This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Is there a promised land
Or am I on the journey going to nowhere?
Are the streets paved with gold
Or am I slipping on the mold
That slowly grows there?
Every man has his conscience
Sanity left along the way
Carried in this vessel
Setting forth together now
Out towards the monsters of the deep
Set your sights on rocky shores
You just might run aground on the reef
Journey's in the destination, mention fear
You're falling on deaf ears
Every man has his conscience
Sanity left along the way
Carried in this vessel
Setting forth together now
Out towards the monsters of the deep
Left along the way
Carried in this vessel
Setting forth together now
Out towards the monsters of the deep
Monsters of the deep, oh
Or am I on the journey going to nowhere?
Are the streets paved with gold
Or am I slipping on the mold
That slowly grows there?
Every man has his conscience
Sanity left along the way
Carried in this vessel
Setting forth together now
Out towards the monsters of the deep
Set your sights on rocky shores
You just might run aground on the reef
Journey's in the destination, mention fear
You're falling on deaf ears
Every man has his conscience
Sanity left along the way
Carried in this vessel
Setting forth together now
Out towards the monsters of the deep
Left along the way
Carried in this vessel
Setting forth together now
Out towards the monsters of the deep
Monsters of the deep, oh
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Monsters of the Deep Lyrics as written by Jeffrey Kendrick Bradley James Fafara
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Dez was raised a catholic, but read his lyrics and it becomes painfully apparent that he has turned from that path: "Is there a promised land? Or am I on the journey going to nowhere? Are the streets paved with gold? Or am I slipping on the mold that slowly grows there?" -Hes questioning his faith..
The songs general meaning however is that he seems to feel that 'god' has equally turned his back on him as he had to 'god', and that all the promises made were simply lies... The entire album seems to be a possible medium by which he describes the terms of his beliefs on religion, namely christianity
I always took a majority of lyrics being directed at another person who betrayed him but I like the idea of it being a deconversion manifesto <br /> <br /> Maybe it's simultaneously and at different parts of the album a rejection of abusive people, abusive religions, and abusive self talk
To me, the overarching theme is putting the bullshit aside and ceasing the excuses. Whether this is breaking up with a toxic friend, religion, or self, the point is personal responsibility and letting go of being a victim to life. It's a much needed slap in the face. Finding that inner strength to carve your life
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living life, the monsters are obstacles, really just looking forward in life knowing there will be hard times, but you will be rewarded. But i dont think dez is christian or believes in god so im probably wrong.
@YourNameHere117 you don't need to be a Christian to recognize the benefit in pushing thru hardship to reach the benefit on the other side<br /> <br /> In fact, one thing I think Christians get wrong is thinking they have some secret knowledge about life. Yes, the lessons learned in the gospels can be powerful but it's pointing to something about the human experience, acting like you can only reach this understanding thru Christianity is silly and elitist
@YourNameHere117 you don't need to be a Christian to recognize the benefit in pushing thru hardship to reach the benefit on the other side<br /> <br /> In fact, one thing I think Christians get wrong is thinking they have some secret knowledge about life. Yes, the lessons learned in the gospels can be powerful but it's pointing to something about the human experience, acting like you can only reach this understanding thru Christianity is silly and elitist
he was raised catholic, i know that much.
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