Therapist reacts to Change by Deftones

Therapist analyzes the lyrics of this song from the point of view of the fly, and encourages individuals who feel like they have been trapped in abusive relationships to remember that it is not their fault that they are trapped here. It's a gradual shift, and if it weren't it likely wouldn't have happened.
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[@LukeNukem82]

Deftones is one of those bands that has some pretty ambiguous lyrics that you can interpret different ways depending on your perspective. I love it.

[@kenny240]

I think Chino intentionally likes to write his lyrics like that to mess with people. He likes messing with people’s heads a bit. Which is fine by me. Because I believe, (not that anyone really cares what I think) that music and lyrics should be more about the person listening to them. Whether or not it matches what the writer had in mind is irrelevant. It’s an individual journey that the listener is on, which is pretty awesome.

[@AlphariusDominatus]

Everybody understands the lyrical meaning lol it's low-brow poetry in a way. The music raises it up on a platform of your own and is the real meat here.

[@defc28]

Absolutely right even Chino in an article I read said he makes the lyrics so vague and mystical or mysterious that it can be interpreted any way you want. Very grundge vibe in that aspect.

[@homem-aranha-vx2fn]

Chino is obsessed with horse analogies

[@Am1nTheSaiyan]

Wait until you discover that every psychological music is the same

[@TemporaryApe]

To me, this song describes the experience of watching somebody you love more than anything, change into something you cant feel anything for. Like watching an angel turn into a fly, and you cant stop it. It's about losing people.

[@leozonha]

i think its about a toxic relationship actually, or atleast its more implied than losing people, "It's like you never had wings Now you feel so alive", why would you be impressed by someones freedom?

[@Maxwellish]

this song doesn’t feel like watching this situation from afar to me. “I pulled off your wings, then I laughed.”

[@trash4484]

As I remember Chino said that all songs in this album have fantasy lyrics and have nothing to do with reality

[@SleepingGiant74]

Here is a concept that I hope can help you with helping others. You don't have to look at it through either perception, you can view it as a third person. It's like when someone you know is in a bad relationship, whether romantic, professional, family, etc. From the outside we see them changing but they are too close to the problem to see it. Use this song to inspire you and to give you strength to help someone get away from a detrimental relationship.

[@delugesofgrandeur]

Flat out wrong. He literally said that he's the one that ruined them and took pleasure in it. If I had to guess it's about drugs... "Now you feel more alive."

[@chuckthefreak]

Deftones Be Quiet And Drive

[@NogrimStoneson]

best driving song ever imho

[@SLAEG3R]

Passenger....Deftones and MJK, great song.

[@ReeferSmoker]

beware 👌

[@1979utuber]

digital bath👌

[@smoothestbassist7086]

I don't care where...just far

[@alexguitarman100]

Whenever I listen to Cherry Waves or Rosemary I feel exactly like that scene in Breaking Bad where Jessie tries heroin for the first time

[@Boomersh0t]

Rosemary actually makes me feel like Janes death scene, and Jessie subsequently trying to revive her.

[@ReaceHarrison-]

I fucking love Cherry Waves

[@christopherornelas3525]

Bro, you cooked

[@trickfinger555]

nahhh you really cooked something here

[@grimlyn5123]

All those and Beware make me feel like that.

[@illuminahde]

Deftones has a track with Maynard James Keenan of Tool called Passenger. It's about doing dirty things in cars. It's very cool and fun and sexy and all that good stuff.

[@orbislame]

That song is great, and the two singers combine to make the song sound so much more profound then it really should be, given the lyrical content.

[@Morph3usX]

except that is not what the song is about.

[@orbislame]

@@Morph3usX Yeah, you know, I held onto that belief for a long time. But I can’t see any other way to interpret it. Obviously you do, so stop being cryptic and enlighten us!

[@illuminahde]

@@Morph3usX copy paste the lyrics and let's talk about then

[@NogrimStoneson]

the first time i heard passenger i thought addiction was the passenger.

