Official sites:
On Bandcamp.com - http://miracleofsound.bandcamp.com
On Escapist magazine - http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/MiracleOfSound
On Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MiracleOfSound
On Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/miracleofsound
On YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/user/miracleofsound
Known interviews:
http://strangera.com/2012/04/05/my-interview-with-miracle-of-sound-eng-version/
http://nightmaremode.net/2011/09/interview-with-gavin-dunne-of-miracle-of-sound-10103/
Hell in the Headspace
Miracle of Sound Lyrics
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Carve to the core
Burn out the virus
Strip out the spore
Contaminated
There's nothing pure
Reanimated
Break out your kill cutter
Hell in the headspace
Insanity it always finds me
Keep running but it's right behind me
There is no gravity
But I have somehow fallen so far
Dead spaces inside me
My ghosts will haunt the farthest of stars
Hell in the headspace
Hallucinate
Flesh of a dead race
Eviscerate
Dead metal hallways
Pervert the tools
You know they'll always
Subvert the rules
Break out your kill cutter
Hell in the headspace
Insanity it always finds me
Keep running but it's right behind me
There is no gravity
But I have somehow fallen so far
Dead spaces inside me
My ghosts will haunt the farthest of stars
It took so long to realise
Rip off the blindfold from my eyes
A thousand screams I will endure
I am the cure
I AM THE CURE
Break out your kill cutter
Hell in the headspace
Insanity will alway finds me
Keep running but it's right behind me
The lyrics of "Hell in the Headspace" by Miracle of Sound are a depiction of a psychological struggle that is taking place inside someone's mind. The singer is describing a state where he is contaminated with a virus or a poisonous thought that has taken over his psyche. He urges himself to get rid of it, to cleave through the casing and carve it out from his core. The contamination is so profound that he's hallucinating and perceiving things that are not real, leading to a state of delusion and confusion.
He is running away from his own mind, but he knows that insanity is always right behind him. The lyrics suggest a sense of desperation, where the singer is searching for a cure. He sees himself as the cure and refers to himself in the first person, "I am the cure." He asks himself to break out the kill-cutter and use it to eviscerate the source of his psychological trauma. The song suggests that the singer has been struggling with his own thoughts for a long time, and there are dead spaces inside him, which will haunt him even in the farthest of the stars.
Overall, the lyrics of "Hell in the Headspace" are a depiction of a psychological struggle that can take place in many forms - from anxiety to depression, from mental illnesses to identity crises. The singer is urging himself to take a step against it, to fight against his own mind and cure himself of the negativity that has taken over his life.
Line by Line Meaning
Cleave through the casing
Cut through the outer layer
Carve to the core
Cut all the way to the center
Burn out the virus
Destroy the infection
Strip out the spore
Remove any trace of the disease
Contaminated
Infected with a disease
There's nothing pure
No part of it is free from infection
Reanimated
Brought back to life
I am the cure
I have the power to heal or destroy
Break out your kill cutter
Prepare a weapon to attack and destroy
Hell in the headspace
My mind is a place of torment
Insanity it always finds me
Madness is always present in my thoughts
Keep running but it's right behind me
Try to escape, but madness is always chasing me
There is no gravity
There is no stability or balance
But I have somehow fallen so far
But somehow, I've lost all control
Dead spaces inside me
Empty or dead parts within me
My ghosts will haunt the farthest of stars
My regrets will follow me forever
Hallucinate
Experience unreal things in my mind
Flesh of a dead race
The remains of a civilization that died out
Eviscerate
Tear apart completely
Dead metal hallways
Lifeless, metallic corridors
Pervert the tools
Misuse the instruments with a negative purpose
You know they'll always
You know they will inevitably
Subvert the rules
Break or bend the established laws
It took so long to realize
It took me a long time to understand
Rip off the blindfold from my eyes
Remove the veil of ignorance from myself
A thousand screams I will endure
I will withstand agony and suffering
I am the cure
I can find a solution and have the power to heal or destroy
I AM THE CURE
I am confident in my ability to prevail
Contributed by Lillian O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
amohotepv
Isaac Clarke is so bad ass, that on another planet, necromorphs worship statues of him and they turn human and go sane.
Cinderheart
This song deserves a remaster to go with the new game.
DEIMOSTheGameOfficial
i think it doesnt need to be changed, just put it in the new game B)
miracleofsound
Yeah, I wanted to make something heavy and aggressive, but I still used some of the same musical scales, chords and notes from Necromorph Soup to retain something of a connection :) It's cool that people are noticing!
WolfkinNorthclaw
How has this guy kept any resemblance of sanity at all?
WolfkinNorthclaw
@Interfector0 That makes sense, maybe he just acts more on instinct than reasoning.
Interfector0
The way I see it, Isaac just went mad in a very specific way that left him more or less functional.
Mr. Calladore
Because he's a professional badass
Dreaded Pixel
Who says he hasn't?
WolfkinNorthclaw
@tim wells That is true, but still yeesh.