Alice in Chains – Sea Of Sorrow

General CommentI think this song deals with a break up or coming to ones senses that they will no longer try with this particular girl. He's saying that he knew that she was trouble from the start "mind of destructive taste, i chose to walk amongst the waste that was your heart" but still got involved and was/is paying the price in pain. He's saying that its such a shame that a girl can get in his head and do that to him "as my castle crumbles with time...i think of you......such a crime." He says how she enjoys putting him through this kind of pain. "lines cut across my face, while you laugh at my discrace, i'll never know, how far to go, to reach that place" and how he cannot ever think of what to do to make it better. But, in the upside to this song, he gets back at her by just simply smiling at her when she argues and shows her that he wont be lead into her games any more "you opened fire....and your mark was true....aim my smilin skull at you....i live tomorrow.....you i'll not follow, as you wallow in a sea of sorrow"

I have dealt with a few women like this. It was all about head games and nothing is better than pushing back when some psycho girl tries to get in your head. That is why such the long response to this song. I can relate 100%

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  @Sicman
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  Wow!
  
  
  I think you nailed it!
  
  I think he had a wonderful catharsis when he realized that he had an easy out when her 'mind of destructive taste' 'opened fire' on him. He realized he didn't have to take it any more, but simply learned his lesson, and moved on. Afterall, she 'opened fire' showing her true colors. I get the sense that he spent some time feeling bad, feeling salt in his wounds, before he came to this epiphany, plain as day.

  Flag swill8295on August 11, 2013  

General CommentI love this video...
Its about not stooping to someone's level, and learning from their mistakes.

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  @Angry Sar

General CommentIts about being like "Ay, fuck you buddy!" to someone who fucked you over and rising above them as they die trying to clean up the mess they made themselves, but you managed to avoid becase of that person

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  @NINirvana69

General CommentDude, I think the glam was kind of a joke. They did the Man in the Box video, same album, no glam. It was just the theme of the video. Videos ARE meant to entertain, you know.

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  @TommyCap77

General Commentdamn off their demo

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  @crackermcnacca

General CommentThe lyrics to this song seem ironic when compared to some of AiC's other stuff.

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  @Thunderbolt

General CommentGood point hunter.Now go fuck yourself!

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  @a_fake_plastic_tree

General Commentlol

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  @ThE $aNdMaN

General Commentthe video for this song is so glam rock, thank god they saw sense after this album

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  @No_Snow

General Commentsicman is right. but all women are like this. relationships are war. the way you lose is to fall for the other person - love is a mindfuck. in any relationship there is always one who is more into the other, and if the other person knows this, they can and generally do use it to their advantage... i reckon the writer realised this with a particular girl, gave up chasing her and lives tomorrow even tho maybe he once thought he wouldn't. The smiling skull is him, emotionally dead, killed by this. The castle of thought is the time and effort put into fabricating a grandiose dream of them together. I think "that place" is success with her, and he doesn't know how much he has to do to get there. Ironically, its how little he does that counts. he was going about her the wrong way; thinking of her, caring about her was a crime. the way to win in a relationship is to be on top.

its a love song. a great one. an ode to the real meaning of love.

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  Sucks tho

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  "sicman is right. but all women are like this. relationships are war. the way you lose is to fall for the other person - love is a mindfuck. in any relationship there is always one who is more into the other, and if the other person knows this, they can and generally do use it to their advantage"
  
  LOL @ "All WOMEN do this"
  
  All PEOPLE do this. Apparently it's human nature. I wasn't even that attracted to my boyfriend when I met him but I thought he was a sweet guy so I gave him a chance. Well I slowly developed strong feelings for him and guess what? His online profile still says he's "looking," he does not care to change it nor does he care to reply to my emails when I ask who the women he's talking to are. Why? because he can tell I care. If I was still lukewarm about him he would be shitting his pants trying to answer my questions.
  
  So you're right. Love is a mindfuck, it's a sick game and yes, you sure as hell lose when you fall for the other person. This goes for both genders, though.

  Flag Kameradinon July 25, 2012