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So young, so brazen, so unholy
I come to you in painted skies
Your broken saint, your ancient story
The living challenge to their lies
Trapped in the cold outside
There ain't no shelter
And they want to force my hand
Until I take what I want
And then break all the lies
That they feed, the fucking liars
Smash all the temples
And crawl through the rubble
And cry to the fallen
I'm the last of my kind still standing
I'm alone
A wolf alone upon the hillside
I live on what they throw away
I go to sleep behind the 8-ball
I live to fight for one more day
I'm trapped in the cold outside
There ain't there no shelter
And they want to force my hand
Until I take what I want
And then break all the lies
That they feed, the fucking liars
Smash all the temples
And crawl through the rubble
And cry to the fallen
I'm the last of my kind still standing
I'm alone
(The last of my kind still standing)
I come to you in painted skies
Your broken saint, your ancient story
The living challenge to their lies
Trapped in the cold outside
There ain't no shelter
And they want to force my hand
Until I take what I want
And then break all the lies
That they feed, the fucking liars
Smash all the temples
And crawl through the rubble
And cry to the fallen
I'm the last of my kind still standing
I'm alone
A wolf alone upon the hillside
I live on what they throw away
I go to sleep behind the 8-ball
I live to fight for one more day
I'm trapped in the cold outside
There ain't there no shelter
And they want to force my hand
Until I take what I want
And then break all the lies
That they feed, the fucking liars
Smash all the temples
And crawl through the rubble
And cry to the fallen
I'm the last of my kind still standing
I'm alone
(The last of my kind still standing)
Lyrics submitted by brettjrob
Track duration: 05:53
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He's the last man standing while some fell into heaven and some into hell.
He's alone because he's not one of 'them' nor is he really living but he's not in the matrix of the unconscious.
He has no one to shelter him from himself or the world so he goes back to sleep and fights through another day.
But the time has come where he's been called on to take what he relly wanted (i think this is probably to be enjoying his life with the living) but then to deliver his message and to destroy the temples of love (dogma/blind faith/guilt/coverteousness etc) and the little white lies. He doesnt really want to because he understands the consequences however he isnt jesus, he's just another man nailed to the cross so he will be forced to because he has no choice.
Good song...about shame and pride...in my 'umble opinion.
I saw the new AIC with Will. They opened with "Them Bones!" You couldn't pick a better opener if you tried. This band can still rock your face and kick your ass. Don't be fooled by their age or new frontman.
I like thinking of fictitious meanings as well as realistic views so here is what I got...
My fictitious view was that it could be kind of like a science fiction story were an organization is trying to brain wash a group of people (or everyone) and create some sort of super soldier. Turns out the brain washing doesn't work on this individual and they fight back being the last free mind. (like a Wolverine story)
My realistic view was that he is the last to fight for their freedom from the government, press, and everything that has some form of control over there life.
I also thought it might be a shot that Alice in Chains is one of the last bands to carry on that true grunge sound without changing like STP... (but now Soundgarden is back too!!! YEAH!)
When I heard "Smash all the temples" I immediately thought of someone smashing through peoples skulls.
witch added to my fictitious meaning.
Seeing that others take it as a religious temple definitely adds more possibilities that did not even think of.
Either way, great song.
That can obviously be generalised though into something more relevent to most of us, like the 1993 WTC bombings for instance - the American influence, presence and involvement in the Arab world provoked a terrorist attack or the way people in the ghetto are forced to steal and deal stuff like crack for a living because of government failure to support those in relative poverty.
I see it personally as the way that society outcasts certain people and the subsequent alienation driving those people to revolt in ways that only lead to cementing society's outcasting of them
"So young, so brazen, so unholy
I come to you in painted skies
Your broken saint, your ancient story
The living challenge to their lies"
This first section is to me an introduction to a young soldier first setting foot in enemy territory.
"Trapped in the cold outside
There ain't no shelter
And they want to force my hand"
A soldier must always face adverse situations...
"Until I take what I want
And then break all the lies
That they feed, the fucking liars
Smash all the temples
And crawl through the rubble
And cry to the fallen"
The soldier carries out his duties...sometimes having to destroy another country down and then face the locals and express concern/care for their plight.
"I'm the last of my kind still standing
I'm alone"
Feelings of soldiering on...showing strength yet feeling alone/lost.
"A wolf alone upon the hillside
I live on what they throw away
I go to sleep behind the 8-ball
I live to fight for one more day"
Pretty obvious when going on with my understanding of the song.
(The last of my kind still standing)