HeLa
Eternal Servitude: Unveiling the Dark Tale of Immortality in Thy Gnosis' 'HeLa'
Lyrics
Shadow was creeping over your life
Reference to a dark presence encroaching upon the subject's life.
Nowhere to run nowhere to hide
The subject is in a situation without escape or refuge.
Your cervical tissue corrupted
Implication of corruption in the cervical tissue, possibly a metaphor for a negative influence or disease.
Demonic clods taking control
A suggestion that demonic forces are taking control of the subject.
The pain you felt must have been horrendous
Recognition of intense and unbearable pain experienced by the subject.
Empty eyes your spirit left
The subject's spirit or essence departs, leaving behind emptiness.
You went the way of all flesh
Reference to the inevitability of mortality, going "the way of all flesh."
Never knowing
The subject was unaware of being the first human to achieve immortality.
you were the first human to be immortalized
Comparison of the subject's eternal existence to that of a genie trapped in a bottle.
doomed to life like a genie
Metaphor for being enslaved in an eternal existence, granting wishes to unknown masters.
Trapped in a bottle for all eternity
The subject is condemned to an eternal life sentence.
Granting wishes to your unknown masters
Describes the subject as a spineless creature living in darkness, possibly reflecting a degraded state.
You are sentenced for life
The subject resides in a warm and humid cave, symbolizing a confined and uncomfortable existence.
Spineless creature living in the dark
The subject is portrayed as a sacrifice for the benefit of mankind.
In a warm and humid cave
The subject is considered a senseless and exploited slave.
You are a sacrifice for the sake of mankind
The subject is used, abused, owned, and controlled in the name of science.
You are our senseless slave
Repeated exclamation praising the power and influence of science.
We use you and abuse you
Highlighting the subject's lack of escape options.
We own you and control you
Describes a daily existence filled with the toxic death of a virus.
All hail science
The subject remains without sight, emotion, and a soul.
All hail science
Expresses the endless and unending nature of the subject's existence.
All hail
Reiteration of the eternal nature of the subject's life.
There's no way for you to escape
Confirmation that there is no escape from the current predicament.
Daily virus toxic death
The subject faces a daily existence marked by the toxicity of a virus.
You remain eyeless, heartless, soulless
The subject remains devoid of sensory perceptions and emotions.
There's no end in sight you will live forever
Emphasis on the perpetual nature of the subject's existence.
There's no end in sight you will live forever
Reiteration of the eternal and unending life of the subject.
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