Lyrics
It started with the flood
Refers to the beginning of a catastrophic event, symbolized by a flood.
Submerging all signs of life
Describes how the flood submerged and eliminated all signs of life.
The secrets of man gone to perish in a single night
Highlights the disappearance of humanity's secrets in a single night.
What will be left? Is this a facade?
Questions what will be left after the disaster and questions its authenticity.
Taking this forsaken burden, a judgement made by god
Suggests that the burden of the catastrophe is seen as a divine judgment.
Poured from the heavens we shall face our doom
Foretells a doom descending from the heavens.
Corpses afloat taken by beasts and consumed
Depicts corpses afloat, taken and consumed by beasts.
Endeavoring hell to survive and to see the light
Expresses the struggle to survive in the face of hellish conditions.
Abzu has made his decision, exposing his wrath
Introduces Abzu, who has made a decisive and wrathful judgment.
Resisting his power and greed turns to a bloodbath
Describes the consequences of resisting Abzu's power, leading to a bloodbath.
Looking for a glimpse of hope, trying to have faith
Expresses the search for hope and the struggle to maintain faith.
But everywhere I look it seems we've been disgraced
Observes a sense of disgrace prevalent everywhere.
They must beg to prevent our ki being defaced
Suggests a need for begging to avoid defacement of one's life force.
Efforts made by the guilty become futile as they're erased
Notes the futility of efforts made by the guilty as they are erased.
While the chosen know the flood can only be embraced
Highlights that the chosen ones accept the flood, considering it inevitable.
There is no hope, this tempest too strong
Declares the absence of hope in the face of an overwhelming tempest.
Whiling I face my impending doom
Expresses the imminent doom the speaker is facing.
Reflecting life fearing where I belong
Reflects on life and contemplates one's place in the impending catastrophe.
Forget this life, Abzu takes all
Urges to forget life as Abzu, a symbolic force, takes everything away.
Abzu take this wretched life from me
Presents a plea for Abzu to take away the speaker's wretched life.
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