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.