haha, thanks everyone. i was gonna put some stuff in about the video, but then i didn't have the time, so i'll do it now. I think that the immages in the video are symbolism of how everyone is prone to being manipulted if the right tirgger is used, for alot of people, this happens to be the opposite sex. It's set in a bar, a sort of cliche location of where people hook up and meet new people. everyone is kind of doing the same thing, mimicking each other's actions etc. also there are a few images of lambs. I think the lines in the song "he is the lamb, she is the slaughter" is kind of reffering to how he has been led into the whole ideal that sex is a part of growing up, a kind of rite of passage, that has to happen when you're young ( "where the act becomes the art of growing up" ). this girl, his friends, pretty much his whole social circle have led him to believe that sleeping with someone is a necessary part of a mature relationship, or rather a sort of measuring stick in the relationship. "she is the slaughter": she has driven him to substitute his own ideals and morals (wheather consciously or subconciously) for those of others. eventually, this pattern of just going along with popular belief and opinion eats away at the person you are, or "slaughters" the person you are. the whole video and the song kind of deal witb the fact that this whole pattern of being manipulated is basically unavoidable. think about it, how many times have people compromised their standards to be with someone? i wish i could say I haven't, but i have. i'm not pround of it, but luckily I realized my mistake and it's mow used as an example of why not to let it happen again. what I get from the song however, is that no matter how much you tell yourself you wont let someone manipulate you, or lead you to compromise your beliefs, it will happen. it's an inevitable fact of life. a pretty pessimistic view in my opinion, but i still haven't decided or not weather its true.
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