Song meanings

[evilematt]

This is inspired by the discussion about terminator.

I've put together a list of the topic of evile songs just to see if we managed to cover a broad range of subjects or if we've written the same song 40 times.

See what you think, do they match with your views? Keep in mind that some of them are open to interpretation as they contain a few different layers of meaning.

Enter the Grave - Serial killer
Thrasher - Thrashing (thrash metal band must have)
First blood - Film
Man against machine - Societal oppression (maybe?)
Burned alive - Historical (plus a bit of fiction)
Killer from the deep - Shark attack
We who are about to die - historical and film
Schizophrenia - Mental illness
Bathe in blood - Historical
Armoured assault - Tank battles (as far as i know)

Infected nation - scummers ruining life for everyone else
Now demolition - book
Nosophoros - vampires as a metaphor for racism. I cant remember how.
Genocide - how i felt researching genocide
Plague to end all plagues - cant remember, i think its about greedy bankers fucking everyone over for their own gain.
Devoid of thought - Liars
Time no more - my lack of self confidence (ironically)
Metamorphosis - Us as a band going through musical changes, exploring different ideas
Hundred wrathful deities - Guitar tomfoolery

Five serpents teeth - not telling
In dreams of terror - lovecraft inspired nightmares
Cult - religious brainwashing
Eternal empire - heaven/afterlife is a load of bollocks, do good things to make this life better for everyone, not just yourself for after you die. I dont like religion obviously.
Xaraya - child abuse
Origin of oblivion - absolutely no idea
Centurion - historical
In memoriam - Loss
Descent into madness - mentall illness again
Long live new flesh - still not telling

Underworld - my thoughts on the bands status in the world of music
Skull - ols crazy space concept/dreams
Naked sun - book inspired with added fiction
Head of the demon - story about ritual sacrifice
Tomb - contemplation of suicide
Words of the dead - a dream i had set in the world of a film
Outsider - lovecraft story
What you become - obsession/possession
New truths old lies - political

 

[Darkofeden]

This post is literally heaven to me, I think about song meanings all the time. Also, I bought a copy of The Demolished Man way back last year, I understand why you've written so many songs about it because wow that is one good fucking book. My thought was that Xaraya was about someone dying but didn't think it was about abuse. Huh. I swear to god i'm gonna figure out FST and Long Live one day.

 

[D.Ingram]

Not telling is a great lyrical subject matter

Isn't the title Five Serpent's Teeth a line from a book you read?

 

[Darkofeden]

Not telling is a great lyrical subject matter

Isn't the title Five Serpent's Teeth a line from a book you read?

It's a line from The Demolished Man, here's a pic of it I took back when I bought the book and read it

 

[D.Ingram]

Still not read it

 

[Darkofeden]

Still not read it

Do it! It's really good, I read the whole thing in one sitting. It was that good.

 

[Keenan]

Origin of Oblivion - absolutely no idea


Wonderful.

 

[D.Ingram]

Origin of Oblivion is kind of self-explained

 

[ThatOneDude]

Xaraya - Child Abuse

...and I made a parody of this?

All jokes aside, I think the explainations for FST and Skull (or lack thereof in FST, Origin of Oblivion and Long Live) have given me a bigger appreciation for Matt's lyrical work.

 

[Keenan]

Origin of Oblivion is kind of self-explained

.... I have to admit. I don't really pay attention to lyrics most of the time.

 

[Hetzer]

I'm bit dissapointed that First Blood&Bathe in Blood aren't about menstrual bleeding...

 

[Caveman Ninja]

I preferred Orgin of Oblivion when it was Glasgow Shot-Putter's Shepherd's Pie

 

[D.Ingram]

I preferred Nosophoros when it was Shit Band No Fans/Jack Bauer's Power Crotch, but we can't all be winners.

 

[Keenan]

I preferred Orgin of Oblivion when it was Glasgow Shot-Putter's Shepherd's Pie

 

[Hetzer]

Killer from the deep - tuna.

 

[zerostatic]

Thanks for posting this. Can we count on hearing a terminator inspired song on the next Evile album?

 

[Keenan]

Wait. Outsider is a Lovecraft story? Nonsense! It's about Dishonored!

 

[D.Ingram]

I'd quite like the intro/outro for the next record to be a simple cover of the theme from The X-Files.

 

[ThatOneDude]

I preferred Orgin of Oblivion when it was Glasgow Shot-Putter's Shepherd's Pie

I preferred Origin Of Oblivion when the lyrics consisted of nothing but 'somethings' and 'yeahs'.

 

[D.Ingram]

SOMETHING HERE SOMETHING THERE etc.