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Monday, April 8, 2013

Inside the Fire

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

1 comment:

  1. 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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