Cynic - Integral

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• Cynic
• Re
• Traced
• Progressive
• Death
• Metal
• Integral

[poetdsk]

I touch the string, though the harp may not sing

Still I dig the sky for sun sparks to guide

Down below there's a land with an ominous hole

Dug deep in the sand of belief

A million doves

Orbit 'round the Earth with tears of blood

Kill the virgin, take Integral Birth

From the void, I am born into wave and particle In the uncreated light emerged an oracle

A million doves Orbit round the Earth with tears of blood Slay the dragon, take Integral Birth

[nviati]

@nviati Weep no more

Noble silence, usher my way home

A million doves

Orbit 'round the Earth with tears that flood

Line in sand erased, we are but one

Cosmic cavalcade, we are but one

Time has come, I'll take Integral Birth

[makethemdieslow]

"Weep no more" was the best part of the original, best here as well. Epic!

[reet12337]

@MisterStomper Thank you

[MisterStomper]

I think a lot c(:

[MisterStomper]

@reet12337 "line in sand erased we are but one" The things that we humans disagree on are simple lines in sand. Easily removed and referring back to the sands of belief in verse 1.

"A cosmic cavalcade we are but one" A cavalcade is a procession, similar to a parade, the focus of a cavalcade is participation rather than display. A cavalcade can also be seen as a pilgramage or group journey.

Time has come, now take integral birth.

[MisterStomper]

@reet12337 "Slay the dragon, take integral birth" Dragons have often been used as symbols for self-interest and self-gain. Slay the dragon. Remove selfish thoughts and live for the world that we all share.

"Weep no more, noble silence ushers my way home" A time of an end to misfortune and woe. As he comes and brings it he wants not praise and cheers, but silence of nobility and grace.

[MisterStomper]

@reet12337 "From the void I am born, into wave and particle" Simple. We came from nothing, and we are now creatures of light, sound, and flesh capable of choice and creative thought.

"From the uncreated light emerged an oracle" Uncreated meaning it has yet to be formed, it has yet to come. The higher state of being that this integral birth will lead us to. The oracle is one who has taken this integral birth, and comes to give his message to humanity.

[MisterStomper]

@reet12337 In the song, millions of doves have been sent out, and they continue to orbit the earth searching. Crying blood is a symbol meaning the point of absolute desperation has been reached. The doves have found nothing to return to and nowhere to go. They are lost.

Doves could alude to the millions of human lives that have been lost in violent conficts based on ideas and hatreds.

[MisterStomper]

@reet12337 "A million doves orbit round the earth with tears of blood" This line could mean many things, but I see it as an allusion to the story of Noah's Ark, where at the end of the flood he released several birds to see if there was land. If the bird came back, there was no land, if the bird stayed out there was land. The final bird he sent was a dove, it returned to him, but bearing an olive branch, a sign that not only was there land again, but life was also thriving.

[MisterStomper]

@reet12337 The "hole" referrs to an outside presence digging in and taking away or destroying some part of your convictions.

"Dare the virgin take integral birth?" I see this line posed as a question. Dare the many minds of humanity look beyond their personal beliefs and hatreds to take themselves through this change, though it be as painful to them as childbirth to a virgin?