| Tool – Undertow Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think Undertow is a allegory describing Manic Depression aka Bi Polar Disorder, or some other form of mental disorder. Reading accounts of people and knowing people who experience manic highs and depressions make these lyrics stand out as this is the only possible meaning this song could have...of course with any great allegory or metaphor, it is left to our interpretations and we can utilize these great songs to fit our lives. What philosopher or poet would want to write something that only applied to a single collective group of needle users? The voice that speaks from deep, is his depression calling him. Beyond all reason, opens up and swallows him into a cold dark place that for some reason he is comfortable in, although he knows its suffocating him. Shut up, Shut up…..Fighting the empty and cold feeling, he knows its overwhelming him and it isn’t what he wants, wants to fight this feeling, fight the voices in his head. He is feeling defeated, doesn’t know how he could have let this happen, and is throwing his hands up, saying kill him already…. Euphoria = Manic Highs….absolute EUPHORIA, just as the music is retarding, BAM back into the undertow of cold black waters (depression) At least this is what this song means to me. |
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