Root

This is probably the most complicated Deftones song I've tried to decipher. Some of the lyrics are wrong here, and I've submitted corrections. "Just because I'm really poor" should be "Just because I will afford", and "He get, He get's real high" should be "We are here to love heart". But to the meaning... I think this song is about a person that has had to live a false life to go from being a poor person to someone famous. Now he views himself as two different people: the person he really is (nothing), and the person he is not (famous). I think I'm gonna have to go lyric for lyric here.

"To be forced under I look unto your home" He has to stop and analyze himself (he's the famous person talking to the poor) He's trying to see his real self.

"We gave our eyes but no one will yes I know" Hypothetically, the famous person cannot view himself as he really is, so he cannot "see" (he has no eyes). The poor person doesn't exist, so he "has no eyes". But in reality, they both can see if they choose to.

"To heed the cause I will be barred but you won't" In his life, the famous side of him has limitations because he isn't who the person really is, and he can go only so far, but if he was himself, he could do whatever he wanted.

"We are here to love heart" We live pretty much for ourselves, and we should love ourselves, not become different.

"He's up inside, we start to cry." He becomes confused, since he transformed, is this who he really is now? Can he become the original version of himself, or is the real "him" completely different? The confusion causes frustration that brings tears...

"Just because I will afford, living in me is so poor." Because now that he's famous, he's living the false life so his life is meaningless.

"Deliver me there" Basically, I think "there" is meaning that he doesn't have.

"To be judged by one or licked by three" Either he can find help from one other person to help him discover himself, or he can do it himself, and he will be conquered by the parts of himself (Rich, poor, and the real him)

"And your holes enclose" His flaws surround him, become him. He is, completely, a flaw. His whole life.

"Cannot fuck to be me and you won't find me" I believe he's talking to the "judged by one" person, someone giving him advice to help him. Maybe like a therapist? He's saying you can't screw around and make things simple to help him find out who he is.

And that's basically what the next few lines are about.

"I'm in trouble because playing god" He's figuring himself out..."making" himself over again. Afraid he'll screw up and be even worse, maybe.

"I and me we go with Jesus in a bowl of dirt" I think he's comparing himself to Jesus in a way that Jesus was poor, but famous. So it's all right for him to be poor and famous, both sides can be the real him.

"Yeah, so poor, I will fly" He's decided that he will bring both parts together, be high and low at the same time. Maybe delusional here, but that's the conclusion that he has come to.

So, the short version: The guy became something he didn't think he was and reflected on himself, and came to the conclusion that he can be himself and what everyone who loves him (fans) will still love him for who he is.

Phew, well, argue all you like. Maybe you'll inspire more or something. :P