[@firebird34]

Digital bath is also a great song by deftones

[@earthscorcher]

Great song musically, lyrics are iffy lmao

[@temporaryvr]

@@earthscorchermeaning would definitely be content worthy on a therapy channel lol

[@dcinsc]

Overrated imo

[@Cykolojik1]

Chino said that's pretty much their epitome "Deftones sounding song"... Good intro to them as a band song. I'm guessing it's his fav.

[@xdantex1997]

@@earthscorcher digital bath was about him having a dream of luring a girl to a basement bathroom and throwing a toaster in when shes bathing

[@ManhuntvMurda]

I am a grown ass man, and I am grateful enough to say that Chino's voice is more beautiful than most vocalists out there! This man is a Legend!

[@chrono050]

hell yeah bro seen him live over 35 times ..

[@ManhuntvMurda]

@@chrono050 only seen them once! But at least I will die satisfied knowing one time was one of the best shows I’ve seen with my own two eyes.

[@zackswanson7188]

You hit the nail on the head with the interpretation. It's about realizing how the someone can cause irreparable damage to someone else and physically see how they have changed due to the influence.

[@PML78]

She was feeling it around 2:54 🤘🏽😎

[@resputin1161]

The Red by Chevelle, might be of interest to us

[@aplny]

yes! new to this channel and I searched for it.

[@PatBlackwell-z3i]

Deftones and Clutch are two killer bands that folks overlook with their DARK TONES

[@SethHMG]

“So fire it up (fire it up, fire it up) Fire it up let the flesh be damned…”

[@williamdrake6711]

I love CLUTCH

[@mikesale6474]

Burn that beard!

[@Pikawarps]

Deftones changed the way i look at music when i was a young teenager with this song

[@glendaly3344]

4:57 I was literally typing that I always took this as being about drugs. Put you onto the glass- mirror. Pulled off your wings- used so much that the high disappeared. I watched you change- drugs affected the used.

[@xtldc]

That’s always been my interpretation as well. Feeling responsible for getting someone else addicted to drugs. Other lyrics that support this theory - ‘It’s like you never had wings’ - they liked the drugs so much and began using so heavily that either the protagonist or the other person can’t even imagine what they were like before they started using ‘Now you feel so alive’ - describing how drugs feel amazing when you first start using them ‘I look at the cross’ - the protagonist realizing what he’s done and feeling guilt ‘Then I look away’ - he can’t continue to watch them destroy themselves with drugs ‘Give you the gun, blow me away’ - if the protagonist lets the other person kill him, it would end his suffering through the guilt of ruining this person’s life Also - the pig mask in the video could be a symbol of gluttony in terms of drug consumption.

[@Filterdeez]

I was thinking it was about abuse: "I took you home, Set you on the glass I pulled off your wings (as if she was an angel to him) And I laughed" "I look at the cross(remorse for the abuse) Then I look away(it kills him to know he abused) Give you the gun(putting power back into the abused hands) Blow me away(give me what I deserve)"

[@rinhyugaa6565]

Yeah. I see it as someone's potential and future being changed. It's like you never had wings

[@SpeedOfThought1111]

yeah i think the video is pretty revealing. he's been living the rock star life and having groupies thrown at him who start out different people before the drugs change them. and the breakdown part is interesting where he says 'give you the gun, blow me away' which doesn't take a genius to interpret.

[@lllkoioslll6200]

I agree. I always saw this as the perspective from a drug dealer. The addict turned into a fly. The house of flies being a crack house or drug den.

[@DarkestLullabies]

Minerva and Xerces are my go to "in my feels" Deftones songs

[@IamSimplyYOSH]

Deftones is not just music but an experience. Feels like a full on journey with every album and an insane emotional rollercoaster to boot

[@DPRyan-vd5pp]

This song was on the best movie soundtrack QUEEN OF THE DAMNED 2002 Wayne Static song “Not meant for me” is awesome too!!

