| Tool – H. Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I agree with most of the other posters that it's about his son and his struggle to try and break the cycle that he went through as a child and try to be there for his son (both physically and emotionally). What's coming through is alive. (a baby coming out of the womb) What's holding up is a mirror. (the newborn is a reflection of himself) But what's singing songs is a snake (referring to himself/career) Looking to turn this piss to wine. (trying to make the best of the cards he was dealt) Much of the rest is about his turmoil about trying to do the right thing by his son, and not follow in the footsteps of his upbringing. I am too connected to you to (his son) Slip away, to fade away. (he won't leave like his father did) Days away I still feel you (on tour/on the road, still thinking about his child) Touching me, changing me, And considerately killing me. (wondering if him being on the road/tour all the time is any different than his father being out of the picture, and how that will affect his son) Without the skin, (shedding the thick skin he's grown to adapt survive his situation/upbringing) Beneath the storm, (the anger/hate he carried with him Under these tears The walls came down. (self-explanatory....breaking down in emotion and letting your guard down and accepting who/what you are) And the snake is drowned and (letting go of the demons/hatred that he carried) As I look in his eyes, My fear begins to fade Recalling all of those times. I could have cried then. I should have cried then. (realizing that he should of let his emotion overtake him a long time ago, rather than carry them around, eating at him) And as the walls come down and As I look in your eyes (his child's) My fear begins to fade Recalling all of the times I have died And will die. It's all right. I don't mind. (these last 5-6 lines are again about owning his past, but realizing that it doesn't have to define him and that he can decide any future he wishes for he and his son's relationship, and will do whatever is necessary to make sure it's not like his was) |
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| Stone Sour – Hell & Consequences Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I agree with another person that it's another political song from Corey. It's about government very deceptively and quietly attempting to take away our rights. The NDAA takes away our 6th amendment right to a speedy trial. In fact, they can detain anyone INDEFINITELY if they label you a threat (and anyone who opposes what we're doing overseas is considered a possible threat according to a memo sent from the FBI to local law enforcement agencies on how to profile for terrorist characteristics). Edward Snowden's leaked information about PRISM, TEMPORA, and XKeyScore proved that the government has done away with our 4th amendment right to privacy and illegal search and seizure (all our emails, phone calls, etc. are recorded and/or given access to the government by your Internet Providers). We all know that our 1st amendment right to free speech has been cr@pped all over. If you don't believe me, go try protesting government near a secret service person or a federal building. Yeah, you could get up to 10 years in jail. Furthermore, did you know that the US hasn't been to "war" since WW2? Congress has to declare it for it to be a "war". Everything we've done in the Vietnam, the middle east, etc. is just "conflicts" because Congress never declared them... although they do not fit the definition of "conflict", and fit perfectly the definition of "war". Point being, they are unjust, and illegal IMO. And tens/hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost because of them. Google "difference between war and conflict". If you want a better understanding of WHY we've had all these "conflicts" since WW2, google "petro dollar". Anyway, all that is just the tip of the iceberg. I won't even get into all the junk since 9/11 with the Patriot Act, and all that nonsense. And Corey is talking about the rights that are being taken away from us, and how everyone just sits idly by and lets it happen. But he is aware of what's going on, and refuses to accept it. He'll take whatever consequences they try and impose on him, and he "will not be afraid". Because he's "done this [lived] far too long, to let you [gov't] take it [rights] away from me". And when he says, "I refuse to die", I don't think he means in the literal sense. I believe he means that complacent people who just allow their rights and freedoms to be taken away one by one are living a dead existence anyway. And he's right. We need to wake the f*ck up and start standing up for our rights. |
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| Slipknot – Pulse of the Maggots Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Whether in Slipknot or Stone Sour, Corey seems to sing a lot about the sad state of this world, the atrocities, and the corrupt governments that cause these events. I think this song is about that as well. However, it's a call to people to realize that we actually have the power, but ONLY if we come together and realize that untapped power we have within us...and that it's time we stand up against these regimes and take the power back. | |
| Stone Sour – Through Glass Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| weird...I always thought it said "an epidemic of dominicans, contaminating everything". | |
| Five Finger Death Punch – Meet The Monster Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Also..."Can you read between the lines? Or are you stuck in black and white?" - asking whether or not people are able to tell the difference between what's really happening and the bullshit they soak up in the newspapers/media. | |
| Five Finger Death Punch – Meet The Monster Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| To me this song is addressed to shady government/businessmen/etc. who's goal is to find any means possible to screw over it's citizens for their personal gain. And taking a stand against it, even if they have to "put me in a hole before I let you succeed". He talks about not being complacent which is the problem with much of America. "Hope I'm on the list..." It's pretty well known that government keeps lists of those who pose a threat to them. "You've pushed me one too many times. I'm sick of all of the fiction..." -all of the propaganda/lies forced down our throats via news/media that stir emotion and allow them to get laws/regulations passed without any resistance, which take away our rights. "It's hard not to be a menace to society When half the population is happy on their knees" This one is pretty self explanatory....anyone who opposes gov't is considered a menace. And as mentioned before, most of America is far too complacent (happy on their knees). And you can see how this meaning would fit most of the other lyrics as well. Dunno...that's how I interpret it though. In fact, many songs on this album seem to have an anti-gov't tone...with a sprinkle of relationship songs here and there. Even their album is called "way of the fist", and think about how America "deals" with other countries around the world. Brute force is all they (upper government) know. | |
| KoЯn – Thoughtless Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I'm pretty sure it's "Thumbing through the pages of my fantasies". And I also think it's "I want you crying while you're bleeding at the foot of me" as to say he will be standing over them watching them bleed. | |
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