Avenged Sevenfold: Bat Country Meaning
Song Released: 2005
Bat Country Lyrics
Caught here in a fiery blaze, won't lose my will to stay.
I tri-i-i-ied to drive all through the night,
the heat stroke ridden weather, the barren empty sights.
No...
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Avenged Sevenfold are all Christians and as for the quote "he who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man" comes from a Samuel Johnson poem, which you would all know if you actually paid attention to the video as its the very first thing you see. It is also in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but I think seeing as the video tells us it was said by Dr Johnson, its safe to assume that's where it came from. It's about drinking and is saying that he who gets so drunk that he becomes wild (beast like) gets rid of the pains of life. Therefore talking about drowning the sorrows of life.
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First of all this song is tight..Ill say what I think it all means...
"He who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man" He is gonna make a beast out of himself by becoming a demon in hell because in the bible if you kill yourself you go to hell...
"As I adjust to my new sights the rarely tired lights will take me to new heights."
He is gettin ready for hell because he thinks is gonna be a crazy new experience.
"So sorry you're not here I've been sane too long my vision's so unclear.
Now take a trip with me but don't be surprised when things aren't what they seem"
I Think This means he's Messed up on coke or meth or something extreme with his friend who is doing it for the first time
"Caught here in a fiery blaze,"
Hell
"won't lose my will to stay."
Hes got his mind set
"These eyes won't see the same, after I flip today. "
Hes gonna get drugged up and kill himself and go to hell where he will se crazy things
"Sometimes I don't know why we'd rather live than die,
we look up towards the sky for answers to our lives.
We may get some solutions but most just pass us by"
First line self explanatory, 2nd line he is talking about looking for a higher power and think we figured it all out but really that's all just a story to pass time... -
He who makes a beast of himself etc etc was a quote from Dr. Samuel Johnson that was used at the start of the movie and the book, Fear and loathing in las vegas by Hunter S. Thompson.
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Avenged Sevenfold has said so themselves that they're not a religious band, nor anti-religion. They take pride in not shoving their beliefs down our throats.
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Yes the song is about hunter S. Thompson but the hippie is wrong those words did not come from his mouth they came from an English poet in the 1700's named Samuel Johnson. And to lose the pain of being a man you have to lose your conscience and your emotion and then you'll be a beast!
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After reading what everyone has written on the subject, I thought it was my duty to leave my own thoughts. yes, this is a tribute to Hunter S. Thompson; and is directly linked to the movie, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. but despite popular belief, Mr. Thompson was not the first to use the quoted "he who makes a beast of himself..." an English writer in the 1700's by the name of Samuel Johnson used it in his writings. The following is a writing in which he uses the phrase. "On over-indulgence with drink, to the extent of becoming a beast: 'He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man."
now then. The one person who said this is a "demonic" saying and that the band, avenged sevenfold, is a satanic band is completely out of his/her mind. The band's name is a reference to the Book of Genesis in the Bible, where Cain is sentenced to live in exile for murdering his brother. God marked him so that none would kill him on account of his sin; the man who dared to kill Cain would suffer "vengeance seven times over". The title of avenged sevenfold's song "chapter four" references the fourth chapter of Genesis, in which the story of Cain and Abel takes place. -
You guys are fucking stupid. Avenged Sevenfold just made a song about Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. that's it, nothing special. The quote "He who makes a beast of himself..." is a quote by Samuel Johnson. "Straight from Hunter's mouth" fuckin' stupid. It's just put in the beginning of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. This just shows me how stupid the people that listen to avenged sevenfold are.
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"Bat Country" and the "He who makes a beast of himself" are both directly borrowed from Hunter S. Thompson's tour-de-force novel of Gonzo Journalism, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", the funniest book I've ever read in English, Venutian, or any other language. While the film version with Depp and Del Toro is almost adequate, it is a bit sad to see people unaware that the words of Dr. Johnson's "beast" quote comprise in fact the first in the book, as a dedication, as it were, before the mad journey begins. And to think the movie is "good" is to admit never having read the book, the genius of which, like so many other written works, is in the words and the stupifying brilliance Thompson demonstrated in how he wielded them, and cannot be coherently captured on a movie screen.
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"He who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man," was said by Samuel Johnson to a woman who wanted to know why he wasted all his life making a beast out of himself by drinking. Samuel Johnson was an 18th century British writer who was famous for writing the English dictionary.
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This song, like almost any other, is up to you.
Interpret it how you like.
If you think it's about Hunter, FLLV, Vampires or whatever.
It doesn't matter.
IMO, it's a tribute to a brilliant author and the lifestyle he and many others (including A7X) live(d). -
OMG! Avenged Sevenfold is not that satanic! have you ever really listened to their lyrics.. They have a lot of real life in them and substance and you don't know jack if you think they're satanic! anyway this song is like a lot of people have said drugs and a lot of Hunter S. Thompson's work.. mostly about being on drugs and the hight that you get.. I think there may be many different meanings like the vampire one but for avenged sevenfold I think that topic would be a little less likely... It's about their idol Hunter S. Thompson's work... btw I love this song and I'm really a true die hard AVENGED SEVENFOLD FAN!! HELL YA!
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