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Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:04 pm
by kapeish
Can someone try and describe exactly what deryck is try to say in this song.....its message..
Is he hatin on the devils pressure or something?

He says he wants to nullify this sick romance
and pull the cord to detonate

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:34 pm
by 41salute
I'm terrible at interpretating lyrics/books/simple speech, so I'll say it's about drugs/alcohol/general self-destruction.

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:38 pm
by fergal41
Something to do with religion I'd say!

*Vague*

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:40 pm
by patenttiftw
It's about masturbation.

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:04 pm
by UltraKolby
I think it about Deryck's relationship with Dave

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:04 pm
by fergal41
UltraKolby wrote:I think it about Deryck's relationship with Dave
For serious?

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:13 pm
by DeryckW
fergal41 wrote:
UltraKolby wrote:I think it about Deryck's relationship with Dave
For serious?
For real.

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:20 pm
by Heather
Well he has said that the beginning of the song is the devil himself talking then for the 2nd verse its Deryck's point of view, so I think its just about his relationship with his inner demons. So at first the devil has a hold of him "poison never hurt so good" then "pull the chord to detonate" letting go of the devil inside him

does that help?

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:59 am
by Phili
fenderrocks wrote:Well he has said that the beginning of the song is the devil himself talking then for the 2nd verse its Deryck's point of view, so I think its just about his relationship with his inner demons. So at first the devil has a hold of him "poison never hurt so good" then "pull the chord to detonate" letting go of the devil inside him
Correct. =) Except the first bit is supposed to be his inner demon, not THE Devil. It's basically about his battle with his inner demons. I THINK he's supposed to win at the end but honestly, it's a set of song lyrics, so who the fuck knows who wins...

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:07 am
by Jeremy Kill
Phili wrote:
fenderrocks wrote:Well he has said that the beginning of the song is the devil himself talking then for the 2nd verse its Deryck's point of view, so I think its just about his relationship with his inner demons. So at first the devil has a hold of him "poison never hurt so good" then "pull the chord to detonate" letting go of the devil inside him
Correct. =) Except the first bit is supposed to be his inner demon, not THE Devil. It's basically about his battle with his inner demons. I THINK he's supposed to win at the end but honestly, it's a set of song lyrics, so who the fuck knows who wins...
Well, if we're allowed to judge by his current lifestyle... I'd say the demon won. :twisted:

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:17 am
by BrandonCorey
It's about his inner demons and the bad side of him. But he refers to his bad side as a different person kinda. Think that's pretty much what it's about.

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:59 am
by sumw41
that is so funny because i totally thought that you guys would understand every song that Deryck write, since your first lenguague is english, for those who dont speak english is even harder to at least get the message.Even if we use transaltor is not enough. ifeel better now because im not the only one who dont understand many songs.

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:19 am
by Emil
Jeremy Kill wrote:
Phili wrote:
fenderrocks wrote:Well he has said that the beginning of the song is the devil himself talking then for the 2nd verse its Deryck's point of view, so I think its just about his relationship with his inner demons. So at first the devil has a hold of him "poison never hurt so good" then "pull the chord to detonate" letting go of the devil inside him
Correct. =) Except the first bit is supposed to be his inner demon, not THE Devil. It's basically about his battle with his inner demons. I THINK he's supposed to win at the end but honestly, it's a set of song lyrics, so who the fuck knows who wins...
Well, if we're allowed to judge by his current lifestyle... I'd say the demon won. :twisted:
Yeah, well jokes on him when the demon decides to shut down his kidneys.

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:13 pm
by FuckT41182
Emil wrote:
Jeremy Kill wrote:
Phili wrote:
fenderrocks wrote:Well he has said that the beginning of the song is the devil himself talking then for the 2nd verse its Deryck's point of view, so I think its just about his relationship with his inner demons. So at first the devil has a hold of him "poison never hurt so good" then "pull the chord to detonate" letting go of the devil inside him
Correct. =) Except the first bit is supposed to be his inner demon, not THE Devil. It's basically about his battle with his inner demons. I THINK he's supposed to win at the end but honestly, it's a set of song lyrics, so who the fuck knows who wins...
Well, if we're allowed to judge by his current lifestyle... I'd say the demon won. :twisted:
yeah but you have to look at his life ...he had a wife and he was like "this is my love for a whole life,I'll be there for her forever"...and I think that during his marriage he was the winner ...but then everything has changed and his life fucked up ...it's not easy to take but he could know it ...if I could say one celebrity that changed herself the most I would say Avril ...

btw:yeah these lyrics are about his demons ...it's my favorite song on the album and one of the favorites by Sum 41 ...especially the chorus ...I love the allegory in the song :) Deryck is a smart guy :D

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 3:38 pm
by Heather
Phili wrote:
fenderrocks wrote:Well he has said that the beginning of the song is the devil himself talking then for the 2nd verse its Deryck's point of view, so I think its just about his relationship with his inner demons. So at first the devil has a hold of him "poison never hurt so good" then "pull the chord to detonate" letting go of the devil inside him
Correct. =) Except the first bit is supposed to be his inner demon, not THE Devil. It's basically about his battle with his inner demons. I THINK he's supposed to win at the end but honestly, it's a set of song lyrics, so who the fuck knows who wins...
I swear he said the devil because of the "was here before Christ forgave you your sins", but I could be wrong....I have no idea what interview it was, I just remember him saying it

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 6:47 pm
by shadowred3
ya its about deryks inner demons

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:47 am
by billyspleen88
songmeanings.net is a good site for interpreting songs

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:24 am
by TomiT14
billyspleen88 wrote:songmeanings.net is a good site for interpreting songs
TNS.com is better for Sum 41 songs.

Re: Speak Of the Devil..

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:10 pm
by Mr-David-Blues
Its about Derycks inner demons, his darker side to living life his "downward spiral" and dealing with it