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Help With Poem Interpretation

Discussion in 'Entertainment and Technology' started by Steam Giant, Jan 6, 2008.

  1. Steam Giant

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    Okay, to clarify, it's technically a song, but it was a poem first.

    The following are the lyrics to my favorite song right now, but the tricky part is, I'm really at a loss for what it's about. This artist essentially puts his poetry into music (doesn't always sound very catchy, but the writing's typically superb), and tends to lean heavily on metaphors. About the only clue I have to the poem/song's meaning is that the theme of the album that this song is featured on is heavily tied to the artist's relationships with various people falling out.

    So, anybody wanna take a crack at it? I'd love any kind of input you guys have, even a vague clue! "I don't know either" comments are comforting, but not quite as helpful! Hehe!

    The poem's title is "Dal"

    find
    words fade above the snow
    the carved out something stitch
    the carver's all who wave surrender
    through all tempers looking back
    skin begins to crack
    those ever double jointed lathers

    fine
    closed off no power the will inside no peace
    no feeling all disease around security

    eyes
    devised the cycles find
    a call that's never caught
    beneath the locusts dimmed decision
    find
    the vice grips never freed
    a crease upon one's debt
    and never paying forward
    hate
    what will we wont be late
    what will be left today
    when nothing left to beg the moral
    fate
    what is it left you say
    who will be left to play
    when ugly crippled lies remain

    fine
    closed off devours the meat inside of me
    in freeing all afraid of life eternity
    eyes
    burning of sorrow deep inside no teeth
    holding on to the things left to be believed

    fear
    what will we want with fear
    the time is coming near
    with nothings left to have or hope for
    pain
    what is there left to say
    an ancient plan to pay
    with blood and s--- tomorrow
    shame
    we will be learning shame
    until we play the game
    that in the end will bring disorder
    race
    what will be left to say
    when nothing is the same
    and all this s--- goes under

    slipping out the final mask
    kiss the mercantile abscess
    rusts behind teach fertile blood
    the fingernails are dirty

    face the coming nation loss
    and go towards the final cost
    crippled deaths of lost put all
    the soul unconvincing

    fine
    closed off devours the meat inside of me
    in freeing all afraid of life eternity

    --thanks in advance! ^^
     
  2. Steam Giant

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    Well, to be honest, I didn't expect anybody to actually post in this thread. I've seriously been scouring the net for someone - anyone - who has even the slightest clue about this poem, fan of the band or not.

    While I was originally prepared to surrender and declare that the song's meaning is identical to the album's theme (a pretty blatant cop out), I'm getting the idea now that it revolves more around the future. Fear of a dark future, a desire for a dark future...something along those lines. Either way, I'm thinking it's based around concern about some inevitable and undesirable tomorrow, but there's still something I'm missing.

    Last call! Anybody have a clue? ^^`
     
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    Dal as in Indian lentils? I didnt read the poem but the title was hilarious
     
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    It's actually DaL. Really no idea what, if anything, the title means, heh!