I think the song title, the acronym ATWA stands not for Air, Trees, Water, Animals, but rather the other meaning... All the Way Alive.
It is my belief that in this song the title (All the way alive) is ironic in a way.
The song, I feel, it is simply a song about suicide.
Its simply someone's lament of being lonely and down on themselves. The chorus is not to say they are numb from pain or sadness or what have you, but it is meant in a literal sense. Since the person they are directing the song to, a person they care about, does not seem to reciprocate their affection or care about their pain, they take the easy way out...and no longer feel that pain.
the 'pain' mentioned again appears to be loneliness, and low self esteem, judging by the lines "not so pretty," and "all the world I've seen before me..." which seem to capture the feeling of being apart and separate from the world, an observer.
"you are me" perhaps hints at the speaker feels the person they care for is much like them -- "not so pretty" perhaps physically or perhaps emotionally or both.
"pictures crazy" could perhaps reinforce the notion of a dissatisfaction with physical appearance, or perhaps the verb pictures, meaning the person the speaker is speaking to believe them to be crazy.
hence, again, the title is ironic in the same way as that Pearl Jam's "Immortality."
in that "some die just to live"
I think the song title, the acronym ATWA stands not for Air, Trees, Water, Animals, but rather the other meaning... All the Way Alive.
It is my belief that in this song the title (All the way alive) is ironic in a way. The song, I feel, it is simply a song about suicide.
Its simply someone's lament of being lonely and down on themselves. The chorus is not to say they are numb from pain or sadness or what have you, but it is meant in a literal sense. Since the person they are directing the song to, a person they care about, does not seem to reciprocate their affection or care about their pain, they take the easy way out...and no longer feel that pain.
the 'pain' mentioned again appears to be loneliness, and low self esteem, judging by the lines "not so pretty," and "all the world I've seen before me..." which seem to capture the feeling of being apart and separate from the world, an observer.
"you are me" perhaps hints at the speaker feels the person they care for is much like them -- "not so pretty" perhaps physically or perhaps emotionally or both.
"pictures crazy" could perhaps reinforce the notion of a dissatisfaction with physical appearance, or perhaps the verb pictures, meaning the person the speaker is speaking to believe them to be crazy.
hence, again, the title is ironic in the same way as that Pearl Jam's "Immortality." in that "some die just to live"
they should really let you edit after posting...
they should really let you edit after posting...
Daron Malakian has mentioned it before that it in fact is Air, Trees, Water, Animals.
Daron Malakian has mentioned it before that it in fact is Air, Trees, Water, Animals.