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Mage oppression and Possession: The Angels of pain
Another song dedicated to the Mage Rebellion. This Time it’s ‘‘Angels of pain’’ by Tarot. With Nightwish’s Marco Hietala.
The situation, isolation and mental abuse mages suffer in the circle.
Full moon stares at me From the ceiling (1)
Shadows are sucking At my breath
Mind mumbles In its hibernated halfworld (2) Love and life grow cold Foretold of their death (3)
Loneliness is full of echoes Distant calls You know you're lost When they're coming Out of the walls
Angels of pain You'll fight in vain They'll get inside you They'll drive you insane
Angels of pain You'll fight in vain They'll make you reach Your final breaking strain (4)
Wingbeat, heartbeat The rhythms are alike Loe one, flutter, stop And down you go (5)
The jar that holds This God created spirit Breaks if you bring Its host too low (6)
Loneliness is full of echoes Distant calls You know you're lost When they're coming Out of the walls
The sunken stare in their eyes Hollow and blind Faces with no expression (7) Always leering once behind
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If you choose to bleed The last laugh is on you (8) Mocking you To the oblivion The angels of pain (9)
Youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH27EVOBUs4&pbjreload=101
Personal Analysis under the cut
1.(seclusion with little access to (the healing/comforting beauty of nature. No windows. Can’t see the sun, moon, feel the air)
2. The general indoctrination. The mages hesitate/are threatened not to have opinions on their situation, living in a half-world and not knowing what the real world is like. This could also apply to the difficulties circle mages face in the outside world from not being taught real-life skills.
3. Mage children are taken from their homes and their loved ones and are disowned and in some cases are shunned by the ones that loved them. They are not allowed to (re)build familial and romantic ties. They grow up being taught that they cannot have lovers, get married, have children.
1 and 3. Could be the Mage children adjusting to the circle’s reality.
4. Isolation and possession. Demons are the Angels of pain and the mages reach their final breaking strain and become Abominations. Or they are broken, go insane first and allow themselves to be possessed by demons.
5. Wingbeat = freedom, heartbeat = life
6. Mages having their minds and spirits broken from the mental abuse they suffer and are constantly brought down.
7. (Fear of) Tranquility/Templars
8. Resorting to blood magic or being killed for fighting back.
9. Pacts with demons
The last laugh is on you, Mocking you (it ends badly, used further against their plight) To the oblivion (are forgotten as humans, die broken, only remembered as abominations)
DESTROY US ALL!
TOTALLY SAME ENERGY
Cullen/ Meredith/ Templars/ Chantry about Mages and Magic.
Billy= Cullen
Clowns= Mages
Mandy= Anyone / inquisitor/ the other advisors
From the Show ‘‘ The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy’’
S4E5 ‘Attack of the Clowns’