Underoath – I Don't Feel Very Receptive Today

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This door has been shut for days
And it's all too familiar
Can't I just crack a window
Can't I just shake it off?

I'm sure I've tasted this before

Everything is out of reach
And I just want to see outside
The air has been getting thin

I feel like cutting it open tonight
And falling on the floor

There's nothing left unused in here
There's nothing left to say

I haven't talked in days
And I'm really not too sure
What I sound like anymore

My vision has gone and my mouth is full of sores

I feel like dripping it dry tonight
Over and over again
It's time to open up the door

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    General Comment:Ok, if you've never locked yourself in your room for three days strait, not saying a word to anyone because depression literally takes your breath away, you don't know what this song is talking about. If you have then this song cuts you to the core, because it basically sums it all up, your thoughts as you sit there feeling all depressed. Trust me. I would bet anything that Spencer wrote this song while he was alone in his room sick to his stomach.
    Flag kforsyth1on June 14, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Ok, if you've never locked yourself in your room for three days strait, not saying a word to anyone because depression literally takes your breath away, you don't know what this song is talking about. If you have then this song cuts you to the core, because it basically sums it all up, your thoughts as you sit there feeling all depressed. Trust me. I would bet anything that Spencer wrote this song while he was alone in his room sick to his stomach.
    Flag kforsyth1on June 14, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Ok, if you've never locked yourself in your room for three days strait, not saying a word to anyone because depression literally takes your breath away, you don't know what this song is talking about. If you have then this song cuts you to the core, because it basically sums it all up, your thoughts as you sit there feeling all depressed. Trust me. I would bet anything that Spencer wrote this song while he was alone in his room sick to his stomach.
    Flag kforsyth1on June 14, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:i interpret it like this...

    He is depressed. He was locked himself in a room to just get away from the world and he is thinking of commiting suicide. (I feel like cutting it open tonight. And falling on the floor)(I feel like dripping it dry tonight) This line refers to him cutting himself and collapsing to the floor. But the song has a good ending. i dont think he kills himself (It's time to open up the door)

    I dont see anything in the lyrics that definitively point to religion or sin. If you want to speculate that he is depressed due to his sinful behavior thats conceiveable. but i dont read anything that really says that.


    and the song is called "I DONT feel very receptive today" because he has an overall sense of numbness due to his isolation and depression. as well as physical sensory deprivation from being locked in a room.
    Flag Sargeyon September 26, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Hes having the saem shit go on ahgain and again...and its getting worse he wants shit back to normal
    Flag GD3on September 12, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Pleaseeeee think about what you type in here before you send it.

    Yes, I know UnderOath is a Christian Band... I'm a Christian, too....But not every single song has to be about God.

    I think its about someone who USED to cut himself, but he shut the door to it. And now he has the urge to start again.
    Flag kelxxxon April 03, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I haven't talked in days and I'm really not too sure what I sound like anymore.

    I love this line in the song. I'm still getting used to being in college away from home. None of my friends from high school are with me and I just started making some friends here. There are days when I keep to myself and don't feel like talking to anybody and I realize I haven't talked in the whole day! That reminds me of this song. As to the meaning of the song, I think it's just about someone feeling trapped within themselves and wanting to get out of the barricade they've created around themselves. And there do seem to be some direct references to cutting oneself just because of how desperately lonely they feel.
    Flag darknesscoatsuson January 24, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:spencer is talking about being depressed and giving in to his drug addiction. hes trying to ignore his life, and god because he feels like he is too far gone "everything is out of reach". he doesnt feel like he can come back to god because he has strayed so far, so hes running away from god and into drugs. finally he hits rock bottom (and runs out of drugs) "theres nothing left unused in here, theres nothing left to say. my vision is gone and my mouth is full of sores" (i dont think that part is an analogy. my friend was at a show with spencer screaming in his face and when it came to that part spencer grabbed his lip and pulled it out as he screamed "my mouth is full of sores") he wants to "see outside" but doesnt think that he can, and has thoughts of suicide. "i feel like cutting it open tonight and falling on the floor" if thats not talking about resorting to cutting your wrists to escape the hell youve put yourself in.. i dunno what is. finally even though he still wants his drugs, he knows that drugs will never provide the lasting satisfaction that god does, and resolves to open up the door. i think the "door" and "room" that hes in is both literal and an analogy for shutting himself of from god. when he opens up the door he comes back to god, and god is there waiting.
    Flag coowojo11on December 04, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:theres a scream nearer the end, sounding like hes dying in pain its like "ahhhhh" high pitched one. Anyway, I think someone locked in a house and he sees its no normal house and he has to get out but he doesn't get out and he dies, thats what the music at the end kinda says to me.
    Flag Matthew15on November 30, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i love the part when he screams "
    I feel like cutting it open tonight
    And falling on the floor"

    its nuts
    Flag sandiejenkinson September 12, 2007   Link

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