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Archive Of Pain Lyrics
I wonder who you think you are
You damn well think you're God or something God give life, God take it away, not you I think you are the devil itself If hospitals cure Then prisons must bring their pain Don't be ashamed to slaughter The centre of humanity is cruelty There is never redemption Any fool can regret yesterday Nail it to the House of Lords You will be buried in the same box as a killer, as a killer, as a killer A drained white body hangs from the gallows Is more righteous than Hindley's crotchet lectures Pain not penance, forget martyrs, remember victims The weak die young and right now we crouch to make them strong Kill Yeltsin, who's saying? Zhirinovsky, Le Pen, Hindley and Brady, Ireland, Allit, Sutcliffe, Dahmer, Nielson, Yoshinori Ueda, Blanche and Pickles, Amin, Milosovic Give them respect they deserve Give them the respect they deserve Give them the respect they deserve Give them the respect they deserve Execution needed A bloody vessel for your peace If man makes death then death makes man Tear the torso with horses and chains killers view themselves like they view the world, they pick at the holes Not punish less, rise the pain Sterilise rapists, all I preach is extinction Kill Yeltsin, who's saying? Zhirinovsky, Le Pen, Hindley and Brady, Ireland, Allit, Sutcliffe, Dahmer, Nielson, Yoshinori Ueda, Blanche and Pickles, Amin, Milosovic Give them respect they deserve Give them the respect they deserve Give them the respect they deserve Give them the respect they d e s e r v e
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08-05-2002
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08-05-2002
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08-11-2002
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08-19-2002
The song is pro-capital punishment. As Zed92uk said, it's a reaction against the glorification of serial killers: something the Manics, ironically enough, participated in when they wrote 'Patrick Bateman'.
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08-30-2002
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09-05-2002
one of the darkest songs i know. why do ppl prefer the new stuff to this?
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03-04-2003
Also, instead of "Who's saying?" I always thought it was "Hussain".
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04-10-2003
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04-10-2003
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10-19-2004
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10-20-2004
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12-10-2004
"There is never redemption
Any fool can regret yesterday
Nail it to the House of Lords
You will be buried in the same box as a killer"
This links in with the line about giving them (mass murderers) the respect they deserve. It is saying murderers should never be forgiven, and society is too lenient, they should be sentenced to death not life.
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12-27-2004
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02-08-2005
But then maybe I'm just twisting the song to fit into my own view of things-that capital punishment is abhorent state-authorised murder.
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02-19-2005
"All I preach is extinction"
which seems to be criticising those who are in favour of capital punsihment. I suppose it can be viewed as pro- or anti- captital punishment, depending on your own views.
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04-05-2005
James DB admits on the 'Holy Bible' DVD that he found the perspective of the song baffling. He's intent on distancing himself from many of the songs, too.
I think the essence of the whole album is reflective of a seriously disturbed mind. Which is troubling, because I really like it!
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05-05-2005
it may not neccessarily be about capital punishment though.
then song is more against the glorification of serial killers and the way society is both disgusted by them, as well as fascinated.
the line:
forget martyrs, remember victims means that that we should stop spending time on those who kill for their cause (the serial killers) and be more concerned for those who have died (the victims)
the song starts off with another scary bit. it basically says that it doesnt matter who you are, you will be buried the same way as one who kills. this can also be interpreted that everyone has the tendency to kill as expressed in the lines:
Don't be ashamed to slaughter
The centre of humanity is cruelty
the manics also have a cynical view on the topic of remorse:
Any fool can regret yesterday
perhaps they think that remorse is no reason to excuse actions. in this case, they would support a harder approach towards capital punishment, ie it doesnt matter what the person feels now, he must still be punished.
Execution needed
A bloody vessel for your peace - these lines show that we execute for closure. to feel that justice is done, the killer is executed. the manic do not pass any judgement, it is more of a statement.
my favourite lines :
Not punish less, rise the pain
Sterilise rapists, all I preach is extinction
these lines plus the lines
if man makes death, death makes man shows a sort of constant cycle of violence (death makes man makes death makes man). the killer kills and we kill the killer.
overall the song is condemning the killers, but also supports the notion that we can also become killers. there should be a way to distance ourselves from the killers, without glorifying them and making them heros. therefore, we must give them the respect they deserve, that is, no respect at all.
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05-10-2005
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05-10-2005
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06-28-2005
Oh, and I've read that Richey wrote alone on this album, Nicky only contributed song titles for Richey's songs, in the main (such as this one - Archives Of Pain was the title of an essay by Michael Foucault, which he and Richey studied at university).
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06-28-2005
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10-07-2005
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10-07-2005
Love reading your pearls of wisdom, richeye :)
One more thing - I've been thinking about this a lot and have come to the conclusion that capital punishment cannot purely be a black and white issue, however convincing the arguments for and against are.
A bit like abortion, in that sense.
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11-09-2005
Having said that, I'm fairly sure Richey definitely had a hangup about wanting to 'tear the torso with horses and chains', in that he repeated the concept in an interview. I think he was talking about how he wanted to make children watch murderers being torn apart on TV, so they know what happens to 'bad' people. Pretty fucked up, really.
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12-23-2005
1. Why would Myra Hindley be giving crochet lectures? (I'm pretty sure it's crochet as opposed to crotchet)
2. Who the hell are/were Blanche and Pickles?
3. At the end of the list of killers, second time round it goes 'Amin and...something' but it's not Milosevic that time, anyone hazard a guess as to what it is?
Thanks
08-08-2009
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