Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25396609-20150304031758/@comment-26206856-20150318023602

Well. I can kind of see where you guys are going with this. The songs to me seem to be more character centric with the openings being more world/volume centric. Usually their placement in the show tends to mirror the character they're written for as well.

I like to relate Sacrafice between 3 people, though given the timing and placement, it really seems to be more about Adam. (Most of it can be linked to him/his story fairly easily.)

close your eyes now time for dreams

death is never what it seems

did the things you thought you should

all the things they said were good Would be about Adam being 'brainwashed' into believing the newer, more violent ways of the WF are good.

all your faith in ancient ways

leaves you trapped inside a maze

take the lives of those you need

sow the death then reap the seed

reap the seed Faith in ancient ways would be akin to any faunus beliefs, possibly before or about the Faunus war.

'Sow the death then reap the seed' bugs me on several levels; one dealing with a theory about being able to fuse/acquire semblances from those you kill which creates a ton of new theories about other things like why Adam seems to have two symbols, why this song would work for Neo and why she would be trying to kill Yang  who has a seemingly op semblance (and maybe part of an explanation for those shifting eye colors), as well as a new meaning behind Cinder's words of "take away what power they have" in conjunction with the compiled list of those with special semblances.

On a less theorized route, it could pertain to killing humans (planting death) and getting a reward from it (harvest the fruit) be it creating more fear of the WF, or perhaps even some sort of payoff. In a more recent sense, it could also relate to somehow acquiring a gain from killing off a lot of WF members in the train incident, though presumably I would think they were supposed to survive like Roman.

born an angel heaven sent

falls from grace are never elegant

stars will drop out of the sky

the moon will sadly watch the roses die

in vain

lost, no gain

He started out pure and good-intending like the rest, then with the 'brainwashing' into the new ways of the WF, he is falling victim to bloodlust and 'falling from grace' (his original purity). Stars fading from the sky could resemble the lost light of hope for renewal/redemtion.

"Moon will sadly watch the roses die" Could have multiple meanings. It could refer to his symbol 'Wilt' as it would picture the rose dying. It could refer to his 'Moonslice' ability at the end of the Black trailer where the moon appeared (suspiciously out of place as well) and what seemed like rose petals 'wilted' away as everything disintegrated. It could also support a theory that he resembles the moon (perhaps as an owl faunus which is a little higher up in the thread) that watched over or killed Summer Rose; hence watch the roses die. Following this might also explain the double symbol with a modified rose as he could've stolen a part of Summer's semblance.

but you’re not taking me you can’t have my life

i’m not your sacrifice

you can try, but i’m free

and you won’t conquer me

i won’t crawl

most of all

i won’t fall

for you

Originally, it feels like Blake defying Adam; fearing for her own safety that he may be 'collecting' (read:nurturing) souls as partners to sacrifice to gain even more power.

To some extent, it could fit with Raven with the timing of the song if she were looking to somehow sacrafice Yang in some way and most of Yang's fighting songs talk about agressively rebelling against things. (Like in Die and I Burn)

Show them gods and deities

blind and keep the people on their knees,

pierce the sky, escape your fate,

the more you try the more you'll just breed hate and lies.

truth will rise

revealed by mirrored eyes From what I remember, it was stated or implied somewhere that the Kingdoms, hunters/huntresses and Grimm are not the only things that are a part of Remnant. Perhaps there are those who are 'gods' or 'deities' that this person is trying to become or prove themselves to.

'Bind and keep the people on their knees' could work as Adam being leader or a higher up in the WF forcing them to see things his way.

'Pierce the sky, escape your fate' would refer to his 'Moonslice' skill with the slash piercing the sky and escaping his defeat by disintegrating his foes.

The more he tries to accomplish his goal in the WF, the more he's breeding hate and lies into society, with the added bonus of breeding more hate in himself towards his enemy (growing his bloodlust even more). It also works tied into the previous line as using his 'Moonslice' ability could be corrupting him with bloodlust.

It will all come to an end when the truth is revealed by 'mirrored eyes'. This I'm unsure of, but at the moment, the closest thing resembling mirrored eyes would be Ruby's silver ones.

What if all the plans you made,

were not worth the price they paid,

even with the lives you stole,

still no closer to your goal. All the plans he made through kililng; be it stealing semblances or the killing of humans/ the WF deaths in the train incident, will eventually crumble and not be worth the price paid in blood.

The lives you stole line also would work with the theory about Neo gaining aura/semblances from those she killed, but still being overcome by her opponents.

That's my take/ideas anyway. Thoughts? Opinions?