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Premise to interlude
Wait til all bones protrude
You're con-vexed, you're convert
There's a stain on your shirt
Semi-sweet, semicide
The remorse you can't hide
Now we molt past our skin
And make room to begin
Symmetry
You must work in symmetry
You must earn their empathy
Symmetry
You must work in symmetry
You must earn their empathy
Down down cities fall down on me
The final chrysalis
Self-controlled consciousness
Now it feels imminent
Done for your benefit
Eat right out of their hand
Its concaved all your glands
We're encouraged to forget
Preference to be force fed
Symmetry
You must work in symmetry
You must earn their empathy
Symmetry
You must work in symmetry
You must earn their empathy
Down down cities fall down on me
You must earn our empathy
You must earn our empathy
You must earn our empathy
You must earn our empathy
Wait til all bones protrude
You're con-vexed, you're convert
There's a stain on your shirt
Semi-sweet, semicide
The remorse you can't hide
Now we molt past our skin
And make room to begin
Symmetry
You must work in symmetry
You must earn their empathy
Symmetry
You must work in symmetry
You must earn their empathy
Down down cities fall down on me
The final chrysalis
Self-controlled consciousness
Now it feels imminent
Done for your benefit
Eat right out of their hand
Its concaved all your glands
We're encouraged to forget
Preference to be force fed
Symmetry
You must work in symmetry
You must earn their empathy
Symmetry
You must work in symmetry
You must earn their empathy
Down down cities fall down on me
You must earn our empathy
You must earn our empathy
You must earn our empathy
You must earn our empathy
Lyrics submitted by xxzxcuzxyou
Track duration: 04:10
"Empathy" as written by Christopher Young
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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To me, personally, the song meaning is that we, as humans are similar to insects.
For example: In the first verse of the song she says "wait till all bones protrude", when insects grow their bones change, grow push out.
In that same verse she continues to say "now we molt past our skin" we are growing into a new skin like a Caterpillar grows into a Butterfly.
The second verse she says "The final Chrysalis" A chrysalis is a cocoon, we are evolving.
In the chorus she repeats "You must work in symmetry. You must earn their empathy" - Human life isnt that different from Ants, There are different species living on one planet, they work together but fight other colonies (Just like the war working together as people fighting another colony.)
In the second verse again we hear this:
"the final chrysalis
self-controlled consciousness
now it feels omminent
done for your benefit
eat right out of their hand
its concaved all your glands
we're encouraged to forget
preference to be forcefed"
when I read this I interpret,
"In the final stage,
when we believe we control our own brains..
It feels fantastic, perfect,
done for you benefit,
You follow everything I tell you to do,
and you think its good for you,
I encourage you to forget what we have done
and prefer you to do what i say"
this could be said by the "queen" a.k.a the government, like we have been brainwashed into thinking War is good as it will resolved out issues, everything we see in the media is good.
When the chorus is saying.
We are fighting to be repected by everyone, and to be in the 'popular' crowed. Cloning ourselves to be like someone else, we are working in symmetry, trying to earn their empathy.
The only thing that stumps me is the part about cities falling down? Could this be War, literally cities falling down, Or could it mean something more deeper and more emotional.
This is my personal view on what the meaning behind this song is.
Everyone is entitled to their own whether it is about sex, Or a pre-apocalyptic world.
Its up to you.
Just enjoy the song.
'we re encouraged to forget our preference'. Hmmmm. ,, sexual preference
Because it will be force fed anyways. Meaning you may be forced into bisexual acts.
A gang bang ain't always guna be like the ones they have at the playboy mansion.
I see how one view this reality as dystopian.
But chaucerian?
i definitely get some dystopian themes here, very 1984-ish. "we're encouraged to forget / preference to be forcefed" etc.
Seriously InfidelityWeTrust? You have to tell me who you buy from. Please
OK, first off, thank Crystal Castles for supplying your awkward-dancing ass with kickass rave beat on this song.
Anyways,
Alice is pretty much speaking directly to the audience throughout this song. She’s speaking to you
premise to interlude - before this interlude . . .
wait til all bones protrude - wait until everybody’s boners have so imagistically protruded : Wait for it to get hot on the dancefloor.
you're convexed, you're convert - You’re not trippin out. Nobody likes hooking up with someone who has a cracked out stare
there's a stain on your shirt - Eww, there’s a cumstain on your shirt. Addionally, there’s a stain. You may not look your best. Whatever, just don’t feel self-conscious
semi-sweet, semicide - You want to be sweet with your dance partner, but you don’t just want to drink fucking tea together. You want to tame that
the remorse you can't hide - You cant hide the guilt from the regrets of your past. Because we all are like this, it brings all of us here closer,
now we molt past our skin - now we shed our obligations to society’s , narrow-minded social norms
and make room to begin - and get ready to start making love
symmetry -- If you want to make it with ur partner tonight, youll first have to start following each other’s movements: you need to dance together and then feel your partners rhythm.
you must work in symmetry --
you must earn their empathy -- if you and your partner both want to feel good together, you first have to empathize with your partner, and somehow convey your mutual understanding. With the line, “Earn their empathy,” Alice alludes to the fact that you have been intimately grinding with your partner in an attempt to feel each other out and establish a bond.
down down cities fall down on me—the whisper part here confuses some people at liveshows. In case you were still listening, this is the only part in the song without the omnipresent dance groove. Instead of dancing at this part, you and your partner should start laying down on the dancefloor. You can’t have sex standing up right?
“down down” is Castles telling you its frickin time for everyone to start fucking each other on the dancefloor.
“cities fall down on me” this line really makes you feel connected(empathize) with the millions of people in other cities who have participated in an orgy at Crystal Castles on a past/future night. To paraphrase, “people of the world, lets begin having sex”
Alice wants you to “fall down on [her]” because she wants the room to get on the ground, and start having the orgy on top of her. It’s an awful warm invitation. Alice has been known to jump into the crowd during live shows.
*building up suspense w/ the lyrics*
the final chrysalis --the final thing to penetrate
self-controlled consciousness –act sane, don’t get confused or out of control
now it feels omminent - - the climax now feels like it will certainly happen
done for your benefit - - it’s like everything that is being done is for your satisfaction
eat right out of their hand -- let your lover lead you on
its concaved all your glands --its giving you an erection again
we're encouraged to forget -- Castles recommends that you forget your sexual orientation and let whatever happens to you happen in the crowd
preference to be forcefed
Honestly, its not a bad mid-concert pep talk. I cant think of anything better to chant, to make people feel comfortable and willing to have sex with a group of strangers.
Can you, for a second, imagine a Crystal Castles live concert?
They have been preaching havoc and emotion all across 6 continents