"Blues were my favorite colour, til I looked around and found another song that I felt like singing."

"Blues were my favorite colour, til I looked around and found another song that I felt like singing."

These lyrics seem to me that Anderson is speaking about the split between himself and the other founder of the band, guitarist Mick Abrahams, who just died shortly before Christmas 2025 (I'm writing this in February 2026). After the band released their debut album, "This Was," in 1968, Anderson wanted to take the group in a more experimental direction (including madrigals, English folk traditions, etc., eventually ending up in what is now known as prog rock), while Abrahams wanted to...

These lyrics seem to me that Anderson is speaking about the split between himself and the other founder of the band, guitarist Mick Abrahams, who just died shortly before Christmas 2025 (I'm writing this in February 2026). After the band released their debut album, "This Was," in 1968, Anderson wanted to take the group in a more experimental direction (including madrigals, English folk traditions, etc., eventually ending up in what is now known as prog rock), while Abrahams wanted to continue playing blues-based rock and roll. Anderson won out and Abrahams quit the band, then formed Blodwyn Pig, which had two successful albums in 1969 and 1970, with a more straight-ahead blues sound (with brass instruments added) that Tull was pursuing. "Blues was my favorite color 'til I found another song that I felt like singing" seems to be Anderson's way of saying that he didn't want to be limited to the bluesy format Abrahams favored.

This song makes me think of a guy who keeps fucking up his relationships with the things he's doing (omg have l done it again). Either it's all in his head with overthinking or smth (l can't help what l hear in my head) or it's about the real him (is what you've seen...) or his past (is what l did...). The hand of blood might be a metaphor for the blood of the relationships he "killed". The chorus tells us the narrator doesn't wanna accept all this and pushes it all aside cause he doesn't "wanna see his life...

This song makes me think of a guy who keeps fucking up his relationships with the things he's doing (omg have l done it again). Either it's all in his head with overthinking or smth (l can't help what l hear in my head) or it's about the real him (is what you've seen...) or his past (is what l did...). The hand of blood might be a metaphor for the blood of the relationships he "killed". The chorus tells us the narrator doesn't wanna accept all this and pushes it all aside cause he doesn't "wanna see his life is burning"

In my opinion, l hear a guy who is absolutely obsessing over a girl and knows he can't have her but he can't help himself and goes after her anyways with whatever he can do, stalking, for instance. The verses clearly state he's following her and finally approaching her with bad intent. As most comments on here already said, he's probably about to kill and/or rape her. The chorus and outro tho tell a more introspective Story about him questioning his choices and Feelings (why do you take it all= why is everything I feel and do about you, why do...

In my opinion, l hear a guy who is absolutely obsessing over a girl and knows he can't have her but he can't help himself and goes after her anyways with whatever he can do, stalking, for instance. The verses clearly state he's following her and finally approaching her with bad intent. As most comments on here already said, he's probably about to kill and/or rape her. The chorus and outro tho tell a more introspective Story about him questioning his choices and Feelings (why do you take it all= why is everything I feel and do about you, why do l beg for more= why can't l stop this) and he never thought he would end up like this at rock bottom= hitting the floor. Combining this with the outro tells us he doesn't wanna be like this and do these things to her but he just can't stop and deep down, he hopes she does something that finally makes him stop (take this from me)

a heavy industrial song that has its own complexities aswell as how it is composed in the duration of the obnoxious end. it holds a special place in my own soul for its simple yet lyrical meaning. NIN is one of my favorite bands (musical artists?) and gives me inspiration on my own songs that I've written. as for the actual song, my favorite from this album would either be ruiner, reptile and a warm place, yet closer would be a close fourth, maybe after memorabilia. i depict the song to be a desperate plea for help or some sort...

a heavy industrial song that has its own complexities aswell as how it is composed in the duration of the obnoxious end. it holds a special place in my own soul for its simple yet lyrical meaning. NIN is one of my favorite bands (musical artists?) and gives me inspiration on my own songs that I've written. as for the actual song, my favorite from this album would either be ruiner, reptile and a warm place, yet closer would be a close fourth, maybe after memorabilia. i depict the song to be a desperate plea for help or some sort of asking. i never watched the music video but i envision somebody that has either lost everything or has it all and still is putting significance into something/someone else/a feeling. in my opinion, being autosexual, i think it has to do with masterbation and though it is a very uncomfortable or unpleasant topic to discuss, i believe it's necessary in everyone's lives. maybe it is the struggle (or not struggle for some others) into not doing it, but this song relishes in that feeling and goes into depth on it's importance.