This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Always, known in, all my time
A little left of center now
Reflect as I realize
That all I need is to find the middle pillar path to sit like the sun by a
Star in the sky and just be
Sinners, casting stones at me
I'll stand, not crawling, not falling down
I'll bleed the demons that drag me down
I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (the center),not falling down
(of calms within the eye)
I'll bleed, (for no one),the demons, (but myself),that pull me down
(for me and no one else)
Goodbye, sunshine, I've put it out again, sad
I'm over, personalities, conflicting
I don't need you, or anyone, but me
I'll just be, living my own life
I feel my glowing center grow, infecting I feel alive
Shovel dirt over lime
Plant it in myself to sit like a seed under covers of earth and just be
Sinners, pointing fingers at me
I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (by myself),not falling down
I'll bleed, (for no one), the demons, (but myself), that drag me down
I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (the center),not falling down
(of calms within the eye)
I'll bleed, (for no one),the demons, (but myself),that pull me down
(for me and no one else)
Come play kill
Refuse my body, refuse my shadow
Stone cold will
Refuse to lead this, refuse to follow
Bitter pills
Refuse to feed this, refuse to swallow, I'm fueled godless
Come play, come play
Kill
Just be, just be
I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (by myself),not falling down
I'll bleed, (for no one), the demons, (but myself), that drag me down
I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (the center),not falling down
(of calms within the eye)
I'll bleed, (for no one),the demons, (but myself),that drag me down
(for me and no one else)
A little left of center now
Reflect as I realize
That all I need is to find the middle pillar path to sit like the sun by a
Star in the sky and just be
Sinners, casting stones at me
I'll stand, not crawling, not falling down
I'll bleed the demons that drag me down
I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (the center),not falling down
(of calms within the eye)
I'll bleed, (for no one),the demons, (but myself),that pull me down
(for me and no one else)
Goodbye, sunshine, I've put it out again, sad
I'm over, personalities, conflicting
I don't need you, or anyone, but me
I'll just be, living my own life
I feel my glowing center grow, infecting I feel alive
Shovel dirt over lime
Plant it in myself to sit like a seed under covers of earth and just be
Sinners, pointing fingers at me
I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (by myself),not falling down
I'll bleed, (for no one), the demons, (but myself), that drag me down
I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (the center),not falling down
(of calms within the eye)
I'll bleed, (for no one),the demons, (but myself),that pull me down
(for me and no one else)
Come play kill
Refuse my body, refuse my shadow
Stone cold will
Refuse to lead this, refuse to follow
Bitter pills
Refuse to feed this, refuse to swallow, I'm fueled godless
Come play, come play
Kill
Just be, just be
I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (by myself),not falling down
I'll bleed, (for no one), the demons, (but myself), that drag me down
I'll stand, (for nothing),not crawling, (the center),not falling down
(of calms within the eye)
I'll bleed, (for no one),the demons, (but myself),that drag me down
(for me and no one else)
Lyrics submitted by Robert Metal
Not Falling [Demo Version] Lyrics as written by Greg Tribbett Chad L. Gray
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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i wish this comment could go on the first page. im like 99% sure this song is about overcoming heroin addiction. look at the first cd, a good deal of it was about drug addiction, namely internal primates forever (heroin addiction, i believe someone in the band is a heroin addict) this is a few years later, its about overcoming said addiction.
--i beat the demons that dragged me down. the demons that dragged me down ive always heard as referring to drug/alcohol addiction
"Come play kill (Refuse my to fall, today refuse my shadow) Stone cold will (Refuse to need this, refuse to follow) Bitter pills (Refuse to be this, refuse to swallow, I feel godless)"
stone cold will, refuse to need this ---sounds like hes saying he has the will power now to say no when he starts fiending, he refuses to NEED heroin or whatever h was shooting up (see internal primates forever: sharpen up the razors stab the needles into pipes to kill cravings so sick of this in me cant stand the want the need cant get free)
Bitter pills (Refuse to be this, refuse to swallow, I feel godless) he refuses to be a heroin addiction, he will not swallow no more pills (sounds more like hes referring to oxy then heroin, maybe he shot oxy and not dope) he feels godless. if he is an atheist, this would make sense. look at alice in chains god smack. "so your sickness weighs a ton, and gods name is smack for some" ive been there and thats how it goes
honestly the goodbye sunshine part, in my head i can relate that to heroin addiction because im just now overcoming it [30 days clean] but when i try to type it out, i cant, so i dont know if theres any real connection there. this is just my two cents. when i listen to the song [and have trouble understanding some verses] all i can think is this is definitely about overcoming heroin addiction, just look at internal primates forever, pharmacopeia and i think theres another song but i cant remember right now.
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