Follow me down. Swallow it down.
A little bit of something instigating your frown.
The moon on the town, the blood on your gown.
You're always picturesque. Stomp the haunted mood in your crown.
I used to think about it then I...
Chose the word indulgence, now I...
Just need some more to stand my own.
Why I live this way? Who knows. Why I live this way? He knows.
Is this damnation? Or a beginning? I'll take "B".
Is this damnation? Or a beginning? I'll take "B".
Oh oh oh oh oh. So once again the thought into my.
And visualize the blood as the life.
Is to bend the wheel of my own kind.
I wish you'd see the hope in my eye.
All in all sublime on this side.
Then again you'd have to leave this life... ....behind.
Why I live this way? Who knows. Why I live this way? He knows.
Is this damnation? Or a beginning? I'll take "B".
Is this damnation? Or a beginning? I'll take "B".



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    General Comment:Rellay great song! Too bad the demo version doesnt have great audio quality. :/
    Flag SirAndraxTheNaughtyon November 21, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Brandon Boyd is a very intelligent, but spiritual man. I believe this song is his own consideration of his sexuality, and what it means for him, considering he's the spiritual type.

    "Follow me down. Swallow it down." The first line indicates a "sinful path" to hell, as Christians would depict. The second has sexual connotations.

    "I used to think about it then I... / Chose the word indulgence, now I..." Means he used to struggle, and saw it only as his own gratification. Even if Brandon, like myself, doesn't adhere to homophobic considerations, he could well consider them as part of a balanced argument.

    "Why I live this way? Who knows. Why I live this way? He knows." Why do I feel these things? Why can't anyone figure it out? God is the only one who really knows, which leads to his struggle with the concept of damnation.

    "Is this damnation? Or a beginning? I'll take "B"." He's decided it's not damnation. Or would like to hope so. B could stand for bisexual, which Brandon is alleged to be, some lyrics would suggest, and he described himself as on the Morning View Sessions DVD.

    "And visualize the blood as the life.
    Is to bend the wheel of my own kind.
    I wish you'd see the hope in my eye.
    All in all sublime on this side.
    Then again you'd have to leave this life... ....behind."

    He contemplates damnation while he tries to understand humankind. He wants to express he really doesn't want to be damned, he is not wicked. He wants to be himself. He knows to understand, he would have to die.
    Flag Zytheon May 24, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This song doesnt sound like incubus, man XD
    Flag Oterroon March 02, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:While you're looking for the rare demos listed above by CourseWeDeliver...also search for Purple Koolaid.
    The sound quality on the mp3s of the demos is usually not very good, but they are definitely worth downloading.
    Flag incubusgurlie421on February 12, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i just downloaded this song and i have to say that i am impressed. this is the best of the incubus demos and could be a great song if they recorded and mixed it properly. Incubus ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Flag velvet incubuson February 08, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:hey you can get all the incubus demos off the incubus online website
    : incubusonline.com
    Flag maximusson January 02, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:yes this is the Incubus we know and love, not that heavy metal band. If you listen to this song and have it confused with them, your ignorant.

    For the meaning im not sure about the verses, but the chorus is fairly straight forward. This is one of my favorite incubus songs, dont know why they never put it on a album.
    Flag rc_racer_007on September 21, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:for those who haven't already found it:
    mp3shits.com/Archive/i/4/
    Flag Nebulaon June 04, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:confusion much...
    Flag funshineon May 01, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:I just found this on Kazaa, btw.... so it's out there.
    Flag CourseWeDeliveron September 29, 2002   Link

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