Searching with My Good Eye Closed

Just to echo some of the sentiments here, some are fairly correct. However, the whole "devil" thing in the beginning, the pyramid on Badmotorfinger, the good eye closed shit, etc, that the one guy was alluding to is bull. This song isn't about Satan/Lucifer persay, it's about trying to make sense of this warped reality as thisisthegoodstuff pointed out.

The beginning essentially is comparing Satan to a pack of animals. You hear these various animals, and what they sound like, and then you hear the devil. Right? Right. The devil is our animalistic urges. What are those urges? Fear, hate, violence. All these things that lead to chaos and bitterness between people.

The bulk of the song is trying to deal with this world. Sure, our life circumstances may be better off that someone elses somewhere, but some of us have this thing, called empathy. I know every day of my life, and I don't let myself forget, that somewhere, someone's best friend died (just like he says in Mind Riot) or that a man was just executed for whatever reason (none good). You know, it's fucked up. What can we do, just look for the paradigm. Just keep looking, and hoping. Chris wonders where its at, "is it to the sky?" The paradigm is that which will save us from this madness. It's clear that Chris believes in Christ, he says Jesus is my friend quite a bit. It's a clear indicator in this song that the band, like many of us, is looking for this peace.

"Looking for a pedestal That I can put you on And be on my way"

They're basically saying here, "look, whatever man, you want this power, privilege, and the pulpit? Go ahead, take it, leave me alone. Just leave me out of your BS."

The thing is, it's getting harder and harder to avoid the BS these days guys, but hang in there. Help is on the way.