Wolves and Lambs
Lost Hope and the Dichotomy of Society: Wolves and Lambs
Lyrics
Wolf and lambs
Contrasting symbols representing aggressors and the vulnerable
Everything is lost, all hope is gone
A sense of complete loss and despair
A place cold and dismal
Describing a bleak and unwelcoming environment
Dark is this world
Portraying the world as ominous and shadowy
There is something we have lost
An intimation of something valuable that's been misplaced
Forgotten and fallen to dust
Highlighting the abandonment and decay of this lost thing
Fanatic leaders rule the world - a self-made hell
Critical leaders governing, resulting in a self-created hellish state
Society tries to teach us what's right and what's wrong
Depicting society's attempt to dictate moral standards
We've buried our identity to become slaves
Suggesting a loss of personal identity in exchange for servitude
When everything is lost - and all hope is gone
Reiteration of hopelessness in a dire situation
They are searching for culprits and stone them to death
Blaming and punishing individuals arbitrarily for societal problems
Force the false freedom - fear kills our minds
Forcing a counterfeit freedom leading to mental suppression through fear
Balance of existence - destroyed and abused
Referring to the disruption and exploitation of the natural balance of life
No light without darkness - no god, no evil
Emphasizing the inseparability of good and bad, light and dark
There is something lost and not found
Reiteration of something valuable that's irrevocably lost
But the day will come
Hope for a future change or resolution
Shepards long gone, left all alone
Metaphorically indicating the absence of protectors, leaving vulnerability
Alone in the dark, lost and forgotten
Emphasizing the isolation and abandonment within darkness
Everything is lost, all hope is gone
Reiteration of hopelessness in a desolate place
A place cold and dismal
Reiteration of a cold and unwelcoming environment
Dark is this world
Restating the world's bleak and shadowy nature
Force the false freedom - fear kills our minds
Repetition of false freedom leading to mental suppression through fear
Balance of existence - destroyed and abused
Repetition of the disruption and exploitation of the natural balance of life
No light without darkness - no god, no evil
Reiteration of the interconnectedness of light and darkness
There is something lost and not found
Reiteration of something valuable that's irrevocably lost
But the day will come
Hope for a future recollection of past sounds
To remember, long time ago, the howling of the wolf
Remembering a distant time of the wolf's primal nature
The only thing in this world we can hear now is the crying of the lambs Cry
Contrasting the present anguish of the lambs' cries
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