The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Goliath" by the artist "Woodkid"

In the song "Goliath" by French musician Woodkid, the voice of the lyrical hero is full of despair, anger, and pain. He addresses someone incredibly powerful and destructive - Goliath. The lyrics paint a picture of chaos and destruction: "Chest and head cut open by a frantic laser," "the golden city" burns, the world collapses.

This "Goliath" is not necessarily a specific person. It can be a metaphor for a blind, destructive force that possesses the addressee of the lyrical hero. Perhaps it's an allegory for power, lust for glory, an obsession with an idea that blinds and leads to self-destruction.

The lyrical hero sees how this "Goliath" destroys everything in its path and can do nothing about it. He asks rhetorical questions: "Where are you going? Boy, when did you get so lost? How can you be so blind?" In these questions, pain and disappointment are heard. The lyrical hero may have once been close to this "Goliath" ("The more I forget you, the more it leads to the opposite effect"), but now he sees how he is destroying himself and everything around.

The image of the "mask shattering to pieces" suggests that the true essence of "Goliath" has finally been revealed, and it is terrifying. He dances in the smoke of the world he destroyed, oblivious to everything around him. The final lines of the song are a cry from the soul of the lyrical hero, full of bitterness and helplessness in the face of a blind, destructive force.