Lyric discussion by Firepete 

I always thought, that the "weight of the steel of the flat of the blade" refers to the act of being knighted, as you would get touched with the flat side of a swords blade. Otherwise I really like your interpretation, XTimmy

I'd have to agree with this in accompaniment to XTimmy's interpretation. It's the weight of the service you are committed to as you're knighted with the flat of the blade.

@Firepete do you think it's rather referring to the burden of having been inducted into a violent gang? 'Being knighted' has to be fit contextually into the lyrics rather than interpreting it as simply that

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