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Brand of Sacrifice Lyrics

The lyrics of Brand of Sacrifice’s song Begin contain dark and gruesome themes of death and destruction, which ultimately leads to the realization of a surreal dream. The opening verse suggests that the only way to achieve the dream is through defeating one's enemies ruthlessly. The singer is willing to ‘perch on top of their corpses’ which implies that they have no qualms with committing brutal acts of violence to achieve their objectives. The line, ‘This is a blood-smeared dream’ hints that the dream is not a happy one, but rather it is a result of desperation and urgency.

The second verse of the song suggests that the singer has made significant sacrifices in order to achieve greatness. ‘I ascend from this pile of corpses, I have shed my skin’ clearly metaphorizes that the singer has stepped over countless dead bodies to stand where they are today, and they have given up their old self to become a new and better version of themselves. ‘God Hand’ in this context might refer to the divine power bestowed to the singer because of their actions, hence, making them god-like. The final line, ‘This is the prophecy established’ suggests that the singer's actions were preordained and necessary to achieve their ultimate purpose.