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Alex Duco Cabal
Ryan Anthony Davis
Joseph Ray Kasprzak
David Matthew Flores
Joel Von Steitz
Vertigo
Beauty To Ashes Lyrics
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Systematic prescription to burn in our own eyes
Wastelands to the millions
Cemetery made of gold
Innocence romanticized on channels we all know
Wage war, state the disclaimer.
No more.
We tolerate a visual state
Its time to sterilize
Fancy things and diet drinks we don't need any more
Re-educate, our present state and make us feel alright.
Wage war, state the disclaimer.
Deny a new form of lies.
Make it stop killing me now.
The lyrics of Beauty to Ashes's song Vertigo are a commentary on the state of our society and how we have been conditioned to accept a certain way of life. The opening lines, "We have been made victim to a neon paradigm, Systematic prescription to burn in our own eyes," suggest that we are living in a world that is filled with bright lights and artificial distractions that blind us to the reality of our situation. The line, "Wastelands to the millions, Cemetery made of gold," speaks to the idea that we are living in a world that is full of material wealth but lacks meaning and purpose.
The second verse talks about how we have been conditioned by the masses to accept a certain visual state and how we need to be re-educated to see things in a different way. The lines, "Fancy things and diet drinks we don't need any more, Re-educate, our present state and make us feel alright," suggest that we have been sold a false idea of what we need to be happy and that we need to be re-educated to see through this illusion.
The chorus, "Wage war, state the disclaimer, Deny a new form of lies, Make it stop killing me now," is a call to action to fight against this false paradigm and to demand a new way of living that is authentic and true to ourselves.
Line by Line Meaning
We have been made victim to a neon paradigm
We are oppressed by a society that values bright and flashy things.
Systematic prescription to burn in our own eyes
We are told to accept harmful things as normal and good for us.
Wastelands to the millions
The world around us is empty and meaningless to many people.
Cemetery made of gold
We have built a culture that values wealth and possessions above all else.
Innocence romanticized on channels we all know
We are bombarded with unrealistic images of purity and perfection in the media.
Wage war, state the disclaimer.
We must fight against these harmful ideas and protect ourselves.
No more.
We will not stand for these harmful ideas any longer.
Conditioned by the masses to make us feel alright
We have been brainwashed by society to believe harmful things are good for us.
We tolerate a visual state
We accept a culture that values appearance over substance.
Its time to sterilize
We must cleanse ourselves of these harmful ideas and start anew.
Fancy things and diet drinks we don't need any more
We should reject superficial and unnecessary things that do not bring us true happiness.
Re-educate, our present state and make us feel alright.
We must unlearn harmful beliefs and replace them with healthier ones in order to find true happiness.
Deny a new form of lies.
We must reject any new harmful beliefs that may arise in the future.
Make it stop killing me now.
We must put an end to the harm that these harmful beliefs are causing before they destroy us.
Contributed by Kaitlyn W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.