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Full Disclosure : I found the base idea on a youtube comment, then expanded on it.



Every song is written in the perspective of a different character



**Sins of the Father** is from the perspective of the **Diamond Dogs/Chico**.



>Pride feeds their blackened hearts.



>And the thirst must be quenched to fuel hypocrisy



>Cleansing flames is the only way to repent.



>Renounce what made you



These verses show angst at someone/something, and specifically at a creator(father) in the verse "renounce what made you". This "creator" is probably Big Boss.



>Words that kill



>Would you speak them to me?



>With your breath so still,



>It makes me believe



These talk about BB's turn to the dark side, so to speak, as he starts to care less about human life and would sacrifice them towards his goal, as is shown in him killing child soldiers



>The Sins never die.



This verse talks about how trying to end BB's "sins" is pointless, as shall be made relevant in the next verses



>Can't wash this blood off our hands.



>Let the world fear us all.



>It's just means to an end.



These demonstrate how the D.D. and or Chico become desensitized to the horrors of war, as they accept they "can't wash this blood of our hands", so they simply accept that they might as well make "the world fear us all"



>Our salvation lies in the Fathers sins.



>Beyond the truth,



>Let me suffer now.



These contrast with the beggining of a song, where the protagonist was heavily opposed against BB's sins, but now they think "Our salvation lies in the fathers sin's", heavily implied to be Chico stopping being a normal kid, and instead becoming a soldier.















**Nuclear** is in the perspective of **Big Boss**.



>Standing on the edge of the crater



>Like the prophets once said



>And the ashes are all cold now



>No more bullets and the embers are dead



>Whispers in the air tell the tales



>Of the brothers gone



>Desolation, devastation



This talks about the destruction of Mother Base, after some time after the attack, as the embers are dead and the ashes are cold.



>What a mess we made, when it all went wrong



Big Boss regrets the day "when it all went wrong", or when Mother Base was attacked, which accelerated his descent to the dark side, which started the day The Boss died.



>Watching from the edge of the circus



>For the games to begin



>Gladiators draw their swords



>From their ranks for Armageddon



This reflects the position Big Boss is in, the "games" and "Armageddon" being the war and battles for revenge, and the "Gladiators" being diamond dogs and the the enemy soldiers.



>I'm nuclear



>I'm wild



This reflects how Big Boss is broken and has only eyes for his goal, with no regards for collateral damage



>I'm breaking up inside



>A heart of broken glass



>Defiled



>Deep inside



>The abandoned child



This once again reflects Big Boss being emotionally broken, and, additionally, "the abandoned child" being Naked Snake, when The Boss, his mother figure, "left" him.



>Standing on the edge of the underworld



>Looking at the abyss



>And I'm hoping for some miracle



>To breakout to escape from all this



This shows how Big Boss wants to escape that life, but first he has to complete his quest for vengeance.



>Whispers in the air tell the tale



>Of a life that's gone



This shows how whatever happens, Big Boss may never go back to his old, MSF, life.



The rest is chorus















**Not your kind of people** is in the perspective of **Kaz**





>We are not your kind of people.



>You seem kind of phony.



>Everything's a lie.



>We are not your kind of people.



>Something in your makeup



>Don't see eye to eye.



>We are not your kind of people.



>Don't want to be like you



>Ever in our lives.



These lyrics can all be put in one big group, because they all talk about the same thing. Snake changed. He is no longer the man Kaz once met, so he starts to doubt him and his lies. Once snake goes full revenge and starts to not care for collateral damage, Kaz confronts him (in the song, not in the game)



>Running around trying to fit in,



>Wanting to be loved.



>It doesn't take much



>For someone to shut you down.



This... This I pretty much got nothing. Snake is not running around trying to be accepted, but perhaps it is not referring to snake, but another character.



>When you build a shell,



>Build an army in your mind.



>You can't sit still



This shows how close minded BB can be, with the "shell" and the "army in your mind"



>And you don't like hanging round the crowd.



>They don't understand.



This shows how BB doesn't really like people, only a select few like Kaz and some DD. They don't understand means snake as done some and seen some shit nobody else has, such as killing his mentor.



>You dropped by as I was sleeping.



>You came to see the whole commotion.



>And when I woke I started laughing.



>The joke's on me for not believing



This shows how subtle snake's transition was, up until the attack of MB, at which point it was kickstarted.



>We are not your kind of people.



>Speak a different language.





>We see through your lies.



>We are not your kind of people.



>Won't be cast as demons,



>Creatures you despise.



This shows how Kaz and the DD aren't willing to be transformed into people like BB, ala "demons".







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