Lyrics
Names and faces, floating traces
Reflection on remembered names and faces, lingering imprints of the past
Memories of the lives we wasted
Recollection of wasted lives, memories that carry a sense of loss
Weighing heavy in the air
Feelings of heaviness in the atmosphere, a burden from the past
Empty halls and burning buildings
Describing desolation with empty halls and destructive fires
Deadly plague and brutal killings
References to tragic events like a deadly plague and brutal killings
State of the nation's disrepair
Expression of the nation's state of disrepair and decline
Sidewalks full of apparitions
Presence of spectral figures on sidewalks, possibly representing lost souls
Phantom figures, fading visions
Phantom figures and fading visions, highlighting the transient nature of life
Death surrounds the neighborhood
Awareness of death pervading the neighborhood
Somewhere in these empty streets
Suggestion of pain and despair in the deserted streets
Is desperate pain and no relief
Emphasis on desperate pain and the absence of relief
There is no trust, it's understood
Assertion that trust is lacking and implicitly acknowledged
In uniforms blue, white and red
Reference to law enforcement in blue, white, and red uniforms
Dropping bombs and shooting lead
Depiction of military actions with dropping bombs and shooting lead
You better free your mind instead
Encouragement to free one's mind instead of succumbing to negativity
Nightmares screaming of the dead
Portrayal of nightmares filled with the imagery of the deceased
Silent terror, restless bed
Description of silent terror and a restless bed, possibly a metaphor for anxiety
You better free your mind instead
Reiteration of the call to free one's mind from distress
Counter-culture from the bottom
Mention of a counter-culture emerging from the bottom of society
Starts with voices of the young
Recognition of the youth as the starting point for this counter-culture
Disregarded in their day
Observation that these voices were disregarded in their time
Generation isolated
Identification of an isolated generation, growing increasingly frustrated
Looking ever more frustrated
Expression of the frustration and the willingness to embrace change
Taking any kind of change
Openness to any form of change, possibly as a reaction to isolation
In uniforms blue, white and red
Recurrence of the mention of law enforcement in blue, white, and red
Dropping bombs and shooting lead
Reiteration of military actions with dropping bombs and shooting lead
You better free your mind instead
Reemphasis on freeing the mind as an alternative to negativity
Nightmares screaming of the dead
Continuation of nightmares and the imagery of the dead
Silent terror, restless bed
Reiteration of silent terror and a restless bed
You better free your mind instead
Reemphasis on the importance of freeing the mind
In uniforms blue, white and red
Repeat of the mention of law enforcement in blue, white, and red
Dropping bombs and shooting lead
Reiteration of military actions with dropping bombs and shooting lead
You better free your mind instead
Reemphasis on the need to free the mind from negativity
Nightmares screaming of the dead
Continuation of nightmares and the presence of the dead
Silent terror, restless bed
Reiteration of silent terror and a restless bed
You better free your mind instead
Final emphasis on the importance of freeing the mind
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