Mess
Cultural Decay: Armored Saint's Revelations
Lyrics
Aralyzing chains of tradition
Questioning and examining the constraints imposed by established customs and practices
Let the decadence marinate
Allowing moral decay or moral decline to soak in or saturate
Farmers with a dire prediction
People who cultivate food foreseeing a negative future outcome
Who planted massive seeds we ate
Refers to those who initially planted significant ideas or systems that later impacted society
Flower, grower, cultivating seeds we ate
Symbolizes the cycle of planting, nurturing, and consuming ideas or systems
Pilfer, slower, inching closer to checkmate
Acting stealthily or cautiously, gradually moving closer to a critical or decisive point
There's many been bought before, lots before
Many people have been deceived or manipulated in the past
And this ain't no different
Current situation is no different from past instances of manipulation or deception
There's many who've fought before, and lost before
Many have engaged in struggles before but ended up losing
And this ain't no different
Present circumstances resemble past failures in struggles
The price of an all you can eat buffet
Metaphor for excessive consumption leading to negative consequences
Will put you away
Excessive indulgence will have severe repercussions
You ain't no different, I ain't no different
No distinction between individuals in terms of behavior or consequences
There ain't no difference
No fundamental difference among people in this context
Between the likes of us
Similarities exist among individuals despite superficial differences
Except were all gonna bust
All individuals will eventually face severe consequences
The mess, the mess that we continue to make
Repetition of the negative outcomes resulting from continuous creation of disorder or chaos
Living in our culture of waste
Living in a society characterized by excessive wastefulness
The mess that we all make will
The ongoing mess created by everyone will lead to complete destruction
Annihilate
The collective mess will cause complete annihilation
The mess, the mess that we continue to make
Reiteration of the continuing creation of disorder or chaos
Mom said better clean your plate
Traditional advice emphasizing finishing one's food to avoid waste
The mess that we all make will
Collective disorder or chaos will bring about total destruction
Annihilate
The combined mess will result in complete obliteration
Waste
A call to attention on wastefulness or squandering valuable resources
Fat the hero modus operandi
The typical or favored way of operating for those who excessively indulge
Gluttons eat all in their path
Individuals who overindulge consuming everything in their path
Sell the public items they must buy
Selling items to the public that they are compelled to purchase
Use 'em once then they get the shaft
Using things only once and then discarding them
There's many been bought before, lots before
Similar to lines 8 and 9, emphasizing historical manipulation or deception
And this ain't no different
Current situation mirrors past instances of deceit or manipulation
There's many who've fought before, and lost before
Similar to lines 10 and 11, highlighting historical failures in struggles
And this ain't no different
Current circumstances reflect past failures in struggles
The line at the all you can eat buffet
Astonishment at the sheer number of people indulging in excessive consumption
It blows me away
Astonishment at the abundance of excess consumption
You ain't no different, I ain't no different
No fundamental difference in behavior or consequences between individuals
There ain't no difference
Similarities in behavior and consequences among people
Between the likes of us
Comparable outcomes await all individuals despite apparent differences
Except we're all gonna bust
All individuals will eventually face severe consequences
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