Poison the Well – Nagaina

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  General Comment:i think it has slot to do with christian (and the key word here is) mythology, its sort of a damnation of it all i believe, he is singing as the god in christian myths saying him and the "devil" are sort if the same and that they have let mankind go to fend for themselves

  Flag skytzoon August 20, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:ok so guttersharkk I think ur opinion is a really good one, that's good insight on the song, I felt it more than the christian mythology one (not bashing other opinions, maybe I don't feel it bc I'm not much into the word of god) you can totally get the impression of regret and guilt.
  and as for sirfoil, that is a very creative way to take those lyrics :D
  and I was attracted to this song bc of the reference to one of the greatest movies of all time, rikki tikki tavi, in the title (nagaina = mama cobra)

  Flag Amby Effin Fowon July 12, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:hmmm, I'm hearing commentary on Abu Grab in this one...

  Flag zeroed outon April 24, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:HAHA Hey dude I'll give it to you for being creative!

  Flag NAAAAAAAon April 22, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:err.. I looked up the word....

  Flag sirfoilon April 18, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:I couldn't figure out what this song means, I looked up to work Nagaina and it is Persian word for "Beater". It wasn't until one day I was taking a shower and it clicked, let my children go & beater, the song must be about masturbation as sperm have been referred to as children.
  
  I now believe this song to be about getting caught masturbating and everyone finding out about it.
  
  
  I have a big secret (no one knows about what he dose).
  
  out of a shroud prison (a sock or tissue covering his unit).
  
  The big horrible mess (sperm).
  
  I'm covered with mud and bile (lotion?).
  
  Inching towards the crowd (of people that know the secret).
  
  Arms outstretched (I wonder why!).
  
  Releasing my confession (not a secret no more)
  
  I am a snake (Male genital reference).
  
  I let my children let my children go (sperm referred to as children).
  
  to fend for themselves (on the shroud or where ever they land).
  
  De scale me leave me naked on the cutting board floor (now everyone knows the secret and persecute him).

  Flag sirfoilon April 18, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:I think you're onto it guttershark

  Flag NAAAAAAAon April 12, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:Now that I really think about it, I think maybe the song is about the feeling of regret and remorse a person feels after abandoning there children and using the rikki tiki tavi story to describe it, saying that he's a snake and that he let his children go. In the story, the snake Nagaina, leaves her eggs in her nest to go and kill a family, while rikki goes into the nest and destroys them. The line "Our lives are swamps" continues with the whole snake metaphor, seeing that snakes live in swamps. The swamps symbolize how the persons life is who abandoned there child, very dark and depressing, and they want to "just get rid of it all". Also, the "shroud prison" could also be describing describing the persons living conditions, seeing that shroud means to conceal something, the home could be the persons own personal prison, concealing there "Big secret". But yeah, just a rough interpretation, I could be completely wrong.

  Flag Guttersharkkon April 12, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:I thought of it as him speaking as though he is hisfather. who I believed walked out on him as a child or just never was an actual father to him. I base this on the song "loved ones" from "you come before you". I imagine he may have taken alittle inspiration from lots of differnt places though.

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  General Comment:wow, that's an interesting interpretation.fantastic song though (Y)

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