| A Perfect Circle – 3 Libras Lyrics | 23 years ago |
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Before reading the many interpretations on this website, I was relating to an interpretation of my own, quite different from all these. Like many of you agreed: there is no definite meaning to this song, and it doesn't matter what Maynard/Billy/whoever meant by it when it was written. It's up to each individual to create his own interpretation, to relate to it and/or to learn from it. After reading all these comments, I haven't entirely abandoned my own interpretation, but I've opened my mind to the others and believe it or not, I can understand and relate to many of them- the theory about being overlooked, the other one about loving a person who has been hurt many times and finds it hard to trust or deal with anyone new, and the similar one about cruel female power (hence the name 3 Libras)... And now onto my own interpretation. Ever since studying the lyrics closely I have thought that the narrator in the song is singing to a person who is blind, fake, self-righteous, hypocritical and self-destructive. The second person is asking the narrator to tell him his opinion of him so that he could change for the better. And when the narrator tells the second person his opinion of him (i.e. throwing him the obvious) the second person, instead of facing the obvious facts and trying to change for the better, becomes hurt, confused and offended (i.e. flies with it on his back). 'A name in your recollection, down among a million same...' I interpreted to mean that the second person prefers to be like everyone else (down among a million same) instead of being himself. I'm not entirely sure about the 'A name in your recollection' bit. Moving further along... By saying 'Difficult not to feel a little bit disappointed, passed over... when I've looked right through... to see you naked but oblivious...' the narrator is saying that it's pretty hard for him not to get a little pissed off and annoyed that he's seen the ugliness of the second person, but that even after letting him know what he sees it's useless because the second person has only gotten hurt, confused and offended. 'And you don't see me...' is sung in a calm, somewhat relieved tone, meaning that the narrator is glad the second person can't see him in his blindness... that the second person doesn't understand him or relate to him in any way. The narrator then says that he threw the obvious to the second person just to see if there was a srcap of hope left behind the facade of an ugly, self-destroyed individual (fallen angel, tragedy). By saying 'Here I am expecting just a little bit too much from the wounded,' the narrator is saying to himself 'What do you expect? Of course this self-destroyed individual isn't going to understand, of course he's going to fly onto his back...' And then the narrator continues to emphasize that even though he tried, and he sacrificed his time to give the obvious to the second person who asked for it, there actually isn't any hope behind the facade of this weak second person. Apparently nothing at all. The mind is way emptier than the narrator could've ever predicted. The narrator finishes by emphasizing that the second person is too blind to see through him (the narrator). I know that this probably isn't what the songwriter meant, but in any case this is what I would've meant by it if I had written it. I don't expect or want anyone to necessarily relate to my interpretation- I am only putting it up here because I have the right to speak freely and because the question is 'What does the song mean to me' not 'what do I think this song means'... So thanks to whoever took the time to read this, and for those of you with the other previous interpretations, I can relate to a lot of them, and they make a lot more sense than mine... but hey, I think that Maynard would be pretty glad to see us all learning different things which work for us as individuals if not as groups. |
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| Incubus – Make Yourself Lyrics | 23 years ago |
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This song is very straighforward and obvious in meaning: Make Yourself- Build yourself from scratch, create yourself, don't let others make you, don't let others tell you how to dress, don't let others tell you how to live, because if you let them make you they won't give you a chance to back out- they'll go right ahead and fuck you up as much as they want to. They'll make you the way they want you to be, which isn't good for you- they'll make you papier mache, weak, easily broken, fake. Whereas if you make yourself, you're real, you're pure, you're the original stuff coming from your mind, and you won't be papier mache, you'll be as strong and defiant as can be. Make yourself. Make your style. Make your hairdo. Make your image. Make your personality. Be original. Be an individual. Don't ever be like someone else. Don't ever, ever be something which already existed before. That's my interpretation of the song- that's what I've learnt from it, and that's what I'm constantly living up to. Thanks, Brandon... your lyrics are really hearfelt and inspiring to me. |
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| Marilyn Manson – Great Big White World Lyrics | 23 years ago |
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MissVladTepes17 and Trinixy, I love your interpretations. The song describes Manson as a spaceman, looking down on Earth, and seeing a revolting and depressing sight which is our destroyed world. Everyone is mechanical, self-destructive and hollow. And instead of doing something about it, they wait for God to do something about it. Instead of making the world a better place, they pray just like insects to God to make it better, and all the while the world is just dying. By saying 'I'm not attached to your world' Manson is also saying he feels alienated from everyone and everything aorund him, and that he doesn't want to take part in the murder of this planet any longer. Moving further along, by saying 'It's a great big white world, we are drained of our colors' he's calling the world fake, lifeless, ugly and empty. I like this song a lot, it's a song for everyone. If people could only try to understand it, they'd learn to start helping themselves before it's too late for all of existence. |
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| Tool – Undertow Lyrics | 23 years ago |
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My theory is that the Undertow in this song is A Drug. This Drug could be anything, it depends on what the listener wants it to be. Maynard writes songs which have a thousand interpretations, not one of them necessarily right. It depends on what the listener needs the interpretation to be. For example, one person's interpretation doesn't necessarily have to be another's. As long as the one interpretation works for you, and you can relate to it and/or learn from it, that's fine. Anyway, I'm totally off the subject- back to Undertow. This song is portraying a drug- be it a chemical substance which alters the way your body or mind works, or, in my case, the media, television, America, etc. These are all Drugs because they are addictive and harmful. So this song is talking about how the drug, being an Undertow, pulls you down into misery, convincing you on the trip down that you are having fun, that you are happy, etc. It will strike you dumb, make you feel comfortable, too comfortable, and then brings you down and makes you numb and uncomfortable and lost. This is my interpretation of the song, and I can relate to it a lot... I have to deal with Undertows all the time, everyone does. It's not easy trying to resist their powerful pull. I welcome any opinions on my entry and will never refuse to read other people's interpretations. |
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| Marilyn Manson – Mechanical Animals Lyrics | 23 years ago |
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Mechanical Animals. Mechanical- they are like machines. Programmed. Brainwashed. Brainless. All the same. No individuality. No one thinks for themselves. They just do what the majority does. |
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