Godhead is an industrial rock band that originated in the Washington D.C. a… Read Full Bio ↴Godhead is an industrial rock band that originated in the Washington D.C. area in the 1990's. They are known as the first and only band signed on to Marilyn Manson's short-lived vanity label, Posthuman, in 2001. It produced their breakout album, 2000 Years of Human Error, that earned them recognition by Ozzy Osbourne and landed them a spot on Ozzfest in the same year on the second stage. Ever since their breakout album, the band has steadily developed a stronger fan base.

Their music is characterised as a mixture of dramatic goth rock and appealing dance beats with an atmospheric, industrial soundscape. It is further enhanced by the clean, terrifyingly deep vocal talents of lead vocalist/guitarist Jason C Miller and his morbidly gothic lyrical content.

Current Members:

Jason C Miller: vocals, guitar
Mike Miller: guitar
Ullrich Hepperlin (method): bass, programming
Glendon Crain: drums

Jason C. Miller is also working on his own solo career which incorporates southern rock and country

Memorial
Godhead Lyrics

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So much for you.
I can't take this life.
To be with you
Only pushes me, deeper down.

Guilt pain and sorrow.
Are what haunt me still
Waking tomorrow

Will I feel the same?

Memories breaking me.
Kill what I used to be.

Wandering on,
I know misery
Alone in silence.
All I had before, gone from me.
Look to the past
For any comforting.
Happiness lasts
Only when your dead.

Memories breaking me.
Kill what I used to be.

Can I feel again...
Emotions that have brought me here.
Lost somewhere in time.
Never to return again.

Memories breaking me.
Kill what I used to be.

Falling back on myself.
For I know no one else.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Memorial" by Godhead reflect a sense of loneliness and despair that the singer is feeling after losing someone who appears to have been very important to them. The opening lines, "So much for you. I can't take this life. To be with you only pushes me deeper down," almost suggest that the person the singer has lost was the reason they were holding on to life, and without them, life seems to be suffocating. The pain and sorrow of the loss are still fresh in their mind, and the fear of waking up tomorrow and feeling the same way accentuates the feeling of hopelessness.

The lyrics also depict a sense of nostalgia as the singer looks to the past for some form of comfort, realizing that happiness was only fleeting and perhaps only attainable in death. The lines, "Wandering on, I know misery, alone in silence. All I had before, gone from me," sound like a desperate plea for someone to understand the pain they are going through. The song ends with a reflection on the self and the realization that they have no one left but themselves. It seems like the subject is in a battle with themselves, trying to reconcile their emotions and memories with the reality of the present.

Line by Line Meaning

So much for you.
All that I have done for you is now in vain.

I can't take this life.
The pain of living this life has become unbearable for me.

To be with you Only pushes me, deeper down.
Being with you only makes me sink further into despair.

Guilt pain and sorrow.
I am plagued by the feelings of guilt, pain, and sorrow.

Are what haunt me still
These emotions still haunt me, and I cannot escape them.

Waking tomorrow
As each new day dawns

Will I feel the same?
I wonder if I will continue to feel this way.

Memories breaking me.
The memories of the past are causing me to collapse.

Kill what I used to be.
These memories are destroying my former self.

Wandering on,
I continue to wander aimlessly.

I know misery
I am familiar with the feeling of misery.