Gojira - Born For One Thing Lyrics

Gojira Lyrics

"Born For One Thing"

Mortal, spawn on the altar
Caught in the heart of the blaze
The primal fear of disappearing
Becoming
A ghost in the void

Death

Give a price, put a name
None of it real in this matter
Wandering, distracting
Wishing the life of another
Self

We were born for one thing
Tame the greatest fear of all

We were born for one thing
Born to face the greatest fear of all

We're all drawn into ourselves
In a collective coma

Remember, gazing up for answers
But now we're staring down

Down
Down
Down

All is blur in the maze, we put an end to all

We were born for one thing
Tame the greatest fear of all

We were born for one thing
Born to face the greatest fear of all

We're no one
United
When we're gone

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Writer(s): Joseph Duplantier, Mario Duplantier

Gojira's vocalist, Joe Duplantier explained what "Born For One Thing" is about by saying, "We have to practice detaching ourselves from everything, beginning with actual things. Own less possessions, and give what you don't need away, because one day we'll have to let everything go, and if we don't, we'll just become ghosts stuck between dimensions." The song was inspired by the Tibetan and Thai philosophers which Duplantier read when he was young.

The release of this single was accompanied by the official music video filmed in France and Belgium and directed by Charles De Meyer.

album: "Fortitude" (2021)

Fortitude

(Instrumental)

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