I probably should have put content warnings on some other songs. I haven't heard this song in a couple years. I didn't even remember the name, I just remembered it was that one that really stood out on Only Revolutions. When I saw the title, I knew it was the one I wanted. When I heard the lyrics, I thought "I'd better put up a warning." The song is about enduring domestic violence between partners. But if you don't really pay attention, it's just an outstanding alternative/post-grunge rock song.
I remember one time many years ago, some ignoramus on Reddit or maybe some forum said that if foreign accents were so special, why did UK bands sing with an American accent? I never really thought much about accents, but I did think a lot of musicians from both sides of the pond sounded similar. Biffy Clyro was my counterpoint to that argument. They're a Scottish band, specifically, and they sound Scottish.
Anyway, maybe a Scottish person can explain the phrasing here, but it doesn't make much sense. "Our future is for, many of horror." It's almost like he's saying "our future is, for many, one of horror", but the pause is definitely after "for", not before it, and "many of horror" is spoken without pause. I think I get what he's trying to say, but the way he's saying it isn't the English I was taught. It's like Shakespearean English. You get it but it's not the (King's/Queen's or Yankee) English you were taught.
I've tried to listen to other Biffy Clyro albums, but I don't care for most of them. I really do like Only Revolutions and it has many songs that click with me, but their other albums don't. It's like Muse, some of their albums just don't work for me, but I like others (more than one). I tend to favour their older work, with The 2nd Law being the newest one I really liked. The one or two before it were also good, but I like a lot of their older singles as well. Mentioning Muse, I feel, begs the question of, "did you like Radiohead?" and that's a tough question, because people tend to really love Radiohead, or just not care about them. And I liked the singles, like Karma Police and Creep. Never actually sat down to listen to them, I thought they were too quiet (this from a guy whose favourite musician now is Enya, but back then I was more about heavy metal). So no, I wasn't going to be a huge Muse fan either. And I feel like Biffy Clyro is in there somewhere, I'm just not really sure where.
So, if you've never heard Scottish rock: now you have. And now I want some bangers and mash. Wait, is that Scottish, or just northern English?
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Old_Jimmy_Twodicks@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 68d
Regarding those lyrics you're asking about, the phrase actually starts two lines earlier:
He just repeats those last two lines as a refrain. Might be easier to read it as
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 68d
Ah okay, that makes sense... for the first part. The "many of horror" part is still foreign to me. It sounds like broken English, like they wanted to say "much horror" or "great horror" but used "many of" instead.
Looking up the song on DDG, it seems like the song is the only reference to that. Even adding "phrase meaning," it seems nobody really knows, it just refers back to the song.