“Nihilist” is the opening track for All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us, Architects' seventh studio release.
This song begins to touch on some of the themes for the whole album. Sam Carter stated in a 2016 Metal Hammer track-by-track introduction to the record that this song has a lot of bitterness about...
[Chorus]
We are beggars, we are so fucking weak
And once upon a time, we had the world at our feet
Well, we're all dying to meet our maker
But all our gods have abandoned us
All our gods have abandoned us
This is the great esoteric depression
We sold our souls, but couldn't buy salvation
[Verse]
We are all the shades of misery
The reigning champions of tragedy
They use their faith as a weapon
They count our sins by the seven
Blackwater at the gates of heaven
All hail the corporatocracy
The word of God written in binary
All hail our apostasy
The dying notes in an unholy symphony
Blegh!
[Chorus]
All our gods have abandoned us
This is the great esoteric depression
We sold our souls, but couldn't buy salvation
[Bridge]
I found God clutching a razor blade
He said, "Look at the fucking mess they've made
They'd trade their hearts if they were made of gold"
[Chorus]
We are beggars, we are so fucking weak
And once upon a time, we had the world at our feet
Well, we're all dying to meet our maker
But all our gods have abandoned us
All our gods have abandoned us
All our gods have abandoned us
[Outro]
I found God clutching a razor blade
He said, "Look at the fucking mess they've made
They'd trade their hearts if they were made of gold
But they're as worthless as the souls they sold"
Nihilist was written by Tom Searle.
Nihilist was produced by Fredrik Nordström & Henrik Udd.
Architects released Nihilist on Fri May 27 2016.
Following Tom Searle’s death, Dan Searle posted the following on the Architects Facebook page:
The song that the title is lifted from is ‘Nihilist’, so yeah, you could assume some type of pessimism or negativity within the lyrics. I think a level nihilism is experienced by anyone that is faced with...