I like to entertain the idea that the music box is a metaphor for a pill bottle. Winding it up is like opening the childproof lids. The attic scene describes him in a state of mind where all the demons the pills awoke mean nothing in search of the bottle. He digs through human parts for the bottle, referencing his several serial killer raps on the rest of the album. It creates a very dark, lucid description of the true darkness of Shady.
I like to entertain the idea that the music box is a metaphor for a pill bottle. Winding it up is like opening the childproof lids. The attic scene describes him in a state of mind where all the demons the pills awoke mean nothing in search of the bottle. He digs through human parts for the bottle, referencing his several serial killer raps on the rest of the album. It creates a very dark, lucid description of the true darkness of Shady.