COMING SOON: AN UPDATE

THIS SECTION EXPLAINS MY THEORY OF LIFE... MY THEORY OF LIFE IS BASED AROUND THE SONG ROSE AND ITS MEANING TO ME. REMEMBER, EVERYONE'S INTAKE OF THE SONG MAY BE DIFFERENT, BUT I AM JUST PROVING A POINT. AFTER READING THIS, CHECK OUT THE SECTION ENTITLED "THE BEAUTY" WHICH HAS A BIO OF MY LIFE. THAT SECTION, ALONG WITH MY THEORY, IS BASICALLY HOW I'VE ESCAPED MY DEPRESSING STATE DURING THIS TIME. MY THEORY IS NOT NECESSARILY THE THEORY OF THE BAND A PERFECT CIRCLE NOR ITS MEMBERS. IT IS MY PERSONAL BELIEF AND DOES NOT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED BY ANYONE. IT IS NOT A RELIGION, JUST A COOL THEORY.

Basically, I dont give that much shit about the past, how the world was created and how people were created. I focus more on the present and the future... I focus mostly on how to make life better and to rid depression. Depression was a very strong thing for me before I realized all that i'm saying. It was really strong, really powerful, and overcame my life. but through, yes, the lyrics of rose, I have rendered it into a theory that keeps me from depression. in some ways, yes it is my religion.

take the first verse:

dont disturb the beast, the tempermental goat, the snail, while he's feeding on the rose, stay, frozen compromise, what, i, will, i am

This lays out my whole theory, and is the most important part of the song. this is a huge metaphor for something that's inside you. The beast (the tempermental goat, the snail) represents the things that make you sad, depressed, and helpless. the rose are the things that make you happy and prosperous... at many points in your life, the beast will feed on the rose... this part gives u first advice on what to do when this happens. you musnt get too involved with stopping the beast HIMSELF, but stopping his HUNGER... stopping himself causes paranoia and gets the beast really pissed and makes everything worse, but if you stay where you are, and compromise what you have, you can attack the problem...

take the second verse:

bend around the wind, but silently its blown, about, again, im treading so soft, and, lightly compromising, my will, i am...

This verse is about the wind. the wind is similar to the beast, its problems that occur daily, continuations of the beasts wrath. "It" in the sentance is the rose... when the wind blows, the rose blows with it and as this is happening, MJK (or people) feeling like theyre treading in water, but theyre staying alive by compromising what they have, like I said earlier

In the third and fourth verse, it talks less about the literal rose inside and more about the past tense of rise and how it has to do with the internal rose.

i am, i will, so no longer, will i lay down, play dead, play your doe in the headlights locked down & terrified your deer in the headlights shot down & horrified, when push comes to pull comes to shove comes to step around this self-destructive dance that never wouldve ended till i, rose, i, roared aloud, here, i will, i am...

This verse means a lot to me, especially in my depression. This is about not being a slave to things around you that cause the beast's hunger. for example, in my deep depression, I felt completely unloved and unfound. I found a girl that i thought would solve all my problems, but in reality she was killing me inside, I had to learn through this to rise about her and everyone around me (my friends that were spineshankin me like crazy)... this "self-destructive dance" is how you act around ppl that are killing you inside, and it will only end if you rise above them and roar (make a name for yourself)

the last verse is the most intense:

i am, i will, so no longer, will i lay down, play dead, play this kneel down, gunshy, martyr, pitiful... i rose, i roared, i will i am

This is beautiful, it's similar to the third verse but its more about when your down, its more about when you rise, you will no longer become the horrible things inside that kill you. You are higher than that, you are better than that, and with "i will, i am" it speaks out, as you have finally won.

As all of this comes in a very intense matter, the song quickly transforms in the end to a beautiful mush of violins and helpless tears. This part of the song is just so beautiful, so rare in rock, and so amazing, it is like the turning point once understood, and that beautiful music that exits the song, is what my life is like, in the end.

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