Gods and Kings
Rise and Fall: Unraveling the Divine Paradox in 'Gods and Kings'
Lyrics
Humanity at the peak
Humanity reaching its pinnacle
Of another mountain tall
Facing another significant challenge
Crown of the modern day
Representing the contemporary era's pinnacle
Yet history would indicate
Despite achievements, historical patterns suggest challenges
We climb to the top of the world
Striving for the highest point
Just to fall down
Repeated cycle of reaching great heights and experiencing setbacks
We climb to the top of the world
-Just to fall down
-Here today and gone today
Transience of existence, fleeting nature
Like dew we will evaporate
Comparing life to dew, emphasizing impermanence
Here today and then we're gone away
Highlighting the ephemeral nature of life
It's the air we breath
Essential element of life
We are gods and we are kings
Claiming human status as gods and kings
It's the lie we believe
-We are gods and we are kings
-It's the lie we've bought from the beginning
Reference to accepting a fundamental falsehood
Abandon wisdom, take and eat
Encouraging a departure from wisdom
Become gods and kings
Advocating the pursuit of god-like status
And repeat
Emphasizing the repetitive nature of this cycle
This cycle defines the need
Defining the necessity of the cycle
Disguised as the modern way
Disguised as a modern way, implying deception
Let's quit this endless masquerade
Calling for an end to pretense
We build these cities of straw
Building metaphorical cities, then destroying them
Just to burn down
-We build these cities of straw
-Just to burn down
-Here today and gone today
Reiterating the transient nature of existence
Like dew we will evaporate
-Here today and then we're gone away
-It's the air we breath
Reaffirming the false belief in divine status
We are gods and we are kings
-It's the lie we believe
-We are gods and we are kings
-It's the lie we've bought from the beginning
Underlining the acceptance of a foundational falsehood
Abandon wisdom, take and eat
Encouraging abandoning wisdom for a deceptive ideal
Become gods and kings
Promoting the pursuit of god-like status
It's the air we breath
Repetition of the false belief and its consequences
It's the lie we believe
-(It's the lie we've bought from the beginning)
-Abandon wisdom, take and eat
-Become gods and kings
Final call to embrace god-like status
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