The
song I chose is Through the Fire and the
Flames made by Dragonforce. I
chose this song because after listening to the lyrics multiple times, I saw a
deeper meaning. Though the lyrics talk about hell a lot, what it is really
saying is that, no matter how many problems one faces when trying to reach a
goal they need to keep fighting. It also talks about fighting through life and
the hardships that a person goes through. We can see that they are talking about fighting for their dreams in
these lyrics:
On the wings of a DREAM so Far beyond
reality
They have dream, but the dream looks to be too far away, to the
point it is beyond reality. However, they work hard in order
to reach this goal. There is also some allusions in the song. In the beginning,
they say:
On a cold winter of morning,
In the time before the light.
In flames of death's eternal reign,
We ride towards the fight
In the time before the light.
In flames of death's eternal reign,
We ride towards the fight
This is an allusion to the
Army and their saying that they run towards the fight and the terror, even
though they know they are going into a place where many have passed away. They
make another allusion, but to America and its military:
I'll break the seal of this curse if I
possibly can,
For freedom of every man
For freedom of every man
The seal represents the evil that is in the
world. They want to break the curse because it will bring freedom to every man,
or in other words, they want to defeat the evil in the world so everyone can
have freedom.
Like
most songs, Through the Fire and the
Flames has a chorus, which can be seen as Anaphora, since they say the same
thing over and over again. The way it is preformed helps to since this band
plays metal music. This type of music helps make the lyrics more intense and
meaningful since metal music is usually dark. If someone were to just read the
lyrics, without any music playing, it would not make a lot of sense. Thus, to
fully understand the meaning of the lyrics, the song must be played in the background;
otherwise it would not be the same.