Walk Astray
Awakening the Soul: BoySetsFire's Call for Freedom and Change
Lyrics
Where were you the day they stole our innocence
Reflecting on a moment when innocence was taken from the speaker and others.
And arranged a sacrifice for everyone in town
Describing an orchestrated sacrifice for the entire town.
Drove all the words yet to be written underground
Expressing that important words and ideas are suppressed or silenced.
To save the money on the kerosene they'd need
Suggesting a cynical motive behind the suppression, saving money on fuel for potential dissent.
Were you awake or were you sleeping
Questioning whether the listener was aware or oblivious during this event.
Or just too afraid to disagree?
Asking if fear prevented the listener from expressing dissent.
Well I don't wanna sing about freedom anymore
Expressing a desire to move beyond merely singing about freedom.
I wanna see it, I wanna feel it
Expressing a longing to witness and experience true freedom.
I wanna know that it still sits beyond the lines that we've been told
Yearning to find freedom beyond societal boundaries and norms.
Beyond the wars that keep our families from home
Highlighting the impact of wars on keeping families separated.
I know that there's a way
Expressing a belief that there is a solution or alternative path.
Dear God let there be a way
Pleading for divine intervention or guidance to find a better way.
To change the path we're on
Expressing a desire to change the current destructive trajectory.
And believe in a better day
Believing in the possibility of a brighter future.
Our dreams are their worst nightmares, these songs a call to arms
Asserting that the speaker's dreams are a threat to those in power.
We can dance on the graves that held us, we can change the course of time
Expressing the power to overcome past struggles and change the future.
Stand up and fight, save yourself,
Encouraging resistance and self-preservation.
Strike, the time is now
Urging immediate action against oppressive forces.
You and me, we are more like sheep,
Comparing the speaker and the listener to sheep, implying conformity.
Forced to march crippled feet to the slaughter
Describing a forced march towards inevitable harm or danger.
I'll stand on principle, banner lifted and a fist raised high
Committing to principles and defiance, symbolized by a raised banner and fist.
Filthy soul with a patriot heart, dancing rhythms in a world apart
Describing a person with a contradictory nature (filthy soul, patriot heart).
But you and me, we can live like thieves
Expressing the possibility of living outside societal norms, like thieves.
On the dreams that we stole from their fears
Suggesting empowerment through reclaiming dreams from those who induced fear.
Casting pearls before swine, hanging dead on the vine
Metaphorically referring to wasted efforts or valuable things given to unappreciative recipients.
Can we strive to be so much more then this?
Pondering the potential for humanity to transcend current limitations.
To the slaughter
Reiterating the theme of marching towards a harmful fate.
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