Seven Billion Reasons Why
Humanity's Descent: A Symphony of Ruin
Lyrics
Angels fear to tread the land of human beings
Angels avoid the troubled world of humans.
Only demons live here and even they can't breathe
The land is so inhospitable that not even demons can endure it.
Rot and ruin, above and below
Widespread decay and destruction everywhere.
A mother and her child, two birds with one stone
A brutal situation where a mother and her child are sacrificed simultaneously.
This depression swept the world without warning
A sudden and pervasive global depression.
Safe and sound in the eye of the storm
A sense of security in the midst of chaos.
Every man, woman and child cast into lakes of fire
All individuals face a fiery ordeal for the collective survival.
Just to keep the people warm
The extreme measures taken to provide warmth lead to suffering.
We're all as good as fucking dead
A bleak outlook on the human condition, expressing hopelessness.
The last of the herd died off
The extinction of the last survivors of a group.
Too weak to walk. As the vultures slowly picked her apart
The vulnerable subjected to scavengers, depicting a brutal demise.
She watched her children die out in the cold
A mother witnesses the tragic death of her offspring in harsh conditions.
Coughing up blood and gasping for air as they tread the coals
Children suffer, experiencing physical distress in difficult circumstances.
We're just a blink in the eye of the universe
The insignificance of humanity in the vastness of the cosmos.
A blue dot drifting through a fathomless void
A metaphorical depiction of Earth as a small, drifting entity.
Lay us down and send us off in our hearse
A plea for a dignified end, symbolized by a hearse.
Our last breaths were spent begging to be destroyed
The desperation for obliteration as a last resort.
Our lady of death I pray, jesus christ weeps blood tonight
An invocation to death, with a reference to the sorrow of Christ.
Let the black drown out the light
An appeal for darkness to overcome the remaining light.
We bit off more than we could ever hope to chew
An acknowledgment of overwhelming challenges faced.
So when we choke don't say nobody warned you
A warning that consequences will follow when overwhelmed.
In memory of a species that once was and could have been
A tribute to a lost species due to human greed.
We traded it all for greed when we had mouths to feed
The exchange of a sustainable future for immediate gain.
Caught in the acid rain with tongues out trying to get a taste
Suffering the consequences of environmental destruction.
Too late to lift your weight, we all had a sacrifice to make
Realization of irreversible choices made under pressure.
Digging down as we claw through the coffin
A desperate attempt to escape impending doom.
I watched them fall through the cracks
Observation of the downfall of others.
We flew so close to the sun our wings disintegrated
A reference to the myth of Icarus, symbolizing catastrophic failure.
Like moths to open flame, dying on our backs
A comparison to moths drawn to destructive forces.
Looking up at the world we could've had
Regret for the lost potential of a better world.
We all deserve to burn the same
A statement on shared responsibility for the impending disaster.
All man are pigs and must lay in the flames
A harsh judgment on humanity, equating them to pigs deserving punishment.
I've got no more blood left to bleed
A personal declaration of emotional depletion.
I'll scream until it kills me
An expression of defiance and determination despite exhaustion.
Humans are a fucking disease
A scathing critique of humanity as a destructive force.
God has abandoned us
A belief in the abandonment by a higher power.
The storm swept the planet so fast
A sudden and unstoppable catastrophe befalls the world.
And it was at that moment we knew we couldn't turn back
A realization that there is no turning back from the consequences.
Roll over in regret
A reflection on irreversible actions with a sense of remorse.
You've dug your graves now lay in them.
An acceptance of the consequences, acknowledging self-inflicted destruction.
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