The dead lungs could refer to the long dead people who invented our religions (although the forms of islam that motivate suicide bombings aren't as ancient as they'd like to think).
Not sure about the cleric's fog, but the wretched form should just be the physical body. So long to that, hello to heaven!
It's a pretty gory song from this point of view. "you sublimate yourself" is talking about literal sublimation (solid matter turning in to a gas without passing through a liquid state), there is actual viscera unfurling, the minds (or rather brains) are literally blown, and the primitive mural on the wall is a bloody splat! Maybe the burning fiat is a burning Fiat? Nah :)
I'm thinking the "gray eyes on the subway" has to do with a religious nut's view of the poor un-enlightened people around them, but I'm not sure. It may make more sense with something like a school shooter or a spree killer -- along with "you're not invisible, now". I think it's pretty common for spree killers to be lonely and unsuccessful, motivated by a wish to step out of anonymity and feel meaningful. Maybe for suicide bombers too?
I'm also not sure what to make of the two veins from the heart.
"So long before you were born // you were always to be a dagger floating // straight to their heart." would refer to the fact that this person thinks they've found the transcendent purpose of their life. This could also refer to the lifting of the clerical fog -- the jumbled bullshit they've been spouting suddenly makes sense and you've found your purpose!
"So long before you were born // you were always to be a dagger floating // straight to their heart." would refer to the fact that this person thinks they've found the transcendent purpose of their life. This could also refer to the lifting of the clerical fog -- the jumbled bullshit they've been spouting suddenly makes sense and you've found your purpose!
Another thing I don't get about the song is the relationship between the "I"-person and the "you"-person. What is going on?
Another thing I don't get about the song is the relationship between the "I"-person and the "you"-person. What is going on?
The suicide bomber thing does make sense!
The dead lungs could refer to the long dead people who invented our religions (although the forms of islam that motivate suicide bombings aren't as ancient as they'd like to think).
Not sure about the cleric's fog, but the wretched form should just be the physical body. So long to that, hello to heaven!
It's a pretty gory song from this point of view. "you sublimate yourself" is talking about literal sublimation (solid matter turning in to a gas without passing through a liquid state), there is actual viscera unfurling, the minds (or rather brains) are literally blown, and the primitive mural on the wall is a bloody splat! Maybe the burning fiat is a burning Fiat? Nah :)
I'm thinking the "gray eyes on the subway" has to do with a religious nut's view of the poor un-enlightened people around them, but I'm not sure. It may make more sense with something like a school shooter or a spree killer -- along with "you're not invisible, now". I think it's pretty common for spree killers to be lonely and unsuccessful, motivated by a wish to step out of anonymity and feel meaningful. Maybe for suicide bombers too?
I'm also not sure what to make of the two veins from the heart.
"So long before you were born // you were always to be a dagger floating // straight to their heart." would refer to the fact that this person thinks they've found the transcendent purpose of their life. This could also refer to the lifting of the clerical fog -- the jumbled bullshit they've been spouting suddenly makes sense and you've found your purpose!
"So long before you were born // you were always to be a dagger floating // straight to their heart." would refer to the fact that this person thinks they've found the transcendent purpose of their life. This could also refer to the lifting of the clerical fog -- the jumbled bullshit they've been spouting suddenly makes sense and you've found your purpose!
Another thing I don't get about the song is the relationship between the "I"-person and the "you"-person. What is going on?
Another thing I don't get about the song is the relationship between the "I"-person and the "you"-person. What is going on?
"Go, go get MY suitcase, would YOU? YOU've thoroughly blown their mind. And now I must have passage home"
"Go, go get MY suitcase, would YOU? YOU've thoroughly blown their mind. And now I must have passage home"
(Incidentally: why can't I edit my post?)
(Incidentally: why can't I edit my post?)