I hope everybody is not tired of this type of question, but what exactly is this song about? Any thoughts or info?
The Great Deceiver question
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LoboUivante
my tummy hurts
maybe its about satan..
i dont know, im sure its much deeper than that but thats the first idea that comes to mind.
i dont know, im sure its much deeper than that but thats the first idea that comes to mind.
Demonspell
cheating the polygraph
Strahd
I am fine
And here we have the winner of this weeks 'Most unrelated reply'. Not to mention 'Most immature reply'. Try to behave a little more civil next time.bombenhagel said:
xOrdinary_Storyx
shredder
i think its about getting piss drunk and seeing things 
...or maybe its closer to what one of you guys said
...or maybe its closer to what one of you guys said
xOrdinary_Storyx said:i think its about getting piss drunk and seeing things
...or maybe its closer to what one of you guys said
Hmmm....THAT would explain all those Gregorian chants!
Well, since the whole concept of the album is about loved ones dying and the hardships people go through when it happens, I would say it means something along the lines of that. Like how Recreation Day is about taking a day "off" from the world or reality to mourn such a death, I think the title "The Great Deceiver" reffers to Death himself, or should I say the Grim Reaper. The lyrics seem to describe a hate towards death, which is personified as an actual person, a la Death himself. The lyrics cry out to him telling him how he decieves those who lose their particular loved ones. For example, their has always been the saying that when someone dies they go "to a better place" to "rest in peace" such as heaven. But death is actually deceiving because of the pain and hardship it puts on those who lose the one who has passed. I may have gotten too deep but I am almost certain that it at least reffers to Death himself.
xOrdinary_Storyx
shredder
AHHH you, my friend, are mistaken...if my theory is correct, those noises are actually drunken band members being woken up from alchohol induced slumbers...symphonyXjapan said:
in all seriousness, id agree with symphony on this one.
MetalBanger
The Encounter
I think it's about a man (The Great Deciever himself) who takes your soul when your dead (or still alive). But maybe i'm wrong...
BenMech
student of the d'eh
Health-food faggot with a bartered bride
Likes to comb his hair with a dipper ride
Once had a friend with a cloven foot
Once he called the tune in a chequered quit
Great Deceiver
In the door on the floor in a paper bag
There's a shoe-shine boy with a gin-shop slag
She raised him up and she called him son
And she canonised the ground that he walked upon
Great Deceiver
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cigarettes, ice cream, cadillacs blue jeans
In the night he's a star in the Milky Way
He's a man of the world by the light of day
A golden smile and a proposition
And the breath of God smells of sweet sedition
Great Deceiver
Sing hymns make love get high fall dead
He'll bring his perfume to your bed
He'll charm your life 'til the cold winds blow
Then he'll sell your dreams to a picture show
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cadillacs, blue jeans, dixieland playing on the ferry
Cadillacs, blues jeans, drop a glass full of antique sherry
Likes to comb his hair with a dipper ride
Once had a friend with a cloven foot
Once he called the tune in a chequered quit
Great Deceiver
In the door on the floor in a paper bag
There's a shoe-shine boy with a gin-shop slag
She raised him up and she called him son
And she canonised the ground that he walked upon
Great Deceiver
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cigarettes, ice cream, cadillacs blue jeans
In the night he's a star in the Milky Way
He's a man of the world by the light of day
A golden smile and a proposition
And the breath of God smells of sweet sedition
Great Deceiver
Sing hymns make love get high fall dead
He'll bring his perfume to your bed
He'll charm your life 'til the cold winds blow
Then he'll sell your dreams to a picture show
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary
Cadillacs, blue jeans, dixieland playing on the ferry
Cadillacs, blues jeans, drop a glass full of antique sherry
MetalBanger
The Encounter
Demonspell
cheating the polygraph
The Great Deciever
I am your temptation
Your every vicious thought
Lacking self-confidence
Deception in it's purest form
I am your hesitation
When you wander in circles
The hand you reach for when no one's there
In a charade so perfect
Come walk this way
And I'll have you
I'll show you
Yearning, dreaming
Your humble servant
Your trust so precious
I'm the user, the abuser
Haunting, serving
The great deciever
I am your false beauty
I am your hidden hate
THe hideous face of sloth
What makes you degenerate
And I am the shadow
What you sense when no one's near
Discomfort & pleasure
'Til your chapter ends
Come walk this way
And I'll have you
I'll show you
Yearning, Dreaming
Your humble servant
Your trust so precious
I'm the user, the abuser
Haunting, serving
The great deciever
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There ya go!
I am your temptation
Your every vicious thought
Lacking self-confidence
Deception in it's purest form
I am your hesitation
When you wander in circles
The hand you reach for when no one's there
In a charade so perfect
Come walk this way
And I'll have you
I'll show you
Yearning, dreaming
Your humble servant
Your trust so precious
I'm the user, the abuser
Haunting, serving
The great deciever
I am your false beauty
I am your hidden hate
THe hideous face of sloth
What makes you degenerate
And I am the shadow
What you sense when no one's near
Discomfort & pleasure
'Til your chapter ends
Come walk this way
And I'll have you
I'll show you
Yearning, Dreaming
Your humble servant
Your trust so precious
I'm the user, the abuser
Haunting, serving
The great deciever
--------------------
There ya go!
am_ash2
Metal Ang
am_ash2
Metal Ang
Evergrey said:
So, for PP you'll know all of the cool joints to eat at right? Brian digs the Vortex....
