Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: punk
Song Meaning of “Captives” by The KVB
‘Captives’ is a haunting song about the finite nature of life. It speaks to the end of innocence and the darkness that follows when we grow up and enter adulthood. The lyrics express a longing for the past, when life felt simpler and more innocent. But at the same time, they also suggest that the darkness of adulthood is unavoidable — that life, and our feelings of nostalgia for our past, are an endless cycle that traps us in an unending cycle of pain and longing. The chorus conveys this idea with an eerie detachment: “the night, the slaves and captives”. This suggests that no matter how much we struggle, we will ultimately be “captive” to life, and all the pain and darkness that comes with it.