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LabRat404
06-27-2005, 11:37 AM
I really believe this song is about conscience. here we go:

There's a shadow just behind me, (the conscience, the superego)
shrouding every breath I take, (voice in his head is pretty loud, I guess.)
making every promise empty, (failure)
pointing every finger at me. (guilt)
Waiting like a stalking butler (anxiety)
who upon the finger rests. ("rest your trigger on my finger" -maybe a connection?)
Murder now the path called "must we" (because it must and wont deter)
just before the son has come. (hmm...this doesn't quite fit.)
Jesus, won't you fucking whistle
something but the past and done? (its in the past, Conscience, leave me alone!)

Why can't we not be sober? (to forget)
I just want to start this over. (make things better)
Why can't we drink forever. (never remember)
I just want to start things over. (and not feel guilty)

I am just a worthless liar.
I am just an imbecile. (his conscience has driven him to "learned worthlessness")
I will only complicate you.
Trust in me and fall as well.
I will find a center in you. (and now anger)
I will chew it up and leave,
I will work to elevate you
just enough to bring you down.

Trust me.

Mother Mary won't you whisper
something but what's past and done.

Trust me.

I want what I want. (his id got him into this mess, I assume.)



alright, there are a lot of holes, but this is the best I can gather. I once thought it was a song about his frustration with dealing with the stubornness of someone with blind faith, particularly in Christianity.

bluefire
06-27-2005, 03:49 PM
very good. Ive always thought this song was about some sorta guilt, and that the drugs take that feeling away, if only for a moment.

Kelly
06-28-2005, 10:43 PM
I read somewhere Adam talking about how the song was about someone who performs better on drugs, alchohol, any kind of thing along those lines, and is basically saying why the fuck can't i just do these things if they give me the inspiration and creativity i need.

LabRat404
06-29-2005, 10:58 AM
I read somewhere Adam talking about how the song was about someone who performs better on drugs, alchohol, any kind of thing along those lines, and is basically saying why the fuck can't i just do these things if they give me the inspiration and creativity i need.


thats a decent theory, but has a few holes in it...as does mine.

Kelly
06-29-2005, 08:48 PM
yes they do, i am just trying to go closer to what the band says, since our own interpretations are usually off, but your ideas are good