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Post by Peter Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:03 am

The following is from a band called Age of Silence. I've been listening to this band for a few years now, and I've always been intrigued by their lyrics. The lyrics from their last EP, Complications: Trilogy Of Intricacy, seems to reflect on what we've been talking about in class. This is the lyrics from the first song.

The Idea of Independence and the Reason Why it's Austere

Hell opened a new wing on the sixth of June and expanded into the area of human, lustful yearnings with a shopping mall the size of Canada and consumer friendly strategies:

"Reasonably priced goods and free parking to cover all your hellish needs".

The red ribbon was cut by Martin Luther, Gandhi and Mussolini in a televised ceremony of epic proportions broadcasted at six o'clock sharp. They all smiled to the cameramen from Diabolos Daily and the Hell Gazette as the brimstone building was made accessible to sinful shoppers of all ages and convictions.

Sadly the C.E.O. could not be there for the opening though his spirit lay thick over the parking lot.

Shamka, the Arab clerk, smiled his largest smile as the customers started seeping through the revolving door and into the sulphur-smelling, muzak-filled mall. Armed with strange copper coins and charcoal check books, ceaselessly searching for Beelzebub's best bargains.

Everything was neatly stacked in monstrous shelves that demanded climbing skills and a complete absence of acrophobia. Several shoppers ceased to hope for happiness already there, returning their coins and crawling back to the surface - Dependent, dim and drowning in a self-inflicted loss of dignity.

Those who stayed behind eventually got lost and ended up desperately searching for the emergency exit. They found there was none, and their coins were collected while their check books were torn to shreds.

Luckily they all had credit cards.

I found the idea of Martin Luther, Ghandi, and Mussolini celebrating the grand opening of a mall in Hell that caters to the masses while blaring muzak pretty interesting. I also had something interesting to say about the end where it mentions coins being collecting while check books are being destroyed, but then I had a brain fart. Maybe later.

The rest of the lyrics on the EP continues the story of the mall. The second song is about people shopping and the the experience, and in the last song, the mall closes down...or does it? Honestly, I think the lyricist, Lars Nedland, did a really good job building a witty narrative concerning a mall in Hell while analyzing/talk about mass culture and consumerism.

Peter

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Post by smelanie Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:04 pm

Wonderful to imagine such literary lyrics intertwined in music that I am quick to assume is heavy and intricate, based on the band name and album title. Hooray for injecting social commentary into your artform, Age of Silence! Keep it up!
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