To me the album has a lot to do with a conflict with an "inner demon" and attempting to understand the nature of the demon based upon logic, examples and solutions (such as being sober) from the real world. The embarrassment experienced because some of the actions taken due to the conflict with the demon is perhaps more relevant than the actual struggle. The embarrassment causes the individual to be quiet out of fear of judgement rather than assess what is actually happening. One might say that if you have spent a large portion of your life trying to understand the conflict and have come out with no more answers than where you started, what is the point of the struggle?
If you are cursed with the demon's presence, perhaps the questions should be - what can I take away from this experience? What has it made me do that I wouldn't have done otherwise? What valuable knowledge have I attained by trying to determine its source?
My personal belief is that an artists individual struggle is part of a larger picture. Create a public that accepts what the media feeds them without question. Simplify their view of reality. Make them happy drones while in the background the gears of the "machine" keep grinding to create their vision of reality.
If you are cursed with the demon's presence, perhaps the questions should be - what can I take away from this experience? What has it made me do that I wouldn't have done otherwise? What valuable knowledge have I attained by trying to determine its source?
My personal belief is that an artists individual struggle is part of a larger picture. Create a public that accepts what the media feeds them without question. Simplify their view of reality. Make them happy drones while in the background the gears of the "machine" keep grinding to create their vision of reality.
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