(K)now F(orever) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by noNameMan 

Cover art for (K)now F(orever) lyrics by Mudvayne

Wow, I dont see how anybody got being in jail from the lyrics, but at the same time, I am not seeing through their eyes. Im sure KuD was just being a smart ass when he made that statement about the song being about somebody in jail. Almost like throwing something out there and seeing who will latch on to it and take it without question.

This song to me is about somebody renouncing the commonly accepted organized religion (as a social structure and not a spiritual structure) and finding their own path spiritually and reaching into themselves, new feelings and experiences not felt before and expressing them. But at the same time damning and hatefully accusing/judging the place the individual left.

Now my long winded and half assed interpretation of what I believe is the message of the lyrics:


Frozen moments in time, Stopped hourglass, They predicate, what you will know, Dispositions lie within, And so do we, Don't want to run. Don't want to hide, Renounce the prayers for inspiration, If you dictate what I will be Then smash my face upon the concrete I'm weary,

I feel the stares piercing, So sorry to soil your precious eyes, Reflections spoon-feed you, The bitterness and disgust that is me, If you choose to reach out to lend to me, I'll chew off your hand

I'm not beggin' for your fuckin' change I'm not beggin' for your fuckin' change I'm in touch with myself, All alone within myself, All one. Alone


In this section he PROBABLY is talking about how most people feel at church who think differently or who question the basis/foundation, trying to find their own spiritual path.

"Frozen moments in time, Stopped hourglass,"

Probably means that the 'church' is stuck in the past

"They predicate, what you will know"

trying to cast the individual, and telling the individual their limits. Limiting what the individual will be spiritually. Establishing finite boundaries.

"Don't want to run. Don't want to hide, Renounce the prayers for inspiration, If you dictate what I will be Then smash my face upon the concrete I'm weary,"

THe individual wants to find their own path and be themselves and not what 'they' want him to be and is obviously fresturated and angry about it.

"I feel the stares piercing,"

If you have ever worn a t-shirt to church, you know exactly what this line means and the Judgements that go along with the stares.

"So sorry to soil your precious eyes, Reflections spoon-feed you,"

Probably is talking about sarcasam of not living up to the image/standards that 'you' wanted me to be

"If you choose to reach out to lend to me, I'll chew off your hand"

Doesn't want any help or counseling.

"I'm not beggin' for your fuckin' change I'm not beggin' for your fuckin' change I'm in touch with myself, All alone within myself, All one. Alone"

Self explanatory


Do what you will make it the whole of your law, Burn down the faith that shadows life And take a deeper look inside of what makes you Pull down the shades internal light can be blinding Brilliance I'm not begging for your fuckin' change, I'm just begging for a fuckin' change, Complacence quenched of me"


"Do what you will make it the whole of your law, Burn down the faith that shadows life"

In agreement with "rober_grim_reaper" above

"And take a deeper look inside of what makes you Pull down the shades internal light can be blinding Brilliance"

Talking about realizing the inner spirituality and individual path 'he' found inside 'himself' and how bright the light he found within 'himself'

"Complacence quenched of me"

Could mean that 'he' no longer feels that 'he' has to 'comply' with the 'standards/influence' of the place the individual left


My lazy summation of the rest (because didn't realize how long winded I can be):

To me, the song describes the individual's new spiritual discovery, finding his own 'version of a truth' and and the casting of the shell/cast of who he was and bitterly discarding (what could be called a 'perversion of a truth') and judging his old way, even though he was disgusted with the way 'they' were judging him.

@noNameMan I'm convinced you're either Chad, Ryan, Matt, or Greg.