RussianRoot
03-10-2014, 05:16 PM
i feel like this song is another pretty straight forward song, but before i start my interpretation of this song; something ive noticed about the line "i tolerate you" is, it sounds like he overdubbed "i hate you" to coincide with "tolerate you". like both the "-ates" happen at the same time: "and i toleraaa-(hate) you".. maybe im just hearing things though. it seems like it makes sense to me, regardless.. and i get the feeling that hes singing about religious authority throughout this song.
"I don't want to be hostile.
I don't want to be dismal.
But I don't want to rot in an apathetic existance either.
See
I want to believe you,
and I want to trust
and I want to have faith to put away the dagger.
But you lie, cheat, and steal.
And yet
I tolerate you."
i dont want to be hateful. i want to trust you, but you just abuse it. but yet, i let you persist.
"Veil of virtue hung to hide your method
while I smile and laugh and dance
and sing your praise and glory.
Shroud of virtue hung to mask your stigma
as I smile and laugh and dance
and sing your glory
while you
lie, cheat, and steal.
How can I tolerate you."
you use pseudo-morality (short term public charity) to publicly hide (veil) your true intentions (method - long term manipulation) while im blindly celebrating your pseudo-holiness (smile, laugh, dance, and sing your praise and glory). your shroud of pseudo-morality/idols/rituals is hung to hide your disgrace (stigma) so you can maintain your power over those who blindly smile, laugh, dance, and sing your pseudo-glory. you manage to always keep that veil/shroud up so you can lie, cheat, and steal from those same innocent people who support you. how can anyone tolerate that?
"Our guilt,our blame ,
I've been far too sympathetic.
Our blood, our fault.
I've been far too sympathetic."
ive been far too tolerant of our own ignorance. ive been far too forgiving for the blood spilled over our pointing fingers.
"I am not innocent.
You are not innocent.
Noone is innocent."
im at fault. you're at fault. we're all at fault.
every time i hear this song (along with Opiate) i cant help but think of those priests who molested children.. their public appearance of simply being a priest was the "veil" and "shroud" and the molestations were the "method" and "stigma" that they were hiding.. you lied to the public. you cheated honest followers. and worst of all you stole all of those kids' innocence..
"I don't want to be hostile.
I don't want to be dismal.
But I don't want to rot in an apathetic existance either.
See
I want to believe you,
and I want to trust
and I want to have faith to put away the dagger.
But you lie, cheat, and steal.
And yet
I tolerate you."
i dont want to be hateful. i want to trust you, but you just abuse it. but yet, i let you persist.
"Veil of virtue hung to hide your method
while I smile and laugh and dance
and sing your praise and glory.
Shroud of virtue hung to mask your stigma
as I smile and laugh and dance
and sing your glory
while you
lie, cheat, and steal.
How can I tolerate you."
you use pseudo-morality (short term public charity) to publicly hide (veil) your true intentions (method - long term manipulation) while im blindly celebrating your pseudo-holiness (smile, laugh, dance, and sing your praise and glory). your shroud of pseudo-morality/idols/rituals is hung to hide your disgrace (stigma) so you can maintain your power over those who blindly smile, laugh, dance, and sing your pseudo-glory. you manage to always keep that veil/shroud up so you can lie, cheat, and steal from those same innocent people who support you. how can anyone tolerate that?
"Our guilt,our blame ,
I've been far too sympathetic.
Our blood, our fault.
I've been far too sympathetic."
ive been far too tolerant of our own ignorance. ive been far too forgiving for the blood spilled over our pointing fingers.
"I am not innocent.
You are not innocent.
Noone is innocent."
im at fault. you're at fault. we're all at fault.
every time i hear this song (along with Opiate) i cant help but think of those priests who molested children.. their public appearance of simply being a priest was the "veil" and "shroud" and the molestations were the "method" and "stigma" that they were hiding.. you lied to the public. you cheated honest followers. and worst of all you stole all of those kids' innocence..