| Devin Townsend – Terminal Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I met Devin, and I meant to ask him about this track as it's my favourite track he's ever done, bar none. Instead, I could only ask him about Trainfire. Don't ask me why, it just slipped my mind. Anyway, what I can gather is this. The song is about letting go of a pretty serious moment of his life. Judging by the line "and leave without a trace for her to know," I'm going to guess that it's about a female; about a relationship. Following the flow of the song, I kind of feel like he's going flat out for whatever he's trying to let go. That is, he's dedicated his entire life to pursuing this relationship and making it work, ergo, why the song is called Terminal. In the second verse after the "Change" part, it's like he's asking for, and also giving, advice, while also reflecting upon the way he is after realising he needs to let it go. "A hollow day." Obviously, after letting go of what he's held dear and as #1 priority, life doesn't feel all that great. But the advice follows. "Slow it down, evenly paced, you've never known" says to me that he never really found a rhythm while he was in this relationship, and now that he's dropped it kind of gets him into a groove he's never found before. In the "Hey" verse, I believe he's asking for advice. "Tell me there's a lot of ways, I need to know." Though, after this lyric, he kind of shuts it all out: "Terminally out of phase," and "just leave it alone." In the "Sane" verse, I believe he's implying that he wants people to step back. Make the point, let it go. Time will do the rest. Though this is all speculation, and I'm only writing about a song. |
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| Devin Townsend – Trainfire Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I actually asked Devin himself about this tune. I kind of gathered it was about sex/sexual relationships with people. I think that the whole idea about making things okay, mixed with things being on time kind of asserted that sex and/or sexual relationships with people can take a pretty huge toll on one's subjective well being. When I asked Devin, he replied with this. (paraphrased, obviously, I was melting with excitement at the time) "I think it's about the huge and powerful emotions in people that sex conjures. The woman at the end.. well, it's supposed to be the higher voice, or a spirit voice, or something. An objective view of one's self. Basically, if you stop thinking about your wiener, you'll be okay." He was very humbling to talk to. |
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