From the perspectives of Venom Snake and Big Boss.

+SPOILERS AHEAD+



Venom Snake/The Medic to Big Boss:

“I’LL KEEP COMING”

Faintly I’ll go (without a word, I’ll give my life)

To take this head on (to save you from this explosion)

–This sounds like Venom sacrificing himself to save Big Boss at the end of Ground Zeroes. “To take this head on,” makes me think of taking shrapnel to the head, as well as the more obvious meaning of facing the consequences of his commitment to Big Boss.

[Chorus]

Soon I’ll come around (I’ll be okay)

Lost and never found (I’ve lost myself completely)

Waiting for my words (Waiting to be able to speak again)

Seen but never heard (No one hears or listens to me)

Buried underground (I’m dead to the world)

But I’ll keep coming (But I’ll keep fighting)

–The chorus sounds like Venom realizing he isn’t dead, but no longer knowing who he is, or understanding the world around him. The “waiting for my words/seen but never heard,” part makes me think of how Venom Snake is such a silent protagonist in the game. I actually want to replay it and see if any of the characters ever directly respond to anything that Venom says, or if they treat him like he is mute, and it only seems like the conversation isn’t one sided because they are after all talking about the same things. Then of course the last 2 lines symbolize Venom being dead to the world, hidden away, stripped of his personality, but still fighting for life.



[Verse 2]

Wipe those tears off (Don’t cry for me)

And make your heart proud (Go build your Outer Heaven)

Big Boss to The Boss:

“Easy Way Out”

I heard you call my name (I heard the Boss call my name)

While I’m passing out (as I lost consciousness)

The mistake I’ve made (The wrong I have done)

It can’t be turned around (can’t be made right)

I took the easy way out (I completed my mission)

I took the easy way out (and killed the Boss)

I took the easy way out (instead of defying my orders)

I went one for one (I gave them my best)

Before casting out (But in the end I turned my back on them)

The mistake I’ve made (Because the wrong they made me do)

It can’t be turned around (Can’t be made right)

I took the easy way out (I withdrew from the world)

I took the easy way out (I relinquished responsibility to Kaz)

I took the easy way out (And let the medic take the fall for me)

I wanna feel something again, memorable (fuck, I’m so depressed)