Death and Damnation
Another concept that is very recurring and common in Bring Me The Horizon’s music is the concept of death and how people can be eternally damned or the idea of damnation.
The concept of death can be defined as the permanent, irreversible cessation of all biological functions that are used to sustain a human life. The idea of death is inevitable and permanent and eventually all beings.
The concept of damnation is divine punishment and torment in an afterlife for actions that were committed. A damned human "in damnation" is said to be either in Hell, or living in a state wherein they are divorced from Heaven.
Doomed
“Doomed” is Bring Me The Horizon’s first song from the album "That's the Spirit (2015)".
The title describes the mood expressed in this song. The person is doomed to such a point where they feel like a corpse and then accept their escapable depression/death.
The text is about someone who has lost himself, and has gone astray. The person has experienced hell and seems like he is waiting to die, and even if someone wants to save or savehe then he is too far down and lost.
Lyrics:
Cut off my wings and come lock me up
Just pull the plug, yeah, I've had enough
Tear me to pieces, sell me for parts
You're all vampires, so here
...
The world's a funeral, a room of ghosts
No hint of movement, no sign of pulse
Only an echo, just skin and bone
They kicked the chair, but we
We helped tie the rope
...
So come rain on my parade 'cause I wanna feel it
Come shove me over the edge 'cause my head is in overdrive
I'm sorry, but it's too late, and it's not worth saving
So come rain on my parade
I think we're doomed
I think we're doomed, and now, there's no way back
You must've made some kind of mistake
I asked for death, but instead, I'm awake
The Devil told me, "No room for cheats"
I thought I'd sold my soul, but he kept the receipt
House of Wolves
“House Of Wolves” is Bring Me The Horizon’s second song from the album "Sempiternal".
An attack on organized religion and the idea of a “deity.” Bring Me The Horizon asks for a reason to believe with “The House of Wolves.”
"House of Wolves" is Song 2 of Album 6. This is also mentioned in the lyrics about 2 feet wide and 6 foot deep. This can be reference to the Bible Verse 2x6. In the Bible wolves are often mentioned as being metaphors for Evil.
The phrase "a house of wolves" basically means a group of people or an organisation who are untrustworthy and evil.
Lyrics:
Show me a sign, show me a reason to give,
A solitary fuck about your god damn beliefs
I'm going blind, but one thing's clear
Death is the only salvation you'll feel
Brick by brick by brick
Brick by brick by brick
What you call faith, I call a sorry excuse
Cloak and daggers murder the truth
The bitter taste, there's nothing else
I'll bow for your king when he shows himself
Brick by brick by brick
These walls begin to cave in
The house of wolves you built
Whispers in a thousand tongues
Show me your face, show me a reason to think,
My soul can be saved if I sell you my sins
I'm going blind, but one thing's clear
Death is the only salvation for me
Hospital for Souls
“Hospital for Souls” is the last track of Bring Me The Horizon’s fourth album Sempiternal. Sempiternal introduced a change in the band’s musical direction with a different sense of musical atmosphere radiated.
Lyrics:
The days are a deathwish
A witch hunt for an exit
I am powerless
The fragile, the broken
Sit in circles and stay unspoken
We are powerless
Because we all walk alone on an empty staircase
Silent halls and nameless faces
I am powerless
Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die
I can't fear death, no longer, I've died a thousand times
Why explore the universe when we don't know ourselves?
There's an emptiness inside our heads that no one dares to dwell
Throw me to the flames!
Watch me burn
Set my world ablaze!
Watch me burn
Don't Go
“Don’t Go” is the fifth track on Bring Me The Horizon’s 2010 album There Is a Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let’s Keep It a Secret. This song features pop singer Lights, making it her second and final appearance on the album.
In the song "Don`t go" there is a slightly special reference to Psalm 23 in the Bible, here they have written about the part about the valley of the shadow of death.
In the same song the theme of forgiveness appears which is a big theme in a lot of different religions.
Lyrics:
I was raised in the valley, there was shadows and death
Got out alive but with scars, I can't forget
This kid back in school, subdued and shy
An orphan and a brother and unseen by most eyes
I don't know what it was that made a piece of him die
Took a boy to the forest, slaughtered him with a scythe
Stamped on his face, an impression in the dirt
Do you think the silence makes a good man convert?
We all have our horrors and our demons to fight
But how can I win when I'm paralysed?
They crawl up on my bed, wrap their fingers 'round my throat
Is this what I get for the choices that I made?
God, forgive me for all my sins
God, forgive me for everything
God, forgive me for all my sins
God, forgive me; God, forgive me