Unlike Ogre's earlier Skinny Puppy work, ohGr has a more conventional structure to its music as well as a lighter tone, lyrically and musically.
The band was officially formed in 2001, although the material for the first album, Welt dates back to the mid-nineties, having been held up due to legal trouble with American Records. The first work produced by the band was actually the soundtrack for the computer game 'Descent II', but it was a number of years before their first album was released. Welt was originally the title of the group, a long standing acronym from early Skinny Puppy years when, shortly after Bill Leeb (of Front Line Assembly) left the band, Ogre graffitied "Wilhelm Eats Lunch Today" around Vancouver due to their then-acrimonious split. It was then refined to the less antagonistic "When Everyone Learns Truth". It was later discovered that in the interval, the name had been taken by a Californian punk band.
ohGr's third album titled Devils in my Details was released on October 17th, 2008 in Germany, October 20th in the United Kingdom, and October 21st in the United States. ohGr toured in support of the album release during the autumn of 2008. At Comic-Con 2008, Ogre announced that Bill Moseley will be contributing to the new ohGr album, as a result of them becoming friends through Repo! The Genetic Opera. It was tentatively revealed in a chat with the band that an album of B-sides from Devils in my Details (entitled "D-Sides") and an album of unreleased material from the 1990s (entitled "Dfault") was due to be released. In October 2009 a link to www.wdihtf.com appeared on Skinny Puppy's website. When users sign up to the mailing list they receive a link to the song COLLIDOSKOPE which starts with many different voices saying "Welcome to Collidoskope".
DoG
ohGr Lyrics
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Want it to be better
I can only fake it
When I'm sitting naked
On the floor I wonder what I would be doing
If there weren't 4 walls
I'm sitting in the box and watching it all talk
No matter what the facts are it is anti matter
I'm waking up and blind
I'm feeling like a dog
I'm taking up the time now
Watching all the balls burn
And I'm feeling high now oh and no connecter
Wanna go for walk now I just don't know what to
Feeling like a dog
Are you alone so
You can make it alone so you can make it alone
So you can make it all out
Alone
The tourniquet around my neck is slowly tightening
And I feel as if these things are coming in through
All of those windows kept up nice and tight and feeling as if sound
I'm feeling like a dog
And it's getting me down
Don't look at me like I am a dog on the floor
The lyrics to Ohgr's song "DoG" delve into themes of isolation, desperation, and feeling trapped. The singer is struggling with their current circumstances and wondering what they would be doing if they weren't confined by four walls. They are "faking it" and feeling like a dog, which could be interpreted as feeling powerless and trapped like an animal. The singer is watching the world pass them by, feeling disconnected and unable to connect with others. They feel like they are slowly suffocating, with the "tourniquet around their neck slowly tightening."
The repeated metaphor of feeling like a dog could represent feeling dehumanized, as dogs are often trained to obey and follow orders. The lyrics suggest a desire for freedom and a sense of agency, but the singer feels helpless to change their circumstances.
Overall, the lyrics to "DoG" paint a picture of someone who is struggling to cope with their current situation and feeling trapped and isolated. The repeated metaphor of feeling like a dog emphasizes their sense of powerlessness and desperation.
Line by Line Meaning
I live it to the matter
I am going through the motions of my life without much purpose
Want it to be better
I desire a more fulfilling existence
I can only fake it
I am pretending to be content
When I'm sitting naked
I am stripped down and vulnerable
On the floor I wonder what I would be doing
I am questioning the direction of my life
If there weren't 4 walls
If I were not confined or limited by my surroundings
I'm sitting in the box and watching it all talk
I am feeling trapped and passive in my environment
And making all my minds up is it finally times up
I am confronting my own mortality and wondering if time is running out
No matter what the facts are it is anti matter
Regardless of what is happening around me, I feel disconnected
I'm waking up and blind
I am realizing my lack of clarity and understanding
I'm feeling like a dog
I feel sub-human and powerless in my situation
I'm taking up the time now
I am occupying myself with something to pass the time
Watching all the balls burn
Witnessing the destruction of things that once gave me pleasure
And I'm feeling high now oh and no connecter
Despite trying to escape my reality, I cannot truly disconnect
Wanna go for walk now I just don't know what to
I desire something different but feel uncertain or lost
Are you alone so
Do you feel isolated or disconnected as well
You can make it alone so you can make it alone
You are capable of thriving even if you are alone
So you can make it all out
So you can understand and overcome your own struggles
Alone
Without the need for external validation or support
The tourniquet around my neck is slowly tightening
I feel a sense of suffocation or strangulation in my life
And I feel as if these things are coming in through
I am being bombarded or overwhelmed by external forces
All of those windows kept up nice and tight and feeling as if sound
Despite being contained and restricted, I am still affected by the outside world
And it's getting me down
And it is causing me to feel even more depressed or discouraged
Don't look at me like I am a dog on the floor
Do not judge me or underestimate me based on my current state
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Kevin Graham Ogilvie, Mark Walk
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