Mastodon- The Last Baron
This song is absolutely amazing. They took the whole concept of someone's personal encounter of attempting suicide and put into a way people can feel somewhat of how someone under depression feels at the point of suicide. This is not emo, this entire album is based on a band member's trip through depression, seeking help, and at last his attempt to commit suicide which is where The Last Baron comes in. The actual song is 13 minutes long :/ fuck youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBAGqkc2Qkk I'd guess they would say we could set this world ablaze Please, please take my hand Please take my soul to rest So we can always be around It is hard to see Through all the haze at the top of the trees Hold my head on stable ground Watch as the Earth falls all around Please, please take my hand Please take my soul to rest So we can always be around Faltering foot steps Dead end path All I that need is this wise mans staff Encased in crystal he leads the way I guess they'd say we could set the world ablaze Please, please take my hand Please take my soul to rest So we can always be around I guess they would say we can set this world ablaze Hold my head on stable ground Watch as the Earth falls all around Take my black soul Alive in the fires that burn my skin Guide my eyes all through this maze I guess they'd say we could set the world ablaze All that I have seen Standing on the edge The foot of precipice Floating in the sea Past the king of swords Quickly to the shore The last baron The last baron Ghost of man surrounds me in my slumber I have no fear as your wing is my shelter Cyanide he craves Coursing through his veins Providing him with strength To see this to the end Afraid of psychic eyes Faith in mystic power The last baron The last baron Will he save me? Will he save me? I was standing staring at the world And I can't see it I was standing staring at the world And I still can't see it If you don't understand the lyrics metaphorical meanings it's simple. He attempts to commit suicide with cyanide, he's not looking back. He's been given access to this through a doctor of which he puts all his utter faith in. The world he can't see is "heaven" where he plans to meet his fallen sister. It switches between many points of views. This indicates that there are others there helping him through the struggle. "Will he save me?" is obviously referring to some form of higher power, possibly a heavenly figure (God or Jesus). To really understand and get the feeling of this song listen to the guitar parts when he comes in with "All that I have seen" That's a vague summary, and yes I analyzed the entire song myself. The death of a sister part is knowledge I've acquired from reading it from somewhere I forgot where. |
:o Sweet. It's awsome :o
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Nice annalysing o.O. I like songs like this, that have meaning.
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I love songs like this. Anyone can make a song about suicide like emo ass little fags who don't know shit, I personally like it because they took it the point that people can actually feel atleast somewhat of what goes on when someone goes through a suicide attempt and it couldn't have been achieved if it weren't all real.
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