[@PML78]

Static X - Push it 🤘🏽😎

[@DPRyan-vd5pp]

@@PML78 static-x Black and white!

[@PML78]

@@DPRyan-vd5pp GET TO THE GONE... or ... THIS IS NOT 🤘🏽

[@crunchy0kittens]

That soundtrack was so much better than the movie deserved.

[@SolZer]

Wow, your take on this is impressive. Deftones is one of my fav bands, and I have heard this song hundreds of times, but I have never thought of it from the perspective of the fly. 🤔🙌🏼

[@JMulvy]

This is signature Deftones sound, thank you Chino for vocals with so much emotion but completely outside of the norm for early 2000s. Fun fact, while there were plenty of punk-influenced metal bands in the 70s who used pig paraphernalia, it was the combination of Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails and Tori Amos obsession with pigs that it became a more accepted aesthetic among alternative styles of music and subculture in the 80s and 90s. It is also symbolic of feeling like a slab of meat, or someone who goes with the crowd just to be lead to the slaughter... when not being used to insult police like Otep and GWAR do. For me, this song was what pulled me out of the funk when I was being overly dramatic about my life. It was just cathartic to sing along and emote as much as he does. It had me instantly feeling better. Can i recommend "Gave Up" by Nine Inch Nails.???

[@jacobm2625]

Pigs could also be symbolic for mindless selfish consumption as well

[@JMulvy]

​@@jacobm2625 Very true, and to that point Tool comes to mind.

[@jacobm2625]

@@JMulvy absolutely. One of my favorite bands as well. 🫡

[@CeDel2]

you were accurate with the interpretation! It's about watching someone change into someone else in front of others and then revert back to their normal self afterwards.

[@earthscorcher]

Deftones is incredible and they've evolved a ton over the years. They've always kept that sexy ambient vibe in most things, but you can hear the growth. I love their song Rosemary - it's a good show of their range imo.

[@_dmgz3924]

Your interpretation hit me bc i am the fly and i am the bad guy in my scenario. I have been dealing with a bunch of different issues the last few years and i've gained a lot of weight. I am now at the point where I am asking myself "how did i get here?" and lately I've been pretty hard on myself bc I let it get this far and how much work i have ahead of me to get back to a healthy place. Its been very tough mentally actually. But your analogy of toxic change moving slowly and to give myself grace when facing the changes really resonates bc climbing this mountain ahead of me will likely take me longer than it did to get to this point. I really appreciate the time you took to look at this from the fly's perspective bc the easy thing would be to analyze it from the singer's pov. I'm a fan of your channel and I've never commented before but i felt like i needed to let you know. Thanks

[@ryanmatthews3750]

Deftones... One of the greatest bands I've ever had the pleasure of hearing. They've got a song for every mood. I have so many memories attached to their music, and every time I hear one of their songs, those memories flood back to the front of my mind and all I can do is smile, even if the memories aren't always good ones. I can only smile because, of course, I cannot change my past; but also because it never ceases to impress me how well their songs fit with those memories, and how vividly they replay before my mind's eye. I love Deftones.

[@chrono050]

Chino and Maynard my 2 favorite vocalists .. All their side projects are amazing.. This album came out in 01 and it "Changed" the game.. Passenger off this album White Pony actually has Maynard on it from tool

[@joshbyrns654]

You have to do Rosemary!

[@kms1968]

Yes

[@DarthRaider520]

MORE Deftones!!! Risk, Knife Prty, Beauty School, Minerva, Passenger. This band is completely different within their era. Love them.

[@jonathanlight4844]

Your so adorable and I love how your not afraid to show your emotions in your videos, I grow as a human watching your videos fr

[@4hire565]

I’m absolutely loving your vids, Deftones is and forever be the band closest to my heart.

