“The Dirt I’m Buried In” by Avatar

by Amanda London· Published December 11, 2022· Updated December 11, 2022

Perhaps it can be deduced that the addressee of “The Dirt I’m Buried In” is a romantic interest, considering that Johannes sings of ‘entering’ this person in the second verse. But in the chorus he gives a more solid clue that the one who “buried” him, presumably being this selfsame addressee, is actually “the world”.

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So that would mean all of the metaphorical ranting he goes beforehand about being “used” by the addressee and what have you – and vice versa – is meant to allude to his relationship to the world at large, or something like that.

So with that theory in mind, all lyrics considered the thesis sentiment of this piece, more simply explained, would revolve around Eckerström noting that the world as being a less-than-ideal place, or something along those lines.

But it isn’t simply the case of us dealing with a narrator who feels as if he wasn’t given a fair shot in life. The vocalist isn’t bit-hin’ and moanin’ per se, because he conscientiously decided to deal with the addressee in full.

Or stated differently again, he was likely aware of the risks of getting into bed with the world, if you will, beforehand. So now in the aftermath, he’s coming off as if the primary negative consequence of making that decision is now having to deal with a harrowing sense of loneliness, and it can be said alienation and pessimism.

Avatar

Avatar, in the world of heavy metal music, is the name of a band from Sweden that has been around since the turn of the century. They’ve experienced some success in their homeland, but in more recent years their most-notable charting has occurred stateside. The group’s 2018 LP “Avatar Country” just fell a spot short of topping Billboard’s US Independent Albums chart.

Between now and then they dropped another studio album, “Hunter Gatherer”, in 2020.

“The Dirt I’m Buried In”

Concerning “The Dirt I’m Buried In”, this is a single that Black Waltz Records, i.e. Avatar’s own label, released on 8 December 2022 from their ninth album titled “Dance Devil Dance”.