“The Flame Deluge” was included on The Alchemy Index Vol. I: Fire, so its theme is fittingly about fire.
This song is written from the personified point of view of fire, or more specifically, the technology of the bomb. “I” refers to that technology, and “you” refers to humanity – or more specifica...
I feel that I was meant for something more
My curse, this awful power to unmake
And ever since you found your taste for war
You've forced me onto those whose lives you'd take
While Guernica in peaceful valley lay
And Dresden dreamed of anything but death
The day was turned to night, and night to day
You let me loose upon their fragile flesh
And so I hid among the smallest things
You found me there and ferried me above
The flame deluge is waiting in the wings
The smallest thread holds back the second flood
And who will stand to greet the blinding light?
It's lonely when there's no one left to fight
The Flame Deluge was written by Teppei Teranishi & Eddie Breckenridge & Riley Breckenridge & Dustin Kensrue.
The Flame Deluge was produced by Thrice & Teppei Teranishi.
Thrice released The Flame Deluge on Tue Oct 16 2007.