A National Acrobat (2014 Remaster)
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I am the world that hides the universal
Secret of all time
Destruction of the empty spaces is my
One and only crime
I've lived a thousand times
I found out what it means to be believed
The thoughts and images
The unborn child who never was conceived
When little worlds collide
I'm trapped inside my embryonic cell
And flashing memories
Are cast into the never ending well
The name that scorns the face
The child that never sees the cause of man
The deathly darkness that
Belies the face of those who never ran
Well I know its hard for you to know the reason why
And I know you'll understand when it's time to die
Don't believe the life you have will be the only one
You have to let your body sleep to let your soul live on
Love has given life to you and now its your concern
Unseen eye of inner life will make your soul return
Still I look but not to touch
The seeds of life are sown
Curtain of the future falls
The secret stays unknown
Just remember love is life
And hate is living death
Treat your life for what its worth
And live for every breath
Looking back I've lived and learned
But now I'm wondering
Here I wait and only guess
What this next life will bring
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I think its fairly obvious that the song is sung from the point of
View of an unborn child who "Destroyed the empty spaces" by
Filling up an empty womb [you destroy an empty space by filling it].
The child has gone through many reincarnations (I've lived a thousand
Times), as will all people (Don't
Believe the life you have will be the only one).
The line (When little worlds collide I'm trapped inside my embryonic
Cell) means the 'collision' of the sperm and egg,
At which point the soul forgets its past life (And flashing memories
Are cast into the never ending well).
The lines (Curtain of the future falls,
The secret stays unknown) simply mean that the
Soul forgets the previous life with each new life.
The baby tells us that it is necessary to die so that we can move on
To our next life (You have to let your body sleep to let your soul
Live on), and advises us at the very end of the song to love each
Other, to live our lives fully, and look forward to our next life.
The song has excellent lyrics,
Really quite positive and inspirational,
And even more impressive having come from a heavy metal band.
AndreAndreon September 13, 2008 Link
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Yes, geezer sat around after a good wank and was inspired by the
Sticky stuff that landed on the carpet.
He studied it closely and was lead to write
An ode to it. i'm glad some can see the truth.
Gregorybrianon May 14, 2007 Link
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Song Meaning
This song is about Universal Consciousness as it
Appears (or, rather, does not appear) to us humans.
"I am the world that hides the universal Secret of all
Time Destruction of the empty spaces is my One and only crime"
To us, we in the "world",
"Destruction of the empty spaces" is what consciousness does,
It illuminates (bring consciousness to)
"I've lived a thousand times I found out what it means to be
Believed The thoughts and images The
Unborn child who never was conceived"
"I've lived a thousand times" is just another way of saying I've
Lived forever, its intimation being that humanity lives
Past the present life, is reincarnated and lives forever.
"I found out what it means to be believed,
All religions from time immemorial, from the Christian God,
The Judaic God, the Hindu God, the religions of South America,
The Indian religions,
"The unborn child who never was conceived" Consciousness has never
Been fully captured by any religion,
As that is impossible, so it remains "unborn" and "never conceived".
"When little worlds collide I'm trapped inside my embryonic
Cell And flashing memories Are cast into the never ending well"
"Little worlds" are the small minds of humanity. When they collide,
Its "flashing memories" of itself "are cast into the never ending
Well" of infinity to be born somewhere else where little minds are
Not the norm and give consciousness
Its vital room to be born and grow.
"The name that scorns the face The child that never sees the cause of
Man The deathly darkness that Belies the fate of those who never ran"
Continues the ideas of the previous stanza in that the name of
And will never "see the cause of man".
Belie is to run counter to or contradict.
"Those who never ran" are those who never adopted the beliefs of the
Human race (they never ran that race). So,
Deathly darkness is what those who adopt human beliefs believe,
But those who "never ran" know differently,
In that they know that death is not the end.
