Nevermore
Breaking the Chains: Liberation from the Vicious Circle
Lyrics
Face down. Obey to who is ordering: God and master.
Submission to authority, referencing God and a master figure.
Each one of us has someone to please
Everyone has someone they feel obligated to please.
Work more, faster, the show, it must go on. Work more, spend more,
Emphasis on the demand for productivity, speed, and the relentless pursuit of entertainment. Consumerism is highlighted.
Happiness is one purchase away
The belief that happiness can be achieved through material purchases.
We live our lives like if our condition would be just a phase
Living as if current circumstances are temporary, ignoring their permanence.
In wait of some kind of recognition that will surely not come
Seeking acknowledgment that may never be received.
As for me, I had enough
The speaker expresses dissatisfaction and exhaustion.
From now on, never more
A resolution to break free from the current state of dissatisfaction.
Work more, buy more, spend more, then rot in peace. Work more, buy more.
Reiteration of the work-spend cycle, questioning the pursuit of happiness through materialism.
Happiness is one purchase away.
Reinforcement of the idea that happiness is just a purchase away.
Vicious circle, I put an end to this vicious circle
Deciding to end the repetitive and destructive cycle of life.
Will this persecution end only once I'm dead?
Contemplation of whether persecution and dissatisfaction will only cease with death.
And so we'll live in blood sweat and tars: no love no hate
Acceptance of a life filled with struggle and hardship without love or hate.
And so we'll die: bound to happen
Recognition of the inevitability of death.
I won't die the same
Commitment to a different way of living and dying, rejecting conformity.
Conscious
Awareness and mindfulness.
Happiness can't be bought
Assertion that happiness cannot be purchased.
No respect can be found in a system based on our craze for the superfluous
Critique of a system driven by a desire for unnecessary and excessive things, lacking respect.
Happiness can't be bought. No respect can be found in a system based on
Reiteration of the idea that happiness and respect can't be found in a materialistic system.
Our craze for the superfluous. Happiness can't be bought.
Reiteration of the critique on the obsession with the unnecessary.
Dignity is coming back as I swear to myself now: From now on, never more.
Declaring a return of dignity and a commitment to breaking free from the cycle.
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