| Mad Season – River of Deceit Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[gordy12478:13885] Thanks! That's my take on it anyway. I relate to that song on a personal level, that's why I feel truth in that interpretation. I don't like tooting my own horn, but when I sing that song I get a lot of cheers and compliments. I think that's because I feel like I'm singing it with the same feeling that Layne Staley did, because of how I relate to that song(or how the song relates to me). | |
| Mad Season – River of Deceit Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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"River Of Deceit" What the song lyrics mean to me. My pain is self-chosen, at least so The Prophet says I could either burn or cut off my pride and buy some time A head full of lies is the weight, tied to my waist The River of Deceit pulls down, oh The only direction we flow is down Down, oh down, down, oh down Down, oh down, down, oh down My pain is self-chosen, at least I believe it to be I could either drown or pull off my skin and swim to shore Now I can grow a beautiful shell for all to see The River of Deceit pulls down, yeah The only direction we flow is down Down, oh down, down, oh down Down, oh down, down, oh down The pain is self-chosen, yeah Our pain is self-chosen Down, oh down, down, oh down Down, oh down, down, oh down When our "pain is self chosen" it is because we are not being who we want to be or have lost our selves trying to be what everyone else wants us to be. It is a choice to many people make. Deep down we all know that, " or so The Prophet says"(because we are our own "prophets"). We know that we "could either burn" living the lives we choose for ourselves, which could potentially shorten our lives, or "cut of our pride" and live our lives the way others want us to. Sure we could conform to what society wants us to be, which could "buy some time" for us as far as our longevity is concerned. But at what cost? "A head full of lies" is what happens when we are trying to be other than ourselves for everyone else's sake. We forget who we are, and burden our selves with the lies we live for other people. It is a "weight tied to our waists", which "pulls" us into a "river of deceit" a river of lies we tell to make others happy.and the "only direction it flows is down", down below the surface essentially drowning us. Our "pain is self chosen". We "believe it to be" because we know ourselves. We know when we are not living to be who we were meant to be. We "could either drown" in the lie we live for others and suffer a life never knowing or revealing our true selves, or "pull of our skin"(which was a false skin we created for others) and "swim to shore"(stop choosing to live in pain and lies). If we choose to "pull off our skin and swim to shore", we can "grow a beautiful shell for all to see". The shell is our Inner self finally revealed. The true us. The us that lay waiting beneath the skin of deceit. But our "pain is self chosen"... A "river of deceit"... And "the only direction it pulls is down"... I believe Layne Staley was a conflicted person, torn between being himself, or being who his family, friends, and fans wanted him to be. I think in the end he chose to be himself instead of drowning in a "river of deceit, even if being himself would end up being the death of him. I think he died happy though. Sometimes being ourselves and living the way we do is what kills us, but at least we're not living a lie. I think we should be happy to live being true to who we are even if others are not. Layne Staley was true to himself. He decided to "burn" and be proud, rather than change for everyone else. Right or wrong, that was his choice. He "grew a beautiful shell", even if some people couldn't see it. |
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