Trivium’s “Sever the Hand” Lyrics Meaning
The album which “Sever the Hand” is featured on is said to be anti-religious in nature. And this track follows along a similar theme.
The titular phrase, “sever the hand”, points to the idea of the singer espousing an ideology where people are led by their own personal beliefs as opposed to those they received from “any god or man”. So “the hand” basically belongs to said “god or man”. And what it represents is not only belief systems per se but also the fact that such ideological structures tend to confine those who adhere to them.
Or stated more simplistically, Trivium are under the impression that life is ‘freer’ when a person is not weighed down by “liturgies and prophecies”. And as opposed to believing in such ethereal matters and trying to interpret “patterns”, the singer rather ‘believes in substance’, as in what he can actually perceive and feel.
So conclusively it can be deemed that he views religious and spiritual beliefs as having a weakening and constrictive effect on those who adhere to them. So accordingly he is not going to give himself over to such ideas.
Facts about “Sever the Hand”
This song came out, via Roadrunner Records, as part of Trivium’s eighth-studio album. Trivium titled that album “The Sin and the Sentence”.
“Sever the Hand” was written by the following members of Trivium:
- Matt Heafy
- Paolo Gregoletto
- Alex Bent
- Corey Beaulieu
And the track was produced by a musician by the name of Josh Wilbur.
