@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
They say freak
When you're singled out
The red
Well it filters through
So lay down
The threat is real
When his sight
Goes red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
This change
He won't contain
Slip away
To clear your mind
When asked
Who made it show (who made it show)
The truth
He gives into most
So lay down
The threat is real
When his sight
Goes red again
So lay down
The threat is real
When his sight
Goes red again
So lay down
The threat is real
When his sight
Goes red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red
They say freak, when you're singled out
The red, it filters through
When you're singled out
The red
Well it filters through
So lay down
The threat is real
When his sight
Goes red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
This change
He won't contain
Slip away
To clear your mind
When asked
Who made it show (who made it show)
The truth
He gives into most
So lay down
The threat is real
When his sight
Goes red again
So lay down
The threat is real
When his sight
Goes red again
So lay down
The threat is real
When his sight
Goes red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red again
Seeing red
They say freak, when you're singled out
The red, it filters through
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i absolutely love this song.. To me it means how mad u can be before breaking. Before u get really mad u see red and the threat is what u are capable of doing when ur sight goes red....
yea they just made a video for the song... just saw it today on much music... the video kinda sucked but chevelle still rules (check them out in the surf move Momentum, Under the influence its amazing)
Anger Anger Anger, Thus The Video, Red is the color for anger, so when your site goes red, everything you see, you just want to hurt. i have anger problems and this is how i identify with this song
Keep pushing people... eventually, you'll fuck with the wrong person who just so happens to have given up on life and lost their damn mind. May God help you if you do mess with that poor soul. The threat is real. a person can only go through so much and hold so much rage and anger and depression inside before it filters through and shows itself...and it's not fun for anyone anymore
This song could have two meanings in my head. I think the song is about a boy being bullied for not fitting in. The song quotes, "they say 'freak' when you're singled out'", which usually means he's being picked on and called names. Because of this:
I was puzzling that chorus for that reason, glad I'm not alone it thinking/knowing it's wrong. But this song is awesome, and Chevelle needs all the press they can get, so it's ALL good. As for the meaning of the song, I think it's about school, not just childhood. Think about it for a second, all the pressures of being singled out by the other kids for being short, fat, a rebel, a skater, a minority, a Catholic, a Satanist, a Wiccan, an anything that's not a white kid of Anglo-Saxon descent about 5'8 or taller with perfect teeth. Classificiations that single people out are evil becuase they piss people off. And that's where "The Red ... filters through." My take on this song is simple.
@Dan Damnitall You're a young, ignorant, jack-ass.
this song is so amazing. i totally agree with icas, this song is even better when you can play it really loud, like in the car. Oh my goodness, it's retarded what a great song this is...i can't say enough good things
Its about a guy who is different and it makes him to hear what hurtful things people say to him.:they say freak when your singled out" because he isn't accepted. The red actually represents the danger of him bottling his emotions anf finally letting them all out at once. "lay down the threat is real" sounds like a hostige situation and "when his sight comes red again" is almost as if he is a sniper. but it means his anger coming back out from constant harrasment of being differet. and" who made it show" is refering to the bullies that picked on him to build up his anger."he can't send to most" means that he's anger but doesn't actually do anything he gets mad but thats it, he just lets it "fiter through"
Personally I beilieve the song is about someone with angry problems. If anyone has seen the video you'd know that is starts off with the singer going into a rehab/anger management room.
"They say freak when you're singled out" Is talking about someone making fun of the person/singer. "the red well it filters through" Th red is referring to his anger, and it filinting through means that he can't hold back anymore. "So lay down the threat is real When his sight goes red again" Self explanatory.. More or less a warning to people to not piss him off. "When his sight goes red again" Basically he's losing control of his angry. You're suppose to see red when you get really really mad.