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Blind
A reference to Jonathan's drug use during his early years.
"Another place I find to escape the pain inside"
The drugs controlled his life. They provided an escape from the pain he
endured as a young adult, and he couldn't see any future direction for
himself.
"see through the grey that clouds my mind"
He wants to escape the confusion in his mind but his self esteem is so low
that he is not confident enough to make change for himself. He wants to
leave the world and start again but he doesn't know how, so he uses drugs
to distort reality.
Ball Tongue
"The meaning of ball tongue is simple. Some thought it had to do with
oral sex, but infact its about a guy we had to work with on a t-shirt. He
either had a pierced tongue or a wart or something on his tongue and he
was a dick to us" - Jonathan Davis
Need To
Need To is about being in a relationship with someone you love so much but
you are too scared to get close to them because you're paranoid that they
may stop loving you.
"You pull me closer, I push you away, You tell me it's okay, I can't
help but feel the pain"
Jonathan was used to being fucked over by people he loved and any future
relationship was going to feel the same. Every time he thought he was
getting too close he would push her away.
"I hate you .... Fuck you, bitch"
Jonathan already resents tthe girl because he's so confident that she will
end up breaking his heart. He hates her before she has even done anything.
Clown
"We were playing at this show in San Diego and this skinhead guy came
up and said 'Fuck You! Go back to bakersfield!' I didn't understand that I
bent down and he took a swing at me. Our road manager Jeff knocked his ass
out" - Jonathan Davis
Divine
Divine is about the sting of revenge. Jonathan wanted someone who didn't
want him. Then the tables turned and he found that this person wanted him
now.
"You're suffering 'cause of me, it's divine"
"Did you really think you'd beat me at my own game"
He wanted to show her how it felt to want someone you can't have, and he
knows now that since he lost interest in her she realises what she's given
up. Now it's his turn to have some fun, and he is enjoying it.
"You know what, Fuck you, I'm fed up with you, I'm not as good as
you, Fuck no, I'm better than you"
Jonathan knows he's a better person than her by showing that he's not a
doll that can be picked up and put down at will.
Faget
"Everyone thinks I'm bashing gay people in this song, and I'm not.
It's really about me going through highschool being called 'pussy',
'queer', and all that stuff, about getting picked on by all these
jocks." - Jonathan Davis
Shoots And Ladders
"It was written because all these little kids sing these nursery
rhymes and they don't know what they originally meant. Everyone is so
happy when singing but 'London Bridge' is about the Black Plague. All of
them have these evil stories behind them." "The lyrics are all
from nursery rhymes, and a lot of nursery rhymes go back to the Middle
Ages. They're actually pretty twisted if you know the stories behind them,
like about Black Death and stuff." - Jonathan
Davis
Predictable
Another relationship cliche that Jon finds so predictable. Every
relationship he goes into he's going to find himself hurt at the end. He
wonders why there is any point in it at all because he'd rather die than
feel the pain.
"I can in every way, mistake the pain I feel inside. It comes to me,
evil thoughts is creeping through my mind"
How can he deal with the situations of a failed relationship but to remove
himself from the world, or remove the other person. If he can't have them,
noone can.
Fake
This is another song with a theme similar to Clown. Everyone around him
hides behind an image of what their peers want them to be.
"I can't stand the sight of you, I can't stand what you put me
through. Your life's a lie, that you hide. Is it that terrible being you
inside?"
Jonathan is persecuted for being himself rather than another person trying
to fit in with the crowd.
"You try so hard to be wanted. False emotions tells you fronted. I
think being a person relies on one thing. Be yourself, let you come
through"
Everyone wants to fit in so badly that they will change their appearance
and opinions to that of the mainstream crowd.
"Fake, you'll regret it, you'll regret it"
Once they are older they will realise that they've wasted their youth by
trying to be something they're not.
Lies
Again with the same theme of Clown and Fake, Lies picks on those who are
too afraid to be themselves. People who hide behind a conformed society
"I want you to see the life you have disguised"
"Do you ever see from outside your fears"
He is pointing out those who fear they too will be persecuted if they step
outside the line of individuality.
Helmet In The Bush
"It's about a speed problem that I had. You know, you do a lot of
speed and -- if you're a male -- your penis retracts severly." In the
song he says: 'Please God let me sleep tonight.' Jonathan had trouble
sleeping, becuase that's what it does to you. The guy heard at the
beggining of the song is La Caco, a friend of the band. His real name is
Michael and like taco bell. He's a really Nice Guy and he has been friends
with the band for years."
- Jonathan Davis
Daddy
"People think Daddy was written because my dad fucked me up the ass,
but that's not what the song's about. It wasn't about my dad or my mom.
When I was a kid I was being abused by someone else and I went to my
parents and told them about it. They thought I was lying and joking
around, so they never did shit about it. They didn't belive it was
happening to their son." - Jonathan Davis
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