Lyrics
What is sacred is a wing over your head
Reference to protection or guidance symbolized by a wing above.
All I want is everything that I can get
Expressing a desire for abundance, wanting everything available.
Hold your horses but it's better if we run
Suggesting caution ("hold your horses") but advocating action ("better if we run").
Whoever beats the drum
Alluding to a leader or influencer, possibly controlling the narrative.
The last hit of the drum
The final impact or consequence of a situation.
To wake you up, cause you are sleepwalking this place
Awakening from a state of unawareness, pointing to a need for consciousness.
Believing the charade
Believing in a deceptive act or pretense.
Around us is the everlasting smell of burning thyme
Surrounded by a persistent and perhaps ominous scent of burning thyme.
Where the ocean turned to brine
Describing a transformation of the ocean into a corrosive substance (brine).
The lesser evil, is the devil's incarnation
Suggesting that the seemingly lesser evil is actually a manifestation of the devil.
Step by step we succumb to infestation
Gradually succumbing to a harmful influence or invasion.
Imagination is billed in monthly fees
Imagination is commodified, highlighting a commercialization of creativity.
Whoever killed the trees
Attributing responsibility for environmental harm, specifically tree destruction.
The last sting of the bees
The final impact or consequence of the decline of bee populations.
Feeling the instincts, that we never had
Experiencing instincts that were previously absent or ignored.
We're gods of building, that are tearing down instead
Humans, capable of creation, are paradoxically engaged in destruction.
Sit back and listen, it only takes a while
Encouraging reflection and patience to overcome a state of denial.
To come down from denial
Coming to terms with reality after a period of denial.
The Death Cult of Denial
Emphasizing a collective state of denial, forming a 'Death Cult.'
To wake you up, cause you are sleepwalking this place
A repetition emphasizing the need for awakening from a state of unawareness.
Believing the charade
Reiteration of belief in a deceptive act or pretense.
Uprooted, and left in the sun
Being displaced and exposed, possibly metaphorical for vulnerability.
Deluded, a life in the wrong
Living a deceived life, having chosen the wrong path.
Uprooted, and left in the sun
Reiteration of being uprooted and left exposed to harsh conditions.
Deluded, a life in the wrong
Continuation of a life led astray, in the wrong direction.
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