Inside the Fire, performed by a personal favorite band of mine,
Disturbed, is jampacked with all sorts of juicy poetry. Heres a link to
the lyrics, and a link to the song (not official music video).
Lyrics- http://www.metrolyrics.com/inside-the-fire-lyrics-disturbed.html
Song-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkhwK6Wlod8
First
off, this is a song about suicide, plain and simple. A device used
particularly strongly in this song is dramatic imagery, illustrating
things such as
"Who had been rendered unwhole as a little child
She was taken and then forsaken
You will remember it all, let it blow your mind again"
We
see here imagery of an abandoned child, powerless to help herself,
alone and afraid. She was "taken" (we'll have to assume by Lucifer
himself, but we'll get to this in a bit).
Images of fire, contrasted sharply by the coldness of death, can be seen as well-
"Fire, all you desire
As she begins to turn cold and run out of time
You will shiver till you deliver
You will remember it all, let it blow your mind again".
Beginning
to see a pattern? The "You will remember it all, let it blow your mind
again" repetition is starting to surface, and it is the final line,
leaving with a grim warning of things to come, stressing its importance
immensely.
Now, for the easy bit. This song has some pretty clear allusions to Hell and eternal damnation, but heres an example-"Devon lies beyond this portal
Take the word of one immortal
Give your soul to me for eternity
Release your life to begin another time with her
End your grief with me, there's another way
Release your life, take your place inside the fire with her".
The
"immortal", we must assume, is Satan, or Lucifer. "Inside the fire with
her", I can only interpret as the protagonist being asked to join
Devon, his lover, in Hell. We see a lot of destructive imagery, as well
as a whole bunch of ls and rs (consonance), as well as frequent
allusions to Hell and the process of sacrificing your soul to Lucifer.
~Charles out
Enjoyable song, nice interpretation. Odd that the name Devon is being used as female, which is something I don't believe is typical.
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