| Gemini Syndrome – Basement Lyrics | 10 years ago |
|
This is such an good anthem. Aaron's vocals just rock. When this album first came out, SiriusXM Octane did an Unplugged series with Gemini Syndrome, and Aaron spoke about this song before playing an acoustic version. He said it was written out of his struggle for being born albino. [Color-coded blasphemy.] The pain was so consuming and confusing that it took him to such dark places filled with self-loathing. That being said, the song as a whole is about being angry about aspects of yourself that you don't like, or perhaps hate, but cannot change. It's a manifestation of self-hatred, even if you know you should be accepting of those things and giving yourself your own type of forgiveness. He is very clearly expressing that vehement anger with a god, but you can interpret that god as many different things. He seems to be screaming, why has life handed me these cards? I didn't want any of this. |
|
| In This Moment – Blood Lyrics | 10 years ago |
|
This song reminds me of a deep relationship that has an intense grip on someone, for better or worse. There is an element of surrender in the lyrics when she says [pump mud through my veins] and [I like it filthy]. It's an admission she feels, perhaps, ashamed of, but helpless of it regardless. There is certainly a lot of cognitive dissonance, too. She contradicts herself. In the first stanza, she is saying she hates someone for things many people would consider good things for someone to do. Why would she hate that? Would all of those things cause her to feel loved by someone else and then, consequently, feel as if she was dependent? That she needed that love? And then the stanza after the first chorus flips the switch. Now she explains that she loves someone for things someone would normally consider bad-- why is that? Does she want to hate him so she can release his power over her, her dependency on his love? I believe it's all about being wrapped up in that push-pull of love and partly about loathing the fact that some love creates such a need in you that it can make you a slave, for better or worse. It's a surrender of power. |
|
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.