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There's Something On My Side Lyrics
It took a lot to sell my soul,
The same thing happened yesterday
I paid my price, then felt alive
But no pulse is within my veins
Never will I lie and say I'm still alive
Come what may to me there's something on my side
I'm left with heart, 'cause inside me's gone
Compulsion drives me anyway
I play my part, and my part is large
Makin' me stronger every day
Never will I lie and say I'm still alive
Come what may to me there's something on my side
One year and it aint so bad
I'm trying to see things clearly
The clearer it gets the more I'm confused
I'm thinking more about blindness
Thinking hard about blindness
Thinking purely of blindness
There's something on my side
The same thing happened yesterday
I paid my price, then felt alive
But no pulse is within my veins
Come what may to me there's something on my side
Compulsion drives me anyway
I play my part, and my part is large
Makin' me stronger every day
Come what may to me there's something on my side
I'm trying to see things clearly
The clearer it gets the more I'm confused
I'm thinking more about blindness
Thinking hard about blindness
Thinking purely of blindness
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I love how it kicks into the last stanza.
this song fuckin' cuts
werd
I think this song is about drugs, like several other Down songs. Either, it's fucking amazing, especially the riff on the third verse, that's fucking brutal!
I'm left with heart, 'cause inside me's gone(COLD) Compulsion drives me anyway I play my part, and my part is large Makin'(MAKES) me stronger every day
I think that's correct anyway. This song is unbelievabley bad ass. I can't believe there arent more comments. I would say tis song is definently about smack.
this song kicks ass especially "One year and it aint so bad I'm trying to see things clearly The clearer it gets the more I'm confused I'm thinking more about blindness" till the end, just fuckin rocks
definately one of their greatest songs! he says that "compulsion drives me anyway" so I think he means that over the long agony of life you can't avoid compulsion and things that don't let you be yourself, that's why inside him's gone.
It is about drugs. Its alot about the saying "whatever doesnt kill you only makes you stronger" but he knows its killing him. Necrophage is right, the end is amazing. But for once i agree with people, tis about addiction.
this song is about phil wondering wuts kept him alive all these years, hes looking back and wondering how he survived a drug overdose and everything else so he comes to the conclusion that something is on his side