Death on a Highway
Epic Ode to Urban Sacrifice: Imperial Triumphant's Death on a Highway
Lyrics
You can't repeat the past
You cannot recreate or relive the past.
Obey your narrator
Follow the guidance of your storyteller or narrator.
The nameless lord of infrastructure
Refers to an unnamed ruler or controller of the foundational systems.
The city of the tomorrow
Describes a futuristic city that represents the future.
Requires sacrifice today
To achieve the city of the future, one must make sacrifices in the present.
Buy now and shape the land
Encourages immediate buying to influence and mold the landscape.
Built in honor of holy engine
Construction in honor of a sacred or divine engine or force.
Man is the motor spirit
Humans embody the spiritual force that powers the machinery of progress.
Eager to combust
Humans are eager to ignite or fuel the progress.
Buy now and Shape the land
Reiteration of the urgency to buy and influence the landscape.
Life is profit, death is liquid
Life is driven by profit, and death is depicted as a flowing, liquid concept.
Babylon to Manhattan
Reference to the historical transformation from Babylon to modern Manhattan.
Life is profit, death is liquid
Reiteration of the idea that life revolves around profit, and death is fluid.
A great causeway
Describes a significant pathway or route.
From the master
The path is established by a dominant or superior entity.
Lay down your souls
Encourages surrendering one's essence or identity.
Greatness awaits
Promises greatness in the future for those who comply.
Rebuilt so often and often so well
The infrastructure is frequently and skillfully reconstructed, satisfying the machine or system temporarily.
The machine is satisfied, for now
Indicates contentment of the machinery with the current state of reconstruction.
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