[@scottspears9347]

Such a euphoric song

[@mattkovarik646]

Amazing work, please keep it up! Thank you for keeping in the part where you were struggling to find something meaningful from the song, I related so much to being at a loss or feeling like you didn't have anything impactful to say. Thank you for being so vulnerable, it really makes a difference! I've always thought of this the song being spoken from the perspective of my younger self, how in order to survive, my younger self learned to isolate, create a narrative that I was broken in order for things to hurt less, therefore "I pulled off your wings." I also think of it in the more literal sense in my experience with self harm, and pulling off my wings, literally disfiguring myself, ignoring the physical pain to find the release of emotional pain, and "I laughed" representing the smile that would manifest when I practiced self-harm. The lyrics "now you feel so alive" really outlines the sick and twisted payoff you get from self-destruction, whether that's codependency, substance use, self-mutilation, eating disorders, gambling, sex addiction. The Peace of the song "it's like you never had wings" and "now you feel so alive" speaks to the experience of never having anyone of value to trust or be vulnerable with, further justifying my own isolation. It's such a common narrative I see in my work as I watch people destroy their bodies with fentanyl and xylazine everyday and justifying it because their life never was looking upward anyway, they never had wings that would let them fly so they continued to destroy them. In the classic analogy of reaching for the apple, not being able to grab it and saying "I never wanted the Apple anyway" in this case the Apple being well-being, the sense of fleeting pleasure, peace, fulfillment and adventure no matter how self-destructive still can feel as incredibly rewarding when you tell yourself it was never in your cards to have the alternative, or that healing isn't possible for someone like me. These lies we've told ourselves a long time ago can define us for a very long time. This is just my perspective. Thank you for letting me share!

[@PauperFatCat]

So to me, this song is about adaptation. The subject of the song, the person who is changing, is being compared to a fly that had their wings removed, but instead of letting that put them into a state of despair, they roll with it. They adapt so well that it's almost as if they never had wings in the first place

[@morerockandrock]

Thanks for your vision of the lyrics song. ❤ Greetings from Colombia

[@josephjulianmionie4744]

No one can pull off the Magestic Vocality quite like the one and only.... ......Chino Moreno. God Bless the Deftones..... ........they saved my life.... .....in more ways than a few. 🤘😈😎

[@Chad-r2p]

You're exactly correct. This is about a narcissist who is trying to control a leader. And the leader pulls their wings off.

[@Afullerton95]

Ah I haven't listened to Deftones in forever, this was an awesome analysis! Now I'm gonna be listening to Deftones for the next month nonstop lol

[@manuelcalderon_cr]

Deftones 🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@solutionless123]

Deftones - Rosemary

[@TiberousBSD]

Have listen to Ceremony from Deftones. I think you'll enjoy it and find the meaning quickly.

[@Wyatt.D.Loiselle]

First one here! Super excited for you to react to Deftones! You should react to their song Beauty School next!

[@tminus1019]

Deftones have changed a lot over the years. If you're new to them, go back to their album Adrenaline

[@tarlwood2238]

The Adrenaline album is so overlooked. It is still my favorite

[@py16667]

That’s objectively their weakest effort, literally just saw an old interview with the band promoting ATF & they were saying Adrenaline was more thrown together & they think it could’ve been much better

[@beqeuietandrive]

One of my favorite songs of all time and the ambiguous way Chino writes and from so many different perspectives and characters on this album is really interesting. Another sort of multi layered song lyrically is Stinkfist by Tool, there’s a lot of therapeutical qualities in most of Tool’s songs but this one has always spoken to me.

[@WhiteWolfBlackStar]

You’re doing a few of our anthems from way back when! I love it! Unfortunately the way I see it, was in a toxic situation, nothing was ever enough for the dude. Cheating, lying, stealing and of course drugs. He cost me everything I ever earned or owned, and it still wasn’t enough. 30 years later, I watched him change into a fly after he laughed at jerking me around for decades….. I knew something was going on, I just had no idea how to fix it, how to help, when I realized it was over the top hard core drugs… I had to worry about getting MYSELF back to shore safely. I left, walked with clothes on my back. Started a new life. Narc-free. I feel bad. But *shrug* I didn’t deserve that, and I couldn’t pull him to shore!

