its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
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"Tell him why, look him dead in the eye then waste him And the dark shall emerge from the fiery depths of hell Then swallow the shell of the hollow who dwell In the shadows of all who are willing to sell their souls For this rap game and it g-g-goes 1-2-3, chick chick 1-2-3, chick chick1-2-3"
first off look at "in the shadows of all who are willing to sell their souls for this rap game" and then "123" 1+2+3=6. "(123)+(123)+(123)" 666 And the fact that he's directly talking to the Devil. "You can't kill a spirit even if you tried to (ha ha ha ha) You sold your soul to me, need I remind you" and "i let you watch our little girls blossom" That's not the drugs thats the owner of his soul, Satan. Even back in the LP days he did rock bottom and said "this life time bliss for eternal torture and pain." he sold his soul to be the greatest and now he regrets it.
i noticed that too ILLUMINATI!
What if Eminem is going a little deeper then what you deep people think? I have just recently gotten into this song and found the lyrics to be nothing but amazing. A comment that really struck my interest was the ""123" 1 2 3=6. "(123) (123) (123)" 666" by Avengedrocker123 and then thought of the following lyric, "That aint the hook now follow me". I naturally just thought the lyric meant that that wasn't the breakdown and that the song gets better, sort of a false chorus, but what if it's stating that 666 I.E. the devil, which everyone seems to think the voice is for some reason, "ISN'T the hook now follow me" and listen to the lyrics harder to realize it's actually his alter ego Slim Shady. Just a thought.
he's so angry! the song starts kind of weak then gets satanic like slim shady ep meets devils night. i never thought he would make a whole track with the devil voice. i am glad he explains why he doesn't talk about other rappers, more closure on the song toy soldiers
this song is very satanic when eminem was slim shady he was controlled by the devil.... now he wanted to see his little girls blossom (grow up) so he made another deal with satan to leave him alone and he could eternally have his soul if he would just do him that favor. now his daughters are grown up and his recent album the relapse the title refers to his soul going back to the devil and he is eternally damned against his will and he knows it.
on second thought this song is chilling and very personal, one of the most personal songs i have ever heard. unlike other artists eminem fans really do know a lot about his personal life. i like the ongoing story of marshall/slim/eminem and how he sells his soul to the devil for fortune and fame and learns he regrets it. i appreciate all the references to past songs and albums spanning his entire career. i like the underlying themes in eminem songs like good vs. evil, pushing yourself to be the best and going through hell to do it, and being yourself and using it to your advantage against what other people may think. eminem is a great entertainer no matter what he does whether it is killing him or not.
This is a deluxe song when it clearly should not have been. I'm wondering who was the idiot who chose to exclude this song from the regular album version? Relapse overall has a lot of disappointing tracks on it. Many (at least 3) are entirely focused on iminative stories about rape and for the non-fanboy, come of as empty and weak lyrically. This song holds its own and is very creative. It shows Eminem literally combatting with his inner-demons. I think he should have resorted to more approaches like this for the album. This is one of, if not the best song on Relapse and yet it is a deluxe track?! Dumb.
I think how this song and deja vu have the devil voice in him talking, one of my favorite
1.beautiful 2.deja vu 3.we made you 4.my darling 5.3am 6.underground
This song is one of eminem's best work he's put out. Listening to it gives you chills at the end of it with the chainsaw.. it's pretty impressive. And yeah I agree it is very very personal, and revealing.. he talks about a lot of personal issues on the two bonus tracks (careful what you wish for).
this songs about his drugs. you can hear it with the last few words of the song " i possess your soul, your mind and your body" drugs controlled his life for so long he feels like he cannot let them go. With the devil voice, hes acting as the drugs are talking to him. He cant escape the drugs, because when no one is there for him, his darling (the drugs) are always there for him.
fame and drugs go hand in hand for him
BTW, I think this song is a fucking incredible masterpiece. His best.