Knife in the Safe Room
Harmony of Gluttony and Lust: Darkest Hour's Profound Reflections
Lyrics
Call it escape to stay alive
Referring to survival as an escape strategy
Call it displacement with sunken eyes
Describing a sense of displacement with tired or exhausted eyes
When all it takes to reignite
Highlighting the simplicity of reigniting something
Is separation of thought and sight
Emphasizing the need to separate thoughts and sight for renewal
Drought flood bathing in blood
Depicting extremes of conditions, from drought to flood, immersed in blood
Sacred arrangement of god as a son
Exploring a divine arrangement with God portrayed as a son
Drown any semblance
Advocating the drowning of any semblance of power, privilege, or state
Of power of privilege of state
Rejecting authority and influence, challenging the notion of privilege
The plight of the sainthood
Commenting on the difficulties faced by those pursuing saintly qualities
The harmony of gluttony and lust
Exploring the coexistence of harmony between gluttony and lust
The knife in the safe room
Introducing the metaphorical "knife in the safe room," possibly a hidden threat or danger
Without the business of death bringing glory what's left
Questioning the value of death without bringing glory, pondering what remains
A celebration of blood
Describing a celebration of blood, possibly alluding to violence or conflict
My arrow is true
Stating the accuracy of an arrow, possibly symbolizing self-inflicted wounds
Another self given wound
Acknowledging self-inflicted wounds as a recurring theme
They all come from above
Suggesting external influences causing harm or destruction
To kill everything that you love
Implying external forces aiming to destroy what is loved
Control and everything you know
Connecting control with the past and what one knows
Is in the life you left
Stating that life is in the past, in what has been left behind
Is in the life you hold
Highlighting the importance of the life one holds onto
Back then you never see the head
Reflecting on the inability to foresee consequences in the past
Disconnected flesh disconnected soul
Expressing a disconnection between flesh and soul
The unseen unfolds
Describing the unfolding of the unseen, possibly alluding to hidden truths
Who the pariah heeds
Pondering who the outcast or social reject listens to
The pariah holds
Suggesting that the outcast holds onto their own values or beliefs
This is the confession
Presenting a confession from an obsessive former human
Of an obsessive former human
Describing the confessor as the only one trying to prevent the world from self-destruction
The only one who tried to stop
Acknowledging the confessor's attempt to halt the world's consumption of itself
This world from consuming
Emphasizing the self-destructive nature of the world
And devouring itself
Concluding the theme of the world consuming and devouring itself
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