This song is about hitting a new personal low, and then going from there, using the experience as a basis to reinvent yourself. This song fits in so well with the idea of "grunge"... even though new AiC isn't that grungey... but a common theme of grunge is taking your scars with you, not hiding them, wearing your imperfections as a badge of honor, getting wiser from them, and getting on with your life. There are no perfect characters in these lyrics. Everyone has their scars and we can choose to live in them until we crack, we can choose to hide them, or we can choose to wear them on our sleeves, and to grow from them.
I love Alice in Chains. New and old. This is my favorite new AiC song.
This song is about hitting a new personal low, and then going from there, using the experience as a basis to reinvent yourself. This song fits in so well with the idea of "grunge"... even though new AiC isn't that grungey... but a common theme of grunge is taking your scars with you, not hiding them, wearing your imperfections as a badge of honor, getting wiser from them, and getting on with your life. There are no perfect characters in these lyrics. Everyone has their scars and we can choose to live in them until we crack, we can choose to hide them, or we can choose to wear them on our sleeves, and to grow from them.
I love Alice in Chains. New and old. This is my favorite new AiC song.