apparently no one grasps the idea of nihilism. Axl isn't looking for acceptance in life, and its not about trying enough times till you succeed either. that's not nihilism, Axl is a true nihilist, he was saying he sees it in people in their eye, saw it in the eye of a stranger when he was a child, what is it he saw. He saw the utter pointlessness of life when compared to death. A true nihilist doesn't get depressed about shit not working out, they don't care. It's just that when things don't work out, that's when people look harder and see what he's been hiding even when he was "happy." This song is about how he finally realized himself a nihilist, and he speaks to the audience when he says "It may sound funny but you'd think by now; I'd be smilin'"
he's saying that if by now he's not seeing a point in life he never will, and by stating that it "might sound funny" he puts emphasis into "not that you care" This statement and tone is expecting YOU the audience, and the rest of the world not to understand him or the "others" he's run into.
apparently no one grasps the idea of nihilism. Axl isn't looking for acceptance in life, and its not about trying enough times till you succeed either. that's not nihilism, Axl is a true nihilist, he was saying he sees it in people in their eye, saw it in the eye of a stranger when he was a child, what is it he saw. He saw the utter pointlessness of life when compared to death. A true nihilist doesn't get depressed about shit not working out, they don't care. It's just that when things don't work out, that's when people look harder and see what he's been hiding even when he was "happy." This song is about how he finally realized himself a nihilist, and he speaks to the audience when he says "It may sound funny but you'd think by now; I'd be smilin'" he's saying that if by now he's not seeing a point in life he never will, and by stating that it "might sound funny" he puts emphasis into "not that you care" This statement and tone is expecting YOU the audience, and the rest of the world not to understand him or the "others" he's run into.