Slayer - Postmortem Meaning

Postmortem Lyrics

Funeral held for the depression of man
Holds the key to his own death
Entering a tomb of a corpse yet conceived
Tighten the tourniquet around your neck

Sifting away the debris of hated life
Cold touch of death begins to chill your...

1. anonymous

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   Mar 16th 2022 !⃝

   So, my interpretation of this would be that the person in question in the song is on their death bed, and slowly feels their life slipping away as they look back at their life's past. As the song goes on, we see this duality where the person is definitely afraid of death, but still sees comfort in it. They're afraid if their soul will reach heaven, or if it will be claimed by the devil. As the song reaches its end, we see that, no matter what happens, death will come for us, and it's futile to try and escape its grasp. "What I am, what I want, I'm only after death"
2. anonymous

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   Jul 13th 2020 !⃝

   This song is about reflection at the time of death and a descent into hell. The person is trying to obtain life after death, by some kind of ritual, and they are punished for that and sent into the abyss.
3. anonymous

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   May 1st 2017 !⃝

   This song is about the thought process of a person who has decided to commit suicide.
4. anonymous

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   Jan 8th 2017 !⃝

   It's about satan taking your soul.
5. anonymous

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   Feb 11th 2009 !⃝

   Close. It's about a guy... or girl. I'm not particular... who is looking back at his or her suicide. They wrote the song like star wars. The end is presented and then they show the beginning. "Do you WANT to die" is at the end. but in the beginning the person is dead. sooo... ya
   
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   Jan 31st 2009 !⃝

   This is an easy one. It's about a person who wants to die. The lyrics "Do you want to die?" and "I'm after death" give it away. Another great Slayer song off of Reign in Blood!

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway