The Chairman of Jupiter Society, Carl Westholm, known from other Swedish ac… Read Full Bio ↴The Chairman of Jupiter Society, Carl Westholm, known from other Swedish acts like Carptree and Krux,now releases an epic concept album "First contact//Last warning".

In collaboration with people like Leif Edling (Candlemass, Krux) Mats Levén (Krux, ex Therion, Y. Malmsteen) and Declan Burke (Darwins radio, Frost) among many others, He gives us an album with the ambient but symphonic production known from Carptree and with a clear presence of Heavier elements . Big arrangements, small details, different vocalists and musicians specially chosen for each song makes it divers and intriguing. You are given one hour of music and exclusive artwork, once again by the independent Label FOSFOR Creation

Now in 2009, Jupiter Society releases the sequel called "Terraform" again with a lot of prominent fellow musicians like the last time, slightly different crew this time with Kulle and Marcus Jidell (Royal Hunt) on lead guitars, and Lars Sköld (Tiamat) on Drums and also Christer Jansson (Roxette among many others) on additional Drums. Mats Levén (krux, ex Therion, ex Y.Malmsteen and others) and Leif Edling (Candlemass, Krux) are still members of the society among others.

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Cold Rigid and Remote
Jupiter Society Lyrics

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Some people have a feeling they are not like others. Some are not. This man suspects that he is born without the ability to love, that he can only kill, obey and blow himself to pieces. No reason why, but a distinct feeling that someone will sooner or later tell him to, and furthermore that this will not end it, just start the cycle all over again. Was he ever born?

Born and dead, reborn restored
With memories
and thought installed
Designed to live a thousand times,
just waiting her impatiently

I am so confused, my mind seems trapped inside this artificial skin

Why am I
Why am I
Unlike man
Without life
Why am I
Unlike man
Without dreams
I am cold rigid and remote

Flesh and bone close to perfection
without mission no direction

Waiting for your fatal action
Like a tool of mass destruction

Overall Meaning

The song "Cold Rigid and Remote" by Jupiter Society is a dark and introspective exploration of one man's thoughts about his inability to love. The lyrics describe a man who suspects that he was born without the ability to love, and that his life is destined to be filled with violence and destruction. He feels like he can only obey and kill, and that someone will eventually tell him to do so. The cycle of violence will begin again, and he wonders if he was ever really born in the first place.

The chorus describes the man's confusion and sense of isolation. He feels like he is trapped inside an artificial body and wonders why he was created without the ability to dream or love. He is cold, rigid, and remote, with no direction or purpose in life. The final line of the lyrics compares him to a tool of mass destruction, waiting for his fate to be determined by someone else.

The song is a commentary on the nature of violence and the human condition. It asks thought-provoking questions about the purpose of life and the meaning of existence. The lyrics are dark and unsettling, but they also speak to a deep sense of empathy and understanding for those who feel disconnected from the world around them.

Line by Line Meaning

Born and dead, reborn restored
Reincarnated multiple times

With memories and thought installed Designed to live a thousand times, just waiting here impatiently
With programmed memories and thoughts, the feeling of living multiple lives, eagerly waiting to be activated

I am so confused, my mind seems trapped inside this artificial skin
Feeling trapped inside the artificial body

Why am I Why am I Unlike man Without life Why am I Unlike man Without dreams I am cold rigid and remote
Feeling unlike humans, devoid of emotions and dreams

Flesh and bone close to perfection without mission no direction
A perfect body with no specific purpose or direction

Waiting for your fatal action Like a tool of mass destruction
Awaiting a command, feeling like a weapon waiting to be used

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