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Long time coming
It seemed to take me through
Long time coming
Many served the few
And long to taste the shame
That bows down before you
Long time coming
It seemed to get me by
Long time coming
It seemed to satisfy
You longed to taste the shame
That everybody tries
Shame shame
Throw yourself away
Give me little bits of
More than I can take
If it sits upon your tongue
Or naked in your eyes
Give me little bits of
More than I can try
Long time coming
It seemed to take me through
Long time coming
Many served the few
And long to taste the shame
That bows down before you
Shame shame
Throw yourself away
Give me little bits of
More than I can take
If it sits upon your tongue
Or naked in your eyes
Give me little bits of
More than I can try
It seemed to take me through
Long time coming
Many served the few
And long to taste the shame
That bows down before you
Long time coming
It seemed to get me by
Long time coming
It seemed to satisfy
You longed to taste the shame
That everybody tries
Shame shame
Throw yourself away
Give me little bits of
More than I can take
If it sits upon your tongue
Or naked in your eyes
Give me little bits of
More than I can try
Long time coming
It seemed to take me through
Long time coming
Many served the few
And long to taste the shame
That bows down before you
Shame shame
Throw yourself away
Give me little bits of
More than I can take
If it sits upon your tongue
Or naked in your eyes
Give me little bits of
More than I can try
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It could have been about anything: a cat that died, drugs, a baby with horns from outer space... you name it! And the real situation that led Chris (I belive the lyrics are his) to feel that way and describe those sensations can only be revealed by him. Personally, I think we would be kind of surprised if we had the chance to know what inspired him.
The inspiration does not "own" the song "meaning". Actually, "meaning" should be substituted by "sense" or "interpretation", because it's impossible to guess what gave him those feelings - as I've already said, it could have been anything!
That said, I really like to hear this song when I'm under a heavy stressful situation or period of my life. It's like: "I'm already screwed, I'm at the bottom, and I'm not ceasing to exist". So throw yourself away makes me feel like "I don't have any self esteem anymore, you can spit on me, you can do anything, I'm like a dog right now" and then "give me little bits of / more than I can take" is like, since I don't have any self esteem left, I want more, I want the extreme, try and push me beyond my limits (in a bad way), so you can see that nothing is gonna happen. It puts morals and our capability of facing the hardest things in life in perspective: you can live hell, but you'll still be alive. You won't faint and die like a fairy tale princess, you'll just live that hell - so "give me little bits of / more than I can try".
It can be related to hitting the bottom, like when you're addicted to drugs (as people had already mentioned), but you can also feel this way when you're being humiliated but yet are forced to go on, when you're facing something very difficult but quitting is not possible, or is not an option.
So I think the lyrics "mean" (rather express) these feelings you have when in extreme hard and stressfull situations which you cannot make stop and you just must go on, and you're about to break and go nuts, but you don't. You just become kind of numb, apathetic, starting to like pain just to mock and defy everything good - man, you'll be nuts already. You'll cut yourself. You'll hurt yourself.
Well... lol
That's what this song means to me, independently from Chris' original inspiration, as the lyrics are about those feelings.
(I've learned from the mistakes of the other men I've seen.
I know that you are tired of sumbissive men and
want to be dominated. I am in awe of you like they were
but I will pretend to be above you in order to please
you. Such is the depth of my submission. I am not afraid. Let's go)
(Line by Line)
I waited
sustained by desire
I waited
You had lots of suitors
they were eager for the feeling
of being humbled by you
I waited
sustained by desire
I waited
desire alone seemed like enough
you want to know what it's like
to trade places with someone ordinary
Trade pride for humility, forget yourself
I don't care if you are too much for me
I fear no experience, not drugs not sex
I am ready to be overwhelmed
I waited
sustained by desire
I waited
You had lots of suitors
they were eager for the feeling
of being humbled by you
Trade pride for humility, forget yourself
I don't care if you are too much for me
I fear no experience, not drugs not sex
I am ready to be overwhelmed
Give me little bits of more than I can take (the addiction)
If it sits upon your tongue or naked in your eyes (like candy, relating it to sexual attraction/need, ecstasy)
Give me little bits of more than I can try (the cycle continues)
Give me little bits of more than I can take
sounds like the early stages of someone becoming a junkie
But this song does seem to be about drugs, specifically alcohol. It sounds like it's about a teetotaller who takes up alcohol to help them out socially with fitting-in but eventually becomes addicted, leading to feelings of shame that he conformed rather than be himself.
"seemed to take me through, get me by, satisfy, etc." - drinking helping him fit-in with others and giving him relief from problems
"many served the few" - drinkers encouraging teetotallers to drink
"give me little bits of more than I can take, try, etc." - the teetotaller commits himself to taking-up drinking and encourages offers of more shots, different drinks etc.
"that everybody tries" - very few people never try alcohol
he sometimes uses shame along with drug use in songs
Which should be obvious. But with that 3 years that I've had since listening to this, I am inclined to agree. It's fucking stupid to think it's about anything else. He's using something as support and it's biting him in the ass. Shit even the word tendril is a reference to some kind of support. It's a low after coming off of a high. All there is to it.
You're completely correct and younger-me is fucking retarded.