architects is his band. i specifically made vodair around architects as i was beginning to listen to them. at the end, vodair will not go down without a fight. he will not go quietly, and he will not go willingly.

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someone be proud of me because we got this far without shinedown. but that ends now. this song is all about revenge, babey! he is not ashamed to show it, vocalize it, enact it - he is glad to kill whomever deserves it. also something something always has his helmet on.

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the secret to vodair is simple: he is always afraid. his anger is his shield, the perfect wall to hide behind. it is so intrinsic to his character that almost every aspect of him is influenced by it. this song has many of the highs and lows of his fear and his mind.

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carnal pleasure is something vodair does want, but he is not trusting enough to allow people to give it to him under most circumstances. when he is in the throes of lust, his first instinct is to be dominant and controlling... and also something something primal play.

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joy... is something exceptionally rare in his life. few things spark it, and it is fleeting. fighting for him used to be a matter of survival, but he learns to find true enjoyment in a battle that doesn't end in death. this is also, of course, where his title comes from.

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to excerpt from my own vodair writing... 'His life is colored in shades of irony and ill timing, always too late on the uptake. Learning lessons three bells after their teachings would have benefitted him the most.'

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home is not a construct for him. it is people he has implicit trust in, people he loves and will die for. he does not know what a home as a structure is, as he did not have one. in particular, this song is to his cowol.

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grief is of a similar notion; he is always in a state of grieving. he will just not show it. he mourns, he curses, he cries, he remembers. his grief drove him to alcoholism once. never again.

this is also how i find out one of my favorite songs is a beserk song. okay.

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rage is more familiar, more... fitting. it is like a second skin, something he cannot rid himself of no matter how much he tries. there are countless songs of his anger, but the pinnacle of his rage makes him despondent and numb. this is for a very specific moment.

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