Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
Say my hell is the closet
I'm stuck inside
Can't see the light
And my heaven is a nice house in the sky
Got central heating
And I'm alright
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Can't see the light
Keep it locked up inside
Don't talk about it
Talk about the weather
Can't see the light
Open up my head and let me out, little baby
Here we have been standing for a long, long time
Treading trodden trails for a long, long time
I say my hell is the closet I'm stuck inside
Can't see the light
And my heaven is a nice house in the sky
Got central heating and I'm alright
Here we have been standing for a long, long time
Treading trodden trails for a long, long time
I find sometimes it's easy to be myself
Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else
I see you young and soft oh little baby
Little feet, little hands, little baby
One year of cryin' and the words creep up inside
Creep into your mind
So much to say
Here we have been standing for a long, long time
Treading trodden trails for a long, long time
I find sometimes it's easy
To be myself
Sometimes I find it's better
To be somebody else
So much to say
Open up my head and let me out
Little baby
I'm stuck inside
Can't see the light
And my heaven is a nice house in the sky
Got central heating
And I'm alright
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Can't see the light
Keep it locked up inside
Don't talk about it
Talk about the weather
Can't see the light
Open up my head and let me out, little baby
Here we have been standing for a long, long time
Treading trodden trails for a long, long time
I say my hell is the closet I'm stuck inside
Can't see the light
And my heaven is a nice house in the sky
Got central heating and I'm alright
Here we have been standing for a long, long time
Treading trodden trails for a long, long time
I find sometimes it's easy to be myself
Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else
I see you young and soft oh little baby
Little feet, little hands, little baby
One year of cryin' and the words creep up inside
Creep into your mind
So much to say
Here we have been standing for a long, long time
Treading trodden trails for a long, long time
I find sometimes it's easy
To be myself
Sometimes I find it's better
To be somebody else
So much to say
Open up my head and let me out
Little baby
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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If you've ever been depressed you would relate to it as being in a depressed state...I say my hell is the closet I�m stuck inside Can�t see the light... You get trapped in your own mind. Wishing you could talk to someone, but not being able to explain what's going on in your own mind. You have so much to say...but you keep it locked up inside. Just like being a little baby...you would imagine they have so much going on in their minds but aren't able to talk to tell you...The only escape you have is to go to your comfort zone within your own mind...my heaven is a nice house in the sky Got central heating and I�m alright...treading trodden trails for a long long time...because it's continuous...so it's much easier to pretend you are someone else at times. That's how I relate to it anyway...and I'm sure there is a totally different meaning to everyone that listens to it...it's how it affects your own thoughts. There are so many different things it could actually mean...but it would be really cool to know what he was actually thinking when he wrote it and the true meaning behind the song...regardless...I love it!!! Dave Matthews Rocks!!!
@ImLucyLocket your comment about this song as well as the song itself describes perfectly what life as an introvert is like. Is Dave an introvert? Introverts are typically very creative people who express themselves in diverse ways. Not so much by conversing with people but through writing....songs hummm.
Believe it or not, we spent a whole day in a college course on Child Developement disussing this song. Although certain parts may mean different things to different people (and some of my interpretations may be a stretch), the main gist of the song is the gradual developement of a child into a thinking, speaking individual.
Is a reference to being trapped inside the womb, with
representing the exit from the womb.
Refers to baby's frustration at not being able to communicate yet.
Now, once baby reaches speaking age--and of course Dave Matthews, being a "deep" musical artist, talks about the shallowness of one's conversations once we can speak, despite baby's earlier yearning to communicate, having had "so much to say." And what does baby talk about when he can finally speak?--after he had, "so much to say?" and was stuck in his own "hell" of muteness? The bloody weather! And not just that, but other mundain topics over and over again, as represented by the lyrics
The "trodden trails" (Nice alliteration by the way) are topics that have been disussed ad neaseum. Basicaslly, nobody has anything new to say, making Dave Matthew's repetitious chorus "so much to say" all the more ironic.
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I'm not sure but I think at least part of this is about how in our society we train ourselves to stay superficial in our conversations and not talk about what is really on our mind ("keep it locked up inside, don't talk about it, talk about the weather") I really like this song because it addresses something that bothers me in everyday life.
The most powerful line to me in this song is "I find sometimes it’s easy to be myself / Sometimes I find it’s better to be somebody else." I think Dave goes through the same dilemma as everyone else. Everyone feels uncomfortable in certain situations but comfortable in others. Sometimes you feel like you can speak your mind, but then other times you fear rejection and speak the mind of someone else.
the last line "open up my head and let me out" you know where its just the voice is really really cool to me...
good song dave :)
if you get a chance to dl the video for this song but it is awsome and bringsa whole new life to the song
plus the sax player smiles...he never does but in this video he did :)
I think that Dave is talkin about how sometimes it is just easier to put on a facade than to actually be yourself. It is one of my favorite Dave songs.
@eminem31 you are right. Dave is an INFJ (me too). It is the rarest personally type and we hate small talk,<br /> Keep it locked up inside<br /> Don't talk about it<br /> Talk about the weather". is very INFJ.<br /> Read about the INFJ to better understand Dave, Billy Corgan, Taylor Swift etc. intuitivemusician.com/infj/
one thing i love about the song is the complete contradiction it makes - while stating that there is "so much to say," dave is, for the most part, repeating the same lines over and over. i adore the paradox that creates.
I'm not sure about the song as a whole, but the last part where he talks about "One year of crying and the words creep up inside" he's talking about a newborn child and how after a year or so, they start to talk. And they have so much to say! :p Maybe one theme of the song is that he feels a sort of lament for the child that he has to go through all that Dave describes in the first half of the song, although the upbeat tune to the song might contradict that :p
I think NateKalbach is correct about the meaning and I HAVE to agree with Deathbear abot the last line "Open up my head and let me out Little baby" Its just awesome. I love this song and Love the video especially at that last line part; While Dave is singing it he's looking around the room and when he plays that last note it shows Leroi Moore smiling in Daves place for a split-second. Its funny.