[@baradiusdecimon]

People always suggest I go to therapy. I always respond with, "Listening to Deftones is cheaper and readily available."

[@CarlSmith-ur8rk]

Deftones Hole in the Earth! Amazing song!

[@rmay69]

They are the biggest band to come out of my home town of SACRAMENTO.

[@tekkingi6956]

Deftones one of the most influential bands you've never heard of

[@archangel2k12]

I've been a deftones fan since I was a15 year old. (1995) My interpretation of their lyrics had transformed over the years. but I keep listening and my viewpoint has changed multiple times. This video really vibes with the way I currently view this song.

[@zackzaharko89]

One of my favorite bands of all time. Chino and company have always remained consistent in delivering heavy, chuggy guitar riffs mixed with Chino’s insane vocals. Lyrically they can really trip you up as majority of it can be ambiguous but makes it fun. Please continue this rabbit hole!

[@andrewbader5585]

I wish I could go back and experience this for the first time again! It never gets old. The same for the rest of their stuff.

[@berlyngrey9242]

Deftones Tool and Radiohead are among my top favorite artists im so glad youre giving your perspective on some of their songs. Can you please do Digital Bath by Deftones

[@GSTN22]

I love your vibe so much

[@TrymYoutubeMainChannel]

I love your way of describing to make something good out of the lyrics or whatever ... and yet again spot on almost about the feeling someone may have had

[@christo_webb1090]

Please do You've Seen the Butcher! Its my favorite Deftones song! But all the other commented suggestions are great too of course!

[@simisg2121]

dive deeper into Deftones.. They are pretty deep like Tool. Change, Digital Bath, Beauty school, Minerva, My own summer, Passenger (he did with Maynard from Tool), Elite, RX Queen, Teengager, Knife Parrty.

[@dewaynepack1344]

Love Chino man dude cant carry a tune in a bucket but his delivery works so well with the instruments i fuckin love it

[@bebdaumon3948]

The song is about a girl that he fell in love with but she didn't love him back and he gets to watch her from a distance change as a person by dating other men then changed her as a person. She morphed into something that is repulsively to him in a person but she looks good on the outside. The fly symbolizes something that isn't good in a person and the wings is freedom. Those guys gave her freedom to do whatever and think whatever which made her feel alive which caused her to change because she never had wings before. So, he wants to just set her down on the glass and make out aka he wants her to no longer have those wings and instead of flying to other men one after the other. He wants her to be stuck with him but he knows that won't happen hint why he he wants to die because he knows this won't happen and he gets to see someone he loves to change for the worse. it doesn't have to be doing drugs or drinking. It could be be a good person that hang out with toxic bad people that got her to change into that fly. Someone that you no longer love because they change into something repulsive.

[@battlefield3fan14]

lets goo been asking for deftones for a minute!

[@davidyea885]

for me this song is like watching your ex js go to the bottom after leaving you and you seeing they ain’t nun with out you

[@gonkakazoid]

that second place you were talking about 'as the fly' it makes me think of how i was raised, by being trapped and prodded for others' entertainment and being changed because i refused to meet my families' uncommunicated wants

[@presleyparrish6100]

You had a very good interpretation for a first time listener. I spent some time digging and found an old interview with Chino saying this song was about him basically being toxic to a person he cared for deeply which makes me believe this is about his ex wife. He didn’t want to be with her but didn’t want her to leave. He was in the pits of addiction and was blinded by that.

[@bigdaddypiggy]

The Deftones to me are 1 of the most original bands out there….before them nobody sounded like that & they consistently reinvent their sound with often really cool results 🖤

[@MrMason29]

We love you too!! ❤❤😊

[@Bedwyr20]

Cheno Moreno’s vocals always give me chills. He’s one of the best in the business.

