DeVille joined guitarist Stein and bassist Holly, they struggled around with the help of some friends, who organized gigs in several shady bars of Berlin. They played as street musicians in shopping malls, where they played rockabilly, country, and blues songs to raise money.
DeVille also formed Dead Kings,a successful side project with members of Batmobile, Nekromantix, Klingonz & Milwaukee Wildmen.Stein joined the United Swindlers with members of Frantic Flintstones and Ripmen. Peter Sandorff is a member of the psychobilly band Hola Ghost.
Senseless Species
Mad Sin Lyrics
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He was lost and buried in the mist of time and soon I found out why
He took me to the past where everything began and back into the future
To the end of the plan
CHORUS:
Is it this way or was it that way
Turn your truth upside down
Is it this way or was it that way
Turn your truth upside down
We're the senseless species
Through space and time we traveled as my psychic condition
Began to fuck me up
Like the world around me it fell apart and left me here to rot
But loki laughed into my face and said "well it's ok, let's flush this world
Right down the drain without feeling ashamed"
CHORUS:
Is it this way or was it that way
Turn your truth upside down
Everything you know is wrong
Is it this way or was it that way
Turn your truth upside down
We're the senseless species
Back in the garden of chaos is where mankind belongs
And in the name of your god
The troops of the damned are marching on
And now you've got me locked up in a rubber room
But you're the ones that should be here and all your senseless gods too
CHORUS:
Is it this way or was it that way
Turn your truth upside down
Everything you know is wrong
Is it this way or was it that way
Turn your truth upside down
We're the senseless species
CHORUS:
Is it this way or was it that way
Turn your truth upside down
Everything you know is wrong
Is it this way or was it that way
Turn your truth upside down
We're the senseless species
This way, that way, right way, left way, wrong way, my way
Yeah psycho!
The song Senseless Species by Mad Sin is a critique of human civilization and its flawed sense of truth and morality. The lyrics describe a journey through time and space with the Norse god Loki as the guide. The singer's psychic condition is unraveling as he realizes that everything he knows might be wrong. Loki challenges the singer to turn his truth upside down, suggesting that the human species is senseless, and its beliefs and values are arbitrary.
The first verse sets the tone for the rest of the song, with the moon shining bright overhead as Loki creeps into the singer's mind. The image of the moon implies that madness and lunacy are at the heart of the human condition. Loki takes the singer through the past and the future, suggesting that history and progress are cyclical and meaningless. The chorus repeats the refrain "Is it this way or was it that way/Turn your truth upside down/Everything you know is wrong," emphasizing the ambiguity and relativity of human knowledge and perspectives.
The second verse reveals that the singer's psychic condition is deteriorating, mirroring the decay and fragmentation of the world around him. Loki's response to this situation is nihilistic and destructive, proposing that the world be flushed down the drain. In the third verse, the song becomes more explicitly political and social. The "troops of the damned" marching on in the name of a god suggest religious fanaticism and war, while the singer's confinement in a rubber room implies that he is being silenced for his dissenting views. The repetition of the chorus at the end reinforces the theme of uncertainty and inversion, with the final line "Yeah psycho!" expressing a sense of rebellion and defiance.
Line by Line Meaning
The moon was shining bright as wicked loki crept into my mind
The singer was in a state of vulnerability when they were approached by wicked thoughts represented by Loki, causing them to spiral into a deeper state of confusion.
He was lost and buried in the mist of time and soon I found out why
The singer was able to understand the distorted thoughts caused by Loki as being a product of mental confusion grounded in the uncertainty of the past.
He took me to the past where everything began and back into the future
To the end of the plan
The distorted thoughts created by Loki brought the singer on a journey through their past and future, bringing attention to the fragility of plans and foresight in the chaos of the human experience.
Through space and time we traveled as my psychic condition
Began to fuck me up
The artist's journey through space and time antagonized their psychic, mental and emotional state of being to a point of significant damage.
Like the world around me it fell apart and left me here to rot
Within the chaos of the human experience, the artist felt abandoned and isolated by a world that was also perishing.
But loki laughed into my face and said 'well it's ok, let's flush this world
Right down the drain without feeling ashamed'
Loki, as the representation of the singer's distorted and nihilistic internal dialogue, encouraged the singer to embrace the concept of destruction as a liberating force for an otherwise meaningless world.
Back in the garden of chaos is where mankind belongs
And in the name of your god
The troops of the damned are marching on
And now you've got me locked up in a rubber room
But you're the ones that should be here and all your senseless gods too
The singer suggests that humans, as chaotic beings with unguided intentions, will ultimately lead to their own downfall through a self-inflicted desolation perpetrated by their own lack of reasoning.
Is it this way or was it that way
Turn your truth upside down
Everything you know is wrong
The chorus suggests that reality is subjective and that one's understanding of the world can be inverted, risking the potential psychological damage that follows when their beliefs are challenged.
This way, that way, right way, left way, wrong way, my way
Yeah psycho!
The final line of the song is an assertion that the subjectivity of reality is irrational and absurd, inciting an internal conflict between personal perspective and commonly accepted truth claims.
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