Lyrics
Oh you bird of my making
Creation and control: Addressing a creation, possibly one's own actions or decisions.
Your gifts sculpted from my clay
Acknowledging influence: Gifts or outcomes shaped by personal effort or influence.
Eat my flesh every day
Symbolic consumption: Metaphorical consumption of one's essence or contributions by others.
This is how I am repaid
Unfavorable reciprocity: Feeling unrewarded or negatively compensated for one's efforts.
Disemboweled but reborn
Transformation and resilience: Overcoming challenges, being reborn after internal struggles.
Trickster chained forever more
Enduring consequences: Facing enduring consequences, possibly due to deception or trickery.
A gift far too big for man
Overwhelming gift: A gift perceived as too significant for humanity.
A light in the darkness
Guiding light: Positive element amidst darkness, possibly a source of guidance or hope.
A trick to undermine the gods
Deceptive intentions: A trick aimed at undermining powerful entities, challenging the status quo.
Keys to the kingdom
Power dynamics: Possession or control of influential elements, symbolized by keys.
With fire comes iron comes power
Transformational process: Fire, iron, and power symbolize a transformative journey or growth.
The ensuing wrath would extinguish the world
Catastrophic consequences: The potential for destructive outcomes as a result of wielding power.
A swarm of constant suffering
Perpetual suffering: Describing ongoing and relentless suffering.
Their terrors unleashed
Unleashed chaos: The consequences of actions causing widespread terror and chaos.
With fire comes iron comes power
Reiteration of transformation: Reinforcing the connection between fire, iron, and power.
Destroy my legacy
Willful destruction: A plea or command to destroy one's legacy intentionally.
Take my life
Sacrificial surrender: Willingness to sacrifice one's life for a greater purpose.
So choke on my flesh
Metaphorical confrontation: Challenging a destructive force to consume the speaker's essence.
Wretched foul beast
Descriptive condemnation: Referring to a beast in negative and repulsive terms.
Foresight is misery
Negative perspective on foresight: Viewing knowledge of the future as a source of misery.
Stealing fire from a selfish god
Defying a god: Stealing fire from a god, challenging authority or established norms.
The great deceiver
Deceptive character: Describing a figure as a great deceiver, possibly tied to earlier trickery.
Titan of fire
Symbolic Titan: Describing a powerful and possibly rebellious force associated with fire.
Guardian of a joyless rock
Guardian of desolation: A guardian figure overseeing a joyless or barren landscape.
Immortal figure
Immortality and persistence: Describing a figure as immortal and possessing an undying spirit.
Undying spirit
Mortality imagery: Reference to blood drying quickly in the sun, suggesting transience.
Blood dries quickly in the sun
Symbolism of consequences: Blood drying as a consequence, perhaps related to earlier actions.
Pandora's trap
Trap metaphor: Reference to Pandora's trap, suggesting the consequences of unleashing chaos.
So spill the jar and set destruction free
Release of destruction: Spilling the jar as an act that sets destruction free, finalizing consequences.
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