{"id":50,"date":"2020-11-19T19:06:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T18:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dystopiaofficial.nl\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2023-10-24T17:36:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T15:36:37","slug":"lyrics-concepts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dystopiaofficial.nl\/?page_id=50","title":{"rendered":"Lyrics & Concepts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Now that our album \u2018Geen Weg Uit\u2019 has been released for some time, we thought it would be a great idea to give a look behind the scenes and how this album came about. In this first post we look at the lyrics of the first song \u2018Razernij\u2019 and why we switched to Dutch.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Razernij<\/p>

Opgejaagd door Mohammedaans meest duister gebroed
<\/span>Kankergebroed, de angsten in overvloed
<\/span>Met vuur en vuist in verzet\u00a0<\/span>de vernietiging gevoed
<\/span>Addergebroed, wie volgt nog waarom het moet?<\/span><\/p>

Verdoofd door het valse geblaat, wie weet nog waar het voor staat?
<\/span>Niets blijft gespaard, de oude kunsten verkracht, de razernij ontaard
<\/span>Brand ze maar plat, verander het in een gat
<\/span>Verlos me van de waanzin, eeuwige strijd is wat ik verwacht<\/span><\/p>

Ik schreeuw
<\/span>Krijs
<\/span>Ik ontsteek in razernij<\/span><\/p>

Geassocieerd met het christen gebroed,
<\/span>Addergebroed, mijn identiteit vervloekt
<\/span>Met vuur en vuist in verzet de vernietiging gevoed
<\/span>De bijbel of het zwaard, de waarheid van het bloed<\/span><\/p>

Verleid door het mooie gepraat, geen zicht op wat er vergaat
<\/span>Niets blijft gespaard, de oude kunsten verkracht, de razernij ontaard
<\/span>Laat mij maar gaan, ik blijf graag in de waan
<\/span>In mijn reden van bestaan, mijn bestaan in mijn rede<\/span><\/p>

De strijd der idee\u00ebn
<\/span>Mens tegen mens
<\/span>Broeder tegen broeder
<\/span>De waarheid bestaat niet<\/span><\/p>

Ik schreeuw
<\/span>Krijs
<\/span>Ik ontsteek in razernij<\/span><\/p>

Gorgelend, morrelend, bloed opborrelend
<\/span>Blatend, brakend, de schreeuw ontlatend
<\/span>Zwichten, bezweken, de vrije wil vergeven
<\/span>Gebroken, ontstoken, de hoop vervlogen<\/span><\/p>

Woorden zijn slechts lucht
<\/span>De natuur maalt niet om semantiek
<\/span>De razernij mijn vlucht
<\/span>De schreeuw mijn repliek<\/span><\/p>

Heb je wel eens van de oude goden gehoord?
<\/span>Wodan en Donar en eenieder die daartoe behoort?
<\/span>Is dat dan de weg waarbij de onschuld is vermoord?
<\/span>Of is daar de wreedheid slechts in de kiem gesmoord?<\/span><\/p>

Wat halen we hier uit de aard, een kind versierd met huid en haar
<\/span>In de modder verjaard, een offer voor de goden de waanzin vergaard
<\/span>Jongens die te jong zijn voor een baard, de waanzin aanvaard
<\/span>Het lijkt nu verklaard, waanzin zit in de aard<\/span><\/p>

De strijd der idee\u00ebn
<\/span>Mens tegen mens
<\/span>Broeder tegen broeder
<\/span>De waarheid bestaat niet<\/span><\/p>

Ik schreeuw
<\/span>Krijs
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The idea behind \u2018Razernij\u2019 was initially devised in response to the religious attacks on Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan in Paris in 2015. These had a major impact on me. How can young people be persuaded to go on a suicide mission? How is it that a scripture that claims to offer peace prompts people to take actions that have the exact opposite effect? How is it possible that bloodshed is an appropriate act in the context of honoring your highest ideals? I wanted to do something with these emotions that were racing through my body. I wanted to do something with my incomprehension, hatred and frustration. I wanted to express in lyrical form, as sharply as I could, why I am diametrically opposed to religious violence. Therefore, the first step was the switch to Dutch.<\/span><\/p>

