After listening to this many many time over the years (in all different states of minds) I've always puzzled over a meaning that really fits the song.
I've just realised that it fits perfectly for addiction (whether that was the intention is something else). Up until the lyrics is just a repetition on the same riff just getting more intense with more noisy processed elements trying to unsustainable add to it.
Lyrics fit nicely with an addiction where stopping is hell and not stopping is hell. Addicts can't moderate usage so they have to "turn it off forever" to recover. Then as you go on living in recovery you start off with the same simple repetition but slowly as you heal you find new elements, new ways to enjoy life and then as you die you end back where you started.
The "ever blind" bit, I'd say it's saying you have to always be blind to the joy that the addiction brought you to find the new possibilities.
After listening to this many many time over the years (in all different states of minds) I've always puzzled over a meaning that really fits the song.
I've just realised that it fits perfectly for addiction (whether that was the intention is something else). Up until the lyrics is just a repetition on the same riff just getting more intense with more noisy processed elements trying to unsustainable add to it.
Lyrics fit nicely with an addiction where stopping is hell and not stopping is hell. Addicts can't moderate usage so they have to "turn it off forever" to recover. Then as you go on living in recovery you start off with the same simple repetition but slowly as you heal you find new elements, new ways to enjoy life and then as you die you end back where you started.
The "ever blind" bit, I'd say it's saying you have to always be blind to the joy that the addiction brought you to find the new possibilities.