a mechanical heartbeat, which could be machine in a hospital keeping the speaker alive, he's watching the "almighty tv" which has become apart of his brain [his life], and he realizes that he has spent a very long time sitting their when trying to keep an eye open [I believe the closing of the eyes is him dying]
The second verse talks about how he has been given tons of stress [and probably dealt with it by watching tv]
By the end he decides to leave the this world for the next, and leaving the materialism behind [I believe they are referencing the ancient Egyptian belief that pharaohs could bring their possessions with them if they are buried with them]
as for the last verse I'm not quite sure
and the part about he's the kind that kills all day could be video-games, he's a soldier, he watches fake and/ or real violence on tv and has become desensitized with death and that could be why he forgot how to die
I think this idea is getting really interesting, if you consider the "Art of dying" (in the mystical meaning you described) as an act that is neither identical with actual (biological) death nor does necessarily only happen shortly before biological death. i mean, to die peacefully sure is a good thing, but what about to live peacfully? i am convinced that one can achieve overcoming ones self-identity in lifetime. the earlier the better, don't you think? Maybe in the lyrics the line "whithin i practise" hints at that...
by the way i definitely agree to sammyt7, best song on the album. givin me goosebumps!
speaking for myself: to loose all that, what could be called my self-identity, doesn't at all mean that i become "nobody", get dumb and amnesic, dissolve into nothing or such. quite the contrary. paradoxically by loosing my identity i seem to become "myself" even more, more that ever.
I like the way Eckhart Tolle put it - unfortunately thats one of those "mystics" thats probably earning an a*** full of money with his books, but still there's something to it: "Property, work, social status, acceptance, knowledge, education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, personal or family history, politics, nationality, race nor religion. None of that is you. Do you think that is frightening? Or is it a relief? You have to let got of these things sooner or later. Do you think thats hard to belief? I certainly don't want you to belief, that your identity is in none of these things. You will find out yourself. At the latest when death is near. death takes away everything that is not you. Now the secret of life is "to die BEFORE you die" and find out that there is no death."
"Breathing slowly, mechanical heartbeat
losing contact with the living
Almighty TV plugged, hybrid empty brain
don't see anything real in the game
The tension is building constantly
No reason just a reflex I have, driven by clockwork
I try to keep an eye open
And I realize I haven't closed my eyes in a long time"
I think more towards the idea of what it's like to be in a permanint "vegtable" state such as a sevir coma where the only things keeping you alive are machines and being in a state incredably close to death...Ex: (all mightly TV plug: could be interpretied as a life support) and (hybrid empty brain,mechanical heartbeat etc... could all be interpreded to coma-realted terms) and i also see it talkes about the "Art of dying", which is explain clearly stated in the song as "the way to let all go" which, to me, talkes about execpting death and leaving life behind, whch also supports my other piont about being on your death bed... I really dont think the song has any relation to TV media or sorts like that and is directly realted to the idea of exepting death, but thats just my oppinion...
As for the meaning, I think it has to do with the importance of recognising how one's own mortality is more important than material possessions in life, so life should not be wasted on things such as watching TV.
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The power of media such as television to destroy a person's independant thought, meaning a "death" of intellectual thought.