Hand Grenades and Olympic Flames
Exploring Life's Duality: Hand Grenades and Olympic Flames
Lyrics
Hand grenades and Olympic flames
Reference to destructive elements (hand grenades) and symbolic representation of intense competition (Olympic flames).
We lead our lives free of blame
Living a life free from guilt or accusation.
With heavy heart we hunt through life
Searching through life with a burdened heart.
With heavy heart sharp as a knife
Having a burdened and sharp heart, suggesting emotional intensity.
Foul in our hearts
Acknowledging inner corruption or darkness within.
We go to ground
Choosing to hide or take cover.
Foul in our hearts
Reiterating the internal corruption and the intention to discard it.
We'll toss them down
Committing to getting rid of the inner corruption or negativity.
To and from the altar
Referencing movement to and from significant life events, such as marriage.
Principles and power
Highlighting the importance of principles and authority.
Then on to the slaughter
Moving on to a destructive act or conflict.
Of their funeral mound
Describing the aftermath of conflict, possibly a reference to death.
With this flowered pencil
Using a flowered pencil symbolically, possibly representing creativity or expression.
In this white flower pen
Emphasizing the innocence or purity associated with a white flower pen.
This should be bliss
Expressing the expectation of bliss.
Bliss without sin
Desiring bliss without sin, suggesting an idealized state.
My lover's blood
Referencing the blood of a lover, possibly symbolizing sacrifice or loss.
Lies on the soiled seat
Describing the lover's blood on a soiled seat, implying a tainted or compromised situation.
My lover's blood
Repeating the reference to the lover's blood, highlighting its significance.
Lies caked, replete
Emphasizing the accumulation of the lover's blood, suggesting a profound impact.
Foul in our hearts
Reiterating the internal corruption or darkness within.
We go to ground
Choosing to hide or take cover, echoing a previous line.
Foul in our hearts
Reiterating the internal corruption and the intention to discard it.
We push them down
Committing to getting rid of the inner corruption or negativity, echoing a previous line.
To and from the altar
Referencing movement to and from significant life events, repeating a previous line.
Principles and power
Highlighting the importance of principles and authority, repeating a previous line.
Then on to the slaughter
Moving on to a destructive act or conflict, repeating a previous line.
Of their funeral mound
Describing the aftermath of conflict, possibly a reference to death, repeating a previous line.
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