The Living Dead, Pt. 1, the Dead Will Rise
Rising Beyond Death's Embrace: The Living Dead Unleash Eternity
Lyrics
The night is calling
The night symbolizes a calling or summoning.
The fear emblazoned on my eyes
The fear is strongly evident in the speaker's eyes.
For time is everlasting
Time is portrayed as eternal or unending.
When I go my body is all that dies
When the speaker dies, only the physical body perishes.
So we rise above
A call to rise above and overcome false destinies.
And destroy the false destiny
To eliminate deceptive or incorrect destinies.
For time is everlasting
Time is reiterated as everlasting.
But when is death an eternity
Raising a question about the nature of death and whether it is eternal.
The living dead
Introduction of the concept of the living dead.
The dead will rise
Assertion that the dead will rise.
The living dead
Reiteration of the living dead theme.
With holes in their bodies
Visual description of the living dead with injuries.
And blood in their eyes
Emphasis on the presence of blood in the eyes of the living dead.
The everlasting endless
Reference to an endless and everlasting state.
Has conquered the everlasting end
Suggesting that the endless has triumphed over the end.
So we rise above
Reiteration of the call to rise above false destinies.
And destroy the false destiny
Continuation of the theme of overcoming deceptive destinies.
For time is everlasting
Time is once again emphasized as everlasting.
But when is death an eternity
Pondering the eternal nature of death.
My hand is in my head, its in my soul
Expression of inner turmoil in the head and soul.
Its bleeding death all around me now
Symbolic bleeding of death surrounding the speaker.
In a pit of zombies
Imagery of being surrounded by zombies in a pit.
Forbidden to walk on the streets
Living humans are forbidden to walk among the dead.
As a living man, but as the dead
Contrast between living and dead states.
The living dead
Reiteration of the living dead concept.
The dead will rise
Affirmation that the dead will rise.
The living dead
Restating the theme of the living dead.
With holes in their bodies
Visual description emphasizing injuries in the bodies.
And blood in their eyes
Highlighting the presence of blood in the eyes of the living dead.
The everlasting endless
Reiteration of an endless and everlasting state.
Has conquered the everlasting end
Concluding with the idea that the endless has triumphed over the end.
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