A Tale From Down Below
Iron Savior Lyrics

Down below the city
This line describes the setting of the song, which is below the city where it is cold and dark.

Where the light is cold and dim
The light in the city is cold and dim, which sets up a bleak and foreboding atmosphere.

Creatures without name
The beings that live below the city are unidentifiable and mysterious in nature.

Are paying for the sin
The creatures are suffering because of the mistakes of others who caused their current situation.

Not dead nor alive
The creatures are somewhere between life and death, perhaps due to the virus mentioned later in the song.

In a dark and toxic reign
The area of the city where the creatures live is under some sort of toxic or oppressive leadership, causing further suffering.

Infected by the virus
The creatures have been afflicted by a virus that has caused their condition.

We failed to reach the aim
This line suggests that the people responsible for the virus failed to achieve their goal or meant to do harm, leading to the current state of the creatures.

Damned to walk the night
The creatures are cursed to roam the night, forever searching for a cure or salvation.

Access to the world above denied
The creatures are unable to return to the world above the city, where life is normal and peaceful.

Lost without a cure
The creatures are without hope or cure, trapped in their condition and struggling to survive.

But as long as we are standing
Despite their hopeless situation, the creatures remain resilient and determined to fight for their survival.

I'll endure
This line reaffirms the creatures' determination and endurance in the face of adversity.

On that very day
This line sets up a dramatic moment in time, perhaps referencing the day the virus was unleashed or some other catastrophic event.

God has turned away
The characters feel abandoned by a higher power, reinforcing their hopelessness and despair.

Even though I pray
Despite feeling abandoned, the characters still hold onto hope and continue to pray.

Hear my words
The characters are pleading with a higher power to hear their cries for help and healing.

Heal me
The characters are asking for salvation, for their wounds and scars to be healed.

Heal my scars
The characters are literally and metaphorically scarred, having suffered physical and emotional wounds due to their situation.

I'm longing for peace
The characters crave peace and normalcy, wishing to escape their dark and toxic environment.

Heal my pain
The characters are asking for an end to their suffering and pain, both physical and emotional.

Let me walk the daylight again
The characters long to return to the world above, where life is normal and peaceful, and to escape the darkness and despair they currently inhabit.

We challenged the creation
This line suggests that the humans responsible for the virus and the creatures' condition were playing God in some way, attempting to control or manipulate creation.

In the hope to reveal
The humans had some sort of goal or motive that led them to experiment on the creatures, possibly related to a desire for power or knowledge.

The secrets of the maker
This line refers to the unknown and mysterious aspects of creation, which the humans were attempting to unlock or understand.

When the ancient broke the seal
This line suggests that the humans' experimentation had dire consequences, possibly related to unleashing a previously contained evil or darkness upon the world.

Immortal we are suffering
This line suggests that the affliction caused by the virus may be immortality, which is causing the creatures to suffer in their current state.

For opening the locks
The humans' meddling with the unknown and the secrets of creation led to a metaphorical unlocking of something dangerous or powerful.

To see what is concealed
The humans were driven by a desire to uncover the mysteries of the universe, even at the cost of unleashing something negative or dangerous.

Inside Pandora's box
This line alludes to the Greek myth of Pandora's box, which held all the evils of the world. The humans' experimentation may have unleashed a similar kind of evil onto the world.

Locked up in the night
The creatures are trapped in their dark and toxic environment, unable to escape and suffering from their affliction.

Can't you hear my cry
This line is a plea for help or salvation from a higher power, asking if anyone can hear the creatures' cries for help and healing.

When you sleep or die
This line implies that the creatures are not the only ones suffering or that they are not the only ones to have suffered in this dark and toxic world.

Longing for salvation
The creatures are desperate for some kind of salvation or escape from their current situation.

Set us free
The characters are asking for freedom from their affliction, for a chance to escape the darkness and despair and live a normal and peaceful life.