To Live is to Die - Metallica quote SRD
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To Live is to Die - Metallica quote SRD
Anyone noticed the quote from TCs in Cliff Burton's lyric for the above song?
These are the pale deaths that men miscall their lives.
It made me physically jump (and that's the best way to jump) when I first heard this in '88.
Pete.
These are the pale deaths that men miscall their lives.
It made me physically jump (and that's the best way to jump) when I first heard this in '88.
Pete.
Re: To Live is to Die - Metallica quote SRD
where is that quote from? I can't recall it.jehannum_2000 wrote:Anyone noticed the quote from TCs in Cliff Burton's lyric for the above song?
These are the pale deaths that men miscall their lives.
It made me physically jump (and that's the best way to jump) when I first heard this in '88.
Pete.
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Covenant's poem that he makes up while walking to the phone company.
These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives:
for all the scents of green things growing,
each breath is but an exhalation of the grave.
Bodies jerk like puppet corpses, and hell walks laughing --
Cool!! I've never heard that!
These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives:
for all the scents of green things growing,
each breath is but an exhalation of the grave.
Bodies jerk like puppet corpses, and hell walks laughing --
Cool!! I've never heard that!
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Yeah, I've mentioned it somewhere as well.
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its from To Live is to Die, on And Just for All...midway through..its an instrumental, and thats theonly spoken part..a tribute to Cliff, since he died in 86...
thats the only part of the song from Lord Fouls Bane...
When a man lies he murders
Some part of the world
These are the pale deaths which
Men miscall their lives
All this I cannot bear
To witness any longer
Cannot the kingdom of salvation
Take me home
ive always wondered if Burton was a fan of the series or what, or if its just a colossal coincidence...but ive never read anywhere of anybody asking the band about it...
thats the only part of the song from Lord Fouls Bane...
When a man lies he murders
Some part of the world
These are the pale deaths which
Men miscall their lives
All this I cannot bear
To witness any longer
Cannot the kingdom of salvation
Take me home
ive always wondered if Burton was a fan of the series or what, or if its just a colossal coincidence...but ive never read anywhere of anybody asking the band about it...
Think on that, and be dismayed
What do you do to a man who has lost everything?
Give him back something broken
What do you do to a man who has lost everything?
Give him back something broken
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Oh.
My.
God.
The first question that comes to mind is, "are they allowed to do that?" Don't copyright laws prohibit them from taking even a single line word-for-word from a book like that?
But then I looked around the web and read further, and was further disturbed. Metallica seems to be a bit more into TCTC than just that one line. Reat the lyrics of the songs on this page:
www.sodabob.com/Metallica/AndJusticeForAll.asp
Now, raise your hand if you think...
... "Blackened" is about the sunbane and the last day of Andelain
... "... And Justice for All" reminds you of the Illearth Stone. Foul's Creche, when TC was battling Foul? (that's a bit weak, but definately keeping with the TCTC theme)
... "Eye of the Beholder" sounds like Covenent's thoughts after he first arrives in the Land?
... "One" is about Hile Troy (returning to the real world after the "Krill incident')
... "The Shortest Straw" is actually the "final straw" that pushed Covenant into walking those two miles into town to pay his phone bill in person.
... "Harvester of Sorrow" could be about Ravers? Perhaps what Triock was thinking as he struggled back for control of himself at the Colossus?
... "The Frayed Ends of Sanity" might also be about being Raver possessed?
... "To Live is to Die". No brainer here. Four lines total, one of them lifted word for word out of LFB.
... "Dyers Eve" sounds like it might be about Linden.
Now, all this might be a bit of a stretch. Making connections that aren't there because of my own biased point of view. But if I read these lyrics without knowing TCTC, I'd think that the person was on some serious drugs and just randomly babbling. Not making any sense at all.
Maybe **I** am the one on drugs. Or maybe I should be. Where's my coffee? I can't think straight in the morning without my coffee! (it's 6am at the moment) I'll probably re-read this after having my two cups of morning wakeup and want to delete it all.
My.
God.
The first question that comes to mind is, "are they allowed to do that?" Don't copyright laws prohibit them from taking even a single line word-for-word from a book like that?
But then I looked around the web and read further, and was further disturbed. Metallica seems to be a bit more into TCTC than just that one line. Reat the lyrics of the songs on this page:
www.sodabob.com/Metallica/AndJusticeForAll.asp
Now, raise your hand if you think...