"Well I know it's hard for you to know the reason why And I know
You'll understand when it's time to die Don't believe the life you
Have will be the only one You have to let
Your body sleep to let your soul live on"
But perhaps humans will understand when they are in the
Afterlife. And that death is the only way "to let your soul live on".
"Love has given life to you and now its your concern Unseen eye of
Inner life will make your soul return Still I look but not to touch
The seeds of life are sown Curtain of
The future falls The secret stays unknown"
Now it is up to you what you do with it.
Soul return" to itself.
"Still I look but not to touch" reiterates that our life is ours to
Do with as we wish. "The seeds of life are sown,
Curtain of the future falls" again stating that Universal
Not the liver of the life it sows and that we are responsible to live
Our own life. "The secret stays unknown" merely says that we still
Don't get it, don't understand (that we are
"Just remember love is life And hate is living death Treat your life
For what it's worth And live for every breath Looking back I've lived
And learned But now I'm wondering Here I wait
And only guess What this next life will bring"
This stanza is a bit of "Black Sabbath" morality.
This stanza is pretty self-evident as to what the writers of National
Acrobat believe how human beings should live;
The last phrase leaves them (and all of
Us) guessing "what this next life will bring".
Not sperm. Not abortion. A well constructed, well conceived,
Totally missed, heavy metal tour-de-force on Universal
Consciousness and humanity's
Relationship (or, rather, lack thereof) with It.
KnowingPoeton March 01, 2015 Link
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Ah, now that you say so, it makes perfect sense.
But I don't see how the title A
National Acrobat fits into the subject matter.
Testaheadon March 06, 2003 Link
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Geezer wrote it about sperm and how lucky you are to be
The only one out of the billions of sperm to make it through.
Sabbra21on July 26, 2002 Link
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Meanings Aside this is an Amazing song.
Chris Ron February 23, 2007 Link
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To kratosaurion
"Here I wait and only guess what this next life will bring."
It can well interpreted as the new life
As a human instead of the one as a sperm.
P.S. no need to say idiot to anyone... except you.
SurfGreenon May 31, 2008 Link
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Oh my the guitar in this is absolutely amazing.
Just could be my favourite sabbath
Song, so good. i'm so skating to this.
Skimthefaton September 19, 2008 Link
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Just remember...
Try to think the lyrics at the age that the
Creator create it! the younger the better...
Dont look in front of their lifes... the system eat them...
See Ozzy now... and what he is doing...
It is a big, very big... SLAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Madmarxon August 01, 2010 Link
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I love this song, i never really knew what it was about but i was
Always some what drawn to it... and now that i know what it's about,,
It's really weird because i always joke about how
We're 'the chosen one's' haha and now... it makes sense.
Zekey babyon November 04, 2004 Link
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Black Sabbath
The Ozzy Osbourne Years
A National Acrobat Lyrics
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When We Were Young
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon",
And features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song.
We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life,
Which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone,
Finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids,
Living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc.
But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?
) Realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life.
People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on
Antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool
Gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises,
The narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly.
In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water,
Drowning him. But he's so complacent with it.
This is a good summary of the song. This boring,
"Perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual,
But political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen,
Perhaps) is not the way to live.
But there is seemingly no way out but death.
He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage.
While our lives are often shielded,
We're in our own protective bubbles,
Or protective helmets like the one Thom wears,
If we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies,
Manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world,
Often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations,
And 'leaders'.
It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning
Important life lessons in the process on "Punchline.
" This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a
Former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same
Way. He's now caught between accepting that fact and learning
Life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel "Amazing.
" This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress
Despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation.
This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his
Friend. From the track,
We see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and
Slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
Indigo
Of Mice & Men
This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to
Be blue if it had the choice to be anything else,
"Blue also meaning sad," states frontman Aaron Pauley.
"It's about comforting a loved one in a time
Of loss by telling them you feel blue, too."
