Due to their aesthetic approach and member associations, Puissance are often associated with black metal. However, they do not make any use of guitars and rely on electronic instrumentation such as synthesizers and samplers, resulting in an approach heavily influenced by industrial music, but the music is described as heavy neoclassical ambient marches.
The recurring theme among most of the song lyrics is extreme misanthropy and nihilism. Nuclear holocaust is also a commonly explored theme. While influenced by fascism and totalitarian dictatorship, they are not fascists themselves; they merely employ these themes as a way to oppress their listeners.
Evolution
Puissance Lyrics
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But every problem solved spawns a thousands new ones and that is what we choose to call the downward spiral of life.
This has always been an inevitable truth and there is no way to change this as it is the very essence of our existence. Seeking Wanting Building and Ruining. Mankind!
I am not impressed with this world nor am I impressed with our civilisation even though I probably should be because this is where we peak
and this is the best we will ever be and soon it is time to move on. Soon we will go into the final step of our evolution and face our biggest fear.
The next step on the evolutionary chain is self-destruction the climax of all civilisations before us
and now our own but this time our civilisation is global and that must mean the end of the world.
This will be a beautiful and loving day for mankind. Mother earth cracked open like a cheap whore. Open wide and take a cruisemissile between your thighs.
The end of the world. The rape of the world. The death of the world. It will be a glorious day and god will be up there in the sky smiling for all his work is done.
The divine comic strip ends and we never understood
These lyrics of Puissance's song Evolution highlight the eternal struggle of humanity to evolve both genetically and spiritually. The song opens with a statement that Nature forces us to seek and create solutions to our problems. However, every solution opens up a plethora of new problems leading to the downward spiral of life. The essence of humanity's existence is to seek, want, build and ruin, thereby invigorating the constant quest for evolution.
The artist, while not utterly unimpressed, is not entirely impressed with this world or our civilization, even though we should be, as it is our peak. The artist implies that our society is about to enter the final step of our evolution where we will be facing our biggest fear, self-destruction. Puissance suggests that our civilisation is global and will be the climax of every civilisation before us to self-destruct.
The ending of the world and the rape of mother earth will be the beginning of the new world. The artist suggests that we will be creating a beautiful new world through this destruction. The lyrics convey a sense of irony and sarcasm, suggesting that God will be smiling, as his work is done, after watching the destruction of the world. The artist suggests that humanity has never truly understood the purpose of our existence, and the divine comic strip ends, unsolved.
Line by Line Meaning
We must evolve genetically and spiritually, this is our quest.
Our purpose is to advance both physically and mentally through evolution.
Nature forces us to seek and to create to solve all our problems.
We are driven by the natural urge to seek solutions and innovate in order to solve problems.
But every problem solved spawns a thousands new ones and that is what we choose to call the downward spiral of life.
Solving problems may create even more problems which leads to a negative cycle.
This has always been an inevitable truth and there is no way to change this as it is the very essence of our existence. Seeking Wanting Building and Ruining. Mankind!
The fact that problem-solving leads to new problems is an unchangeable aspect of human nature, where we strive to create and build despite the consequences.
I am not impressed with this world nor am I impressed with our civilisation even though I probably should be because this is where we peak and this is the best we will ever be and soon it is time to move on.
Despite mankind's achievements, we have reached our peak and it is time for the next stage of evolution.
Soon we will go into the final step of our evolution and face our biggest fear.
Humans will inevitably reach the final stage of evolution and confront their greatest fear.
The next step on the evolutionary chain is self-destruction the climax of all civilisations before us and now our own but this time our civilisation is global and that must mean the end of the world.
The final stage of human evolution is self-destruction and this will be the end of civilization as we know it.
This will be a beautiful and loving day for mankind. Mother earth cracked open like a cheap whore. Open wide and take a cruisemissile between your thighs. Swallow. You will be fucked by the humans to whom you gave life. Now how does it feel.
The end of the world will be a day of reckoning for humanity, as the destruction of the planet is likened to a violent sexual act that illustrates the betrayal of our earth which has provided us with life and we will experience the consequences.
The end of the world. The rape of the world. The death of the world. It will be a glorious day and god will be up there in the sky smiling for all his work is done.
The destruction of the earth is inevitable, and it is seen as the final act of creation on the part of a god smiling down from the heavens.
The divine comic strip ends and we never understood
The story of humanity will ultimately be one of ignorance and misunderstanding, as our fate unfolds before us.
Contributed by Brooklyn D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.