Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
Something has to change
Undeniable dilemma
Boredom's not a burden anyone should bear
Constant over stimulation numbs me
But I would not want you any other way
Just not enough, I need more
Nothing seems to satisfy
I said, I don't want it, I just need it
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive
Finger deep within the borderline
Show me that you love me and that we belong together
Relax, turn around and take my hand
I can help you change
Tired moments into pleasure
Say the word and we'll be
Well upon our way, blend and balance
Pain and comfort, deep within you
Till you will not want me any other way
But it's not enough, I need more
Nothing seems to satisfy
I said, I don't want it, I just need it
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive
Knuckle deep inside the borderline
This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to
Relax, slip away
Something kinda sad about
The way that things have come to be
Desensitized to everything
What became of subtlety?
How can this mean anything to me
If I really don't feel anything at all? Yeah
I'll keep digging
Till I feel something
Elbow deep inside the borderline
Show me that you love me and that we belong together
Shoulder deep within the borderline
Relax, turn around and take my hand
Undeniable dilemma
Boredom's not a burden anyone should bear
Constant over stimulation numbs me
But I would not want you any other way
Just not enough, I need more
Nothing seems to satisfy
I said, I don't want it, I just need it
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive
Finger deep within the borderline
Show me that you love me and that we belong together
Relax, turn around and take my hand
I can help you change
Tired moments into pleasure
Say the word and we'll be
Well upon our way, blend and balance
Pain and comfort, deep within you
Till you will not want me any other way
But it's not enough, I need more
Nothing seems to satisfy
I said, I don't want it, I just need it
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive
Knuckle deep inside the borderline
This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to
Relax, slip away
Something kinda sad about
The way that things have come to be
Desensitized to everything
What became of subtlety?
How can this mean anything to me
If I really don't feel anything at all? Yeah
I'll keep digging
Till I feel something
Elbow deep inside the borderline
Show me that you love me and that we belong together
Shoulder deep within the borderline
Relax, turn around and take my hand
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The illusions to fisting...extreme sexual activity in order to feel, the progression from a finger tip to knuckle to hand to shoulder...hoping to banish a numbness...requiring something shocking that you don't really want just to feel something...what does that say about a person? I think that's the point of the song.
What I think is interesting is that he seems to explore both POV here...the person being entered, the person who needs the pain to push past the numbness...and the person who needs to do the pushing, needs to force the envelope, in order to feel.
The dichotomy of sado masochism...but more, I think, in an emotional and psychological sense.
I definitely agree. and I think Maynard also laments that that form of sado masochistic relationship, on an emotional, psychological, and a physical level, has become something that has been accepted to maintain excitement in a relationship or for an individual. It is my belief that he sees modern relationships as something more carnal that require a form self-mutilation in some shape or form to keep the interest, to quell the boredom. Hence "there's something kind of sad about the way that things have come to be. Desensitized to everything. What became of subtlety?" What happened to just being happy with either yourself or someone else? "Boredom's not a burden anyone should bear" comes across as sarcastic to me because it's not so bad but it's hyped up as something intolerable. That way that things have come to be is pitiable because simple pleasures no longer cut it to keep the interest.<br /> <br /> Of course there are so many ways to look at this song because there are so many elements to it: sado-masochism, addiction, desensitization, complacence, the treadmill theory, love and even hate as well. This is irrelevant, but I'm currently studying film (not in school mind you, but I just have a camera and some equipment and my own collection of movies and literature on the subject) and my absolute dream is to make films loosely based on the themes that Maynard writes into his lyrics. I believe these themes can come together to make as interesting a character as Charles Foster Kane, Jake La Motta, or even Daniel Plainview. Sorry for rambling, but I wanted to share the inspiration I've drawn from Tool with you guys.
@Faith you make it sound like your talking about a species, like your analyzing its every move