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I am the world that hides the universal
Secret of all time
Destruction of the empty spaces is my
One and only crime
I've lived a thousand times
I found out what it means to be believed
The thoughts and images
The unborn child who never was conceived
When little worlds collide
I'm trapped inside my embryonic cell
And flashing memories
Are cast into the never ending well
The name that scorns the face
The child that never sees the cause of man
The deathly darkness that
Belies the face of those who never ran
Well I know its hard for you to know the reason why
And I know you'll understand when it's time to die
Don't believe the life you have will be the only one
You have to let your body sleep to let your soul live on
Love has given life to you and now its your concern
Unseen eye of inner life will make your soul return
Still I look but not to touch
The seeds of life are sown
Curtain of the future falls
The secret stays unknown
Just remember love is life
And hate is living death
Treat your life for what its worth
And live for every breath
Looking back I've lived and learned
But now I'm wondering
Here I wait and only guess
What this next life will bring
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I think its fairly obvious that the song is sung from the point of
View of an unborn child who "Destroyed the empty spaces" by
Filling up an empty womb [you destroy an empty space by filling it].
The child has gone through many reincarnations (I've lived a thousand
Times), as will all people (Don't
Believe the life you have will be the only one).
The line (When little worlds collide I'm trapped inside my embryonic
Cell) means the 'collision' of the sperm and egg,
At which point the soul forgets its past life (And flashing memories
Are cast into the never ending well).
The lines (Curtain of the future falls,
The secret stays unknown) simply mean that the
Soul forgets the previous life with each new life.
The baby tells us that it is necessary to die so that we can move on
To our next life (You have to let your body sleep to let your soul
Live on), and advises us at the very end of the song to love each
Other, to live our lives fully, and look forward to our next life.
The song has excellent lyrics,
Really quite positive and inspirational,
And even more impressive having come from a heavy metal band.
AndreAndreon September 13, 2008 Link
1 Reply Log in to reply
+9
General Comment
Yes, geezer sat around after a good wank and was inspired by the
Sticky stuff that landed on the carpet.
He studied it closely and was lead to write
An ode to it. i'm glad some can see the truth.
Gregorybrianon May 14, 2007 Link
No Replies Log in to reply
+4
Song Meaning
This song is about Universal Consciousness as it
Appears (or, rather, does not appear) to us humans.
"I am the world that hides the universal Secret of all
Time Destruction of the empty spaces is my One and only crime"
To us, we in the "world",
"Destruction of the empty spaces" is what consciousness does,
It illuminates (bring consciousness to)
"I've lived a thousand times I found out what it means to be
Believed The thoughts and images The
Unborn child who never was conceived"
"I've lived a thousand times" is just another way of saying I've
Lived forever, its intimation being that humanity lives
Past the present life, is reincarnated and lives forever.
"I found out what it means to be believed,
All religions from time immemorial, from the Christian God,
The Judaic God, the Hindu God, the religions of South America,
The Indian religions,
"The unborn child who never was conceived" Consciousness has never
Been fully captured by any religion,
As that is impossible, so it remains "unborn" and "never conceived".
"When little worlds collide I'm trapped inside my embryonic
Cell And flashing memories Are cast into the never ending well"
"Little worlds" are the small minds of humanity. When they collide,
Its "flashing memories" of itself "are cast into the never ending
Well" of infinity to be born somewhere else where little minds are
Not the norm and give consciousness
Its vital room to be born and grow.
"The name that scorns the face The child that never sees the cause of
Man The deathly darkness that Belies the fate of those who never ran"
Continues the ideas of the previous stanza in that the name of
And will never "see the cause of man".
Belie is to run counter to or contradict.
"Those who never ran" are those who never adopted the beliefs of the
Human race (they never ran that race). So,
Deathly darkness is what those who adopt human beliefs believe,
But those who "never ran" know differently,
In that they know that death is not the end.
"Well I know it's hard for you to know the reason why And I know
You'll understand when it's time to die Don't believe the life you
Have will be the only one You have to let
Your body sleep to let your soul live on"
But perhaps humans will understand when they are in the
Afterlife. And that death is the only way "to let your soul live on".
