" 'Pariah' was written about a certain individual who used to live in my beloved city, the former capital of the Confederacy, who I did not get along with too well. He was a fucking heroin junkie and was just an awful person. I had a couple of unpleasant run-ins with him and he was just a real shitbag, basically. I despised him so much that I wrote a song about him."
Pariah
Lamb of God Lyrics
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The ones on your arm of black tar you've known the ripping.
And I've seen you pissing your condition into the dirt.
I know you don't want to live in the dirt
You want to know nothing but dirt you know you can't beat weakness.
Kill the flux.
You piece of shit I won't why say your name but I will say this
Fuck off and die (sooner the better)
You've shot out your eyes
But I'm seeing that you cannot feel anything of worth.
Know that you've pissed life away, lost in your narcotic dreams.
Heart pumping futile shit through your veins.
Why does it bother?
I want to punch in your sunken face and see your dusty blood smear through
The air in a polluted crimson arc,
Splattering in a useless pattern on the concrete.
Moribund
The lyrics of Lamb of God's song Pariah describe a person who is completely consumed by their addiction to drugs. The opening lines of the song suggest that the person has physical sores on their mouth and arms as a result of their addiction to black tar heroin. The fact that the sore on the person's mouth mirrors the ones on their arms suggests that their addiction is all-consuming and affects every part of their life. The line "I've seen you pissing your condition into the dirt" suggests that the person is so consumed by their addiction that they are literally urinating on themselves in public.
The chorus of the song calls for the person to "kill the flux," which can be interpreted as a call to overcome their addiction. The bridge of the song contains violent imagery, with the singer wanting to punch the person in the face and see their blood splatter on the concrete. Overall, the lyrics of the song paint a bleak picture of a person who is completely consumed by their addiction and is unable to escape its grasp.
Line by Line Meaning
The sore on the edge of your mouth it mirror
The physical manifestation of your addiction is evident on your body
The ones on your arm of black tar you've known the ripping.
The scars from injecting heroin are an indication of the tearing of one's skin during drug use
And I've seen you pissing your condition into the dirt.
I've witnessed you recklessly indulging in drug use and ruining your life
I know you don't want to live in the dirt
You don't really want to be a slave to your addiction
You want to know nothing but dirt you know you can't beat weakness.
You're convinced that there's no escaping your addiction and that you're too weak to resist it
Kill the flux.
End the vicious cycle of addiction
Stretched to breaking an obscene canvas on a stretcher of parasitism.
You're on the brink of self-destruction, being dragged by your addiction like a parasite
You piece of shit I won't why say your name but I will say this
Fuck off and die (sooner the better)
I won't even dignify you with a name, but I do hope for your own sake that you die before your addiction destroys you completely
You've shot out your eyes
Your addiction has blinded you to the reality of your situation
But I'm seeing that you cannot feel anything of worth.
You're numb to everything that once held value in your life
Know that you've pissed life away, lost in your narcotic dreams.
You've wasted your life chasing the high of your drug of choice
Heart pumping futile shit through your veins.
Your addiction is poisoning you and destroying your body
Why does it bother?
Why am I even wasting my time trying to reason with you and get through to you?
I want to punch in your sunken face and see your dusty blood smear through
The air in a polluted crimson arc,
Splattering in a useless pattern on the concrete.
I'm so fed up with you and your addiction that I want to physically punish you and see the consequences of your choices stain the concrete where you belong
Moribund
The state of your being, wasted away by addiction
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: CHRIS ADLER, DAVID RANDALL BLYTHE, JOHN CAMPBELL, MARK MORTON, WILL ADLER
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Tyler Repka
When listening to this, I just picture Hell opening a gigantic hole in the earth. Enormous Demons flying out of it slowly into the dark dusty atmosphere.
Sadistic sound, I've loved this band since Burn the Priest.
This is my favorite album for Randys vocals by far.
Its 2020 and I'll always fall back on this album when life starts feeling bland.
julian
nah bro that’s all you, i just imagine myself banging to this in a concert
Atékyl
Absolutely brutal
Betty A.k.a Betty
That intro sends shivers down my spine. That then turn into goose pimples.
Mridupavan Gogoi
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
john gavalas
Their heaviest song in my opinion
Horror and Halloween 101
**goosebumps.
Ryan St. Pierre
+Holo Teh Wize wulf good ol' puss full goose pimples
jmcsquared
Goddamn and this was their first album? That's nuts because this is as good as most metal today. No wonder they are the one of the best of all time now.
Walker Hayden
If you think this album is brutal , listen their self titled album , Burn The Priest