| Atoms for Peace – Default Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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@mumbles: I like that line of thought. But I believe that this is about a different type of affair. I believe this song describes a drug addiction and I believe the lyrics help support this theory as well. "It slipped my mind And for that time I felt completely free" - a first contact, one concentrates in nothing in particular (like his own issues) and therefore feels no negative energies affecting him, giving him a sense of power (and freedom) "Oh what a troubled, Silent, poor boy A pawn into a queen " - realizes the addition, doesn't know how to run away from it, doesn't know how to express it and feels trapped "I laugh now But later's not so easy I gotta stop, The will is strong, but the flesh is weak Guess that's it I've made my bed, I'm lying in it" - although it feels good he recognizes there will be consequences to this cycle. Feels conscious but powerless before himself and starts to give up and give in to the fact that he will have to deal with these consequences. "I'm still hanging on But upon the way I fall between the waves" - on lucid(er) moments he believes there is still a way out and has faith and hope, but ends up consuming again, restarting the vicious cycle "I avoid your gaze I turn out of phase A pawn into a queen" - the experiences felt and the chemical dependency constantly create a wish for repetition of consumption and trigger the fight within, again the cornered feeling while unable to make a definite decision. "It's eating me up (if I could feel all the snails on my heads)" - it's eating" him up due to the physical and mental wear caused by the addiction. the "if I could feel all the snails on my heads" part is a bit puzzling for me, but I have come to this idea: if we picture an image of the human brain, we could almost compare the brains mass with an agglomerate of snails. With this in mind we could conclude he would like to feel the neurons in his brain, which is a way of saying he wishes he was smarter so he could find a way out. He says "in my brains" because of the internal fight he has within, which gives him the feeling of having two people in his head competing for and against the desire for the drugs. Would anyone like to give his input on my theory? |
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