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yeah i understand you patton

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i don't speak portuguese but i know what the title means. i think the guy is a dick and drives at high speeds looking for an escort and ends up hitting someone

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It’s funny how sometimes you have to go through something and then when you hear a song again the lyrics take on new meaning. Not saying this is what the song actually means, but how I’ve been taking it lately is as if my late friend would want me to keep their memory vague so that my grief over them isn’t as painful and so I can move on with my life and find happiness. I’ve been struggling with the loss, and I’m sure they wouldn’t want to see me in pain over them. I also like the interpretation of...

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It has dual meaning depending upon the listener.

But let’s be clear, it’s not about Winona Ryder.

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I think the meaning is quite obvious. Growing up in a small town and feeling trapped and needing to get out both physically and mentally. But what’s also obvious is his genius in the lyrics. I could write this song by simply writing Nothing happens here after the sun goes down the streets are empty and there is nothing to do. But Dylan writes Evening empire returns to sand(I believe a reference to the sandman) and ancient empty streets to dead for Dreaming. I could go on and analyze every line but I think I made my point. There is only one...

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So I really think this song about Jesus and has religious elements.

I just wonder if she wrote it before or after she cheated on her husband with a married man.

This song is yet another reminder that the most religious people are the most morally corrupt.

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Didn’t he improvise many of the lyrics when he recorded his vocals? It kinda feels that way

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This is a Jay Farrar song so there isn't much of a chance of ever figuring out what it "means". I love this song but I experience it like a poem. The lyrics evoke images and feelings but I can't pin them to a specific idea or point of view.

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According to wikipedia:

Much of "River of Deceit", lyrically, was inspired by the 1923 book The Prophet by Khalil Gibran, which Staley read during the making of the album.

Also stated is the fact that:

The music for "River of Deceit" came out of rehearsals that the group had before vocalist Layne Staley joined the band.

That says "music" not "lyrics" but it's not clear who actually wrote these lyrics.

I cannot believe that I finally heard this song for the first time on March 31, 2026, 13 years after it came out....

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It is really funny people think it's about sneaking around with a girl but he never makes mention of a girl anywhere. This song is actually about sneaking around to smoke Marijuana and the person he is calling in tge song is his dealer. Kids in the 70s and 80s would sneak out behind the bushes during school to smoke a joint. He never says basement, he says cellar which usually had an outside door and not one in the house. And we never went to the dive in to have sex. We went there to...

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