Convulsions take the world in hand
Paralysis destroys
Nobody's out there to save us
Brutal seizure now we die

PARALYSIS AND HARDENED ARTERIES ARE BOTH DEGENERATIVE DISEASES

AS A METAPHOR, WHAT DOES THAT SUGGEST?

that we're going downhill?

and fast

as species

THAT

AND

THE WORLD IS PARALYZED

OR UNABLE TO ACT TO CHANGE ITS FATE

yes

BRUTAL SEIZURE

LIKE A MENTAL FAILING

OKAY

NOW LET US GO BACK TO CHORUS:

Sadistic minds
Delay the death
Of twisted life
Malicious world

WHAT DO YOU GET FROM THOSE WORDS?

METAPHOR FOR LEFTISM

ok that sounds pretty accurate now that I think of it

SO: THE WORLD IS DOOMED

yes

PEOPLE ARE CRIPPLED AND CANNOT REACT

IT SHOULD JUST DIE

BUT IT IS PROLONGED

BY SADISTIC MINDS

HMM...

SUGGESTS A GENERAL MESSAGE OF: CIVILIZATION HAS FAILED, DESTROY IT NOW, _AND_ IT DIED NOT FROM SOME EXCEPTIONAL ACT BUT FROM SOMETHING LIKE HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES, PARALYSIS, SEIZURE, ETC.

SOUND RIGHT SO FAR?

sounds very clear

IT IS MUCH EASIER AS NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER WITH KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH METAPHOR

ONE HINT TO SLAYER IS THE LANGUAGE THEY USE

THESE GUYS PAID ATTENTION IN ENGLISH CLASS

FOR EXAMPLE, "TO REIGN IN HELL"

THAT COMES FROM ONE SOURCE

http://www.paradiselost.org/

yes I've always been impressed with their lyrical content

AGREED!

VERY SENSIBLE

SOMETIMES A BIT FORCED... DUE TO RHYTHM/RHYME

BUT ALWAYS GOOD

AND METAPHORICALLY INTERESTING