Unspoken Names
Atrocity Lyrics


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(Listen to the unspoken names !)

I see the horror day by day
Only the sight shudders me
World fail me, confuse me
In there any explanation ?

I shall not find
One name or kind
What's behind

Forbidden thoughts
Keep me silent
Oppress me

Every hour, every minute, every second

Conscience pangs
Heart beats
Mind rotates, endlessly

I feel the shock in my face
How worse is the human race ?
Words fail me, confuse me
Is there any explanation

Uncertainty
Spreads abroad
Makes me sick

Hidden truth
Face of death
Morbid conflict

Unintentional
Awful fate
Mental terror

Impose silence
Forced to be
Under control, by myself

War inside my head
Forbidden what should be sayed
Unspoken names

Twisted and obscure
Nothing less than more
Unspoken names

"No solution
Only thinking
Is not changing
Anything"

War of letters
Ends in madness
Call me coward
I'm a liar !

War inside my head
Forbidden what should be sayed
Unspoken names

Twisted and obscure
Nothing less than more
Unspoken names

I shall not find
One name or kind
What's behind

Forbidden thoughts
Keep me silent
Oppress me

Every hour- every minute- every second

Conscience pangs
Heart beats
Mind rotates- endlessly

Nothing less and more
Unspoken names




Nothing less and more
Unspoken names

Overall Meaning

The Atrocity song "Unspoken Names" delves into the horrors of the world, and how observing the atrocities of mankind can shake and confuse a person to their core, leaving them with no explanation for the evil they see. Throughout, the singer reflects on how the hidden truths and forbidden thoughts they carry with them only oppress and silence them more. They feel constantly pained by their conscience, with their heart beating and their mind endlessly churning with uncertainty and sickness.


The chorus repeats the phrase "war inside my head," which speaks to the turmoil and conflict that the singer feels as they struggle to grapple with the terrible things they've seen and heard. In particular, the last lines of the song insult the singer for being a liar and coward because they can't speak the unspoken names, even though they want to. The song seems to conclude with a sense of resignation, as they realize that thinking alone does not amount to anything without action.


Line by Line Meaning

I see the horror day by day
Each day I witness terrible things happening that fill me with horror.


Only the sight shudders me
Just seeing these things is enough to make me tremble in fear and disgust.


World fail me, confuse me
The world seems to let me down and leave me feeling lost and bewildered.


In there any explanation ?
Is there any way to make sense of all this and understand why it's happening?


I shall not find
Despite my efforts, I don't think I'll ever find


One name or kind
A single word or phrase to capture the essence of what I'm witnessing.


What's behind
The root cause or explanation for all the horror I see around me.


Forbidden thoughts
Ideas and feelings that I dare not express or act on.


Keep me silent
These thoughts and feelings make me feel like I cannot open up or speak my mind.


Oppress me
They weigh down on me and make me feel trapped and helpless.


Every hour, every minute, every second
At all times, without a break or reprieve, I am consumed by this inner turmoil.


Conscience pangs
My moral sense is constantly pricked and challenged by what I see.


Heart beats
My emotions, especially my anxiety and fear, are heightened by all of this.


Mind rotates, endlessly
My thoughts and feelings keep circling back around and around, without any solution or resolution.


I feel the shock in my face
The horror is so intense that I am literally taken aback and in disbelief.


How worse is the human race ?
I am left to wonder how far we can fall and what depths of depravity we can plumb as a species.


Uncertainty
I am filled with doubt and lack of conviction about what to do or say.


Spreads abroad
This uncertainty and confusion seems to infect every aspect of my life, making it even harder to deal with.


Makes me sick
It seems to poison and infect me, making me feel physically ill and unwell.


Hidden truth
The real truth of what is going on, and why, is obscure and kept hidden from us.


Face of death
The consequences of this truth would be so consequential and dire that it would feel like a fate worse than death.


Morbid conflict
I am stuck in a situation where the truth is so dark and complex that it is impossible to know what to do or say.


Unintentional
I never intended to find myself in this situation, grappling with such difficult and painful truths.


Awful fate
It feels like a curse, a fate worse than death, to have to deal with all of this alone and in silence.


Mental terror
The constant stress and anxiety of this situation feels like a terror that haunts me at all times.


Impose silence
The situation makes me feel like I have to keep quiet and not speak up, even though it is tearing me up inside.


Forced to be
I have no choice but to remain silent and alone, unable to share my thoughts or feelings with anyone else.


Under control, by myself
I am forced to rely on myself to make sense of this all and find a way to cope with it.


War inside my head
I am battling with myself, with my own thoughts and feelings, as I struggle to cope with the darkness of the world I see around me.


Forbidden what should be sayed
There are things that need to be said, but I am not allowed or able to say them out loud, for fear of the consequences.


Unspoken names
These are the things that must not be said, the dark truths that are hidden away and kept silent about.


Twisted and obscure
These truths are so complex and interwoven that it is impossible to fully understand or articulate them.


Nothing less than more
They are not just one thing, or even a few things, but a multitude of different, interconnected horrors that cannot be easily summed up or expressed.


No solution
There seems to be no way to fix or change the things that are wrong with the world, no easy answers or solutions to the problems I see.


Only thinking
All I can do is think about what I see, ponder it endlessly, trying to make sense of it all.


Is not changing
But all this thinking is not leading to any change or solution. It is just a way to cope with the horror of the world.


Anything
It is a futile and ultimately unproductive way of dealing with things, but it is all I can do in the face of such darkness.


War of letters
Even the way we talk about these things, the language we use to try and articulate what is happening, is fraught and complicated.


Ends in madness
It seems like there is no way to talk about these things without eventually losing our minds, descending into madness in the face of such horror.


Call me coward
Despite all this, I fear that others will see me as weak or cowardly for not speaking out more openly or forcefully about what I see.


I'm a liar !
But the truth is that I am not lying, I am just unable to fully express the depth and complexity of what I see and feel.




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Ben S

these guys were my heros once upon a time

gaargy1

wow this brings me back to a cassette at deaths door

Arsenal Pro Audio

@Chuy nice! What band were you in on that compilation album? Brujeria? Gorguts? cynic?

Chuy

Yes i am this cassette in 95

INTERpEST

So true, in my case, this CD was one of my very first DM-CDs back in the first thirds of the Ninetees, shortly after my brother and i had gotten a first touch on DM by a DM-mix tape wz one of the songs of Atrocity ("Defiance")
...or is the best one the next 'real' one, "Prison..."?

AaronCPatriot

This is a classic, their best work, the outro on this tune is sick!

John Leary

Unspoken names! That lyric sticks in my mind

ferdo79

the best of the best reeeeeeechingonada de album

12GaugeMage

Drunk......3am.......buddy's house, high and drunk as fuck......10 years ago.....deaths door cassette......fucking classic

Ian Williams

Fuckn good album

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