Holding On To Black Metal

Album: Circuital (2011)
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  • Oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah oh
    It's a darkness you can't deny
    But it don't belong in a grown up mind
    Suppose you'll find this place in a youngster's eyes
    Coming into life you needn't cry
    But as a boy you gotta let it go
    Or it will cross the permanent threshold
    Know you'll finding out something else good
    Oh black metal you're so misunderstood

    Holdin' on to black metal
    (Black metal)
    Holdin' on to black metal
    (Black metal)
    Black metal you've been holding on too long

    Oh black metal, so misunderstood
    Don't turn yourself into Lucifer's fool
    Black metal feeds those young, enough is enough
    Wants refills out of Lucifer's cup
    Black metal lead to and your teenage pop
    Look at you starchild you're all grown up

    Still holdin' on to black metal
    (Black metal)
    Still holdin' on to black metal
    (Black metal)
    Black metal you've been holding on too long

    Oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah oh

    Catch your waves on Lucifer's beach
    Taking shade underneath Lucifer's trees
    Getting sustenance from Lucifer's peach
    Oh black metal it's a fact in all your speech

    Holdin' on to black metal
    (Black metal)
    Holdin' on to black metal
    (Black metal)
    Black metal you've been holding on too long

    Oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah oh
    (Black metal)
    (Black metal)
    Oh bring them to me
    (Black metal)
    Oh making me think
    (Black metal)
    Oh one, two, three
    Let's rock! Writer/s: Jim Edward Olliges Jr.
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Cassandra May Lorance from CaliforniaIt's interesting to see what a song is really about when you already have a presumption of what it means. The way I interpreted the song is pretty interesting now that I've learned the true meaning.

    I thought "black metal" was darkness, fear, resentment and pain that stemmed from someone else.

    For instance someone having harmed you and the harm continues because you resent them and still carry the energy with you because you haven't let it go.

    Hanging onto black metal can be harmful. You need to let it go.

    In reference to being lucifers' fool....

    I felt like it meant the "prince of division" the devil who divides us, etc.

    And you're a fool because you're stuck in a guize of division while under his spell.

    Hanging out on lucifers beach, under lucifers tree...

    The devil is providing you shade from the darkness and cloud around you.

    Being the "black metal" that you cant let go of thats causing you harm.

    Because you're not letting it go and carrying it with you and its harming you because you cant truly be free.

    Woah...

    Music is my love and my muse.

    Thanks for making this song.

    -Cassandra May Lorance
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