I think this song is about being depressed and suicidal.
"You are surrounding all my surroundings. Twisting the kaleidoscope behind both of my eyes." that to be sounds like depression being all around you and effecting how you see things.
"I'm taking over my body. back in control, no more shotty. I bet a lot of me was lost "T"'s uncrossed and "I"'s undotted. I fought it a lot and it seems a lot like flesh is all I got." This to me sounds like he's taking control of himself again, he's fighting back. But when he was under, going through deep depression, a lot of him was lost.
"And now that I write and think about it and the story unfolds. You should take my life, you should take my soul" I think that's depression's opinion coming back, with some suicidal thoughts.
"Time is slowin' and it's rolling still, and the windowsill looks really nice, right? You think twice about your life, It probably happens at night, right?" That's like a panic attack, and the windowsill part is implying jumping out of it and committing suicide. and it happens at night, because that's the typical time that you feel alone and hopeless and there's no one to stop you.
"Fight it, take the pain, ignite it. Tie a noose around your mind, loose enough to breath fine and tie it to a tree tell it, you belong to me, this ain't a noose, this is a leash and I have news for you, you must obey me!" This part is about owning your depression.
@companioncube I agree with your take of it but I took the part about the windowsill to mean that hes always on edge but theres always an escape or something that helps him see what it's really like outside of his thoughts.
@companioncube I agree with your take of it but I took the part about the windowsill to mean that hes always on edge but theres always an escape or something that helps him see what it's really like outside of his thoughts.
@companioncube some people feel better at night because at night you can escape free to imagine another world and think good thoughts when in the day you feel like you are surrounded by people who don't understand what you're going through and you feel more alone. so the 'you think twice about your life it probably happens at night, right?' only applies to some people. and MusicHandle I agree with you about the windowsill part.
@companioncube some people feel better at night because at night you can escape free to imagine another world and think good thoughts when in the day you feel like you are surrounded by people who don't understand what you're going through and you feel more alone. so the 'you think twice about your life it probably happens at night, right?' only applies to some people. and MusicHandle I agree with you about the windowsill part.
@companioncube Your interpretation is spot on, except I think a couple lines mean something else. I think you're definitely right that it's about fighting depression. But the liner notes on the CD thank Jesus Christ, whom Tyler and Josh call their "lord and savior." I think the part of the song about "you should take my life, you should my soul" is directed toward God. And so is, I believe, "I'll be holding on to you." If you watch the video, at the end, Tyler points up when he says "you." Instead of relying on the power of his flesh,...
@companioncube Your interpretation is spot on, except I think a couple lines mean something else. I think you're definitely right that it's about fighting depression. But the liner notes on the CD thank Jesus Christ, whom Tyler and Josh call their "lord and savior." I think the part of the song about "you should take my life, you should my soul" is directed toward God. And so is, I believe, "I'll be holding on to you." If you watch the video, at the end, Tyler points up when he says "you." Instead of relying on the power of his flesh, he's giving his life, his soul to God, because he cannot fight the depression alone. And he's suggesting to other people that they entertain the idea of doing the same thing. We were "gifted" with thought, and using that gift of thought, we can at least entertain Tyler's faith. He's not telling people to believe what he believes, but he's sharing about what he holds onto, sharing about his faith, and he's suggesting we get "introspective" and think for ourself about that message.
@companioncube this only works if one takes \'You are surrounding all my surrounding\' and everything that follows to be completely negative, which I don\'t think it can be. It has too much positive and calm to it. What I believe it means is the singer\'s talking to God - feeling surrounded, in a good way, and having God\'s presence \'sound down the mountain range of my left-side brain\'. In the Bible, there are verses where God is depicted as descending down mountainsides, not as noise and fearful tremors or hail or rain or thunder - but peace. Quiet peace. \r\n\r\nIt\'s...
@companioncube this only works if one takes \'You are surrounding all my surrounding\' and everything that follows to be completely negative, which I don\'t think it can be. It has too much positive and calm to it. What I believe it means is the singer\'s talking to God - feeling surrounded, in a good way, and having God\'s presence \'sound down the mountain range of my left-side brain\'. In the Bible, there are verses where God is depicted as descending down mountainsides, not as noise and fearful tremors or hail or rain or thunder - but peace. Quiet peace. \r\n\r\nIt\'s also important that it\'s the LEFT side of the brain because of previously held connotations of what the different sides are in charge of. Left side is logical, analytical, rational, reality-based, detail-oriented.\r\n\r\nAnd a kaleidoscope is beautiful, even if it might be trippy or scary to some. Most I think would agree that looking through one turns the world into a whole different reality for a while. And it\'s also broken - into more and more slivers to reflect better. The singer has a \'kaleidoscope behind both of his eyes\'.
