Are you afraid? Afraid of the truth?...
Are you afraid, afraid of the truth?
There's a mirror staring back at you.
The image is cracked but so is the view, yeah.
The strength of a tree begin in the roots
That are tender buried into you at least
Now the storm can't blow me away.
So crawl inside my head with me.
I'll show you how it feels to be, to bleed like me.
Should I be afraid of this face
That I see this mirror staring back at me
So gone are the days where I listen to you.
And you say that I'm weak show me the proof
Because I still exist in spite of you
But I want to be with you everyday.
Schizophrenic conversations that I'm always having with myself
I hear these voices in my head are bleeding maybe I could use a little help
I still have schizophrenic conversations where there's no one else around to hear.
I long for solitude and peace within to bottle all the anger that I feel.
There's a mirror staring back at you.
The image is cracked but so is the view, yeah.
The strength of a tree begin in the roots
That are tender buried into you at least
Now the storm can't blow me away.
So crawl inside my head with me.
I'll show you how it feels to be, to bleed like me.
Should I be afraid of this face
That I see this mirror staring back at me
So gone are the days where I listen to you.
And you say that I'm weak show me the proof
Because I still exist in spite of you
But I want to be with you everyday.
Schizophrenic conversations that I'm always having with myself
I hear these voices in my head are bleeding maybe I could use a little help
I still have schizophrenic conversations where there's no one else around to hear.
I long for solitude and peace within to bottle all the anger that I feel.
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"Schizophrenic Conversations" as written by John April Aaron Lewis
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Begins in the roots…
That I tend to bury into you…
At least now the storm…
Can’t blow me away
man, thats so deep, i cant even describe what that means to me
"And the strength of a tree…
Begins in the roots…
That I tend to bury into you…
At least now the storm…
Can’t blow me away…."
These lines are lines I connect with my wife, and how she grounds me, makes me feel like I'm not alone. She gives me the strength I need to proceed through life, something that was almost impossible to do without her by my side before I met her.
"So Crawl inside…
My head with me…
I’ll show you how…
It feels to be…
To blame like me…"
An invitation like this, spoken from someone who has been through a lot and has a lot of walls built around them is a powerful invitation, not something to be taken lightly. Opening up like this, letting someone in this deeply, is a sign of trust and love that can't really be matched. So after the first verse, and this chorus, anything said after this, for me at least, is now centered in a love song, even if it is a bit of a fucked up love song. It is a powerful one regardless.
Now, the rest of the song, save the chorus throughout, is without a doubt Aaron Lewis talking to the different sides of himself, and the conflicts therein. To have these conflicts and turmoil and *still* be inviting someone inside of your walls throughout the song, that is love and trust.
Ask yourself, as a long time Aaron Lewis fan, those walls you've build around yourself, to protect you from the world, how much do you have to love and trust someone to invite them inside to see what those walls are protecting? The scared, sad, shaking child inside who just wants to feel again.
Schizophrenic conversations -- In this song, that's talking to the part of you that still tells you that you're worthless, and telling that part that you're still not going to listen anymore.
"These voices in my head competing… Maybe I could use a little help…" Even though he's over his depression, he still feels the effects that it had on his life sometimes.
One of my favorite songs on the album... I can relate so well.
The first verse, in my opinion, is most of the battle:
"Are you afraid...
afraid of the truth
in the mirror staring back at you?"
**What I hear him talking about is the fear of facing the truth about being schizophrenic. Nobody wants to admit to having a mental illness or being out of control.**
"The image is cracked
but so is the view here"
**... this is another way of describing how your perception is distorted. You're looking at yourself with this illness seeing something or someone you don't recognize, but at the same time, seeing yourself from eyes that don't see things clearly.**
"And the strength of a tree
begins in the roots
that I tend to bury into you.
Atleast now the storm can't blow me away"
**This line is so powerful to me. It's as if he's surrendering to the disease & giving these voices control, letting them make his decisions, instead of fighting it... It can't get much worse than that; nothing can shake up his world any more than it already is.**
The chorus makes me think of the loneliness. I know my brother felt like nobody believed him or understood him most of the time. If only he could show somebody what went on in his head, he wouldn't be so alone. ... and the feeling of blame for his own mind making his life a living hell.
The second verse sounds like he's decided to fight back with the voices in his head... pretty self-explanatory...as is the rest of the song.
It breaks my heart to know that I never was able to help my brother, but I just hold to my belief that he is at peace now.
By the way, Aaron Lewis is AMAZING!! My favorite artist by far...and a really cool person from what I have seen at his concerts.
This is an amazing song....