Avenged Sevenfold: Nightmare Meaning

Song Released: 2010

Nightmare Lyrics

NIGHTMARE!
Now your nightmare comes to life.

Dragged you down below
Down to the devils show
To be his guest forever
Peace of mind is less than never

Hate to twist your mind
But God ain't on your side
An old acquaintance severed
Burn...

1. anonymous

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   Nov 21st 2014 !⃝

   I love Avenged Sevenfold, I love M. Shadows. I love Nightmare.
   The song is full of vivid imagery and metaphors.
   It is a song about a person who is an addict, again addiction represents anything that is wrong. And the journey of the addict after death as he faces hell fire. Hell fire is a place of regrets.
   The song also brings about the image of choices that a person always has and it's upto the person to make the right or wrong choice. I love the dark and evil imagery in the song and that's what Avenged Sevenfold is about, a perfect blend of badass music with a touch on politics and religion.
2. anonymous

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   Oct 20th 2014 !⃝

   It was inspired by the movie jacobs ladder watch it and you'll see, no illuminati, just about that movie.
3. anonymous

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   Sep 25th 2014 !⃝

   It is probably inspired of wrong turn 4.
4. anonymous

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   Jan 17th 2014 !⃝

   it does seem like the song is dedicated to the rev, considering the drum set, and the fact that the rev was the band's drummer, but it still doesn't add up. if you hear the their single, so far away, you can tell the song is a memorial to a person he was close to. in the video, he shows a man in a series of photos, which is probably the rev. It seems like the singer thinks Christianity is crazy, even in some ways, satanic.
   Down to the devils show
   To be his guest forever
5. anonymous

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   Nov 22nd 2013 !⃝

   It's about being dragged down to Hell and having nightmares after it. <3 Avenged Sevenfold. c:
6. anonymous

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   Nov 12th 2013 !⃝

   One word,Illuminati.
7. anonymous

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   Oct 2nd 2013 !⃝

   This song is about rape.

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
8. anonymous

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   Jun 11th 2013 !⃝

   This song wasn't about Jimmy's death. The song that was writtien by Jimmy about a weak before he died was called Death. Then renamed to Fiction. This song is about getting dragged to hell pretty much and being a sinner. The video is based off of Jimmy's favorite movie, Jacob's Ladder.
9. anonymous

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   Mar 15th 2013 !⃝

   It's about if you sin you will go to hell. God only takes Christans to Heaven.
10. anonymous

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    Nov 12th 2012 !⃝

    I hate to admit it, but the primary meaning behind this song is someone going to hell for not being a Christian or a Muslim or whatever. I'm an atheist and I think it's incredibly arrogant of M.Shadows to write a song about that, and I also believe the concept of hell is completely bollocks, but this song is about hell.
    However, there are other meanings in it too. For instance, the line 'You've been lied to
    Just to rape you of your sight
    And now they have the nerve to tell you how to feel' is more than likely a reference to political propaganda.
    Anyway, that's just my humble opinion. And despite M. Shadow's arrogant lyrics I still think this is a badass metal song. (And no, this song isn't about the Rev).
11. anonymous

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    Nov 12th 2012 !⃝

    i think that nightmare can be about anything bad thats happening in your life, anything that you did wrong, and then you have to accept the consequences of the mistake and you're living your nightmare
12. anonymous

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    Nov 8th 2012 !⃝

    The Rev only played on the demo mike portnoy played the final version
13. metalheadjared

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    Oct 11th 2012 !⃝

    It's about the zombie apocalypse. If you reach to round 20 on moon in COD zombies it plays. It basically reflects on the trouble all the characters have gone through from world at war to black ops. the quotes, "still dancin' with your demons" and "victim of your own creation" talks about how Richtofen created the zombies with element 115 and caused the plague all over germany. Another quote goes, "Or you'll end up like the others" meaning they will either be killed in action or become zombies like the others who fought them. "You're now a slave until the end of time here", meaning the characters have no choice but to fight the hordes endlessly also quoted in "it aint over yet". "You've been lied to" tells how cunning Richtofen has been from the very beginning, and "Fight(2x)not to fail(2x)not to fall(2x)" refers to how the players must avoid being overtaken by the ghouls or its a game over all together. Final quote "Your pain is what we desire" tells how Samantha and her Father Dr. maxis want to get revenge on Richtofen for attempted murder. But still this is just my opinion if anyone can find any other hidden messages in the song let me know.

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
14. anonymous

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    Aug 12th 2012 !⃝

    IMO this song is about the sole state of mind. The broken heart, failed dreams and betrayal of trust. In other words, hell on earth is perception of solitary struggle and rejection. Like in revelations! A Nightmare in life u cant wake up from!
15. anonymous

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    Jul 4th 2012 !⃝

    Ahh...does no-one ever watch interviews? Matt (lead singer) said that "Nightmare, is basically about people, most notably young teenagers who do as they wish, but when they get older, they realise that actions have consequences and the song is talking about them consequences, and this is the only song out of the whole album to have the lyrics not be changed because Jimmy loved them so much"

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