Lyric discussion by sandman18and5 

Cover art for Send The Pain Below lyrics by Chevelle

God dammit, you people have no sense when it comes to the actual meaning of the song. Alright, this song is obviously about this guy's experience with one bitch of a girlfriend and how he put up with it incident after incident after incident. Until he finally dumps her and looks back at the experience saying "I liked being hurt", so he doesn't like being hurt anymore. And the suffocating was forcing himself to stay with her despite the she gave him.

Calm the fuck down dude, its just a song. You're supposed to find your own meaning in music, there is no right or wrong answer. Plus Chevelle is notorious for making up fake meaning for there songs just so people don't spend all there time worrying about what Pete meant when he wrote it and make a real connection to the music. Not to mention the music video provides a completely different interpretation of the lyrics.

Seriously, take a few deep breaths before you post next time, this site is for intellectual discussion, not 3rd grade name calling

@sandman18and5 Plausable even if the lyrics are maddeningly vague.I'm not sold but think starfox69 was way too harsh on your interpretation. It make as much sense as anything else I've heard but until I hear the band members with their own interpretation I will withhold judgement.