Know something about this song or lyrics?
Add it to our wiki.
Me – the paragon of fear, an immobile skein of tangled nerves exposed
Hastily clawing my way into the darkest of my inner scenes of torture
I stay my breath to escape this slavery
I stay my breath to re-awake and face it encore
The struggle to free myself of restraints, becomes my very shackles
Hastily clawing my way into the darkest of my inner scenes of torture
I stay my breath to escape this slavery
I stay my breath to re-awake and face it encore
The struggle to free myself of restraints, becomes my very shackles
Lyrics submitted by Bloodmouth
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
His Neurotic thought patterns finally get the best of him,leading him to believe that his peers, his own mind, and the earth itself (manifested into a functioning conciousness) join together to scrutinize and ridicule him
"I stay my breath to escape this slavery" means he attempt to kill himself through some form of suffocation. "I stay my breath, to reawake and face it encore" means that if the idea of an after-life or better yet reincarnation exists, he would be doomed to repeat living through another form.
"The struggle to free myself from restraints becomes my very shackles" means the very act of suicide just dooms him to start his existence over again.
This is one of my favorite Meshuggah albums, the fact that I think this character makes more sense to me then rest of the "sane normal people" I'm surrounded by is a contradiction all on its own.
stay my breath to escape this slavery... perhaps this refers the practitioner of meditation. a yogin's determination and goal to be free from the bonds of existence... hence "stay my breath to re-awake and face its encore" meaning... digging deeper into the practice to open one's "third eye" to experience englightenment... and awake... buddhist scholars tend to portray enlightenment as the "waking up" from the long slumber of ignorance...
HOD
we really need to see the whole catch 33 album as a complete picture... each song playing a vital part in the construction of the album... the album is after all a "concept" album.
HOD