down in it
kinda like a cloud i was up way up in the sky and i was feeling some feelings you wouldn't
believe
sometimes i don't believe them myself and i decided i was never coming down.just then a
tiny little dot caught my eye it was just about too small to see. but i watched it way too
long and that dot was pulling me down
i was up above it.now i'm down in it
well shut up so what what does it matter now. i was swimming in the haze now i crawl on
the ground. and everything i never liked about you is kind of seeping into me. try to laugh
about it now but isn't it funny how everything works out ("I guess the jokes on me," she
said)
i was up above it.now i'm down in it
i used to be so big and strong.i used to know my right from wrong.i used to never be
afraid.i used to be somebody.i used to have something inside.now just this hole that's open
wide.i used to want it all.i used to be somebody
i'll cross my heart and hope to die but the needle's already in my eye. and all the world's
weight is on my back and i don't even know why. and what i used to think was me is just a
fading memory
i looked him right in the eye and said "goodbye."
i was up above it.now i'm down in it
rain rain go away come again some other day*
*sung but not written
now, really, this "rap" could be about near anything. the one theme i've heard the
most(and this is confirmed by the video) is suicide. well, i kind of feel like it's about being
a manic-depressive (also known as bipolar mood disorder). look at the lyrics: everything
is a contrast to each other ("kind of like a cloud...," "...that dot was pulling me down;" "i
was swimming in the haze [possibly a "purple haze" reference?]," "now i crawl along the
ground;" etc.). the last stanza, however, does seem kind of suicidal ("...and i waved good-
bye"), but the unwritten lullaby lyrics seem somewhat hopeful (like a flashback to trent's
childhood).
-broken
yet another statement on the theme of losing faith. not only is this person dragged down by an incredibly intense burst of
negative emotion, but it has a permanent effect. not only is he coming to feel anger towards the things that made him
happy "everything i never liked about you is kinda seeping into me", but that anger is so strong he feels himself coming
to be controlled by it, losing his sense of self. part of him wishes he could believe that it's just a spell, something that will
pass, but part of him feels it's changed him irrevocably.
-alexa
I actually have two interpretations of this song; the first being that this represents the feelings of a drug addict who
regrets what he has done with his life ("i was up above it. now i'm down in it well shut up so what does it matter now").
Was the person who turned him onto drugs a female whom he blames for what he has become ("now i crawl on the
ground and everything i never liked about you is kind of seeping into me").
The second interpretation begins with the line, "i guess the jokes on me, she said", which could be seen from a sexual
viewpoint--possibly the words from a gay man speaking about his lover to a female ("i used to be so big and strong i
used to know my right from wrong i used to never be afraid") representing strong guilt feelings ("i looked him right in
the eye and said 'goodbye'.")
There is great despair in his situation as indicated in the last unsung line from a childhood poem ("rain rain go away
come again some other day").
-crystal
