i think, along with Angry Chair, this is about his parents punishing him and how its affected how he turned out. Some classic (yet arguably abusive) punishments are mentioned in the lyrics: "i haven't eaten today" - withholding food, "screamin' at me", stopping him from crying, using the religious angle "god will be pissed off with you"... it gets quite literal really, "mama, ooh, my angry brains of infancy"
now my personal interpretation - parents "create" kids by choosing to have them and then punish them even though almost all of their (at least early) behaviour is modelled after their parents. its like being punished for being born. and in the same way i relate that to God creating humans.
but tom makes me want to say its about drugs too because I don't know where he gets the idea AiC didn't use drugs til after facelift. listen to their demos and they have a couple of songs that would be hard to separate from drugs. Take chemical addiction for instance. And also you don't have to be a drug user to write songs about drugs, besides, most people have at least tried some form of drug by their twenties, especially cool people like Jerry and Layne. everyone knows you can't be cool without taking drugs.
You are right. I was just reading Layne Staley: Get Born Again, and Layne references this song when he is talking about the pain of growing up in his family.
You are right. I was just reading Layne Staley: Get Born Again, and Layne references this song when he is talking about the pain of growing up in his family.
i think, along with Angry Chair, this is about his parents punishing him and how its affected how he turned out. Some classic (yet arguably abusive) punishments are mentioned in the lyrics: "i haven't eaten today" - withholding food, "screamin' at me", stopping him from crying, using the religious angle "god will be pissed off with you"... it gets quite literal really, "mama, ooh, my angry brains of infancy"
now my personal interpretation - parents "create" kids by choosing to have them and then punish them even though almost all of their (at least early) behaviour is modelled after their parents. its like being punished for being born. and in the same way i relate that to God creating humans.
but tom makes me want to say its about drugs too because I don't know where he gets the idea AiC didn't use drugs til after facelift. listen to their demos and they have a couple of songs that would be hard to separate from drugs. Take chemical addiction for instance. And also you don't have to be a drug user to write songs about drugs, besides, most people have at least tried some form of drug by their twenties, especially cool people like Jerry and Layne. everyone knows you can't be cool without taking drugs.
Ductape,
Ductape,
You are right. I was just reading Layne Staley: Get Born Again, and Layne references this song when he is talking about the pain of growing up in his family.
You are right. I was just reading Layne Staley: Get Born Again, and Layne references this song when he is talking about the pain of growing up in his family.
@SFy65B2G5rKbzps5acdHwQe6 Angry Chair is about heroin, not about punishment, despite what everyone says. This song, I'll take your word for it
@SFy65B2G5rKbzps5acdHwQe6 Angry Chair is about heroin, not about punishment, despite what everyone says. This song, I'll take your word for it