There were several reasons for this. The first is purely because of the phonetic aspect. Our previous albums were all in English. At least for the most part, because we already liked to use other languages for short parts of our songs. We did this with Latin (because come on, every black metal band flirts with Latin every now and then), German and Dutch. Along the way we discovered that the Dutch language lends itself perfectly to metal because of the many blunt and harsh sounds that our language has. Given the emotional charge that this song would get, Dutch suited it perfectly. I would be lying if the rest of the Dutch black metal scene didn’t have some influence on this but if the dutch language wouldn\u2019t have fit creatively, we wouldn’t have used it. In addition, this song would be an exploration of my personal feelings and thoughts and it helped me to do that by writing in my native language. When I realized how I would say it, I could think about why I wanted to write about this. After some contemplation I came to the conclusion that what hurt me the most is this idea:<\/span><\/p>

Apparently, there is a state of mind a person can end up in where one is firmly convinced that he or she has found the one and only truth. This is something that you can clearly recognize in religious extremists, but you can also see this in people who adhere to a (usually extreme) political ideology. One symptom is that in a discussion with such a person you are able to predict what the other is going to say because everything they say are quotes from the doctrine they adhere to and no individual thought seems to be possible anymore. Therefore, in addition to a shriek and a scream in frustration, my response to people like that is the phrase “De waarheid bestaat niet\u201d (There is no truth). No one knows exactly how this universe came into existence, no one understands the exact nature of consciousness and no one can say for sure what the nature of our reality is. Anyone who claims to know is a liar and is on a perilous path. You cannot open a history book without being stained with the blood of the hundreds of millions of people who died as a direct result of the actions of those possessed by some ultimate truth. Be it political or religious.<\/span><\/p>

\u2018Razernij\u2019 was an emotional journey inward for me and I am very happy and proud with what it eventually turned out to be. Especially because of the way in which Dennis has brought the lyrics to life with his vocals. This is something that is always a special experience as a lyricist. In conclusion, I would like to add that I put references or easter eggs in almost all of my lyrics. Until now I did this purely for my own enjoyment, but this post gives me the opportunity to highlight a few:<\/span><\/p>

Ik schreeuw<\/span><\/i>
<\/span><\/i>Krijs. Ik ontsteek in Razernij<\/span><\/i>
<\/span><\/i>\u2018Ik schreeuw\u2019 (I scream) is a referral to the statue\u00a0 \u2018De schreeuw\u2019 in honor of the late Theo van Gogh.<\/span><\/p>

De bijbel of het zwaard <\/span><\/i>(The bible or the sword)<\/span>
<\/span>This was a sentence that my history teacher used to describe the way how early christianity spread through Europe. People had the \u2018choice\u2019 to either accept the Bible or the violence from the sword.<\/span><\/p>

Broeder tegen broeder (Brother against brother)<\/span><\/i>
<\/span><\/i>This is one of the ways that the American civil war was described.<\/span><\/p>

Woorden zijn slechts lucht (words are wind)<\/span><\/i>
<\/span><\/i>This is a referral to the book \u2018A song of Ice and Fire\u2019 by George R.R. Martin. The saying \u2018words are wind\u2019 is used often in this series.<\/span><\/p>

In de modder verjaard, een offer voor de goden de waanzin vergaard. (Aged in mud, an offering to the gods,<\/span><\/i> madness achieved)<\/span><\/i>
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Van de Meute Vervreemd<\/p>

Aanschouw de aard van \u2018t bestaan
<\/span>Aanschouw en wanhoop
<\/span>In onwetendheid zullen ze vergaan
Door de zaligheid verblind<\/span><\/p>

In de doodsreutel zullen ze ontwaken
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<\/span>Slaafs spring ik door de hoepels
<\/span>Er is geen weg uit<\/span><\/p>

ER IS GEEN WEG UIT<\/span><\/p>

Ben ik een mens?
<\/span>Ik ben krachtig, ik ben afhankelijk
<\/span>Ik houd mijn woord, ik lieg
<\/span>Ik ben trouw, ik verraad
<\/span>Ik bescherm, ik vermoord<\/span><\/p>

Ben ik vrij?<\/span><\/p>

Wat is de reden dat ik haat?
<\/span>Wat is de reden dat ik verraad?
<\/span>Ben ik de baas over mijn lichaam?
<\/span>Worden de keuzes voor mij gemaakt?<\/span><\/p>

De slaap van de rede brengt monsters voort
<\/span>De geest getergd en verminkt
<\/span>Een verstommende waas, de levenswil verstoord
<\/span>Zinkend grijpend naar de oppervlakte
<\/span>Ik heb geen keus, het is een grap<\/span><\/p>

