anonymous May 17th, 2009 12:05AM  

This song is about the constant stuggle for mankind. this is also about how America has simply just lost all hope and they have sold out there rights and that the world is a power stuggle by them saying what will u do when your war is over what will you do when your system fails they are trying to make the point that ever since man has been around we have done nothing but fight and so extreme hostility towards one another. so what they are trying to say is what will u do when the war is complete because we dont know anything else but war. when they say "we have seen the fall of the elite bury your life and take your disease" they are saying look at all the great nations that have fallen and they are comparing America to those nations because America is on a slippery slope if we don't correct our ways. By saying bury your life and take your disease they are saying if humans weren't here there would be no worries of disease if you notice we are the cause of disease because in fact we are a disease a disease to the planet. n thats my interpretaion could be right could be wrong

PsychoFreak August 19th, 2009 01:11AM  

The state of the nation, violation
A broken promise is as good as a lie
The hell is humongous, the devil's among us
And we will burn because we won't unite

We won't witness anymore freedom
What does anybody do we need 'em?
I would rather fight than let another die
We're the problem but we're also the solution

All hope is gone

If you want you cannot take it from me
If you think you can you still don't know me
Let me tell you, when I said it I meant it
And I will always have the right to defend it

Fifty seconds, a hundred murders
The bill of rights is a bill of sale
What will you do when the war is over?
What will you do when your system fails?

We have made the present, obsolete
What do you want? What do you need?
We'll find a way when all hope is gone
We've seen the fall of the elite
Bury your life, sink your disease
We'll end the world when all hope is gone

We have made the present, obsolete
What do you want? What do you need?
We'll find a way when all hope is gone
We've seen the fall of the elite
Bury your life, sink your disease
We'll end the world when all hope is gone

The wretched are the wounded
The hungry starved to death
At a place where no-one goes
The air itself is a final breathe

So discontinue
The antiseptic cash charade
As the cry of justice comes
I'm gonna let this fire free

I am the reason your future suffers
I am the hatred you won't embrace
I am the worm of a pure distinction
I am the remedy, spit in my face

All your lies and wars are out-dated
All your subjects are dulling mind games
I can let all of another million reasons why
But doesn't matter when the only thing will never die

We have made the present, obsolete
What do you want? What do you need?
We'll find a way when all hope is gone
We've seen the fall of the elite
Bury your life, sink your disease
We'll end the world when all hope is gone

We have made the present, obsolete
What do you want? What do you need?
We'll find a way, we'll find a way when all hope is gone
We've seen the fall of the elite
Bury your life, sink your disease
We'll end the world, we'll end the world when all hope is gone

When all hope is gone
When all hope is gone



Those are the lyrics for the song All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot. Wonderful lyrics, by the way.

My interpretation for these lyrics:
In my opinion, the artist of this song is saying how awful and messed up our world had become; how little people care; how we are destroying our planet; how our 'system' is failing; and how our leaders are not very good.

"We've seen the fall of the elite" -Saying how our presidents, country leaders and such have become less and less great as time passes. Possibly it is speaking of our most recent presidents and how their decisions have not been very good.

"Fifty seconds, a hundred murders
The bill of rights is a bill of sale
What will you do when the war is over?
What will you do when your system fails?" -Talking about how war kills quickly. I think this one has some great meaning to it. Within the last few years, our country has been at war with other countries; Iraq, etc. I think it is saying that we have become so used to being in war for so long that we won't know what to do, that our leaders won't know how to act, when the war finally ends, if it ends at all. As for the 'system fails' part, I completely agree. What would our nation be without it's rules, laws, economy, government, etc? We would fall into chaos, no doubt. Humans need systems, laws, rules, so forth. Not everyone is smart, many humans just go with the laws. Without these laws to keep everyone in order, things would FALL APART, and we all know it.

All in all, this song is telling how the world is pretty much f***ed, how mankind is falling and failing, and will continue to do so until mankind makes some major changes.

DarknessRend November 10th, 2009 08:27PM  

"A lot of people look at this in a very negative way, and in a lot of ways, it is if you continue to try and solve your problems the same way over and over again. That said, this track is also a reflection of what SlipKnot is. Just when you thought you had us all figured out, give up all hope because you're never, ever going to. Besides, we like it that way!!"