Deftones is one of those bands that has some pretty ambiguous lyrics that you can interpret different ways depending on your perspective. I love it.

To me, this song describes the experience of watching somebody you love more than anything, change into something you cant feel anything for. Like watching an angel turn into a fly, and you cant stop it. It's about losing people.

Deftones Be Quiet And Drive

Whenever I listen to Cherry Waves or Rosemary I feel exactly like that scene in Breaking Bad where Jessie tries heroin for the first time

Deftones has a track with Maynard James Keenan of Tool called Passenger. It's about doing dirty things in cars. It's very cool and fun and sexy and all that good stuff.

Digital bath is also a great song by deftones

Deftones and Clutch are two killer bands that folks overlook with their DARK TONES

You hit the nail on the head with the interpretation. It's about realizing how the someone can cause irreparable damage to someone else and physically see how they have changed due to the influence.

I am a grown ass man, and I am grateful enough to say that Chino's voice is more beautiful than most vocalists out there! This man is a Legend!

The Red by Chevelle, might be of interest to us

Deftones changed the way i look at music when i was a young teenager with this song

Deftones have changed a lot over the years. If you're new to them, go back to their album Adrenaline

Minerva and Xerces are my go to "in my feels" Deftones songs

4:57 I was literally typing that I always took this as being about drugs. Put you onto the glass- mirror. Pulled off your wings- used so much that the high disappeared. I watched you change- drugs affected the used.

This song was on the best movie soundtrack QUEEN OF THE DAMNED 2002 Wayne Static song “Not meant for me” is awesome too!!

Deftones - Hole in the Earth is another one to really dig into.

People always suggest I go to therapy. I always respond with, "Listening to Deftones is cheaper and readily available."

Wow, your take on this is impressive. Deftones is one of my fav bands, and I have heard this song hundreds of times, but I have never thought of it from the perspective of the fly. 🤔🙌🏼

Deftones is incredible and they've evolved a ton over the years. They've always kept that sexy ambient vibe in most things, but you can hear the growth. I love their song Rosemary - it's a good show of their range imo.

Deftones 🖤🖤🖤🖤

Chino and Maynard my 2 favorite vocalists .. All their side projects are amazing.. This album came out in 01 and it "Changed" the game.. Passenger off this album White Pony actually has Maynard on it from tool

I’m absolutely loving your vids, Deftones is and forever be the band closest to my heart.

This is signature Deftones sound, thank you Chino for vocals with so much emotion but completely outside of the norm for early 2000s. Fun fact, while there were plenty of punk-influenced metal bands in the 70s who used pig paraphernalia, it was the combination of Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails and Tori Amos obsession with pigs that it became a more accepted aesthetic among alternative styles of music and subculture in the 80s and 90s. It is also symbolic of feeling like a slab of meat, or someone who goes with the crowd just to be lead to the slaughter... when not being used to insult police like Otep and GWAR do. For me, this song was what pulled me out of the funk when I was being overly dramatic about my life. It was just cathartic to sing along and emote as much as he does. It had me instantly feeling better. Can i recommend "Gave Up" by Nine Inch Nails.???

You have to do Rosemary!

Deftones... One of the greatest bands I've ever had the pleasure of hearing. They've got a song for every mood. I have so many memories attached to their music, and every time I hear one of their songs, those memories flood back to the front of my mind and all I can do is smile, even if the memories aren't always good ones. I can only smile because, of course, I cannot change my past; but also because it never ceases to impress me how well their songs fit with those memories, and how vividly they replay before my mind's eye. I love Deftones.

No one can pull off the Magestic Vocality quite like the one and only.... ......Chino Moreno. God Bless the Deftones..... ........they saved my life.... .....in more ways than a few. 🤘😈😎

