Lyrics
Are we here to understand
Questioning the purpose: Are we here to gain understanding or merely to survive?
Or to survive
Raising the existential question of survival as a primary motive.
We are building mountains
Metaphorical reference to the collective human effort in constructing significant achievements.
The blueprints are being drawn
Indicates the planning and conceptualization phase of the monumental tasks being undertaken.
As breathless words
Describing intense emotions expressed without words.
Pour from these eyes
Depicting a state of emotional vulnerability or distress.
Mounds lay like bodies in the morgue
Comparing the constructed structures to lifeless bodies in a morgue, emphasizing the lifelessness or aftermath.
Side by side, in ashes we lie
Symbolizing unity in destruction, people lying side by side in ashes, possibly reflecting a collective downfall.
Are we here to understand
Reiterating the initial existential question about the purpose of existence.
Or to survive
Re-emphasizing the dichotomy between understanding and survival as potential life purposes.
Smoke screens and bandages
Referring to attempts to conceal or distract from underlying issues using smoke screens and bandages.
Cannot hide the icons in
Highlighting the futility of hiding significant symbols in architectural structures.
Architecture that stand as archives
Describing architecture as a repository of history and monumental events.
Of colossal structure
Depicting colossal structures as enduring testaments to human endeavors.
Assembled to destruction
Expressing the paradox of creation for destruction, acknowledging the transitory nature of achievements.
Layer in degrees of grey scale coating
Describing layers of complexity and shades of experience in the construction and destruction process.
So travel broken rivers
Encouraging a journey through hardships and challenges represented by broken rivers.
Across manufactured landscapes
Referring to the artificial and manipulated environments created by human activities.
And along the rebuilt
Describing the reshaping and rebuilding of the planet's natural curves.
Curve of the planet
Reflecting on the altered and reconstructed state of the Earth.
As breathless words
Repeating the earlier mention of intense emotions expressed without words.
Pour from these eyes
Reiterating the emotional intensity conveyed through the eyes.
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