Dream Theater: On the Backs of Angels Meaning

Song Released: 2011

On the Backs of Angels Lyrics

Standing on the backs of angels
Destined to create
Mounting the attack
While heroes carry your weight

We spiral towards disaster
Survival fading faster

Riding out the wave
Content to feed off the machine
Bleeding us to death
The new...

1. anonymous

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   Jan 2nd 2014 !⃝

   It does sound political and religious in a sense and it is always fascinating seeing what people interpret a song to be and what the musician’s interpretation of its meaning is in the end. Sometimes they are totally polar opposites of each other and I haven’t heard what the deal is with this one yet, but can only ponder.
   
   Sometimes these musicians compose music that has a life of its own and can be divinely or demonically inspired like the backwards masking on Stair Way to Heaven. Not that I’m deliberating that DT is in the camp by any means, but you can understand that music could be vehicle to communicate spiritual truths or deceptions. When asked what it means musicians seem to keep the meaning hidden and talk around it. Either that or they just don’t know and it bigger than them.
   
   The Greek philosopher Pythagoras was said to have discovered the relationship of musical notes and organized them into scales, believed that music was the expression of a person's soul.
   
   I have tried to crack this nut and who knows, but I’ll take a stab at it. I wasn’t seeing it in anyone else’s response and I’m sure someone will poke holes in my theory and call me crazy. I didn’t see anyone think of the New World Order (Novus Ordo Seclorum) and the Freemasons who run the United States?
   
   I noted some of the Freemason symbolism in DT’s records (all seeing eye of Horus) such as the Rights of Passage and Black Clouds and Silver Lining. Some theorist believes we have a shadow government that is pulling the strings named the New World Order and I’m sure Wall Street is working hand in hand with them to fund their ambitions.
   
   The Illuminati (the enlighten ones) one who are in control of all the finances and have their roots steeped in the Luciferian Babylon mystery religions and the occult. They conceal and hide the truth of their actions in preparation for their Messiah’s return which may be the reference to these angels. Don’t forget Satan was a fallen angel and had knowledge and capability to create and it appears for all practical purposes we are puppets to him and his agenda.
   
   Of course you have the Watchers and Nephilim which some theorist believe will be coming back soon for the apocalypse (the unveiling) and Armageddon, the final battle between Satan and God and many people are on to this end time conspiracy as they establish a one world government in preparation for the anti-Christ. If it is based off fallen angels it may be making reference to occult Luciferian religion which contrary to our beliefs, our country is based on it. Look at the dollar bill and occult symbolism which is written all over it, and occult symbols in the capital city, and many other cities such as NY City.
   
   The statue of liberty isn’t lady liberty, but the Babylonian Ishtar, Imperial Rome’s goddess Libertas was Papal Rome’s “MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH” and the template for America’s Statue of Liberty. Also, some theorists believe that Washington is tied in with London and the Vatican. England holds the money, the Vatican is the religious arm, and the US is the military force to enforce the agenda. Freemasonry accounts for many of the founding fathers beliefs and ties to the ruling class in Europe.
   
   I may be reading way too deep into it, but it seemed to sound that way to me when I first heard it. They do have religious flare to many of their songs. Many people United States are caught up in the materialism of this system and what it offers is basically leading us to the slaughter. Think about it, we call it democracy, but we are basically prisoners to the banksters who make you work and toil your life away and they have laws to back them up which they fail to adhere to themselves, but make us do it to our grave.
   
   We are not locked up behind bars in a traditional sense, but rather we are prisoners of this system. Twenty percent of our budget is spent on national defense and much of it can’t be accounted for because they use it to fund the overthrows of governments. We work to fuel the machine. The Christian bible says that “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power.”
   
   IF these guys or their lyric writers thought this deep, they are genius!
2. anonymous

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   Sep 23rd 2011 !⃝

   The Angels are the working poor in America....

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