The Uninvited Guest

To me this song is about the darker side of human nature, personified by that little cartoon devil on someones shoulder.

I agree. that little guy who gets you in trouble sometimes, who people try to hide but we all know is there inside

Heh, that's apparently what H thought it was about, too, until John Helmer told him it was literally about AIDS.

To me, the song is about that guilty conscience, something you did in your past that you just can't escape. The alternate angle feels less meaningful, in my opinion, although it bears the same idea, in a more tangible sense.

Yes i thought its about AIDS too. Nice song.

Split-personality.

I personally think it's about our councious...that part of us who knows all about our dirty secrets we try to hide from ourselves and will always be there to reminds us of 'em, no matter where we are...

Verses like: "And you can fly to the other side of the world You know you'll only find I've reserved the seat behind you We can talk about old times"

and

"Cause I'm the one who knows what scares you I'm the who loves you best I'm the thirteenth at the table I'm the uninvited guest"

You can't invite your councious to your own mind.It's there, whether you like it or not. It's the rational part of the mind. The one that allows you to celebrate with each victory or to condemn with each failure.

I don't think that the person in the song has much to celebrate though. It seems that he's done a lot of bad things in his life and now is trying to erase, run away or forget about it, but can't. He can lie to every single person in the world, except for one... yeah, you know who. Chuck Norris. Seriously... he can't lie to himself. Your councious can either be your best friend or your worst enemy. The one who has access to all your dreams, desires, fetishes, regrets... etc. Now imagine what someone with all that information can do to you.

replace councious for conscience* bah.