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nodoubtjd11
July 19th, 2007 08:28PM
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As someone who was abused and who is now a father there is something in me that is hard to put into words.
Father abuses son, son abuses his son and it is passed on and on. I hate what it is in me, that is in you, and a child is cut. Year after year in continues to consume all it touches, bitterness and denial consuming and causing hate that gets passed on like a sickness until it is disarmed with a smile by someone who understands it. I see the rage and know what it is and I smile and it cannot touch me because I choose to make it so. I pass the smile over to my son, my love, and the killer in me kills no more. I choose to live my own life and teach my son to fear no more.
anonymous
October 17th, 2005 09:08PM
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This song is definitely not about abortion. It's about his abusive childhood, and going back to that part of his life. He's talked about it himself.
It's about trying to kill the pain brought about by his parents (especially his father since he abused him) when he was a boy.
"Cut that little child, inside of me and such a part of you" is his way of saying that he is very much his father... and mother I am assuming. We all are what we're influenced to be, to an extent. "The killer in me is the killer in you." Having an abusive father would have to be a terrible thing.
morechoiriel
April 29th, 2006 12:01PM
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Yes, this song is about his childhood and his father... and it should not be compared to a Linkin Park song. Ever.
YourFan
July 17th, 2007 03:04PM
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I could see why this song is about abortion...but it's not. It's about Billy's childhood, Billy Corgan said so himself. Billy's parents divorced, and then he lived with his dad and an abusive stepmother.
I love this song.
anonymous
August 23rd, 2007 08:07AM
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Yeah the song is about Billy's childhood and how much he hated and wanted to kill his parents. He said so once in an interview.
I only heard this song on Radio one the other night and it took me ages to go through all the lyric sites trying to match the lyrics up.
One of my favourites though.
The Smashing Pumpkins are one of the best bands. :D:D
kaserb1
August 29th, 2008 11:09AM
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Well I was thinking a the same things as a few of you. His childhood was not the best one if you have been abused I'm sure you look at things a lot different. When he says 'a killer in me is a killer in you' he is saying he will pass is anger to his kid so on and so forth.but he tells him not to fear cause when he says 'a killer in me is no killer in you' he wants to give the boy a good childhood, and not what he had to go through. This is one of my favorite songs lol this is what I put together out of it. Thanks for reading[=
sophie
January 8th, 2009 05:30AM
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"Disarm you with a smile. And cut you like you want me to.
Cut that little child. Inside of me and such a part of you.
Ooh, the years burn."
"Disarm you with a smile." means the child attempted to convert the father's attitude by smiling and doing good. "Cut you like you want me to" means to agree with the father's opinion. "Killer in me is the killer in you" means that it is expected that the child agree with the father's opinion and carry out his expectations.
"Disarm" means to change the child's outlook. "Cut you like you want me to" means to convert the child's viewpoint to the father's distorted outlook. "Inside of me" means you are just like him [the father]. "Ohh, the years burn" signifies the years of pain suffered by the child from the father's distorted expectations.
"What's a boy supposed to do"? means that it is ultimately up to the individual to decipher right from wrong.
I too have come from an abusive background and can relate to this song. However, I understand that I should not play the victim role. I should treasure and appreciate the family that care about me.
anonymous
February 27th, 2009 08:48AM
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"It's about trying to kill the pain brought about by his parents (especially his father since he abused him) when he was a boy." ok what you said is correct but Billy was abused by his step mom when he was a kid not his dad just sayin
anonymous
May 15th, 2009 11:18AM
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I know that this is going against many interpretations of the song - but this is mine. I agree with all of the thoughts that this is about an abusive childhood, and I am not going against that.
but, everything I listen to the song- I always believe that it is about losing the innocence a little child has. This could also string in with an abusive parent theory. However I strongly believe that it is about losing innocence.
anonymous
September 15th, 2009 04:44PM
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While this is not what I believe to be the purpose of this song, it seems to have a strong first amendment element to it.
Particularly the lines, "What I choose is my choice...What I choose, is my voice...the killer in me is the killer in you."
The first two lines above demonstrate the importance of choice and expression, while the latter seems to be stressing that everyone is capable of producing the same dark ideas and thoughts, so one should not be so critical of such views and these thoughts should be protected.
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