.. another beautiful song. There are four musical Gods out there; Trent is one of them. The other three are McLachlan, Alanis, and Maynard.
I don't really think this song relates to drug use. Yes, it does say 'tear a hole' with a needle--
[the needle tears a hole the old familiar sting try to kill it all away but I remember everything ]
--but I believe that, again, as usual, it's a metaphor for unwanted memories. You try to block them out because, at one point, they were so beautiful but now they're simply.. a painful reminder. Or, hell, not even beautiful. Maybe just painful. And you don't want to remember anymore, but you can't help yourself..
I agree with lorienmariene [this song is about self loathing] and primusboy [this song is about not being good enough.]
The reference to the empire of dirt, crown of shit; maybe things that were once beautiful, or at least valuable, but now worthless. You can have them all--they don't mean anything to me anymore.
And then there are the references to another person, someone I'm sure he was once close to, but who is now moving on with their life--but while they move on, he is "still right here."
A painful, painful song. In short: Maybe there was something beautiful in your life once, but someone tore it away from you, and destroyed it. Nothing matters anymore. All you have is the memory, and the hurt.
I never thought of "the needle tears a whole" as being a drug reference myself either. I thought of it more as actually inflicting pain upon oneself. Much in the way that many people have cut themselves in times of suicidal thought. Why not use a needle. It's actually quite soothing.
I never thought of "the needle tears a whole" as being a drug reference myself either. I thought of it more as actually inflicting pain upon oneself. Much in the way that many people have cut themselves in times of suicidal thought. Why not use a needle. It's actually quite soothing.
Yes, only singers a musical Gods. If you can't use your voice as an instrument, you can only obtain Demi-God status. Just a harsh fact of life. Though, in the case of Trent, it does make sense as he is pretty much a solo artist behind a band name.
And I totally forgot about Tool. They seemed to disappear when music evolved. I hear you can only find them in the some relic format that involves lasers and discs or something like that. I really wish they would move on actually. I miss listening to Tool, but I am equally as stubborn as them. If music is not on Rdio, then it ceases to exist in my world.
I never thought of "the needle tears a whole" as being a drug reference myself either. I thought of it more as actually inflicting pain upon oneself. Much in the way that many people have cut themselves in times of suicidal thought. Why not use a needle. It's actually quite soothing.
I never thought of "the needle tears a whole" as being a drug reference myself either. I thought of it more as actually inflicting pain upon oneself. Much in the way that many people have cut themselves in times of suicidal thought. Why not use a needle. It's actually quite soothing.
Yes, only singers count as musical Gods. If you can't use your voice as an instrument, you can only obtain Demi-God status. Just a harsh fact of life. Though, in the case of Trent, it does make sense as he is pretty much a solo artist behind a band name.
And I totally forgot about Tool. They seemed to disappear when music evolved into the next level of digitalization. I hear you can only find them in the some relic format that involves lasers and discs or something like that. I really wish they would move on actually. I miss listening to Tool, but I am equally as stubborn as them. If music is not on Rdio, then it ceases to exist in my world.
Sorry for the double post. I thought I was fixing the typo on my original. This site could use some improvements. No way to delete the old one, so its encased here forever now, so that Grammar Nazis can poke at it and please their twisted desires to make others feel inferior for not proof reading :P
Sorry for the double post. I thought I was fixing the typo on my original. This site could use some improvements. No way to delete the old one, so its encased here forever now, so that Grammar Nazis can poke at it and please their twisted desires to make others feel inferior for not proof reading :P
.. another beautiful song. There are four musical Gods out there; Trent is one of them. The other three are McLachlan, Alanis, and Maynard.
I don't really think this song relates to drug use. Yes, it does say 'tear a hole' with a needle--
[the needle tears a hole the old familiar sting try to kill it all away but I remember everything ]
--but I believe that, again, as usual, it's a metaphor for unwanted memories. You try to block them out because, at one point, they were so beautiful but now they're simply.. a painful reminder. Or, hell, not even beautiful. Maybe just painful. And you don't want to remember anymore, but you can't help yourself..
I agree with lorienmariene [this song is about self loathing] and primusboy [this song is about not being good enough.]
The reference to the empire of dirt, crown of shit; maybe things that were once beautiful, or at least valuable, but now worthless. You can have them all--they don't mean anything to me anymore.
And then there are the references to another person, someone I'm sure he was once close to, but who is now moving on with their life--but while they move on, he is "still right here."
A painful, painful song. In short: Maybe there was something beautiful in your life once, but someone tore it away from you, and destroyed it. Nothing matters anymore. All you have is the memory, and the hurt.
But if you had to do it all again, you would.
I like how only lead singers get to count as "musical Gods".
I like how only lead singers get to count as "musical Gods".
I know right? Doesn't this guy realise how creative Maynard's bandmates are for instance? Adam Jones in particular. But that's another story.
I know right? Doesn't this guy realise how creative Maynard's bandmates are for instance? Adam Jones in particular. But that's another story.
I never thought of "the needle tears a whole" as being a drug reference myself either. I thought of it more as actually inflicting pain upon oneself. Much in the way that many people have cut themselves in times of suicidal thought. Why not use a needle. It's actually quite soothing.
I never thought of "the needle tears a whole" as being a drug reference myself either. I thought of it more as actually inflicting pain upon oneself. Much in the way that many people have cut themselves in times of suicidal thought. Why not use a needle. It's actually quite soothing.
Yes, only singers a musical Gods. If you can't use your voice as an instrument, you can only obtain Demi-God status. Just a harsh fact of life. Though, in the case of Trent, it does make sense as he is pretty much a solo artist behind a band name.
And I totally forgot about Tool. They seemed to disappear when music evolved. I hear you can only find them in the some relic format that involves lasers and discs or something like that. I really wish they would move on actually. I miss listening to Tool, but I am equally as stubborn as them. If music is not on Rdio, then it ceases to exist in my world.
I never thought of "the needle tears a whole" as being a drug reference myself either. I thought of it more as actually inflicting pain upon oneself. Much in the way that many people have cut themselves in times of suicidal thought. Why not use a needle. It's actually quite soothing.
I never thought of "the needle tears a whole" as being a drug reference myself either. I thought of it more as actually inflicting pain upon oneself. Much in the way that many people have cut themselves in times of suicidal thought. Why not use a needle. It's actually quite soothing.
Yes, only singers count as musical Gods. If you can't use your voice as an instrument, you can only obtain Demi-God status. Just a harsh fact of life. Though, in the case of Trent, it does make sense as he is pretty much a solo artist behind a band name.
And I totally forgot about Tool. They seemed to disappear when music evolved into the next level of digitalization. I hear you can only find them in the some relic format that involves lasers and discs or something like that. I really wish they would move on actually. I miss listening to Tool, but I am equally as stubborn as them. If music is not on Rdio, then it ceases to exist in my world.
Sorry for the double post. I thought I was fixing the typo on my original. This site could use some improvements. No way to delete the old one, so its encased here forever now, so that Grammar Nazis can poke at it and please their twisted desires to make others feel inferior for not proof reading :P
Sorry for the double post. I thought I was fixing the typo on my original. This site could use some improvements. No way to delete the old one, so its encased here forever now, so that Grammar Nazis can poke at it and please their twisted desires to make others feel inferior for not proof reading :P