1. Priest is … Read Full Bio ↴There are at least four artists with the name Priest:
1. Priest is a Swedish band described as 'a synth band that creates music rooted in the vastness of electronic dreams. The goal of their multifaceted prophecy is to safely guide humanity unto the next evolutionary step – the merging with machines.' Official Facebook Page
2. Synth-pop Priest was formerly known as x Priest x. An 80s style synth-pop collaborative effort between vocalist Madeline Priest and producers Dave Kazyk and Chandler Strang (of Saskatchewan fame – an indie act out of Florida well worth a listen), x PRIEST x takes the lo-fi goodness of Grimes and blends it with the cold synths of Zola Jesus.
3. Priest is a Heavy metal band from Toronto, Ontario Canada, Formed in 2012.
4. Priest aka Priest Da Nomad is a rapper from Detroit, Michigan.
As a New York City underground artist, Priest was born in raised in Detroit and Metropolitan Detroit, and began sharpening his craft at the age of 13. Overtime, and despite the ever-changing current of music, Priest established his creative properties with his storytelling abilities and poetic narratives through observant eyes. At age 24, he moved to New York to "get the hell out of Michigan. It's not that I don't love Detroit, I just love it for what it was, for what it means historically. Detroit got worse and worse, really. It's a empty, hollowed-out version of itself. I was in a position where I couldn't survive or pursue to music, and I had the opportunity so I left."
Drawing a large amount of his inspiration lyrically from Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye, Priest's lyrical content encompasses tones of urban commentary, social dialogue and ironic circumstances of everyday life. In essence, Priest is a realist who documents life in his purest form: uninhibited and unrestrained.
Priest's approach, as he describes it, "depends on the mood of what it is I'm doing. Depending on the emotion of the track, or how I feel about the specific direction, I switch my sh*t up accordingly."
His lyrical style, he expressed is "multi-layered, multi-rhythmic, multi-syllabic. I love words, and when you string them together in a certain way and still hold true to the premise of the track, it sounds amazing. It's not just what you're saying, it's how you say it. Your rhyme pattern is a second instrument. It's a verbal melody. Your sh*t has to be tight and flow right, otherwise it's a ridiculous heap of f*cking noise. Lyrics and flow matter, the ability to rhyme matters. If you refer to yourself as a non-lyrical rapper, then you're not a rapper...
Virus
Priest Lyrics
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I wander through the halls
Nothing's what it seems
The smell of sulfur climbing up the wall
When you turn the lights off in the night
I'm the shivering feeling
When you sense the bowels squeezing tight
I'm inside of your system
I'm inside your lair
To haunt you is my destiny
I'm a virus, impossible to find
I'm lurking in the shadows of your mind
Attached to frozen souls
Nurturing your vein
Peeking through, lurking
Hold to my secret chamber in your brain
When you turn the lights off in the night
I'm the shivering feeling
When you sense the bowels squeezing tight
Deep within
I'm inside of your system
I'm inside your lair
To haunt you is my destiny
I'm a virus, impossible to find
I'm lurking in the shadows
I'm inside of your system
I'm inside your lair
To haunt you is my destiny
I'm a virus, impossible to find
I'm lurking in the shadows of your mind
I'm inside of your system
I'm inside your lair
To haunt you is my destiny
I'm a virus, impossible to find
I'm lurking in the shadows
I'm inside of your system
I'm inside your lair
To haunt you is my destiny
I'm a virus, impossible to find
I'm lurking in the shadows of your mind
The lyrics of Priest's song "Virus" depict an ominous and haunting presence that infiltrates the mind and body, akin to a virus. The opening verse sets the tone with the singer wandering through "halls" in their "distant dreams," a metaphor for the subconscious mind. The smell of sulfur climbing up the wall is a foreboding sign of something sinister lurking nearby. The second verse describes how this entity, the virus, exists within the person's system, or body, and haunts them constantly, impossible to find or remove.
The chorus reinforces the idea that the virus is inside the person's "system" and "lair," essentially possessing them. The refrain repeats the phrase "I'm inside of your system," driving home the point that this entity has taken root and feeds on the person's psyche. The final verse reinforces the idea that the virus is impossible to detect and is always lurking in the shadows.
Overall, the lyrics of "Virus" create a sense of unease and dread, emphasizing the insidious nature of certain thoughts and experiences that can infect and override our consciousness.
Line by Line Meaning
Deep in distant dreams
I wander through the halls
Nothing's what it seems
The smell of sulfur climbing up the wall
In the mysterious realm of dreams, I wander aimlessly while a demonic scent fills the air and twists the very fabric of reality.
When you turn the lights off in the night
I'm the shivering feeling
When you sense the bowels squeezing tight
Deep within
Whenever you are alone in the darkness, a chill runs down your spine and your gut clenches in terror, caused by my looming presence.
I'm inside of your system
I'm inside your lair
To haunt you is my destiny
I'm a virus, impossible to find
I'm lurking in the shadows of your mind
I have invaded your innermost thoughts and emotions, making myself at home in your subconscious. My purpose is to torment and haunt you, and I am so well hidden that even you cannot find me.
Attached to frozen souls
Nurturing your vein
Peeking through, lurking
Hold to my secret chamber in your brain
I am attached to the souls of the frozen and lifeless, feeding off your very life force. I lurk and peek through your mind, holding onto the secret chamber where I reside.
I'm inside of your system
I'm inside your lair
To haunt you is my destiny
I'm a virus, impossible to find
I'm lurking in the shadows
I am deeply rooted within you, as if your very being is my home. Haunting and tormenting you is what I was meant to do, and you will never be rid of me because I am so elusive.
I'm inside of your system
I'm inside your lair
To haunt you is my destiny
I'm a virus, impossible to find
I'm lurking in the shadows of your mind
I am not just a fleeting thought or nightmare, but an actual presence inside of you. My true purpose is to haunt and terrorize you, as I am a virus that cannot be traced or eliminated. I remain hidden in the darkest corners of your mind.
Writer(s): Jose Manuel Lopez Moles, Holly Lou
Contributed by Bailey J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.