Dazed And Abused

Within both the doleful meolody and tone of his voice...it is like a deep self-hatred and shame. He feels as though the horrible person he sees himself as and the constant inner self-beradment are what he deserves, rather than all of the "stupid pity" of those around him...which simply frustrate him and create a further realization of being fake or shameful. The "amuse myself with pots of paint" could be his creative outlet, his inner demons coming out in art. And pointless trials may be the daily routine, and his part in it...he is tired and jaded.

Shrug I guess, overall, I just saw this as a personal expression of his...rather than a take on society.

I think it's about an abusive relationship, and here's why

Dazed and abused - Feeling trapped in a manipulative and abusive relationship, too dazed and lost in worry to get out of it

Amuse myself with pots of paint - Paint covers things up, and changes the color of the exterior of something, consider this perhaps metaphorically. Changing the appearance of yourself is pleasing for the short term because it prevents others from seeing your emotional scars, therefore reserving your self esteem in favor of your partner.

Produce the demons within us - Depressive behaviors kick in, probably these demons are being brought up from past trauma as well, as it's mentioned that they are 'within us'.

Pointles trials but don't be late, coz someones always pissed off - Meaning that you see no purpose in the things you do, and the 'trials' in life such as responding to the ridiculous pleads of your abuser, or listening to others' concern for your wellbeing without actually being attentive. After all, it's very unlikely that a victim is to talk about their trauma, and concern is useless if not annoying to someone when you're blinded to what really may be going on, as a normal bystander or even a friend would.

Disrespect me coz i'm ugly, don't give me your stupid pity - Eventually the victim believes that things are their fault, that it's entirely in their control and that they deserve what they get. Not deserving of an ounce of pity, the individual feels trapped by a narcissist.

There are no hands to tell the time - Nobody has open eyes, nobody can see the trauma they're going through, nobody can sense their desperation of help.

Master of my destination - Again, the individual feels that things are their fault

Your selfish hands invade this time and break through all of my fences - Fences being mental boundaries around particular subjects, such as an unwilligness to talk about abuse or depression. What the partner probably says are 'Selfish hands' of others who try to help her are viewed poorly, and long term friendships and family is disregarded in favor of this partner. Then, it's repeated that she believes herself to be a horrible person, deserving of the abuse with 'Disrespect me cause im ugly, don't give me your stupid pity'

Rinse wash and repeat with depressingly simple guitar, some of this interpretation is botched but I think the general idea got through. Not a great writer, but this meant enough to me to make an account.

i didn't really like this song at first, but it really grew on me the more i listened to it, now i love it. i cant beleive no one had added before me.

yeh i agree i didnt really like it at first either, i have no idea what it means tbh. . .hehe this was posted on my bday :)

wow,,, my favorite off the entire album on my very first impression. this song rules.

uuugh! Why am I so dumb?!?! I don't understand!!!

oops I forgot to say how awesome this song is. I love it, it's great :) "disrespect me coz i'm ugly, don't give me your stupid pity" that's awesome.

i loveeeee seether. amazing song. :]

I think this song is sort of talking about how society is today. like people disrespect people or make fun of them because they are different. but at the same time people also pity people cuz they are different. and i think its also talking about how that makes you feel lonely and whatnot. i could be wrong but thats just what i get from the song

i dont really get this song either- its like its made in chunks:
"Amuse myself with pots of paint" ( could be him being easily ammused or more likely easily distracted) "Produce the demons within us" (its so true!- we have low self esteem and we create our own demons about ourself, from ourself) "Pointless trials but dont be late, cos someones always pissed off" (People seem to get pissed off about such small things) "Disrespect me coz i'm ugly, don't give me your stupid pity" (you can judge me from my looks, but im deeper than that and i dont care what i look like and you shouldnt either, so dont give me you stupid pity. personality counts a lot more) "there are no hands to tell the time" (not really sure on this one, could be that the concept of time was made by humans, we labelled it, and we label everything) "master of my destination" (what WE do and the choice we make define us and where we end up in life) "your selfish hands invade this time and break through all of my fences" (you dont mind your business for your own purposes and try to break into everything private, and break into the things i wanted to hide)