"Love has given life to you and now its your concern Unseen eye of
Inner life will make your soul return Still I look but not to touch
The seeds of life are sown Curtain of
The future falls The secret stays unknown"
Now it is up to you what you do with it.
Soul return" to itself.
"Still I look but not to touch" reiterates that our life is ours to
Do with as we wish. "The seeds of life are sown,
Curtain of the future falls" again stating that Universal
Not the liver of the life it sows and that we are responsible to live
Our own life. "The secret stays unknown" merely says that we still
Don't get it, don't understand (that we are
"Just remember love is life And hate is living death Treat your life
For what it's worth And live for every breath Looking back I've lived
And learned But now I'm wondering Here I wait
And only guess What this next life will bring"
This stanza is a bit of "Black Sabbath" morality.
This stanza is pretty self-evident as to what the writers of National
Acrobat believe how human beings should live;
The last phrase leaves them (and all of
Us) guessing "what this next life will bring".
Not sperm. Not abortion. A well constructed, well conceived,
Totally missed, heavy metal tour-de-force on Universal
Consciousness and humanity's
Relationship (or, rather, lack thereof) with It.
KnowingPoeton March 01, 2015 Link
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Ah, now that you say so, it makes perfect sense.
But I don't see how the title A
National Acrobat fits into the subject matter.
Testaheadon March 06, 2003 Link
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General Comment
Geezer wrote it about sperm and how lucky you are to be
The only one out of the billions of sperm to make it through.
Sabbra21on July 26, 2002 Link
No Replies Log in to reply
+1
General Comment
Meanings Aside this is an Amazing song.
Chris Ron February 23, 2007 Link
No Replies Log in to reply
+1
General Comment
To kratosaurion
"Here I wait and only guess what this next life will bring."
It can well interpreted as the new life
As a human instead of the one as a sperm.
P.S. no need to say idiot to anyone... except you.
SurfGreenon May 31, 2008 Link
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Oh my the guitar in this is absolutely amazing.
Just could be my favourite sabbath
Song, so good. i'm so skating to this.
Skimthefaton September 19, 2008 Link
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+1
General Comment
Just remember...
Try to think the lyrics at the age that the
Creator create it! the younger the better...
Dont look in front of their lifes... the system eat them...
See Ozzy now... and what he is doing...
It is a big, very big... SLAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Madmarxon August 01, 2010 Link
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+1
General Comment
I love this song, i never really knew what it was about but i was
Always some what drawn to it... and now that i know what it's about,,
It's really weird because i always joke about how
We're 'the chosen one's' haha and now... it makes sense.
Zekey babyon November 04, 2004 Link
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Artists - B
Black Sabbath
The Ozzy Osbourne Years
A National Acrobat Lyrics
More Featured Meanings
When We Were Young
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon",
And features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song.
We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life,
Which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone,
Finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids,
Living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc.
But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?
) Realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life.
People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on
Antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool
Gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises,
The narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly.
In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water,
Drowning him. But he's so complacent with it.
This is a good summary of the song. This boring,
"Perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual,
But political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen,
Perhaps) is not the way to live.
But there is seemingly no way out but death.
He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage.
While our lives are often shielded,
We're in our own protective bubbles,
Or protective helmets like the one Thom wears,
If we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies,
Manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world,
Often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations,
And 'leaders'.
It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning
Important life lessons in the process on "Punchline.
" This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a
Former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same
Way. He's now caught between accepting that fact and learning
Life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel "Amazing.
" This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress
Despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation.
This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his
Friend. From the track,
We see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and
Slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
Indigo
Of Mice & Men
This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to
Be blue if it had the choice to be anything else,
"Blue also meaning sad," states frontman Aaron Pauley.
"It's about comforting a loved one in a time
Of loss by telling them you feel blue, too."
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