What exactly is being said in "Overburdened" by Disturbed?

Question

I've heard the song "Overburdened" by Disturbed lots of times, but I can't figure out exactly what it talks about. I think he's talking about Judgement Day... Does anyone know what's being talked about? Thanks.

Answer 1

heres the lyrics..

h**l is still overburdened

I must stand and wait in line

I may never know for certain

When will be my time

How was I considered evil?

Pleasures taken in this life

Someone granted me reprieval

Decades spent in strife

Led to nothing

Repeated in my mind

Led to nothing

If only I was born another time

h**l is still overburdened

I must stand and wait in line

h**l is still overburdened

How have I been so determined malign?

It's the closing of the curtain

In the play that was my life

Countless chapters left unopened

Tragedies inside

I was fighting for a reason

Holy blessed homicide

Seems I have committed treason

All I've sacrificed

Led to nothing

Repeated in my mind

Led to nothing

If only I was born another time

h**l is still overburdened

I must stand and wait in line

h**l is still overburdened

How I have been so determined malign?

h**l is still overburdened

I must stand and wait in line

h**l is still overburdened

How I have been so determined malign?

Fate is so unkind

Now I should have known

Blind leading the blind

Reaping what I've sown

If it all amounts to nothing

Why, then, am I standing in this line?

h**l is still overburdened

I must stand and wait in line

h**l is still overburdened

How I have been so determined malign?

h**l is still overburdened

I must stand and wait in line

h**l is still overburdened

How I have been so determined malign?

Answer 2

According to David Draiman, the song is "About a soldier standing in line waiting to pass through the gates of h**l, and he's in line with all these other soldiers that died in the course of battleand they're all wondering why they got there. All of you who are hypersensitive to any mention of the word "soldier" being associated with a placecalled "h**l" let me offer my explanation. The song is an idea, a concept, an ironic image in my mind, the notion in this case that someonefought for what he/she thought was right, only to have been mislead and be forced to deal with the consequences.I have deep love, respect, and admiration for our soldiers who defend our way of life."