Lyric discussion by SpilltheBlood 

Cover art for 13 Steps To Nowhere lyrics by Pantera

anyone have a clue on what this song is about. Because reading it, I cannot make anything cohesive about the song. What does 13 steps mean, and why are their meaningless lines like "The Wolf Poked with the stick, awaits with cancerous breath". Is this song just simply induced by drugs?

In my humble opinion ... this is yet another metal song about new world order, written in ‘code’. Remember, music & comedy are the only ways we can express the truth openly without getting fuct (see sepultua & ratm). The first verse is about how people are blinded (boarded up) to the fact their rights are being eroded (private lives exposed), while being bombarded by media distractions/fear, controlled by more than the conditioned news readers & celebs (lab rats) we see. Slang is something we do to fit in, drugs is something we do to ‘escape ‘. 2 metaphorical categories for...

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I believe the 13 steps to nowhere refers to the number of steps to the gallows. The song is about death and how our actions bring us closer to it.

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@SpilltheBlood 13 step is relapse but its also a joke that the 13 step is falling for a woman while using the program and fucking it up for both of you becux you think if you find love i wont need drugs read the lyrics also to drag the waters. Sweet is the slice and the lips, you're gonna have that woman, she is your favorite lay Promised you swore that no one had been there, and she was going to keep it that way Let it move in, you got thin, and got high and your money went and so did...