| Stone Sour – Zzyzx Rd. Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I know this probably isn't what Corey had in mind when he wrote it, but this is the meaning I take from it (btw since I don't trust these lyrics, I've taken the ones I'm using from AZlyrics) "I don't know how else to put this It's taken me so long to do this I'm falling asleep and I can't see straight My muscles feel like a melee My body's curled in a U-shape I put on my best but I'm still afraid" I feel that the narrator is in an abusive house, and he tries to put on a show that he isn't upset or hurt, but inside he really is and he can't go on any longer. "Propped up by lies and promises Saving my place as life forgets Maybe its time I saw the world" He goes to a military recruiter and joins, but now he's realizing that everything the recruiter told him (such as going out to see the world) was a lie, and a false promise. "I'm only here for a while But patience is not my style And I'm so tired that I gotta go" Now he's referring back to his past lifestyle, he'll be moving out to the real world soon, but he isn't patient enough to wait until he has a steady job. He's tired of the abuse, so he leaves for the military. "What am I supposed to hide now? What am I suppose to do? Did you really think I wouldn't see this through" People are asking him to show himself for what he is, but he isn't hiding anymore, and he's talking to his family who didn't believe in him when he threatened to leave. "Tell me I should stick around for you Tell me I could have it all I'm still too tired to care and I gotta go" His family told him to stick around with them, when they realized he was serious about leaving, but the military was saying he could have it all. Now he doesn't even care anymore, but he's already signed up and he has to leave. "I get to go home in one week But I'm leaving home in three weeks They throw me a bone just to pick me dry" He's on leave from the military, and he's actually happy to be going back. His leave ends soon, and then he'll be back. "I'm following suit and directions I crawl up inside for protection I'm told what to do and I don't know why" He's back out there, and he's following orders that he doesn't understand. "I'm over existing in limbo I'm over the myths and placebos I don't really mind if I just fade away" He's dead on his feet, no longer clinging to the lies the recruiter told him, and though he doesn't want to die he wouldn't mind if he just stopped existing. "I'm ready to live with my family I'm ready to die in obscurity 'Cause I'm so tired that I gotta go" He want's to go back home, realizing that it wasn't that bad, and he wants to just die with his loved ones, but he still needs to keep on marching. The rest of the lyrics pretty much repeat parts I've already gone over. |
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