Lyrics for Rhyme & Reason as interpreted by Demau Senae

Rhyme & Reason Lyrics
Oh well oh well so here we stand
But we stand for nothing
My heart calls to me in my sleep
How can I turn to it
'Cause I'm all locked up in this
Dark place -
And I do not know
I'm as good as dead
My head aches -
Warped and tied up
I need to kill this pain

My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm dead and gone
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm six feet underground

How long I'm tied up
My mind in knots -
My stomach reels
In concern for what I might do or
What I've don
It's got me living in fear
Well I know these voices must
Be my soul
I've had enough I've had enough of being alone
I've got no place to go

My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm dead and gone
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm six feet under ground

Six feet under
In y grave
Lying wired and shut and quiet in my grave
Leave me here
Leave me here to waste here
So young and here I am again
Talking to myself
A T.V. blares
Oh man
Oh how I wish I didn't smoke
Or drink to reason with my head

But sometimes this thick confusion
Grows until I cannot bear it at all
Needle to the vein
Needle to the vein
Take this needle from my vein my friend
I said

My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm dead and gone
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm dead and gone

In my grave
Lying
Lying cold in my grave
The reason -
My reason
Take my head off this terror
The fearing won't come back
I can't see
My mind's all wiped clean
The needle
Make my great escape
I seem caught in time
My head leaves me behind
Body fall cold
And I see heaven

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MnOvrboard182
05-08-2002

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this song is about the negative sides of drug abuse and what can happen to your body...all he's looking for is a little help through it..."But sometimes this thick confusion Grows until I cannot bear it at all, Needle to the vein Needle to the vein, Take this needle from my vein my friend, I said..."


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sean7711
07-20-2002

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thats the best part of the song, all the emotion of the song is brought to the best part there

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UNCWDMBfan
03-09-2003

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It Deals with your problems and overcoming drugs to solve those problems, its an internal struggle that must be overcome

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Whiskeypriest
04-11-2003

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I agree, I think this song expresses something that goes deeper than drugs, because it says he wishes that he didn't smoke or rink to reason with it. he says the voices in his head were his soul, so it might be an effect of his obvious struggle with his faith.

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Whiskeypriest
04-11-2003

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I agree, I think this song expresses something that goes deeper than drugs, because it says he wishes that he didn't smoke or rink to reason with it. he says the voices in his head were his soul, so it might be an effect of his obvious struggle with his faith.

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Ilsedore
04-30-2003

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This song has so much energy and power... Its a great song

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jemini83
07-04-2004

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I've been addicted to drugs, I love this song because it explains that addictions never really go away. It explains the pain you go through for your entire life after having an addiction. I mean my head won't leave my head alone is a key phrase if you've ever been trying to tell yourself why you know it's better not to do drugs, but you really can't get over the feeling that you need to. I wish I didn't smoke or drink to reason with my head... I mean there are so many things you do to avoid the real problem and thats a perfect example. But I also know when he says needle to the vein, needle to the vein, please take this needle from my vein my friend, it is him asking for help, but it could be from god, a friend, anyone or thing really. I also enjoy that live he sometimes change that to please leave this needle IN my vein because you can't win every battle, and that's the real war with an addiction.

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InsanityIsBliss
10-09-2004

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The needle
Make my great escape
I seem caught in time
My head leaves me behind
Body fall cold
And I see heaven

--seems to be describing an overdose... what an amazing way of describing death...

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jalapenachris
12-23-2004

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There have been rumors that Dave used to be into heroin quit a bit back in the day, that's why he's always wearing long sleeves in most of the older pictures. That would explain the song.

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_DeFyInG_GrAvItY_
01-14-2005

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i luv this dmb song! it's sad but it makes me happy!

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getchoo uh-huh
04-05-2005

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too often we restrict a song to only have the possibility of written from the songwriter's actual feelings and ideas. we forget that a songwriter has the freedom to take on another persona, i.e. a drug addict, a murderer, a pregnant teen, whatever. i'm not saying dave wasn't a drug addict or a murderer, but he has the right to pen a song as if he were.

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weathermanbob
09-19-2005

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This song is about the struggle one faces when addicted to Meth, I think he use to get real tweaked, by shooting it up his arm, look at his writing style on this album, alot of the songs make no sense, but if you were tweaking they would make some sense, and I am sure he wrote 100% of this album while under the influence of Meth. His writing style is that of a typical tweaker.

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weathermanbob
09-19-2005

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My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm dead and gone
My head won't leave my head alone
And I don't believe it will
Until I'm six feet underground
( When I hear this part of the song I know exactly how this man feels, for I feel the same way. Your addictions are always in the back of your head talking to you, trying to get you to go do them, and sometimes it wins the battle. Plus no matter how long you are away from drugs they are always on your mind, and they most likely won't leave until you die, especially since according to this song it seems like the drugs are winning the battle over Dave, and since that is the case he will always let his head get him to do drugs, and this will be his demise.)

