DragonForce – Give Me the Night

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  My Interpretation:Yes, this does seem like drug addiction, but going by the other songs (and TheGreatNinjaMan's many great comments on them!), you can easily see this song fitting into the post-apocalyptic theme of the album itself. Perhaps drugs are the way for the general populace and/or the soldiers to escape from reality. In addition, the lyrics themselves seem to imply the subject of the song is contemplating suicide, likely via the drugs themselves.
  
  "Still the same tempting voice in my mind
  Losing grip on it all (losing grip on it all)
  Carry on through the endless lies
  'Cause I can't see a reason why"
  
  That'd be the best example, right there. The voice in his mind is the temptation of ending it all. In the main theme of the song, "The Night" is likely referring to the pleasant darkness of death, escape from the nuclear winter.
  
  "There's no tomorrow for right now will be
  The best time of my life"
  
  That would be the goal, of course. Get lost in the world of escape that the drugs are bringing him, as they kill him at the same time. There's no tomorrow.
  
  "Hammering, sickening, torment and pain
  Blind ambition to poison my brain
  Cheating, lying, begging, stealing day after day
  For the one final dose I won't be saving"
  
  This is of course describing the state of the world, and also mentioning the final dose of the drug, and how he's going to go ahead and die now rather than save it for later.
  
  "Pure darkness consuming my life
  Don't wanna die here alone (die here alone)
  Walk away from reality
  Got a date with the enemy"
  
  This part is a little confusing, but I'm sure it can be spinned to fit in with the rest of the song. Perhaps he's still a bit afraid of dying despite his decision to go through with it.

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  General Comment:like predelnik said, this song does sound alot like drug addiction.

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  General Comment:like predelnik said, this song does sound alot like drug addiction.

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    So I suppose, going by the "post-apocalyptic" theme/storyline this album seems to be telling, perhaps drugs were a way to escape for the soldiers and/or general populace? The lyrics also seem to suggest they're considering suicide, perhaps via the drugs themselves.

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  My Interpretation:For me it looks like this song about drug addiction there are too many thing that pointing to this area. The funny thing that the most positive line : "The best time of life" could be just getting of another dose of the drugs which is actually rather nasty thing. Anyway quite unusual lyrics for this band, and that's generally the reason i write this comment :)

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  My Interpretation:For me it looks like this song about drug addiction there are too many thing that pointing to this area. The funny thing that the most positive line : "The best time of life" could be just getting of another dose of the drugs which is actually rather nasty thing. Anyway quite unusual lyrics for this band, and that's generally the reason i write this comment :)

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