| Jane's Addiction – Irresistible Force (Met the Immovable Object) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I really love Jane's addiction and this song is really beautiful. The following are just my thoughts on what the song means...could be wrong, could be right but it's just what it says to me. First verse I believe is speaking about making a choice. A choice with less than desirable consequences but nonetheless you made the decision. And for whatever reason, that choice led for things to be seem overwhelmingly negative/dark. The line "the stars are even brighter contrasted by the night." .... I think this means that something that is already beautiful seems even more so when paired against something so negative. In other words, you maybe took something for granted and now you are taken by how wonderful it seems. I think the second verse talks about how this decision be it war, possibly, went onto to consume much more than itself. Even those who maybe weren't connected to it were brought down by the darkness it created. Saying "watch us play" at that point indicates that even though their hearts weren't in it anymore, it had become a game that neither side could get out of. Saying "making up faces...what we look like naked," is talking not really being true to yourself. Goind along with the world, society, possibly violent choices but we're not really being ourselves or what we're meant to be. We're wearing masks. I think the chorus is in reference to conflict, stubborness, excuses. Basically no matter what there is no solution. But there will always be fighting, always war, always negativity, always darkness. Never peace. I think ultimately the song is about war or conflict (possibly even in a metaphorical sense, for example, the war between to beliefs or people, or real war). I think the message is that "war" is usually fought for some type of gain, not necessarily freedom. Or in a metaphorical sense, a war is fought for dominance or power. I think it sends the message that there are those who would change the world and keep it their own and all that is innocent would be caught up in it. That we are not allowed to hold beliefs and that there are those who would explain our beliefs for us. I don't know. Just my thoughts.......... |
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