| Slipknot – Snuff Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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| Slipknot – Snuff Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Seeing how our ideas sort of forked, it follows that they're different following that point too. "You couldn't hate enough to love. Is that supposed to be enough?" I liked your interpretation just fine, but it didn't really seem to me that she was refusing to leave. What does he mean "enough to love"?? I'm not really sure what to make of this line, but here's a shot: "you couldn't hate enough to love" sounds awfully close to "enough to leave" which would make crystal clear sense. With that sort of meaning in mind, this line can be seen in a new light. He's already asked her to leave, and she did so relatively (in comparison to him or what he expected), apethetically. She's one of those people who aren't expressively agressive against anything they charish. She truly loved him, but didn't show it. So she couldn't develop/display those feelings of hate in regards to the idea of leaving the one she loved - she just followed his orders and left. But although it makes sense as an isolated incident, in the full spectrum of their passion for eachother, and everything they shared, it's not enough to justify why she wouldn't fight the prospect of leaving. "I only wish you weren�t my friend. Then I could hurt you in the end." - I'm under the impression that instead of disconnecting all ties with him, she wants to remain his friend, which isn't what he wanted her to do, he wanted her to leave him completely but I doubt she could bring herself to do that since she loves him. I agree that she wants to remain his friend, and he still loves her so he agrees. However, he's still really upset with how she handled the situation. If only he could manage to indifferent enough (like you said, that's the opposite of love) to actually not want to be her friend. If he could achieve that, then he could hurt her back for all the pain she put him through. However, he cares for her deeply, so he's left with that torn resentment. "I never claimed to be a Saint� My own was banished long ago / It took the Death of Hope to let you go" He's letting her know that there's no good in him and whatever good was left in him had disappeared long time ago. He knows how he's acting is wrong. It required him to face the fact that while being together things can't get better for himself and thus improving/benefitting/fixing their relationship, to finally resolve to let her go. |
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| Slipknot – Snuff Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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First off, great analysis! You pointed out a lot of things that I didn't see, so thank you for that. The only thing I feel I need to comment on is the very last part. "I couldn't face a life without your light But all of that was ripped apart, when you refused to fight" Rather than asking her to "flight", I think what's happening is after he proposed to sacrifice his own happiness for her to not get hurt, she didn't really oppose this. In some way, shape, or form, she communicated that she didn't care as much as he did. This hurt him more than anything because it proved that she did not value their relationship as he had. She "refused to fight" for their love. Just like you said, 'what he really wants is for her to stay with him and "fight" through the battles and obstacles of the relationship - to make it work no matter how hard it might be'. This interpretation leads to a twist in translation for the next line as well. "So save your breath, I will not hear. I think It made it very clear." I didn't know what to think of this line until I read a little further: "You sold me out to save yourself, And I won't listen to your shame, You ran away - you're all the same" That suggests that maybe things were getting to hard in their relationship - as could be imagined if one partner is coming to the relationship that their love is not enough to keep the relationship healthy - and she got scared. As discussed already, she more or less just left and didn't put up much of a fight. Now she's trying to either justify herself to him or just smooth things over. Either way, he's had enough now that he's seen her true colors, and she can just save her breath. |
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