... "Blackened" is about the sunbane and the last day of Andelain
... "... And Justice for All" reminds you of the Illearth Stone. Foul's Creche, when TC was battling Foul? (that's a bit weak, but definately keeping with the TCTC theme)
... "Eye of the Beholder" sounds like Covenent's thoughts after he first arrives in the Land?
... "One" is about Hile Troy (returning to the real world after the "Krill incident')
... "The Shortest Straw" is actually the "final straw" that pushed Covenant into walking those two miles into town to pay his phone bill in person.
... "Harvester of Sorrow" could be about Ravers? Perhaps what Triock was thinking as he struggled back for control of himself at the Colossus?
... "The Frayed Ends of Sanity" might also be about being Raver possessed?
... "To Live is to Die". No brainer here. Four lines total, one of them lifted word for word out of LFB.
... "Dyers Eve" sounds like it might be about Linden.
Now, all this might be a bit of a stretch. Making connections that aren't there because of my own biased point of view. But if I read these lyrics without knowing TCTC, I'd think that the person was on some serious drugs and just randomly babbling. Not making any sense at all.
Maybe **I** am the one on drugs. Or maybe I should be. Where's my coffee? I can't think straight in the morning without my coffee! (it's 6am at the moment) I'll probably re-read this after having my two cups of morning wakeup and want to delete it all.
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sorry Romeo, but you're WAAAAY off base with your post...yeah, one line in to live is to die, the topic of this thread, was in LFB..
And Just for All is about the hypocrisy of the Justice System and how it is decaying...
One is known by just about anybody who has ever heard of the band to be about a soldier in a war who has lost his limbs, hearing, site, and everything else...much like the video that went with it, containing scenes from Johnny got his gun, by Dalton Trumbo(good book)
Frayed Ends of Sanity is just about going insane
Dyers Eve is about James Hetfields(vocalist) parents, who were extremely religious and tried to force their beliefs and values on him and were as any typical strict religious family...
To Live is to Die, as i said, was a tribute to Cliff Burton, who died in 86, and the vocal part was a poem he wrote...that ONE LINE from LFB was in it, yeah, but none of the other stuff was...as i said, im not sure if he was a fan of SRD or not...i wouldnt be surprised though...\
Blackened looks more likea song about how humanity is pretty much raping the earth
i had a breakdown of every song up to the black album, but i dont have it here at the moment...
conclusion: yes, you are indeed on some potent drugs...
And Just for All is about the hypocrisy of the Justice System and how it is decaying...
One is known by just about anybody who has ever heard of the band to be about a soldier in a war who has lost his limbs, hearing, site, and everything else...much like the video that went with it, containing scenes from Johnny got his gun, by Dalton Trumbo(good book)
Frayed Ends of Sanity is just about going insane
Dyers Eve is about James Hetfields(vocalist) parents, who were extremely religious and tried to force their beliefs and values on him and were as any typical strict religious family...
To Live is to Die, as i said, was a tribute to Cliff Burton, who died in 86, and the vocal part was a poem he wrote...that ONE LINE from LFB was in it, yeah, but none of the other stuff was...as i said, im not sure if he was a fan of SRD or not...i wouldnt be surprised though...\
Blackened looks more likea song about how humanity is pretty much raping the earth
i had a breakdown of every song up to the black album, but i dont have it here at the moment...
conclusion: yes, you are indeed on some potent drugs...
Think on that, and be dismayed
What do you do to a man who has lost everything?
Give him back something broken
What do you do to a man who has lost everything?
Give him back something broken
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*cough, sputter, gag* What?!
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The music's fine. Completely prefabricated, but fine. The lyrics... Don't get me wrong, I like Angry Young Man music, but there's a lot more to The Chronicles than that. The thing is, every fan, from Madonna to Garth Brooks to ZZ Top will tell you that the best thing to go with A is B. All a matter of perspective, I guess.
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dude, any song can be likened to ANYthing...just because Linkin Pork like to whine and cry a lot doesnt mean they have any significant relevence to The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant...
if it makes you think of it, great, but they sure as hell didnt have these books in mind when they wrote the songs
if it makes you think of it, great, but they sure as hell didnt have these books in mind when they wrote the songs
Think on that, and be dismayed
What do you do to a man who has lost everything?
Give him back something broken
What do you do to a man who has lost everything?
Give him back something broken