Failsafe
Ares Kingdom Lyrics


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Burning skies - raining fire
Down on the helpless below
Hell has come - storming legions
Iron eagles - angels of death

Searing wings - roar as thunder
Burning the life right out of the night
Heavens above - slaughtered outright
Reducing bodies to ashes and dust

No more tomorrows - sunrise on a dead world
Burning the shadows right into the walls
Paying the price in self sacrifice

Final breath - ends in fire
Fallout snows its seeds of death
Darkened skies - deadly quiet
Nuclear winter settles its frost
Pitiful end - human folly
Centuries of work now scattered to dust
Victor defeated - final chapter
Closing the book and set it alight

Failsafe - cannot be recalled
Flee to nowhere - death consumes all




Return to the earth from which you crawled
Return to darkness - return to dust

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Failsafe" by Ares Kingdom describe the aftermath of a devastating attack, likely the result of nuclear war or some other apocalypse. The imagery is vivid and disturbing - the sky burns and rains fire on the helpless people below, while legions of iron eagles and angels of death storm through the air. The searing wings of these creatures roar like thunder, burning the life out of the night and slaughtering everyone in sight. The result is a world in ruins, with no hope for the future - "no more tomorrows" and "sunrise on a dead world". Even the shadows are burned into the walls, and the people who are not killed by the initial attack must pay the price in self-sacrifice.


The final lines of the song suggest that the apocalypse was caused by human folly, and that all the progress that was made over centuries has been scattered to dust. The victor is defeated, and the final chapter is closed by setting the book alight. The chorus repeatedly references a failsafe, suggesting that the apocalypse was not accidental and could have been prevented if the correct precautions had been taken. But it is now too late - death consumes all and everyone must return to the earth from which they crawled, to darkness and dust.


Overall, the song paints a bleak and terrifying picture of a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where death and destruction are the only things that remain. The lyrics are poetic and metaphorical, but the message is clear - humankind must be careful with the power it possesses, or risk destroying everything.


Line by Line Meaning

Burning skies - raining fire
The skies are blazing red and pieces of fire are raining down from them.


Down on the helpless below
The fire is targeting the innocent people who are unable to escape it.


Hell has come - storming legions
An immense army has arrived, bringing the chaos and destruction of hell with them.


Iron eagles - angels of death
Warplanes with their wings on fire and darkened from ashes, serving as carriers of apocalyptic retribution.


Searing wings - roar as thunder
The planes fly at high speed, their wings emitting intense heat and sound like the thunder of the skies.


Burning the life right out of the night
The heat and light from the planes burn the very essence of the night, leaving it void.


Heavens above - slaughtered outright
The sky and everything above is destroyed mercilessly and without a second thought.


Reducing bodies to ashes and dust
The fire consumes everything in its path, reducing humans and objects alike to the basic element of ashes.


No more tomorrows - sunrise on a dead world
All hopes and dreams for the future are gone, the sunrise signifies a world forever changed, unable to support any form of life.


Burning the shadows right into the walls
The intensity of the fire is so great that it burns even the smallest of shadows into the walls of buildings.


Paying the price in self sacrifice
The people fighting and dying for their country are making the ultimate selfless sacrifice of giving their own lives in the process.


Final breath - ends in fire
People or things taking their final breaths are overcome by the flames and instantly die.


Fallout snows its seeds of death
The radioactive dust that's left behind after the fire spreads its toxicity around like snow, settling on every surface it reaches.


Darkened skies - deadly quiet
The skies are no longer ablaze but instead just a reminder of what it once was before the destruction had taken hold.


Nuclear winter settles its frost
Because of the widespread nuclear destruction, winter suddenly engulfs everything, spreading frost and cold.


Pitiful end - human folly
Everything ends in a pitiful manner, with humans' own failings being the cause of their demise.


Centuries of work now scattered to dust
All the work of centuries has been destroyed by the fire and is reduced to a pile of ashes left scatted in the wind.


Victor defeated - final chapter
The victorious people who were once in charge have lost their power and are no longer in control; this is the end of their story.


Closing the book and set it alight
The chapter of their lives is over and to signify the finality of it all, the book (their lives) is burnt to a crisp.


Failsafe - cannot be recalled
The destructive action that has been started cannot be undone or called back, and everything continues to spiral out of control.


Flee to nowhere - death consumes all
Trying to flee or escape from the destruction is futile because death will soon consume everything in its path.


Return to the earth from which you crawled
Death is imminent, and humans must accept their fate and return to the earth from which they came.


Return to darkness - return to dust
Returning to the darkness means accepting that the human soul will soon perish into the dust and be forgotten.




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