Janster
05-16-2007, 03:55 PM
I believe this song could be about constipation. And not JUST constipation, there are deeper truths which are touched upon through the metaphor of constipation.
Okay, I know this sounds really stupid.... but it actually does make a lot of sense with the lyrics.
The song is indeed about "pushing shit".
Look:
"I will choke until I swallow...
Choke this infant here before me.
What is this but my reflection?
Who am I to judge and strike you down?"
This is the anus talking, and the "infant" being choked then swallowed is the turd. The complacent anus will obey its master as usual, but feels jaded and questions why it is doing this act, which the anus finds hypocritical, feeling itself to likewise be nothing but shit.
"But you're
Pushing and shoving me.
You still love me and you pushit on me."
The anus feels opressed by its master, but knows it is really loved after all.
"Rest your trigger on my finger,
bang my head upon the fault line.
Take care not to make me enter.
'cause if I do we both may disappear. "
This is from the point of view of the turd talking to the anus, who does not want to leave its master. By "take care not to make me enter", the turd is referring to the toilet. The turd knows that its removal from the narrator's body will ultimately result in the anus's downfall. It does not want to be shat, because it fears for both their lives.
"But you're pushing me,
Shoving me. Pushit on me."
The reaction of the turd to its opression contrasts the reaction of the anus, as the turd is more aware of the consequences of this shit. Now the turd realizes that while they both will die, it does not really matter, as the anus has been opressing it so much.
"Slipping back into the gap again.
I'm alive when you're touching me,
Alive when you're shoving me down. "
The turd is now glad to die, and in fact gets sadistic pleasure from being shit, because it knows it will kill the anus.
"But i'd trade it all
For just a little bit of
Piece of mind."
Despite enjoying the anus's suffering, the turd would still rather be a intelligent creature like its master than get revenge.
"Put me somewhere I don't wanna be.
Seeing someplace I don't wanna see.
Never wanna see that place again. "
The turd is referring to the rectum that it is painfully trapped in at this point.
"Saw that gap again today
As you were begging me to stay.
Managed to push myself away,
And you, as well."
Now this is from the human's perspective. The human thinks the turd really wants to stay in him, and is battling him, but really the battle has already been lost for him, though he thinks he emerges victorious. There is really much more shit left in his anus, however.
"If, when I say I may fade like a sigh if I stay,
You minimize my movement anyway,
I must persuade you another way."
The human is talking to the turd here, saying that he has been sitting on the toilet for too long, and if he does not leave soon, he will die. But the turd refuses to leave his anus, so he decides he must push harder.
"There's no love in fear."
The turd is speaking to the anus here, telling it that its master does not really love it. Instead, the human is afraid that the lack of shitting will kill him.
"Staring down the hole again.
Hands upon my back again.
Survival is my only friend.
Terrified of what may come."
This is the human again, staring down at the empty toilet. At this point, he has realized that this may be his last shit ever, and is afraid. The allegorical hands upon his back are that of the anus which he indeed fears.
"Just remember I will always love you,
Even as I tear your fucking throat away.
But it will end no other way."
The human is now convinced that the only way he can get out alive is by pushing the shit out with every last shred of his strength. He knows this will tear the anus, "but it will end no other way".
Either this is proof that you can twist Maynard's lyrics to mean pretty much anything you want, or I am really onto something.
Okay, I know this sounds really stupid.... but it actually does make a lot of sense with the lyrics.
The song is indeed about "pushing shit".
Look:
"I will choke until I swallow...
Choke this infant here before me.
What is this but my reflection?
Who am I to judge and strike you down?"
This is the anus talking, and the "infant" being choked then swallowed is the turd. The complacent anus will obey its master as usual, but feels jaded and questions why it is doing this act, which the anus finds hypocritical, feeling itself to likewise be nothing but shit.
"But you're
Pushing and shoving me.
You still love me and you pushit on me."
The anus feels opressed by its master, but knows it is really loved after all.
"Rest your trigger on my finger,
bang my head upon the fault line.
Take care not to make me enter.
'cause if I do we both may disappear. "
This is from the point of view of the turd talking to the anus, who does not want to leave its master. By "take care not to make me enter", the turd is referring to the toilet. The turd knows that its removal from the narrator's body will ultimately result in the anus's downfall. It does not want to be shat, because it fears for both their lives.
"But you're pushing me,
Shoving me. Pushit on me."
The reaction of the turd to its opression contrasts the reaction of the anus, as the turd is more aware of the consequences of this shit. Now the turd realizes that while they both will die, it does not really matter, as the anus has been opressing it so much.
"Slipping back into the gap again.
I'm alive when you're touching me,
Alive when you're shoving me down. "
The turd is now glad to die, and in fact gets sadistic pleasure from being shit, because it knows it will kill the anus.
"But i'd trade it all
For just a little bit of
Piece of mind."
Despite enjoying the anus's suffering, the turd would still rather be a intelligent creature like its master than get revenge.
"Put me somewhere I don't wanna be.
Seeing someplace I don't wanna see.
Never wanna see that place again. "
The turd is referring to the rectum that it is painfully trapped in at this point.
"Saw that gap again today
As you were begging me to stay.
Managed to push myself away,
And you, as well."
Now this is from the human's perspective. The human thinks the turd really wants to stay in him, and is battling him, but really the battle has already been lost for him, though he thinks he emerges victorious. There is really much more shit left in his anus, however.
"If, when I say I may fade like a sigh if I stay,
You minimize my movement anyway,
I must persuade you another way."
The human is talking to the turd here, saying that he has been sitting on the toilet for too long, and if he does not leave soon, he will die. But the turd refuses to leave his anus, so he decides he must push harder.
"There's no love in fear."
The turd is speaking to the anus here, telling it that its master does not really love it. Instead, the human is afraid that the lack of shitting will kill him.
"Staring down the hole again.
Hands upon my back again.
Survival is my only friend.
Terrified of what may come."
This is the human again, staring down at the empty toilet. At this point, he has realized that this may be his last shit ever, and is afraid. The allegorical hands upon his back are that of the anus which he indeed fears.
"Just remember I will always love you,
Even as I tear your fucking throat away.
But it will end no other way."
The human is now convinced that the only way he can get out alive is by pushing the shit out with every last shred of his strength. He knows this will tear the anus, "but it will end no other way".
Either this is proof that you can twist Maynard's lyrics to mean pretty much anything you want, or I am really onto something.