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Band Members:
Sebastian Hohmann - Guitar / Vocals
Julian Hirschmüller - Guitar
Valentin Michel - Drums
Adrian Meuser - Vocals
Benedikt Weber - Bass
Ruin
Third Wave Lyrics
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I watch you slip again
Inert steps so insecure
Defeat the trust in me
Replacing lies and honesty
Repeat the words I couldn’t speak
For now, you avoid to fucking hear me
Amen to those who will recover me
Collapsed but a ruin in clarity
Anyway, so that’s how it’s gonna be
The sin is calling again
Makes me feel incomplete
Onward into strange circumstance
The day I will see myself as a friend
Not as a foreign creep
Will be the day I take your coffin down
Six feet deep
Stones must first cave in
To become a ruin
Amen to those who will recover me
A pale imprint of how I used to be
Collapsed but a ruin in clarity
Anyway, so that’s how it’s gonna be
A bitter home I’m leaving easily
Step outside towards insanity
Collapsed and useless to pretend
Anyway, so this is where it ends
Watch me
Cave in
Amen to those who will recover me
A pale imprint of how I used to be
Collapsed but a ruin in clarity
Anyway, so that’s how it’s gonna be
A bitter home I’m leaving easily
Step outside towards insanity
Collapsed and useless to pretend
Anyway, so this is where it ends
Just a ruin in clarity
The lyrics of Third Wave's song Ruin tell a story of an individual who struggles with trust and their self-perception. The singer sees the world around them as a constantly shifting and unstable place, causing them to feel insecure and unsteady in their steps. They feel defeated by their lack of trust in others and themselves, leading to a sense of disconnection from reality. They describe themselves as a "ruin in clarity," suggesting that they are unable to see themselves clearly and are instead consumed by their own negative emotions.
Throughout the song, the singer reflects on their own shortcomings and regrets, admitting that they have lied and failed to speak up when they should have. They long to be able to see themselves as a friend rather than a "foreign creep," indicating a sense of alienation from others. At the same time, they struggle with feelings of incompleteness and the pull of their own sinful tendencies, leading to a sense of hopelessness and futility.
Overall, the lyrics of Ruin convey a sense of emotional turmoil and a deep yearning for connection and self-acceptance. Through vivid imagery and raw, honest language, Third Wave captures the complexities of the human experience and the struggle to find meaning and purpose in an ever-changing world.
Line by Line Meaning
Feel your ground is moving
I sense your insecurity and instability
I watch you slip again
I see you struggling and failing
Inert steps so insecure
Your movements are uncertain and hesitant
Defeat the trust in me
You have broken my trust
Replacing lies and honesty
You have traded truth for deception
Repeat the words I couldn’t speak
You say the things I couldn't articulate
For now, you avoid to fucking hear me
You refuse to listen to me right now
Amen to those who will recover me
I hope for the support of those who will help me heal
A pale imprint of how I used to be
I am but a faint resemblance of my former self
Collapsed but a ruin in clarity
Despite my downfall, I have a clear understanding of my situation
Anyway, so that’s how it’s gonna be
Despite any efforts to change, this is how things will remain
The sin is calling again
I am being tempted to repeat past mistakes
Makes me feel incomplete
It leaves me feeling dissatisfied and unfulfilled
Onward into strange circumstance
I am proceeding forward into unfamiliar and uncertain territory
The day I will see myself as a friend
When I can truly love and accept myself
Not as a foreign creep
And not as an outsider or unwanted presence
Will be the day I take your coffin down
I will not rest until justice is served
Six feet deep
You will pay the ultimate price for your wrongdoings
Stones must first cave in
Before something great can be built, old structures must be destroyed
To become a ruin
Only then can something new truly be born
A bitter home I’m leaving easily
I am leaving behind a place that caused me pain with little difficulty
Step outside towards insanity
I am taking a risk towards the unknown and unpredictable
Collapsed and useless to pretend
I have given up on trying to act as though everything is okay
Anyway, so this is where it ends
This is where our story comes to a close
Watch me
Pay attention to me and my actions
Cave in
Watch me crumble and break down
Just a ruin in clarity
I am simply a broken and clear image of what I once was
Lyrics © DistroKid
Written by: Sebastian Hohmann
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
L. R.
Everything about this clip is perfect from the location, the layout, the usage of masks by background actors (under the nose, under the chin, unfitted). Not so good for the books, but entirely accurate to life.
SwigglyForce
this aged well
Rees Freeman
People bring up Covid-19 now, but this scene has the iconography of the response to SARS, which had a 3% infection fatality rate, but devastation on this scale has actually happened in the past, to 100s of millions of people, "Firsthand accounts of the Black Death in europe and the Middle East and many subsequent historians have assumed that the pandemic originated in Asia and ravaged China and India before reaching the West." In some places wiping out 70% of the population... "What disease caused the deaths of over 90% of the Native Americans?
They had never experienced smallpox, measles or flu before, and the viruses tore through the continent, killing an estimated 90% of Native Americans." Which is likely the inspiration of the movie, the Indigenous perspective of european colonization of the Americas.
Queen_Quinn nn
@Rees Freeman
I think that the final point you make here has been discussed by the original novelist Rick Yancy. He mentions Sagan’s infamous quote that aliens will treat us as colonial settlers did the Native Americans, and the other waves demonstrate this notion: the power outages, disrupting existing communications; and the catastrophic flood, the destruction of existing infrastructure, and further a loss of habitat. finally yes, the bird plague representing non-native disease
Kuraito13
There was a deleted scene when they showed the mother was dying in her home. Cassie was seeing her mother dying and her father was comforting her throughout the night tell she passed away.
sonicfanatik
Maggie Siff seems to ironically play doctors who end up dying.
Gabechil
Wished they made the movie as brutal as the books 😕
FROGG-C2OE
This movie leaked the mother ship,covid-19 & the avian bird flue all in one in 2016 4-5 years before it all took place in 2020 through.
Dream catcher
Covid before covid was a thing
Besnik Zogaj
This ain't good!