![]() "And as the walls come down, and as I look in your eyes, my fear begins to fade He faces these emotions and through this understanding his fears of burdening his child fade. It sounds as though there was some sort of emotional discussion where-by the parent finally overcomes the snake through communication and understanding, as the snake is really only a metaphor for a part of the psyche which, essentially, we all have (hence the archetype). Recalling all of the times I have cried, and will cry" And as the snake is drowned, and as I look in his eyes my fear begins to fade "Without the skin here, beneath the storm, under these tears, now the walls came down. The snake is apart of himself so he sees his son as unintentionally killing the snake, changing him. But this letting go means that he must also rid himself of the snake. The parent asserts that even though he has these feelings of over-bearing protection, he understands that he must let go, eventually. ![]() ![]() The love between a child and their parent is a bond which seldom breaks. The snake continues to hiss, and these strong feelings are starting to affect him physically and emotionally, it is draining him.įade away. "Venomous voice tempts me, drains me, bleeds me, The storm I think just indicates the build up of all of these emotions inside the parents head, and the childs for that matter. He can see in his child eyes that they are human and free spirits, but the snake hisses at the child again, and the child asks “what my damage could’ve been?” implying that we all need to have a chance at learning for ourselves. As a parent, seeing this and not standing over the child to protect them can be quite difficult. Their child continues to grow, pushing every stage of their life, making mistakes and generally learning for themselves. The two strong feelings are tearing this parent apart. My blood before me megs me to open up my heart againĪnd I feel this coming over like a storm again, considerately." I think the introduction of the snake (an archetype, possibly in this case referring to control?) hints that the early stages of a childs life certainly needs this predictability and comfort and help from the parents, hence the snake is singing. There is the nurturing and loving and caring, unconditionally, not to mention the fine line of whether to let your child play with fire and get burnt, or tell them that its hot and not to touch (sorry, lack of a better example). With them they bring a whole new way of thinking for the parents. ![]() ![]() Thats how I take the song ever since 1997. he misses him so much it is killing him.Īnd as the snake is drowned and as i looked in his eyes my fear begins to fade recalling all of the times i could have cried then, I should have cried then - He has been scared of being a father but as he looks at his son he loosed that fear, he should of cried when his child was born because he was so happy.Īnd as the snake is drowned and as i look in your eyes my fear begins to fade recalling all of the times i have died, and will die its alright i don't mind - he is now speaking to his son, saying im not scared anymore im not scared your going to hurt me, and make me die inside, and all the times in the future that you will do it, i dont mind i love you your my son. while on tour waiting to come home to see him, killing me. I am too connected to you, slip away to fade away, Days away I still feel you touching me, changing me, and considerately killing me - He is his son he is connected to him, days away. I feel this coming over like a storm again - All of the emotions that being a father brings. My blood before me begs me open up my heart again - His child is his blood, wants to be loved, all children to Whats coming through is alive - Giving Birth If you listen to the song you can see why this could be true: During the 1997 Lollapooloza tour Maynard spoke something generally like this " This next song is about having children, do any of you have kids? It is amazing how much they change your life isn't it?" Then began to play H. ![]()
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