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thedungbeetle
01-15-2006

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i dont think this song is about addictions, or about drugs
he uses "needle to the vein" figuratively
how nothing can quell the emptiness that seems to devour him
but its his own head putting these memories, or thoughts
reinforcing, and causing him to go mad
and turn to drugs to try and "reason with his head"
but they dont do anything for him

NOT about drug use.
its about a human condition

dave would not write such a shallow song
but you may interpret it that way to your situation

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Me2
04-10-2006

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the song is about a battle between two mindsets.. one spirit and what God tells dave and what he hears from the world. his spirit head against his flesh head.. or his battle against the world.
which is in the sea of thought and imagination. could say his boat is in a storm, is filling with water its going to sink and he will drown..oh my!

and at the same time God is telling him to be at peace, forgive others, and be content. sound familiar?

the needle containing the drug is the tv. and its opinions of hate and war and competition, where winning at all costs is its mantra. overagainst his thoughts of God which is love and forgive and mercy.

the smoke filling his head with polluted thoughts.
his terror, his fear

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bwbkelly7
06-15-2006

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at the point he wrote it, this was by far Dave's darkest songs. i don't think that he was ever addicted to heroin 'needle to the vein' but i think that it has a lot to do with alcohol. remember that this is part of Under the Table and Dreaming and as they were making this album, which was before the band hit international 'super-stardom' and even before it caught the eye of the U.S. in a major way, Dave's sister(Anne) was murdered by her husband who proceeded to shoot himself. i believe that this is a song that has a lot to do with the sister. after all, the album is dedicated 'To Anne.'

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Me2
10-22-2006

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the two minds or "heads" are differing thoughts of what daves is attempting to come to a conclusion over.

its his consious and subconsious mindsets...

his subconsious is being renewed with the "mind of christ" and his consious mindset is what his outside influences is suggesting. its happens to everyone.

think of an advertisement suggesting us to purchase something or not. subliminal advertisement is outlawed in america because it makes suggestions to our subconsious. even to our harm...impulse shoppers are screwed. we consume too much because of a weak uncontrolled subconsious.

if your a christian. your subconsious is being reordered and being taught truth as error is being forgotten. its called renewing your mind. the only problem is that the consious mindset has to change. this is the battle within our two minds until we're physically dead and not affected by outward influences.

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satella-x
05-12-2007

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Although I think this song deals with drug/alcohol abuse i think it is more heavily based on the obsessive-compulsive mindset. For example "In concern for what I might do or What I've done..." indicates that he is afraid that he may cause harm to other individuals or may do things alien to him. This is a common concern amongst the obsessive compulsive population. Other Examples of bad thoughts are: Imagining harming a child. To neutralize the thoughts or to "reason with myself" he has to "smoke & drink". He also indicates moments of profound insight of the thinking with the lyrics "My head won't leave my head alone". This indicates that he is aware that it is his head that is causing the distressing thoughts and it is not reality. I believe that there is acceptance and hope in this song with the lyrics "I don't believe it will, till I'm six feet underground."

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paola_74
05-13-2007

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One of the best song i've ever heard!
Great great voice! Maybe it deals with drug abuse or maybe not...who knows...)
i think weathermanbob found the right point of view, the lyrics and dave's voice describe clearly that kind of hell.

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acoustic27
11-25-2007

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I love this song when he played at saratoga the passion and emotion he showed was just amazing

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trn3ngo
02-08-2008

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All I have to say is that this song was awesome in concert: The Gorge 2007...can't remember which day but Robert Randolph did the intro and it was kickass.....=D

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cellordore
02-29-2008

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I BELIEVE THIS IS DAVES DARKEST SONG! For one I don't know if this is a song which strictly deals with ther struggle of addiction, but whether Dave struggling with something, (death of his sister Anne, and or his father) and then turning to drugs, to forget. I think the lines towards the end are "the needle, she is my great escape" not makes my great escape. meaning This is what he turns to in order to escape from his unrelenting painful thoughts. Or atleast in some live versions I am sure this is what he says. Ps I love when he switches it up to please leave this needle in my vein my friend, like he is asking for one more time, like he desperately needs it.

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bubaluie56
01-11-2009

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fact: this song is about dave and his addiction to heroin:
"But sometimes this thick confusion
Grows until I cannot bear it at all
Needle to the vein"

"My mind's all wiped clean
The needle
Make my great escape"

also he close to the beginning he says his head won't leave him alone until he's six feet under (meaning dead), and then in the last "verse" of the song he says he's lying in his grave because of the terror in his head that would be fixed when he was high, but continuing to do heroin could lead him to his grave.

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hlakam
05-27-2009

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It is sad how most think this song is about drug abuse/alcoholism/mental illness. You experience all these emotions while wide awake, sober and sane(if there is such a state of mind). You're just to damn regimented to recognize them, and you need drugs, alcohol or chemical imbalance to recognize any of them.

Addiction is the way of the lazy.

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