ohGr is a band formed by Nivek Ogre, of Skinny Puppy, and musician/engineer… Read Full Bio ↴ohGr is a band formed by Nivek Ogre, of Skinny Puppy, and musician/engineer Mark Walk. Although the pedigree of the group's members might suggest otherwise, ohGr is not strictly an industrial group, as it draws from elements of synth-pop/electro-pop, metal, and even hip hop.
Unlike Ogre's earlier Skinny Puppy work, ohGr has a more conventional structure to its music as well as a lighter tone, lyrically and musically.
The band was officially formed in 2001, although the material for the first album, Welt dates back to the mid-nineties, having been held up due to legal trouble with American Records. The first work produced by the band was actually the soundtrack for the computer game 'Descent II', but it was a number of years before their first album was released. Welt was originally the title of the group, a long standing acronym from early Skinny Puppy years when, shortly after Bill Leeb (of Front Line Assembly) left the band, Ogre graffitied "Wilhelm Eats Lunch Today" around Vancouver due to their then-acrimonious split. It was then refined to the less antagonistic "When Everyone Learns Truth". It was later discovered that in the interval, the name had been taken by a Californian punk band.

ohGr's third album titled Devils in my Details was released on October 17th, 2008 in Germany, October 20th in the United Kingdom, and October 21st in the United States. ohGr toured in support of the album release during the autumn of 2008. At Comic-Con 2008, Ogre announced that Bill Moseley will be contributing to the new ohGr album, as a result of them becoming friends through Repo! The Genetic Opera. It was tentatively revealed in a chat with the band that an album of B-sides from Devils in my Details (entitled "D-Sides") and an album of unreleased material from the 1990s (entitled "Dfault") was due to be released. In October 2009 a link to www.wdihtf.com appeared on Skinny Puppy's website. When users sign up to the mailing list they receive a link to the song COLLIDOSKOPE which starts with many different voices saying "Welcome to Collidoskope".

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Ohgr Lyrics

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See me bleed
Watch me bleed
Have me bleed
Have me bleed
See me bleed
Watch me bleed
See me
Bleed me

Watch me bleed
Watch me bleed
Watch me
Watch me Bleed
Counting on our nature ???
Hide beyond today,
Went up to vapor trails,
Nothing's left to say.
Hide amongst the tilted world,
dripping of our right of way.

Hide, hide hide...
(repeated many more times)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Ohgr's song Three seem to deal with themes of vulnerability and suffering. The repeated lines of "See me bleed, watch me bleed, have me bleed" suggest a desire to be seen and acknowledged in one's pain, as if the act of bleeding is a way of proving one's humanity. This is further emphasized by the repetition of "watch me" and "see me", which seem to ask the listener to bear witness to the singer's suffering.

The later lines of the song become more abstract and difficult to interpret. "Counting on our nature ???", for example, is unclear without further context. However, the lines "Hide amongst the tilted world, dripping of our right of way, hide hide hide" seem to suggest a sense of powerlessness in the face of an overwhelming, chaotic world. The repeated "hide" at the end of the song may be a statement of resignation - the singer is unable to escape their suffering and must simply retreat from the world.

Line by Line Meaning

See me bleed
I want someone to witness my pain and suffering

Watch me bleed
I want someone to watch me suffer, possibly out of a desire for attention or validation

Have me bleed
I am willing to let someone else cause me pain and suffering

See me
I want to be seen and acknowledged

Bleed me
I am willing to be hurt or used by someone else

Watch me
I want attention and validation from others

Counting on our nature ???
Unclear, as the question marks indicate a missing piece of information or context

Hide beyond today,
I am avoiding dealing with my problems and responsibilities by hiding or procrastinating

Went up to vapor trails,
Unclear, as this phrase is metaphorical and may have different interpretations

Nothing's left to say.
I feel like there is no point in communicating or expressing myself anymore

Hide amongst the tilted world,
I feel like the world is chaotic and unstable, and I am trying to find safety or security by hiding