Victim Of Fate

The lyrics portray a speaker who grows up surrounded by crime and violence, then becomes involved in the same dangerous world to survive. He wants to escape and rise above his beginnings, but he remains hunted, isolated, and unsure of what his future holds. The repeated phrase “victim of fate” suggests that he feels trapped by circumstances, even as he makes choices that carry serious consequences.

Several images express this conflict. “Fly high, touch the sky” suggests ambition and a wish for freedom, while the “rotten part of the town” represents a harsh environment the speaker hopes to leave behind. The “shadow of the streets” and hiding from daylight evoke a life lived secretly and in fear. Lucifer and Death appear as threatening figures, turning the speaker’s loneliness and fear of punishment into vivid, almost supernatural images.

The song does not present the speaker as simply innocent or simply evil: he says he killed to save his own life, but also recognizes that this is not the life he dreamed of. “Victim of fate” may describe the pressures that shaped him, or it may be an excuse he uses to understand his actions. The ending’s certainty that he will die clashes with his earlier hopes of escape, leaving open whether he sees any real way out.