BORDER
Spiritual Front [Satyriasis] 2005 Lyrics
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Tell me what is the most fertile sin
The one that despite all could keep me still alive
The one that could shake my improductive torpor
Give me a tough and humiliating discipline that can shake my nerves,
That can break my bones.
Make a severe move that could make my useless existance tremble.
Leave those like me on the edge of this blade.
Elegant men like you have created a great road to march on
And a father like you inflicted it on a son without values
Make it weigh strongly on my pale body
Force me to feel the cruel crime of remorse
And the obsessive nausea of ideals
Faith will not save me from myself
Nor will your words make me a saint
Leave those like me at the end of this road.
Leave those like me on the edge of this blade.
In Spiritual Front's song "Border," the singer is in a state of existential crisis as they feel burdened by a "heavy debt." They are searching for a sin that could make them truly alive or awaken them from their "improductive torpor." They ask for a "tough and humiliating discipline" that can shake them to their core and make their "useless existence tremble." The singer is willing to go to great lengths to be shaken out of their malaise, even if it means breaking their bones or facing their deepest fears.
The second half of the song is addressed to an "elegant man" who has created a "great road to march on" but has passed it down to his son without values. The singer asks this man to make them feel the weight of their sins so that they can experience remorse and the "obsessive nausea of ideals." The singer rejects the idea that faith or words can save them from their own shortcomings, and instead asks to be brought to the edge of the blade, where they will either be saved or destroyed.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm paying a heavy debt
I am suffering the consequences of my past actions.
Tell me what is the most fertile sin
Which transgression can I commit that would yield the most significant positive outcome for me?
The one that despite all could keep me still alive
Which sin would allow me to survive despite the challenges and struggles of life?
The one that could shake my improductive torpor
Which sin could I commit to break me out of my unproductive and lethargic state?
Give me a tough and humiliating discipline that can shake my nerves,
Provide me with a rigorous and embarrassing regime that could unnerve me.
That can break my bones.
Push me to my limits till I'm physically, mentally and emotionally broken.
Make a severe move that could make my useless existence tremble.
Propel me towards a radical change that will shake up my idle and meaningless life.
Leave those like me at the end of this road.
Abandon people like me who have not taken the necessary steps to achieve greatness.
Leave those like me on the edge of this blade.
Let individuals like me whose lives hang in the balance continue to teeter perilously close to destruction.
Elegant men like you have created a great road to march on
Sophisticated and refined men like you have developed a path to follow in life.
And a father like you inflicted it on a son without values
You, as a father, have enforced this path onto a son who has no moral compass.
Make it weigh strongly on my pale body
Make me bear the weight of my choices, heavily, as it registers on my pale skin.
Force me to feel the cruel crime of remorse
Coerce me to experience the painful and overwhelming emotion of regret.
And the obsessive nausea of ideals
Make me endure the unrelenting queasiness that arises from fervent aspirations.
Faith will not save me from myself
My religious faith will not be enough to rescue me from my own shortcomings or inner demons.
Nor will your words make me a saint
Even your wise counsel, alone, will not be sufficient to transform me into a perfect and virtuous individual.
Contributed by Grayson M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.