Can someone help me figure out what this song's about?

[Xuphor]

Normally when I get new songs in Rock Band, I forget them really easily, either because they suck or the guitar is boring as hell.

For the first time in a while, I actually found a song that was good. It's insanely weird, but good.
Go to about 1 minute in if you want to skip the mood setting part.
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Spoiler: Lyrics starting at real words

Sift sift
Sift through the dark
Well I never ever wanna
Be down on my knees
Cryin' thinkin'
Clinch
Clinch to the dark
Well I never ever wanna
Be down on my knees
Cryin' thinkin'

I can barely remember my own name
Standing alone here in thoughts of my own
And slowly they're soundin' the same
Soundin' the same
Breathe in breathe out
I cannot let this in
So let's not pretend
Ah!

Startled by how your own vision is close to the ground
I've got my nose it's so close to the ground
I'm stalking you like an animal
Animals
Breathe in breathe out
I cannot let this in

Stop to convulse no longer lie
You need to realize this is the end
Breathe in breathe out
I won't let this in

Stop to convulse
Later on in the end
Heart beats heart throbs
Heart is always in pain
Africa these are the words
I have to say

Never again
Never again

Africa you have him fallin' apart
He's fallin' apart all alone
In misery
Misery

Africa you have him falling apart
Sendin' your mainline led straight to his heart
Let this indifference no longer sway
Africa these are the words
I have to
Say say say
Say say say say
Say say say say
Say say say say

This can't be happening bodies divided
Want no recollection
Fallin' to pieces we're fallin' from higher
Shun away clear the way stay away
Left with the drum
To beat at my own wake
Left with the drum
Beat at my own raise

Africa you have him fallin' apart
He's fallin' apart all alone
In misery

Why am I posting this here, you may ask.
What the hell is the song about? Usually I can figure it out, but this one.... what the hell? Can anyone figure it out?

 

[Xuphor]

Old thread yes, but no one replied, and I still am wondering what people think this song might mean.

 

[AlanJohn]

I guess its about Africa.

 

[Xuphor]

I guess its about Africa.

Like I haven't heard that before from my RL friends I asked.

That's like saying The Beatle's "Octopusse's Garden" is about a garden. Too vague.

 

[CrimzonEyed]

African slaves being tortured/starving to death in prison.... Is the vibes I get from the lyrics....

 

[Xuphor]

African slaves being tortured/starving to death in prison.... Is the vibes I get from the lyrics....

It fits some, but not all. The song sounds like it's blaming Africa for whatever he's describing (Africa you have him falling apart
Sendin' your mainline led straight to his heart), and if it were about what you said, it wouldn't be Africa to blame. Did you listen to the song, or just read the lyrics? It's nearly impossible to tell what a song is about without hearing it for mood settings.

@Veho
Really? There's no way. That's like saying Motley Crue's Kickstart my Heart is about E.D, just..... no. Listen to the song/read the lyrics before randomly guessing.

 

[Veho]

As with all song lyrics, when in doubt, erectile dysfunction. It's about one man's struggle with inadequacy. IN BED.

(Also, Moby Dick is a metaphor for marriage.)

 

[Veho]

@Veho
Really? There's no way. That's like saying Motley Crue's Kickstart my Heart is about E.D, just..... no. Listen to the song/read the lyrics before randomly guessing.

I said "when in doubt", didn't I? There's little doubt about Kickstart my Heart.

Also, in case the Moby Dick bit didn't clue you in, I was talking tongue in cheek.

Also, "The Death of the Author".

 

[Gahars]

The song makes perfect sense when it consider it alongside its sister piece, African Child.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQqs-Cno5Bc