Behold a Pale Horse
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Dying. look in the mirror. tell me what you see. our evolution is
Incomplete. ripped right open our ignorance has killed the world. we
Inhabit a dying sweet soul. the cancer we call the human race has
Poisoned and spread to an incurable disease. we are all dying. earth,
Moon, sun, water, inevitable pictures burning in fires or our own
Destruction. closed eyes to an open wound of a failed new world. the
Earth is dying. we are all dying. watched from the stars as we fall
At the end of ourselves is nothing. we killed all we ever knew.
Enough shit has been created to choke even the deadest horse. it's
Piled so high. it's only more proof of our ignorance and apathy. a
Pile so high it reached the tallest buildings. well not anymore. it
Has now managed to topple the tallest buildings. fuel to the fire.
Create new garbage. smother us.
The song Behold a Pale Horse by Welcome the Plague Year paints a bleak picture of the state of humanity and the earth itself. The lyrics begin with the realization that we are slowly fading away towards our inevitable end. Our evolution is incomplete, and our own ignorance has led to the demise of the world around us. The human race, which we call a cancer, has spread and poisoned everything, leaving us with an incurable disease. The earth is dying, and we are a part of it. The song suggests that we are all dying, and even the elements of the earth are doomed to our destruction.
The imagery used in the song is vivid and powerful, with references to the earth, moon, sun, and water all being affected by the cancer that is humanity. The song suggests that we are too afraid to live and too afraid to die, and as a result, we have killed all we ever knew. The second verse of the song laments the state of our world, where we have produced enough garbage to choke even the deadest horse. The pile of garbage reaches the tallest buildings and has now managed to topple them. Ultimately, the song suggests that fueling the fire by creating more garbage will only smother us.
Line by Line Meaning
We are at the end of ourselves slowly fading away. we are all Dying.
Humanity is in its last days and we are all inevitably dying.
look in the mirror. tell me what you see. our evolution is Incomplete.
When we look at ourselves, we see the incomplete evolution of the human race.
ripped right open our ignorance has killed the world. we Inhabit a dying sweet soul.
Our ignorance has caused irreparable damage to the world and we continue to exist in a dying planet.
the cancer we call the human race has Poisoned and spread to an incurable disease.
Humanity has become a destructive force that has spread like a deadly disease and cannot be cured.
earth, Moon, sun, water, inevitable pictures burning in fires or our own Destruction.
The destruction of the planet and everything in it is an inevitable outcome of our actions.
closed eyes to an open wound of a failed new world. the Earth is dying. we are all dying.
We have turned a blind eye to the devastation we have caused to the planet, which is now in a state of irreversible decline, leading to our imminent demise.
watched from the stars as we fall Apart again. we are all dying.
If aliens were to observe us from afar, they would see that we are once again on the brink of collapse, bringing us closer to our end.
too afraid to live. too afraid to die. At the end of ourselves is nothing. we killed all we ever knew.
We are paralyzed by fear, unable to enjoy life or accept death, and as a result, we have destroyed everything that was once important to us.
Enough shit has been created to choke even the deadest horse. it's Piled so high.
We have produced so much rubbish that it could choke even the deadest of animals, and it has piled up to unimaginable heights.
it's only more proof of our ignorance and apathy. a Pile so high it reached the tallest buildings.
The enormous pile of garbage is a clear indication of our ignorance and carelessness, and it has even reached the tallest buildings.
well not anymore. it Has now managed to topple the tallest buildings. fuel to the fire. Create new garbage. smother us.
The pile of garbage has reached capacity and is now causing buildings to collapse. Instead of addressing the problem, we continue to add to it, leading to our own suffocation.
Contributed by Eva W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.