I think the song reflects someone who is showing dark characteristics of themselves, hoping for acceptance, wanting understanding that you are not proud of specific sides of yourself, you do not want others to see. You do not want to hide behind a mask, but show your true self and will not apologize for what that truth is, for example Adam states: “You’re gonna see things you might not want to see, it’s still not that easy for me underneath. And, “I don’t want to hide any part of me away from you, I’m standing here with no apologies.” I feel that this song opens up a path for people to see what is hidden deep in one’s soul, he sings, “Strip away the flesh and bone” showing it is important to see inside that one individual. Taking away what they see with their eyes and looking at how that person really is. People want to recognize what is on the outside and not try to see what is in the inside. As he sings “Everybody wants to talk about a freak” “No one wants to dig that deep.”
I believe he is not indicating anything with blood or anything of the sort when he extravagantly sang out “A red river of screams”, but the pain that has been bottled up inside one’s heart about being seen only how they are on the outside more rather than what is in the inside, thus making this individual so tired of being treated this way and is screaming angrily inside.“Look at me, Now do you see?” He is saying that look at me and asking is it what you thought it would be underneath. In the lyrics he says:“Look beyond the lies you’ve known” He is implying do not judge me upon others opinions, but on your own. “Underneath, tears in my eyes” He is implicating there is stress in your life where you think society might not accept the truth of your world, but you refuse to hide those parts of you, knowing that you have many secrets in you life that will sooner or later fall out. As I repeat, he sings, “I don’t wanna hide any part of me from you.”
“Stars in my black and blue sky” He there is bad, but there is also good, focus on the good more on the bad, but in way that you would not refuse to accept the bad.
In the lyrics Adam sings, “Such a beautiful release, You inside me” I do not think it as a sexual reference, but a way of saying, it will be beautiful to experience the feeling of someone who accepts you as you and knowing you as a whole.
I believe that this relates to a lot of young people around the world, who struggle with wanting acceptance from society. The song strongly explores what society is like in the current time, there is always an expectation on how you are suppose to behave, act and dress, I say this, as I myself, went through a time, in my life where I had expectations from the people surrounding me on how I should behave, act and dress and it impacted the way I was, for I felt could not express myself because I was so afraid to be judged the way I truly am, but I came to a conclusion that, honestly there is no way to give society satisfaction, so what is the point of hiding the real person inside you if there is no alternative way to be the person others want you to be. I feel sad that people are struggling with this similar situation because you should not feel obligated to be someone you do not truly want to be. You should feel free to be able to create yourself and not feel as if you are being held under a microscope. Or feeling as if you are stepping on eggshells, but walking on solid ground at your own speed.
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