The Culling
Apocalyptic Symphony: Unveiling the Dark Forces in Iced Earth's 'The Culling'
Lyrics
Send them down to the pits of hell
Expressing a desire to condemn or punish someone by sending them to a place symbolizing intense suffering, such as hell.
Clip the angel's wings and watch them as they fall
Metaphorically removing the positive or protective influences (angel's wings) and witnessing their downfall.
Spiral into silence
Describing a descent or collapse into a state of quietness and emptiness.
Blackened sun turns the ancient tides
Describing a corrupted or negative transformation of the sun, affecting the forces of nature.
Mountains crumble and we watch the ocean dries
Depicting the destructive consequences of monumental events, causing both mountains to crumble and the ocean to dry up.
The dawn of the end approaching
Anticipating the imminent conclusion or downfall of something significant, possibly civilization.
Space and time call the chosen damned
Referring to a cosmic or universal call summoning those who are destined for damnation.
As demigods we will reign across the land
Claiming authority and rule as powerful beings with partial divine attributes.
Our shadow creates the darkness
Stating that their influence creates darkness or negativity.
Serpent skies shape the oracle of time
Describing a celestial or mystical phenomenon shaping the predictions of time.
Shadow future makes the prisoners in their minds
Indicating that the shadow of the future influences and confines the thoughts of individuals.
Our power creates the darkness
Reiterating that their power is a source of darkness or negativity.
We will tear the weak from the strong
Expressing a intention to separate and dominate the weaker individuals.
To enslave the masses
Planning to subjugate the masses through enslavement.
Our storm has come, see the times are ending
Announcing the arrival of a destructive force and suggesting the end of an era.
Until the culling is over
Expressing a commitment to continue their actions until the "culling," a selective and systematic process of elimination, is complete.
Take their bodies
Declaring an intention to take control of the physical bodies of others.
We will kill them all
Stating an intention to kill every individual.
This divide wicked factions shape our plan
Referring to a divisive and evil plan shaped by factions.
Shake the sky we besiege the earth and man
Describing a seismic event where the sky is disturbed, and they lay siege to both the earth and humanity.
Follow us to the ending
Inviting others to follow them to the end, possibly the end of the world.
We will tear the weak from the strong
Reiterating the intention to separate and dominate the weaker individuals.
To enslave the masses
Reiterating the plan to subjugate the masses through enslavement.
Our storm has come, see the times are ending
Reiterating the arrival of a destructive force and suggesting the end of an era.
Until the culling is over
Reiterating the commitment to continue their actions until the "culling" is complete.
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