Metallica: Atlas, Rise! Meaning

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   anonymous

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   Nov 27th, 11:08pm report

   
   

   The title may say "Atlas".... but the reading between the lines suggest he is referring to those who reject who Jesus is and what Jesus came to do as the savior, and choose to bear and therefore deserve the punishment on their own backs.
   
   Here refers to those people: -
   
   "Save the Earth and claim perfection
   Deem the mass and blame rejection
   Hold the pose, reign perception
   Grudges break your back"
   
   And this as well -
   
   "Masquerade as maker
   Heavy is the crown
   Beaten down and broken
   Drama wears you down...
   Hit the ground and heaven crumbles
   All alone, the fear shall humble
   Swallow all your pride"
   
   Those who decide to wear the crown, instead of recognising the true crown only belongs to the king and savoir will be "worn down by the devil" and perish, "not seeing eternity".

   
   
   
   

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   TanisSchneider

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   Oct 5th, 2017 10:17am report

   
   

   It is about the greek titan Atlas who was forced to hold up the world as in the greek stories the lines "How does it feel on your own, bound by the world all alone. Crushed under heavy skies Atlas rise!' and other verses prove that it is about the story

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   May 11th, 2017 5:29pm report

   
   

   Atlas is the name of an Air Force ICBM nuclear tipped missile from the 1960's. It itself was pretty badass of an engineering marvel during the height of space race. Atlas rise refers to an Atlas missile launch. Crushed by the heavy skies refers to unknown doom ahead or of the many launch failures. Perhaps one could interpret it as the unknown journey in life pending failure. I think the lyrics do the old missile justice. Thank God we never had to launch any at Russia.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Jan 7th, 2017 1:10pm report

   
   

   I think this is about doing something important, but not being recognized for it, and resenting others for that-
   
   "Save the Earth and claim perfection
   Deem the mass and blame rejection
   Hold the pose, reign perception
   Grudges break your back"
   
   and finally getting recognition, but finding it's not what you wanted-
   
   "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"

   
   
   
   

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