[@Qeoa]

“I give you the gun, blow me away” she was kind of distracted during this line but I think she’s spot on with her interpretation. I think this line would have sped up how she came up with her conclusion. I could be totally wrong though

[@cygnuspmc]

I don't really listen to this song so much for its lyrics, which are haunting and ambigous (which is great) - I listen to it for the emotional states it surfaces in myself.

[@simonr9870]

You should take a look at Minerva from them such a great song

[@jamespreston3414]

Late to the party but I am loving this channel!

[@BaxterD]

For me when Ive listened to the song I've always felt that it's not a song about a relationship between two people, but my relationship with myself. As a past drug abuser, I saw myself many times being someone I couldn't even recognize. I lost loved ones, friends, things in my life, I mine as well have been a fly feeding of the rot that I created. It always felt like the song was expressing that feeling of constantly wanting to run from yourself. "I looked away, you were on fire" I couldnt stand to see how I was burning myself to the ground. The glass verse to me is just bringing home cocaine, once again taking off my own wings (good elements of myself), and only being able to laugh/cry that I'm here once again. "Look at the cross, then I look away" looking for anyway to get out, any sign of light to point the way, and still ultimately choosing to look away from it, and in turn handing myself the gun by continuing a lifestyle that has no happy ending. It screams a fuck you to yourself for allowing yourself to become this piece of shit, or shit-eater in the case of a fly. I think Chino just sings in such a sultry voice that sometimes people dont notice an element of self-loathing in his lyrics. But then again, that's just my thoughts. Loved your reaction and critique.

[@carbon1479]

1:11 - I'm going to go out a little on a wing and say something about Deftones that may get me in trouble, it's not chronologically orthodox, but Chino's vocal style and mood in a lot of tunes (maybe not this one but more Digital Bath type stuff) gives me Weeknd vibes - ie. largely similar topics, Chino / Deftones aren't as egotistically combative as Weeknd's earlier stuff, but... I don't know... maybe it's just me, maybe it isn't but when I listen to Deftones I feel like I'm getting a rock version of Weeknd.

[@carbon1479]

Nevermind, I'm not crazy on this front - I see there's an article where Weeknd actually admits to having been heavily inspired by Deftones. He's kind of like Michael, Chino, and Prince rolled up in one.

[@mannot74]

loved it, because the few hours of analysis after... (thanks for it)

[@mannot74]

Oops.. however, for the "analysis"... Men and women come from Mars and Venus, so.....sorry ;)

[@magnusguitar6241]

Most don't recognize a lot of symbology intertwined between a lot of videos and lyrics. Especially Religious/Spiritual references. Putting ones image against the sun backdrop is a common one. He is also talking about looking at The Cross as the image comes into focus. The Sun is also rising and setting behind him. Rising on his right and setting on his left. Its like the good and evil sides of yourself. The sun is rising as he looks as the cross, and then he looks away and the sun is setting. After he says I give you the gun, blow me away, the Sun goes down completely. Its the struggle of our inner conscience and looking at the Good and Evil in all things, even yourself. There are places you can go in your mind that are very dark and unsettling, but there may be some light shed on the hows and whys you ask yourself when thinking how depraved humanity can get. You will catch a lot of this imagery across a lot of Rock and Metal, even though they won't discuss it outwardly, probably because they want you to figure it out yourself.

[@chriskindstedt2298]

I would love to hear your reaction to Stabbing Westward’s latest album “Chasing Ghost” !! It hits so hard and really dives deep into the struggles of hurt in relationships.

[@Wilem35]

Saw them in 2000 with Metallica Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park. My 11 year old daughters first concert.

[@andrewwitchell2708]

Your facial expressions through this entire song is hilarious 😂. Best representation of what its like listening to this song for the first time

[@tonyjames9016]

If you love this, and love Maynard, listen to The Passenger…. It’s a duet/collaboration with both of them. It’s amazing!

[@MontanaFree]

I want that shirt! Nice reaction too!!

