DECAY
11-24-2002, 03:44 PM
First, you may want to check out my posted thoughts on "Disposition." It'll probably clear this up a bit, because I'll more than likely refer back to it.
"Reflection," as we all know, picks up where "Disposition" leaves off. They run into eachother. Anyway...
I feel that this song is about of course, reflections! But not in the physical. It's an emotional reflection, a reflection of one's inner self.
"Disposition" was about the urge to learn, grow, adapt, and finally change because of new knowledge, and now "Reflection" picks up with describing how one got there, and what they are now.
It explains the story perfectly. It has a beginning, a middle, then an end, a kind of where you were, where you are and what you've become, and a final call for everyone else to follow and do the same.
To make this easier to convey, I'm going to abstain from using the words "one" and "oneself." In it's place, I'll use the name of our friend Maynard. Let's go bit by bit...
"I have come curiously close to the end, down. Beneath my self-indulgent pitiful hole. Defeated, I concede and move closer.I may find comfort here. I may find peace within the emptiness...How pitiful..."
This is the beginning. Where he was. Pre-"Disposition" if you will. He is feeling stale, and bored. He's giving up.
"It's calling me..."
This is that urge I was talking about. The urge for change, to grow, etc.
"And in my darkest moment, fetal and weeping the moon tells me a secret - my confidant. As full and bright as I am
this light is not my own and a million light reflections pass over me."
This is the middle. Still a bit of where he was. "Fetal and weeping" refers to the kind of sullen whisper of "mention this to me" in "Disposition." He needs, and wants help. "The Moon" is whoever he is talking to. Pleading for their assistance... He gets it. Now we have a great metaphor. "A million light reflections pass over me." REALIZATION!
"And as I pull my head out I am without one doubt. Don't wanna be down here feeding my narcissism. I must crucify the ego before it's far too late. I pray the light lifts me out
Before I pine away."
The middle. Where he is. He has come around, and taken the advice, to change himself. "I am without one doubt / before it's far too late" shows you that he knows his choice was a good one, and is a benefit for the better.
"So crucify the ego, before it's far too late. To leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical. And you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable. Just let the light touch you,
and let the words spill through, and let them pass right through. Bringing out our hope and reason... Before we pine away..."
This is the call for everyone to follow. To leave behind what we are ("negative and blind and cynical"), and grow, so we can all move on together. Togetherness plays a part as well. That together we are all powerful ("we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable"). It's a call for everyone to get their acts together, and follow the leader for the betterment of our being as a whole.
"Reflection," as we all know, picks up where "Disposition" leaves off. They run into eachother. Anyway...
I feel that this song is about of course, reflections! But not in the physical. It's an emotional reflection, a reflection of one's inner self.
"Disposition" was about the urge to learn, grow, adapt, and finally change because of new knowledge, and now "Reflection" picks up with describing how one got there, and what they are now.
It explains the story perfectly. It has a beginning, a middle, then an end, a kind of where you were, where you are and what you've become, and a final call for everyone else to follow and do the same.
To make this easier to convey, I'm going to abstain from using the words "one" and "oneself." In it's place, I'll use the name of our friend Maynard. Let's go bit by bit...
"I have come curiously close to the end, down. Beneath my self-indulgent pitiful hole. Defeated, I concede and move closer.I may find comfort here. I may find peace within the emptiness...How pitiful..."
This is the beginning. Where he was. Pre-"Disposition" if you will. He is feeling stale, and bored. He's giving up.
"It's calling me..."
This is that urge I was talking about. The urge for change, to grow, etc.
"And in my darkest moment, fetal and weeping the moon tells me a secret - my confidant. As full and bright as I am
this light is not my own and a million light reflections pass over me."
This is the middle. Still a bit of where he was. "Fetal and weeping" refers to the kind of sullen whisper of "mention this to me" in "Disposition." He needs, and wants help. "The Moon" is whoever he is talking to. Pleading for their assistance... He gets it. Now we have a great metaphor. "A million light reflections pass over me." REALIZATION!
"And as I pull my head out I am without one doubt. Don't wanna be down here feeding my narcissism. I must crucify the ego before it's far too late. I pray the light lifts me out
Before I pine away."
The middle. Where he is. He has come around, and taken the advice, to change himself. "I am without one doubt / before it's far too late" shows you that he knows his choice was a good one, and is a benefit for the better.
"So crucify the ego, before it's far too late. To leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical. And you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable. Just let the light touch you,
and let the words spill through, and let them pass right through. Bringing out our hope and reason... Before we pine away..."
This is the call for everyone to follow. To leave behind what we are ("negative and blind and cynical"), and grow, so we can all move on together. Togetherness plays a part as well. That together we are all powerful ("we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable"). It's a call for everyone to get their acts together, and follow the leader for the betterment of our being as a whole.