Fles en vrouw bieden geen soelaas
<\/span>De vlucht het symptoom van het gestuurde gedrag
<\/span>Ik stort ter aarde in roes en waas
<\/span>Machteloos getuige van mijn eigen gelach<\/span><\/p>

In mijn slaap komen de dromen weer terug
<\/span>Met vuur en bloed, het einde der tijden
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\u201cI\u2019ve been writing lyrics for the band since our inception and they have always had a strong anti-religious character. Partly because of the anti-Christian tradition of the genre, partly from being a teenager kicking against his social surroundings but not in the least because of my own personal conviction of a scientifically based worldview.<\/div>
The latter became more sharply articulated over the years. For me personally but also in the lyrics. To me it was clear: the only way to interpret reality is through the scientific method.<\/div>
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Everything you need in life can only be determined through that (be it practical like modern physics and chemistry or navigating through morality and ethics). This said, this world view turned out to be a trap for me.<\/div>
I faced an issue that I couldn\u2019t resolve in this way: free will.<\/div>
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I started to analyze my own emotions, like anger or rage. Then I\u2019d consider what the source of those reactions would be, which was twofold: external impulses and the chemical process in my body resulting in emotions.<\/div>
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As I don\u2019t have control over the former I went deeper into the latter; the mechanics of the body.<\/div>
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I found that a large amount of decisions you make aren\u2019t voluntary but prescribed by cells that produce chemicals.<\/div>
When you study this further, you start to realize how these cells are basically insanely intricate factories that operate purely on scientific principles. They have to, because cells operate on the molecular level.<\/div>
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From that point I reasoned my way back to the start and came to the conclusion that our consciousness is the consequence of a scientific process and, with that, subjected to all the physical laws we know.<\/div>
Because of that, it follows that consciousness should be, in theory, something to predict through science.<\/div>
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The only problem that arises with this idea is that if all processes in the brain are predictable and could be reduced to chemistry..<\/div>
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Where does free will come in?<\/div>
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\u201cThrough scientific determinism I ended up with a very dark form of nihilism.<\/div>
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If free will doesn\u2019t exist, then what would be the meaning in life?<\/div>
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I wasn\u2019t able to enjoy life because this convinction made me lose the ability to place life in an appropriate context. I looked at life through the wrong time scale: \u2018in a century everyone that knows me is dead, what\u2019s the point\u2019. I couldn\u2019t enjoy art, sports or any form of creativity because I would tell myself that everything that makes me want to do these things is the result of physics forcing myself to. I have no choice to deviate from it.<\/div>
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Slaafs spring ik door de hoepels, er is geen weg uit (Slavishly, I jump through the hoops, there is no way out).<\/div>
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At my lowest point of this phase I forced myself to a choice (which I, paradoxically, didn\u2019t really believe in): or you end this here and now, or you choose a life that \u00eds meaningful.<\/div>
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While I\u2019m typing this I have to say I don\u2019t regret the choice I made then.<\/div>
The song \u2018Van De Meute Vervreemd\u2019 is me trying to express this whole process. I felt estranged from everyone because few seemed to understand what corner I talked myself into, or they (understandably) didn\u2019t have the patience to deal with it.\u201d<\/div>
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Aanschouw en wanhoop (Behold and despair) This is a shortened version of the famous line from \u2018Ozymandias\u2019 by Percy Bysshe Shelley (“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”)<\/div>
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Ben ik een mens? (Am I human?)<\/div>
Reference to \u2018Life Eternal\u2019 by Mayhem. These lyrics were the last that Dead had written before committing suicide.<\/div>
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De slaap van de rede brengt monsters voort (The sleep of reason produces monsters)<\/div>
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LYRICS & CONCEPTS RAZERNIJ VAN DE MEUTE VERVREEMD DE DWAAS KOMT VOOR DE REDDER Now that our album \u2018Geen Weg Uit\u2019 has been released for some time, we thought it would be a great idea to give a look behind the scenes and how this album came about. In this first post we look at…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dystopiaofficial.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dystopiaofficial.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dystopiaofficial.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dystopiaofficial.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dystopiaofficial.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":75,"href":"https:\/\/dystopiaofficial.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"https:\/\/dystopiaofficial.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dystopiaofficial.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}