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Once I had my heroes
And once I had my dreams
But all of that is changed now
They've turned things inside out
The truth is not that comfortable, no!
And Mother taught us patience
The virtues of restraint
And Father taught us boundaries
Beyond which we must go
To find the secrets promised us, yeah
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when it all gets blown away
That's when I reach for my revolver
The spirit fights to find its way
A friend of mine once told me
His one and only aim
To build a giant castle
And live inside his name
Cry and whispers sing in muted pain
Yeah
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when it all gets blown away
That's when I reach for my revolver
The spirit fights to find its way
Tonight the sky is empty
But that is nothing new
Its dead eyes look upon us
They tell me
We're nothing
But slaves
That's when I reach for my revolver
Just slaves
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when I reach for my revolver
And once I had my dreams
But all of that is changed now
They've turned things inside out
The truth is not that comfortable, no!
And Mother taught us patience
The virtues of restraint
And Father taught us boundaries
Beyond which we must go
To find the secrets promised us, yeah
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when it all gets blown away
That's when I reach for my revolver
The spirit fights to find its way
A friend of mine once told me
His one and only aim
To build a giant castle
And live inside his name
Cry and whispers sing in muted pain
Yeah
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when it all gets blown away
That's when I reach for my revolver
The spirit fights to find its way
Tonight the sky is empty
But that is nothing new
Its dead eyes look upon us
They tell me
We're nothing
But slaves
That's when I reach for my revolver
Just slaves
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when I reach for my revolver
Lyrics submitted by agnamaracs, edited by Phad, Enemy#0
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“And Mother taught us patience The virtues of restraint And Father taught us boundaries Beyond which we must go ———————- To find the secrets promised us, yeah”
This verse is an example of conflicting advice, cognitive dissonance. Kinda crazy-making if you ask me, purposely confusing.
Overall what I get from the song is, There’s no Objective Good, there’s no god (“Tonight the sky is empty”), and it’s always been this way (“but that is nothing new”). The individual is what matters anyway, not groupthink, not “common goals” (possible brainwashing) or at least they’re nothing to apply any real, psychological importance to (“but all of that is changed now, they’ve turned things inside out”). Final comment: The line that comes after the one I quoted above regarding the sky’s “dead eyes”, which goes “they tell me we’re nothing but slaves” - There’s no real “forever” to be bothered with, just the “here and now”. “Forever” was invented by despicable people in order to corral disparate humans into becoming sheep.