hear hear thank god for the unplugged encore, would have really been a shame if this gem had been missed. Well, there isn't a lot of coment yet on this song, hopefully someone will come along and disagree with me: its about the power of the murderer. The bright side of destruction/killing. If you're the one with the gun, you're free to chill - stroll along, enjoy the sunshine, and have fun. Bit of a twisted way to feel after killing someone but he does note his schizophrenic mind (insane mind in the NAME of me), and i guess there is some regret in the chorus. The other aspect of the song is in the contrasting statement "can't find time to let things be" - he feels there's so much to do/change in this world, as one in control, there are so many things to kill and change, the idea of just doing nothing doesn't compute.
by the way I have to say I'm glad they were all on drugs, there's a great line by some comedian in the intro to the tool song "third eye" - "I think drugs have done some good things for us...cause the musicians that made all that great music that's enhanced your lives over the years - REAL fuckin high on drugs." I don't care what all these fuckers say about not all AiC songs being about drugs, craploads are, and most are obviously influenced by them. Don't fight it, embrace it for what its worth and just think how awesome Layne must have felt half the time. The album dirt is virtually a concept album about how great and bad heroin is.
it is a pity Layne had to die but along with all the other rock martyrs, his sacrifice was worth it.
hear hear thank god for the unplugged encore, would have really been a shame if this gem had been missed. Well, there isn't a lot of coment yet on this song, hopefully someone will come along and disagree with me: its about the power of the murderer. The bright side of destruction/killing. If you're the one with the gun, you're free to chill - stroll along, enjoy the sunshine, and have fun. Bit of a twisted way to feel after killing someone but he does note his schizophrenic mind (insane mind in the NAME of me), and i guess there is some regret in the chorus. The other aspect of the song is in the contrasting statement "can't find time to let things be" - he feels there's so much to do/change in this world, as one in control, there are so many things to kill and change, the idea of just doing nothing doesn't compute.
by the way I have to say I'm glad they were all on drugs, there's a great line by some comedian in the intro to the tool song "third eye" - "I think drugs have done some good things for us...cause the musicians that made all that great music that's enhanced your lives over the years - REAL fuckin high on drugs." I don't care what all these fuckers say about not all AiC songs being about drugs, craploads are, and most are obviously influenced by them. Don't fight it, embrace it for what its worth and just think how awesome Layne must have felt half the time. The album dirt is virtually a concept album about how great and bad heroin is.
it is a pity Layne had to die but along with all the other rock martyrs, his sacrifice was worth it.