Carcass is recognized as pioneers in the grindcore genre. Their early work was also associated with tags like "splatter death metal" and "hardgore," owing to their macabre lyrics and gruesome album covers. Moreover, their 1993 album Heartwork contributed to their status as pioneers of melodic death metal.
The band frequently explores animal rights issues in their lyrics, and some members follow vegetarian or vegan lifestyles.
Studio albums
Reek of Putrefaction (1988)
Symphonies of Sickness (1989)
Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991)
Heartwork (1993)
Swansong (1996)
Surgical Steel (2013)
Torn Arteries (2021)
No Love Lost
Carcass Lyrics
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Numbing feeling's dead
Conception's romanticized
Synthesized broken heart's to bled
Without emotion you heartstrings played
Strummed and severed to the tune of a tragic serenade
Without emotion, your heartstrings break
Snapped and severed to the tune of a tragic, sad cliche
No love lost
When all is said and done
There's no love lost
The low cost of loving
Amorous travesty
Human frailties and weakness are easy prey
How your poor heart will bleed
The lyrics to Carcass's song "No Love Lost" depict a bleak and desolate perspective on love and relationships. The opening lines, "Sensual awakening, numbing feeling's dead," suggest a loss of passion and excitement in a relationship that has stagnated. The idea of conception being "romanticized" implies that this relationship may have started out with grand ideals and high hopes, but those illusions have been shattered. The "synthesized broken heart's to bled" laments the artificial and fake nature of relationships in modern society.
The chorus is a biting commentary on the futility of love in this context. The repeated refrain of "No love lost" emphasizes the feelings of bitterness and disappointment that have come to replace any sense of true emotion. The cost of loving is portrayed as being low, with "amorous travesty" and human weakness being easy prey for those seeking to use others for their own gain. The final lines, "How your poor heart will bleed," suggests that even when one has lost all sense of feeling, the pain and suffering of the human heart endures.
Line by Line Meaning
Sensual awakening
Feeling an increase in sexual excitement
Numbing feeling's dead
The numbness in emotions has disappeared
Conception's romanticized
The idea of creating something is viewed with romantic notions
Synthesized broken heart's to bled
Artificially created a situation where a person's heart is going to ache
Without emotion you heartstrings played
Manipulated someone without any emotion
Strummed and severed to the tune of a tragic serenade
Continued to manipulate someone even though the outcome was tragic
Without emotion, your heartstrings break
If someone is manipulated without emotion it is easy to break their heart
Snapped and severed to the tune of a tragic, sad cliche
Their heart breaking is nothing new, it's a common and overused occurrence
No love lost
They didn't have any love to begin with
When all is said and done
After everything that has happened
There's no love lost
Still no love, even with everything that's happened
The low cost of loving
The price paid for love is minimal
Amorous travesty
A love affair that ends horribly
Human frailties and weakness are easy prey
People who are vulnerable are easy targets for those who want to take advantage of them
How your poor heart will bleed
Your heart will be hurt terribly
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: PHILLIP J. ALLOCCO, ROBERT STEELE, SEAN O. CARMODY, SHANE J. VERDI
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