Metalsophy - Allegory of the cave (B-side version)

Song: Allegory of the cave (B-side) - Album: Metaphysics B-sides Meaning: The Allegory of the Cave is a philosophical narrative presented by Plato in Book VII of The Republic, designed to illustrate the effect of education and ignorance on human nature. It depicts prisoners chained since childhood in a dark cave, forced to watch shadows cast on a wall by objects passing in front of a fire behind them, which they mistakenly believe to be reality. When a prisoner is freed and ascends into the sunlight, they initially suffer blindness but eventually perceive the true world and the Form of the Good, representing ultimate truth. This allegory contrasts the deceptive sensory world (shadows) with the intelligible realm of Forms (reality), serving as a metaphor for the philosopher’s journey from ignorance to enlightenment and the responsibility to return and guide others. Lyrics: Chained to the bedrock, backs turned to the blaze, Feeding our eyes on a puppeteer's haze. Flat silhouettes dancing on cold, weeping stone, We worship the ghosts of the flesh we have known. Ignorance cradled in subterranean night, Mistaking the shadow for absolute light. TEAR THE SHACKLES FROM THE BLEEDING BONE! DRAG THE BLINDED EYE TO THE SEARING THRONE! THE WALL IS A LIE! THE SHADOWS MUST FALL! WE CHOKE ON THE TRUTH OF THE PRISONER'S WALL! Rending the tendon, escaping the crypt, Up through the jagged mouth, violently ripped. The merciless sun burns the rot from the mind, A razor of clarity striking the blind. Forms of the eternal, naked and grand We bleed in the light of the sovereign land. Back to the pit of the tame and the blind... They spit on the seer who left lies behind. You can't cure the eye that is wedded to night They clutch at their chains and they slaughter the light! Blind in the darkness. Scorched by the sun. THE CAVE IS A COFFIN. THE AWAKENING'S DONE.