Rose

Neemo

all this josh freese recently talk got me in the mood for some a perfect circle, so i revisited an old article that i have in a 'Guitar World' magazine and while there isnt any GnR references aside from mentioning that Howerdel worked with Guns N Roses as a tech, Billy does specifically mention a song off Mer De Noms that is called Rose...the lyrics are 'interesting'

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A Perfect Circle - Rose

Don't disturb the Beast,
The tempermental Goat,
The Snail,
while he's feeding on the Rose
Stay frozen, compromise
What I will I am

Bend around the wind
Silently thrown about again
I'm treading so soft and lightly
Compromising my will
I am

I am, I will
So no longer will I
Lay down, play dead
Play your doe
In the headlights locked down
And terrified
Your deer in the headlights
Shut down and horrified when
Push comes to pull comes to shove
Comes to step around this
Self-destructive dance
That never would've ended 'til
I rose,
I roared aloud here
I will, I am

I am, I will
So no longer will I
Lay down, play dead,
Play this
Kneel down
Gun-shy martyr, pitiful
I rose, I roared
I will, I am

apex-twin

The narrator has, during the song and before it, stood down as a Beast/Goat/Snail has been eating a Rose. There's some Devil allegory there, and one could dismiss the other thing as flower, but the capitalization does intrigue. Rose being eaten by a demon (the record label / personal tribulation?), purity and beauty lost to a heineous party. Being asked to make further acquittals, compromising one's integrity. Caring too much to take it anymore. Celebrating one's freedom to make his own mind.

The decisive act ('rose') equals the object of concern ('Rose'). "Play this / kneel down / Gun-shy martyr, pitiful". To me, this suggests feigned martyrdom. There's the 'get on with it' aspect, which suggests the whole point of letting the Rose get eaten is just an excuse for oneself not to do anything about it. "My hands were tied" doesn't cut it.

As an Axl/CD allegory, I'd read it as Axl against the circumstances. Long story short, the lesson would be 'Get out there and do it', because you'll be thanking yourself later you did.

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