[@sirrobert23]

Knife Prty, Cherry Waves, and Hole in the Earth are must listen

[@ofthenearfuture]

Chino said in an interview that Change was about him being an asshole to someone close to him. Along with other lyrics that Chino has written about his first wife, I think its about seeing her change into someone else and growing more distant, and then he manipulates her into staying with him even though he knows she wants to leave him. But generally I think it’s about a person who tries to control their partner and then finds themselves in a relationship with the shell of the person they originally fell in love with.

[@cliffadams1795]

I still feel like over 20 years later this song was about KoRn and their 'big bands' friendship that was interrupted by Limp Bizkit. I know it's a zany theory but I can't get over it.

[@Zentinalphayze]

without more deftones you're missing out on some incredible songs with vibes that don't exist otherwise.

[@CaddyJim]

Just remember when a fly lands on solid food it throws up on it...

[@ryanzengerle3700]

Minerva is my favorite Deftones song. Great music video as well.

[@nauseantrock532]

Awesome tune

[@matthewgreenawalt439]

My thoughts on the pig mask thing, it gives me an impression of one’s identifying with gluttonous indulgence, handing oneself over to sin. An example could be in the movie Spirited Away when the protagonist’s parents are turned into pigs, or real life people being described as pigs due to certain behaviors. It’s also kinda just spooky, but not a very positive implication any way you slice it in my opinion. I like the song though 😂 I can relate to both perspectives, being changed for the worse in relationships or depleted of self at times and at other times having been the negative influencer witnessing that downward change in others. It is just a chaotic and depraved situation to be in like the place in the music video and I’m very grateful not to be in connection to those people and situations anymore.

[@PML78]

Yeah... it's creepy ... period😬 Even Jesus put demons into pigs and drowned them. But they are delicious 🤤😆😂

[@bradness33]

I'm a fan of your channel and like how you break things down in your perspective. I also noticed you haven't done any falling in reverse videos. If you do you should start with the trilogy in this order.... Losing my mind 1st, losing my life 2nd and drugs 3rd.... I really think you're going to enjoy breaking this band down, they have no genre, they're very unique, you can thank me later!!!!

[@wulfgold]

I suspect the singer (Chino) read Kafka's "Metamorphosis". "Set you on the glass". Seems indicative... I think it's about introducing a partner to drugs and a decadent kind of callousness - because those were probably some fun times - in a decadent sense ;) Chino's (singer) been pretty open about his habits around this time frame. It's a song and the beauty is - especially with the vagueness of the lyrics, that you can hang your own meaning on it easily. With the added bonus of this being a great album to do the nasty to.

[@patchworkmusic]

Deftones - Hole in the Earth is another one to really dig into.

[@ericklira3389]

Very true, I like your hoodie 😍😎

[@LayMyBurdenDown]

33 seconds in stank face to total shock transition. So good lol.

[@picax8398]

man i just heard a song and thought, "oh this would be perfect for taylor to react to" the song is The Red by Chevelle

[@batigo211]

This song is a complex work that explores themes of transformation and loss of innocence. The lyrics use the metamorphosis of a person into a fly as a powerful metaphor for change, possibly towards something darker and less human.

[@loreleimoreno1671]

You need to listen to more Deftones songs. Chino can write a song about sex without mentioning sex. They have so many albums. Combat is a cool song, Royal is a cool, Ceremony is awesome. Listen to more songs not just one. You will get hooked. They came in 1998 and I have all their albums and rock some cool ass Merch that people always comment on. I have had a Deftones sticker on every vehicle I have had. I am 45yro. Best therapy ever! Gotta get a daily dose :)

[@TheAquaponic1]

Deftones. Nuff said. Love it, keep up the good work with everything. Edit: Ok I have more to say lol.... I think you will find Chino interesting and love Deftones. Chino loves trolling people about his lyrics. He has not always been nice bout it... lmao. Seeing you trying to figure it out is amazing, I can Not wait for you to go deeper with them. :)

[@andrewbrumagen3479]

I think someone wrote that song about drugs and I know he had a drug addiction but I don't know when he got clean, a member of Deftones got arrested in Chicago and I'm not naming the drug or who.

