I don't remember
Did something in my past, create a hole.
Don't use your gender.
To drive a stake right through my soul.
I live to function,
On my own is all I know.
No friends to mention,
No destruction, nowhere to go
Shallow, shallow,
Give it to me, give into me
Scissors cutting out your anger
Shallow, shallow,
No good to me, not if you bleed
Bite your tongue ignore the splinter
This city drains me,
Maybe it's the smell of gasoline.
The millions pain me,
It's easier to talk to my PC.
I live to function,
On my own is all I know.
No friends to mention,
No destruction, nowhere to go
Shallow, shallow,
Give into me, give into me
Seasons caught in a triangle,
Shallow, shallow,
No good to me, not if you bleed,
Bite your tongue end on a splinter
Shallow, shallow,
Give into me, give into me
Seasons caught in a triangle
Shallow, shallow,
No good to me, not if you bleed
Bite your tongue end on a splinter
Did something in my past, create a hole.
Don't use your gender.
To drive a stake right through my soul.
I live to function,
On my own is all I know.
No friends to mention,
No destruction, nowhere to go
Shallow, shallow,
Give it to me, give into me
Scissors cutting out your anger
Shallow, shallow,
No good to me, not if you bleed
Bite your tongue ignore the splinter
This city drains me,
Maybe it's the smell of gasoline.
The millions pain me,
It's easier to talk to my PC.
I live to function,
On my own is all I know.
No friends to mention,
No destruction, nowhere to go
Shallow, shallow,
Give into me, give into me
Seasons caught in a triangle,
Shallow, shallow,
No good to me, not if you bleed,
Bite your tongue end on a splinter
Shallow, shallow,
Give into me, give into me
Seasons caught in a triangle
Shallow, shallow,
No good to me, not if you bleed
Bite your tongue end on a splinter
Lyrics submitted by christsizeshoes
Shallow Lyrics as written by Gavin Richard Harrison Colin Edwin Balch
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Downtown Music Publishing
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Anyways, this song is in the perpective of a person who, like many, had a bad experience with male-to-female interactions in their childhood (Did something in my past create a hole?) which left them desiring sexual pleasure in the place of brotherly interactions with other males. In modern society, its much simpler and easier to communicate with females via the PC (It's easier to talk to my PC). This particular person, though, is, along with being only particularly attracted to females, extremely shallow. He wants to have relations with women only if he is impregnating them (No good to me, not if you bleed). Also, this person is so good at manipulating women that he is practically surgical (Scissors cutting out your anger). This comes at a price, however, and this person doesn't have any real male friends, likely because he considers them a distraction to his relationships with women. (No friends to mention,
No distraction, nowhere to go). I can't be positive that this is the correct interpretation, because you never can with PT, but it fits the lyrics extremely well.
"Don't use your gender " - this must speak of the chatrooms, where you really can't be sure what's the gender of the person you're speaking too, and where you cannot "use" the attributes of genders.
"The millions pain me
It's easier to talk to my PC" - one more example. Guy doesn't like people, probably he is too scared of real life, so he just chats via internet.
He's probably just been rejected by some girl ("Don't use your gender to drive a stake right through my soul"), and he becomes really upset before he finally decides that she's just shallow, and tells himself to calm down ("Bite your tongue, ignore the splinter").
The lyrics of the verses are like him saying "How can she do this to me? Doesn't she know or care how lonely I am?"
it doesn't have to be about this girl, but maybe it would to fit the Deadwing story.
not sure how "give it to me, give it to me" and "no good to me, not if you bleed" fit that though, haha! maybe a change in perspective...? i really have no clue, im not thinkin hard enough -_-
Anyways, this song is in the perpective of a person who, like many, had a bad experience with male-to-female interactions in their childhood (Did something in my past create a hole?) which left them desiring sexual pleasure in the place of brotherly interactions with other males. In modern society, its much simpler and easier to communicate with females via the PC (It's easier to talk to my PC). This particular person, though, is, along with being only particularly attracted to females, extremely shallow. He wants to have relations with women only if he is impregnating them (No good to me, not if you bleed). Also, this person is so good at manipulating women that he is practically surgical (Scissors cutting out your anger). This comes at a price, however, and this person doesn't have any real male friends, likely because he considers them a distraction to his relationships with women. (No friends to mention,
No distraction, nowhere to go). I can't be positive that this is the correct interpretation, because you never can with PT, but it fits the lyrics extremely well.
please, could you help me to identify distorted words in bridge part? In my opinion, it is reversed sound.
Here you can listen it (first normal, then reversed):
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Means that he is depressed that his girlfriend/wife left him, and he withdrew into cyberspace.
"Scissors cutting out your anger"
Means he's cutting, and this
"This city drains me
Or maybe it's the smell of gasoline
The millions pain me
It's easier to talk to my PC"
Just re-inforces what I thought in the first place.