| Queens of the Stone Age – The Vampyre Of Time And Memory Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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This song was the first song Josh wrote while recovering from a routine knee surgery. It would have been routine, but unexpectedly he didn't get enough oxygen during the surgery and was clinically dead for a short while. This left him bedridden and incapacitated in the hospital for almost half a year. He himself has said that while being in this state, it's not the physical damage that is the issue, but the psychological damage. This song really reflects his time in hospital, with all the doctors, checkups and tubes and other probes stuck to his body all while he never knew what would happen tomorrow or even how long he would be stuck in this state. I can only imagine dealing with this, and the fact that you know you were really dead for a period of your life, and I don't think any sane person would come out of such an ordeal without getting a permanent shift in ones perception of life and what really matters. This song really shows how depressed he was during this time and how life is while in intensity care with all the sterile and dead environment around you. |
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