[@lordraiden1]

This is one of my favorite songs of all time. I'm interested in your perspective because people that talk about this song never have the same one that I do. I always felt like it was about two people that loved each other very much but grew apart. Possibly drugs and the other one changed while the other one watched

[@lordraiden1]

The house of flies being a drug den and she turned into a fly so he pulls off her wings then laughs. Also how he uses the cadence at the end give you the gun....blow me away... Accepting defeat and even the cross is symbolic for the fact that he needs help on a spiritual level

[@nigelgrim]

Yes, this album was mostly about drugs, depression and heartbreaking emotions.

[@1freeradical1]

I used this song to damage myself psychologically in 2003. I knew when I saw the title I had to click on this.

[@arkspotato6538]

I think you should react to "Dear alcohol", "Depression", "Life", "Suffocating", "Joker", or "Joker returns" (after "Joker") by Dax!

[@AndrewCavaciuti]

Really love your channel, I've watched most of your vids and your perspectives our amazing. Since you like Maynard he does a Deftones Song Called Passenger. You should do a video for it. More Deftones vids :)

[@Spudz76]

I always interpreted this as similar to how I end up acting in relationships, if my partner is too social and has too much fun with friends (the "fly" means more of a social butterfly to me) I must pull off their wings to keep them isolated and at home with just me, so I don't feel so terrible about not having my own social fun because I can't tolerate it due to social anxiety and arrested development issues. So the change is when the early focus was all on me (infatuation/"newness" phase) but then fades to a baseline/normal level of sharing time between me and all their friends, which and whom I resent, so to regain the focus and attention I have to eliminate them or get in the way of freedom by controlling or meddling or becoming needy. That's the "blow me away" part, please take the initiative ("the gun") to break up with me so I can stop doing this thing I don't want to be doing to you, because I will never break up with you. I know I do this but the core is in the incurable social anxiety (from very early and persistent lack of socialization and traumas) so I have instead chosen to just not have any more relationships, all I do is rip off wings in jealousy of those who can fly, and that's not cool. I can't even tolerate basic friend relationships where they aren't 1:1 with me, 99.9% of my friends that find a significant other I have to ghost, mainly so I don't go for their wings or have to tolerate the snowballing resentment. FUN!

[@HeartSupport]

From djstarion: @Spudz76 Hello, I know social anxiety can be a rough thing to go through, and I got that same meaning out of the song too, where the fly can be a social butterfly. It almost seems like you're willing to cut the wings not so much because you can't have your social fun, but inadvertently cutting the wings off so people can see what you're going through? Espeically with any type of social anxiety it can be one of those things that becomes hard to convey verbally and is more impactful being shown through action? Also, have you tried talking to a professional about this? There's some that specialize in social anxiety disorder /social phobia and it might be beneficial. <3

[@HeartSupport]

From Shan: @Spudz76 Hi Friend, Thank you for sharing. Social anxiety can be really hard to manage and to overcome. I understand wanting to stay at home and wanting your partner to just stay at home with you as well. And I understand the internal feelings of jealousy as well. I think that it is good that you have acknowledged that your current way of handling your feelings may not be the best for you or your partner(s). However, not having any more relationships may not be the best solution either. If love is something that you want for yourself then you deserve it just as much as any one else does. I hope that you are able to find and receive the support that can help you to navigate the social anxiety that you experience while also being in a healthy relationship with a partner.

[@Splooie128]

To me this is not watching a person change, it's tearing them down after you idolized them. The image you gave them couldn't survive your own bullshit tests (pulling the wings off), and now they "never had wings". But they never had wings in the first place, you were placing them on a pedestal (the glass). To me, his girlfriend (or whatever) never changed. Only his perception of the person changed. This is confessional.

[@deliciosspace9963]

We like the way you express with your own unique choreography in listening to the song and articulating each metal song lyric, by the way you look like a film actress from Indonesia Wulan Guritno