I am war, I am pain
I am all you've ever slain
I am tears in your eyes
I am grief, I am lies
This frames the narrator as something intangible, such as a general theme. The broadness of topics he states himself as, as well as the the album's title featuring the theme, "misanthropia," we can speculate that the narrator actually represents all aspects of humanity.
I am pure, I am true
I am all over you
I am laugh, I am smile
I am the earth defiled
This section is where the listener can begin to realize that the narrator is actually Lucifer, as he is very often characterized as telling people he is god and that he is good. "I am all over you" illustrates the merging of the first verse's theme with the satanic one. That humanity IS Satan. That all of our instincts, actions and flaws aggregated into all of humanity is inherently evil, violent and wanting. The phrases "I am laugh, I am smile" merely cement the integration of Satan(narrator) with basic human emotions.
I am the cosmic storms
I am the tiny worms
I am fear in the night
I am bringer of light
"I am the cosmic storm, I am the tiny worms" spreads the grandeur of the narrator from being an aspect of humanity to say that he is everything in this plane of existence. The "fear in the night" is only placed to sound cool. However, the final line is the most telling reveal in the song.
Lucifer is the English translation of "Lux Ferre" in Latin. Lux meaning light and Ferre meaning "to bring." In the bible, Lucifer is known as the morning star, or the rising sun, that brings light to the world. This reveal that the narrator is actually Satan at the end of the song while describing himself as the heart of all men and all things solidifies the thesis that humanity is inherently evil and Satan is in all of us.
I am war, I am pain I am all you've ever slain I am tears in your eyes I am grief, I am lies
This frames the narrator as something intangible, such as a general theme. The broadness of topics he states himself as, as well as the the album's title featuring the theme, "misanthropia," we can speculate that the narrator actually represents all aspects of humanity.
I am pure, I am true I am all over you I am laugh, I am smile I am the earth defiled
This section is where the listener can begin to realize that the narrator is actually Lucifer, as he is very often characterized as telling people he is god and that he is good. "I am all over you" illustrates the merging of the first verse's theme with the satanic one. That humanity IS Satan. That all of our instincts, actions and flaws aggregated into all of humanity is inherently evil, violent and wanting. The phrases "I am laugh, I am smile" merely cement the integration of Satan(narrator) with basic human emotions.
I am the cosmic storms I am the tiny worms I am fear in the night I am bringer of light
"I am the cosmic storm, I am the tiny worms" spreads the grandeur of the narrator from being an aspect of humanity to say that he is everything in this plane of existence. The "fear in the night" is only placed to sound cool. However, the final line is the most telling reveal in the song.
Lucifer is the English translation of "Lux Ferre" in Latin. Lux meaning light and Ferre meaning "to bring." In the bible, Lucifer is known as the morning star, or the rising sun, that brings light to the world. This reveal that the narrator is actually Satan at the end of the song while describing himself as the heart of all men and all things solidifies the thesis that humanity is inherently evil and Satan is in all of us.
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