I think this song is about being depressed and suicidal. "You are surrounding all my surroundings. Twisting the kaleidoscope behind both of my eyes." that to be sounds like depression being all around you and effecting how you see things.
"I'm taking over my body. back in control, no more shotty. I bet a lot of me was lost "T"'s uncrossed and "I"'s undotted. I fought it a lot and it seems a lot like flesh is all I got." This to me sounds like he's taking control of himself again, he's fighting back. But when he was under, going through deep depression, a lot of him was lost.
"And now that I write and think about it and the story unfolds. You should take my life, you should take my soul" I think that's depression's opinion coming back, with some suicidal thoughts.
"Time is slowin' and it's rolling still, and the windowsill looks really nice, right? You think twice about your life, It probably happens at night, right?" That's like a panic attack, and the windowsill part is implying jumping out of it and committing suicide. and it happens at night, because that's the typical time that you feel alone and hopeless and there's no one to stop you.
"Fight it, take the pain, ignite it. Tie a noose around your mind, loose enough to breath fine and tie it to a tree tell it, you belong to me, this ain't a noose, this is a leash and I have news for you, you must obey me!" This part is about owning your depression.
@companioncube I agree with your take of it but I took the part about the windowsill to mean that hes always on edge but theres always an escape or something that helps him see what it's really like outside of his thoughts.
@companioncube I agree with your take of it but I took the part about the windowsill to mean that hes always on edge but theres always an escape or something that helps him see what it's really like outside of his thoughts.
@companioncube some people feel better at night because at night you can escape free to imagine another world and think good thoughts when in the day you feel like you are surrounded by people who don't understand what you're going through and you feel more alone. so the 'you think twice about your life it probably happens at night, right?' only applies to some people. and MusicHandle I agree with you about the windowsill part.
@companioncube some people feel better at night because at night you can escape free to imagine another world and think good thoughts when in the day you feel like you are surrounded by people who don't understand what you're going through and you feel more alone. so the 'you think twice about your life it probably happens at night, right?' only applies to some people. and MusicHandle I agree with you about the windowsill part.
@companioncube Your interpretation is spot on, except I think a couple lines mean something else. I think you're definitely right that it's about fighting depression. But the liner notes on the CD thank Jesus Christ, whom Tyler and Josh call their "lord and savior." I think the part of the song about "you should take my life, you should my soul" is directed toward God. And so is, I believe, "I'll be holding on to you." If you watch the video, at the end, Tyler points up when he says "you." Instead of relying on the power of his flesh,...
@companioncube Your interpretation is spot on, except I think a couple lines mean something else. I think you're definitely right that it's about fighting depression. But the liner notes on the CD thank Jesus Christ, whom Tyler and Josh call their "lord and savior." I think the part of the song about "you should take my life, you should my soul" is directed toward God. And so is, I believe, "I'll be holding on to you." If you watch the video, at the end, Tyler points up when he says "you." Instead of relying on the power of his flesh, he's giving his life, his soul to God, because he cannot fight the depression alone. And he's suggesting to other people that they entertain the idea of doing the same thing. We were "gifted" with thought, and using that gift of thought, we can at least entertain Tyler's faith. He's not telling people to believe what he believes, but he's sharing about what he holds onto, sharing about his faith, and he's suggesting we get "introspective" and think for ourself about that message.
@companioncube this only works if one takes \'You are surrounding all my surrounding\' and everything that follows to be completely negative, which I don\'t think it can be. It has too much positive and calm to it. What I believe it means is the singer\'s talking to God - feeling surrounded, in a good way, and having God\'s presence \'sound down the mountain range of my left-side brain\'. In the Bible, there are verses where God is depicted as descending down mountainsides, not as noise and fearful tremors or hail or rain or thunder - but peace. Quiet peace. \r\n\r\nIt\'s...
@companioncube this only works if one takes \'You are surrounding all my surrounding\' and everything that follows to be completely negative, which I don\'t think it can be. It has too much positive and calm to it. What I believe it means is the singer\'s talking to God - feeling surrounded, in a good way, and having God\'s presence \'sound down the mountain range of my left-side brain\'. In the Bible, there are verses where God is depicted as descending down mountainsides, not as noise and fearful tremors or hail or rain or thunder - but peace. Quiet peace. \r\n\r\nIt\'s also important that it\'s the LEFT side of the brain because of previously held connotations of what the different sides are in charge of. Left side is logical, analytical, rational, reality-based, detail-oriented.\r\n\r\nAnd a kaleidoscope is beautiful, even if it might be trippy or scary to some. Most I think would agree that looking through one turns the world into a whole different reality for a while. And it\'s also broken - into more and more slivers to reflect better. The singer has a \'kaleidoscope behind both of his eyes\'.