This is one of the songs that forced me to confront the ugly reality of my narcissism. My self-love, which is just a mask for my self-hate, has turned me into a largely unaware monster of sorts. Years of seemingly arbitrary fuck-ups, dashed relationships, and eventual desires for self-destruction are the hallmarks of this condition. Leave it to a narcissist to ramble on about his own problems though, eh?
Anyway, I wonder whether the narrator of this song and other songs from The Downward Spiral ever considered himself to be a narcissist. We all have our dark passengers of sorts, but some of us never realize it until it's too late.
Don't take up all this page space with your narcissism, it's time to talk about "me". Err, just kidding. Nothing wrong with talking about yourself. It's the only way to find someone that understands and listens.
Don't take up all this page space with your narcissism, it's time to talk about "me". Err, just kidding. Nothing wrong with talking about yourself. It's the only way to find someone that understands and listens.
Interesting interpretation of the song though. Never saw the narcissism in it. Maybe because I am more acquainted with self destruction and apathy. I think a lot of us can see ourselves somewhere in this song. It definitely has tones of a loss of self control. Sounds like the narrator is very impulsive as well.
Interesting interpretation of the song though. Never saw the narcissism in it. Maybe because I am more acquainted with self destruction and apathy. I think a lot of us can see ourselves somewhere in this song. It definitely has tones of a loss of self control. Sounds like the narrator is very impulsive as well.
@swollen uvula pretty right on here. This song goes well with The Ruiner theme, which I believer are everyone's sucidal thoughts, of this album. When you get to The Dowmward Spiral and finish off with Hurt, it's pretty clear to me that whomever they are speaking about lost his battle to The Ruiner or suicide.
@swollen uvula pretty right on here. This song goes well with The Ruiner theme, which I believer are everyone's sucidal thoughts, of this album. When you get to The Dowmward Spiral and finish off with Hurt, it's pretty clear to me that whomever they are speaking about lost his battle to The Ruiner or suicide.
This is one of the songs that forced me to confront the ugly reality of my narcissism. My self-love, which is just a mask for my self-hate, has turned me into a largely unaware monster of sorts. Years of seemingly arbitrary fuck-ups, dashed relationships, and eventual desires for self-destruction are the hallmarks of this condition. Leave it to a narcissist to ramble on about his own problems though, eh?
Anyway, I wonder whether the narrator of this song and other songs from The Downward Spiral ever considered himself to be a narcissist. We all have our dark passengers of sorts, but some of us never realize it until it's too late.
Don't take up all this page space with your narcissism, it's time to talk about "me". Err, just kidding. Nothing wrong with talking about yourself. It's the only way to find someone that understands and listens.
Don't take up all this page space with your narcissism, it's time to talk about "me". Err, just kidding. Nothing wrong with talking about yourself. It's the only way to find someone that understands and listens.
Interesting interpretation of the song though. Never saw the narcissism in it. Maybe because I am more acquainted with self destruction and apathy. I think a lot of us can see ourselves somewhere in this song. It definitely has tones of a loss of self control. Sounds like the narrator is very impulsive as well.
Interesting interpretation of the song though. Never saw the narcissism in it. Maybe because I am more acquainted with self destruction and apathy. I think a lot of us can see ourselves somewhere in this song. It definitely has tones of a loss of self control. Sounds like the narrator is very impulsive as well.
@swollen uvula pretty right on here. This song goes well with The Ruiner theme, which I believer are everyone's sucidal thoughts, of this album. When you get to The Dowmward Spiral and finish off with Hurt, it's pretty clear to me that whomever they are speaking about lost his battle to The Ruiner or suicide.
@swollen uvula pretty right on here. This song goes well with The Ruiner theme, which I believer are everyone's sucidal thoughts, of this album. When you get to The Dowmward Spiral and finish off with Hurt, it's pretty clear to me that whomever they are speaking about lost his battle to The Ruiner or suicide.