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Originally Posted by r0kk3rz

it makes a lot more sense that its about his son, and perhaps a little bit of paternal post-natal depresson.

the "looking to turn my piss to wine" lyric, to me has always been about wanting to better ones stance in life, taking something thats poor (piss) and turning into someting better off (wine), and it seems to be more of a piss take of the water to wine incident, or perhaps hoping for a miracle to get him out of the situation he is in.

Just before the "my blood before me begs me, open up my heart again" is "a snake that hardly hisses" could that be him watching over his son sleeping? hardly making a sound, but holds so much potential for harm?

I think thats something that needs a bit more thought, that perhaps the snake is a metaphor for his son, or the selfish feeling that his son is the cause of his current misery.

I agree that "turn my piss into wine" is metaphorically speaking about bettering the quality of his life. I would also Google Carl Jung and what "the snake" is, that will help some of you with the terminology. H. I do believe is definately about his son although, written vaguely enough to take the shape of some other ideas. But if you read the lyrics and keep it being his son in mind and read what "the snake" is in Carl Jung's philosophy as well as "the shadow". Those things will shed some light on the layered meaning between his son and his struggle to "step through his shadow" meaning to evolve as a person and to become a better one for his son but struggling with the life he has lived, "shedding his skin". Good luck