Bitterness and burden
Curses rest on thee
Solitaire and sorrow
All eternity
Save the Earth and claim perfection
Deem the mass and blame rejection
Hold the pose, fein perception
Grudges break your back

All you bear
All you carry
All you bear
Place it right on
Right on me

Die as you suffer in vain
Own all the grief and the pain
Die as you hold up the skies
Atlas, rise!
How does it feel on your own?
Bound by the world all alone
Crushed under heavy skies
Atlas, rise

Crucify and witness
Circling the sun
Bastardized in ruin
What have you become?
Blame the world and blame your maker
Wish 'em to the undertaker
Crown yourself the other savior
So you carry on

All you bear
All you carry
All you bear
Place it right on
Right on me

Die as you suffer in vain
Own all the grief and the pain
Die as you hold up the skies
Atlas, rise!
How does it feel on your own?
Bound by the world all alone
Crushed under heavy skies
Crushed under heavy skies
Atlas, rise!

Masquerade as maker
Heavy is the crown
Beaten down and broken
Drama wears you down
Overload, the martyr stumbles
Hit the ground and heaven crumbles
All alone the fear shall humble
Swallow all your pride

All you bear
All you carry
All you bear
Place it right on
Right on me

Die as you suffer in vain
Own all the grief and the pain
Die as you hold up the skies
Atlas, rise
How does it feel on your own?
Bound by the world all alone
Crushed under heavy skies
Crushed under heavy skies
Atlas, rise


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Atlas, Rise! Lyrics as written by Lars Ulrich James Alan Hetfield

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    This is the modernized Misery. First the simger reach out for the person with giving the things he know to define the person. The bitterness feeling of isolation and sadness or pain. The he start to face the person that the caouse of the suffering is how egocentric or narcistic that person is. Save the earth and claim perfection.- This is what comes from misery a person that thinks he or she can change the world, so all his or her suffering will be justefied, all his misdeeds will be forgived. Deem the mass and blame rejetction.- The singers blame the perosn to his or her isolation becouse never even tried to become part of the mass, and now he or she think that they were never accepted by it. Hold the pose, reign perception.- Mocking about that the person doesnt realise he or she flaws and dont change, but rather judge others. Grudes brake your back.- In that he mean your grudes towards others but im not sure.

    All you bear All you carry All you bear Place it right on, right on me.- Basicly want the person to realise that he is honest and speaking to he or she, so get them change.

    Die as you suffer in vain Own all the grief and the pain Die as you hold up the skies Atlas, Rise!.- Well that part and some later, as well the now that we are dead song is seems to be an endorsment toward suicide. If you cant change die. Ofcourse maybe its mean the diyng of this childish self-important personality so the person can drop the burden and live a life.

    How does it feel on your own? Bound by the world all alone Crushed under heavy skies Atlas, Rise!.- Its plane and simple, sucks to be you then change.

    Crucify and witness Circling the sun.- This two verse is kinda strange, becouse its mean that the person actually got attention, and Bastardize and ruin What have you become? .- it got the worst of that person. And maybe got judged by a wast majority of people. And this push that person deeper into self-destruction.

    Blame the world, and blame your maker Wish ‘em to the undertaker.- Plane and simple, blame others for your faults and wish'em hell. Crown yourself the other savior So you carry on.- Act like you are pure and perfect, so you become functional.

    Masquerade as maker Heavy is the crown.- But soon you will find out that you are not that perfect. Beaten down and broken Drama wears you down.- And when you realise it you fall in depression.

    Overload, the martyr stumbles Hit the ground and heaven crumbles.- But even in this you still act like a childe and overdue the suffering All alone, the fear shall humble Swallow all your pride.- Becouse the only thing that actually effect you is fear. And ofcourse swallow all you pride.

    So thats it, modern Misery.

    smtingon March 01, 2017   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    This is a song addressed to a person who carries the weight of the world on their shoulders metaphorically speaking like the figure Atlas from greek mythology. The lyrics points out how this person thinks he/she is the cause of the problems in the world which is both harmful to the person and quite self-centered when in fact you are just one person. The chorus encourages the person to let go of this weight so that he/she can enjoy life again. I find it to be a very optimistic and encouraging song although its also tough love.

    rasmus5624on May 08, 2018   Link
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    Song Meaning

    Basically the "Atlas" in this song is a person who takes pride in trying to do as much as he/she can; but that's not enough. He/she scoffs at the weaknesses and failures of others to set his/her-self above the "masses". This self righteousness drives others away to which "Atlas" sees as rejection of his/her "perfection". The chorus mocks "Atlas" with the word die which is to say fail. "Die as you hold up the skies" is to say, "fail as you try to do it all". The mocking goes on with "Atlas, rise." which can be interpreted as , "You think you can hold the world? Then stand with it all on your back."

    UnknownReloaderon September 08, 2018   Link

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