Amazing work, please keep it up! Thank you for keeping in the part where you were struggling to find something meaningful from the song, I related so much to being at a loss or feeling like you didn't have anything impactful to say. Thank you for being so vulnerable, it really makes a difference! I've always thought of this the song being spoken from the perspective of my younger self, how in order to survive, my younger self learned to isolate, create a narrative that I was broken in order for things to hurt less, therefore "I pulled off your wings." I also think of it in the more literal sense in my experience with self harm, and pulling off my wings, literally disfiguring myself, ignoring the physical pain to find the release of emotional pain, and "I laughed" representing the smile that would manifest when I practiced self-harm. The lyrics "now you feel so alive" really outlines the sick and twisted payoff you get from self-destruction, whether that's codependency, substance use, self-mutilation, eating disorders, gambling, sex addiction. The Peace of the song "it's like you never had wings" and "now you feel so alive" speaks to the experience of never having anyone of value to trust or be vulnerable with, further justifying my own isolation. It's such a common narrative I see in my work as I watch people destroy their bodies with fentanyl and xylazine everyday and justifying it because their life never was looking upward anyway, they never had wings that would let them fly so they continued to destroy them. In the classic analogy of reaching for the apple, not being able to grab it and saying "I never wanted the Apple anyway" in this case the Apple being well-being, the sense of fleeting pleasure, peace, fulfillment and adventure no matter how self-destructive still can feel as incredibly rewarding when you tell yourself it was never in your cards to have the alternative, or that healing isn't possible for someone like me. These lies we've told ourselves a long time ago can define us for a very long time. This is just my perspective. Thank you for letting me share!

Story goes the song is about the lead singer sitting in a group with family confronting a family member over a drinking problem

Deftones is not just music but an experience. Feels like a full on journey with every album and an insane emotional rollercoaster to boot

I love your way of describing to make something good out of the lyrics or whatever ... and yet again spot on almost about the feeling someone may have had

Thanks for your vision of the lyrics song. ❤ Greetings from Colombia

lets goo been asking for deftones for a minute!

Your so adorable and I love how your not afraid to show your emotions in your videos, I grow as a human watching your videos fr

that second place you were talking about 'as the fly' it makes me think of how i was raised, by being trapped and prodded for others' entertainment and being changed because i refused to meet my families' uncommunicated wants

Such a euphoric song

Ah I haven't listened to Deftones in forever, this was an awesome analysis! Now I'm gonna be listening to Deftones for the next month nonstop lol

We love you too!! ❤❤😊

loved it, because the few hours of analysis after... (thanks for it)

for me this song is like watching your ex js go to the bottom after leaving you and you seeing they ain’t nun with out you

First one here! Super excited for you to react to Deftones! You should react to their song Beauty School next!

Deftones. Nuff said. Love it, keep up the good work with everything. Edit: Ok I have more to say lol.... I think you will find Chino interesting and love Deftones. Chino loves trolling people about his lyrics. He has not always been nice bout it... lmao. Seeing you trying to figure it out is amazing, I can Not wait for you to go deeper with them. :)

This reaction had a lot riding on it. Congrats, you passed. I will be tuning in again.

Cheno Moreno’s vocals always give me chills. He’s one of the best in the business.

I've been a deftones fan since I was a15 year old. (1995) My interpretation of their lyrics had transformed over the years. but I keep listening and my viewpoint has changed multiple times. This video really vibes with the way I currently view this song.

You’re doing a few of our anthems from way back when! I love it! Unfortunately the way I see it, was in a toxic situation, nothing was ever enough for the dude. Cheating, lying, stealing and of course drugs. He cost me everything I ever earned or owned, and it still wasn’t enough. 30 years later, I watched him change into a fly after he laughed at jerking me around for decades….. I knew something was going on, I just had no idea how to fix it, how to help, when I realized it was over the top hard core drugs… I had to worry about getting MYSELF back to shore safely. I left, walked with clothes on my back. Started a new life. Narc-free. I feel bad. But *shrug* I didn’t deserve that, and I couldn’t pull him to shore!

Deftones - Rosemary

One of my favorite bands of all time. Chino and company have always remained consistent in delivering heavy, chuggy guitar riffs mixed with Chino’s insane vocals. Lyrically they can really trip you up as majority of it can be ambiguous but makes it fun. Please continue this rabbit hole!

Thank you❤️

The Around The Fur Album is pure perfection. 🃏

I feel like the lyric ‘I give you the lung… blow me away’ is the most important lyric in the song. As in, after all the negative change, he gives them the power to get rid of them.

As a veteran, I'd be honored to see you react to the music video of 'Wrong Side of Heaven' by Five Finger Death Punch. It's one of the most thought provoking videos I've seen in a long time.

For me when Ive listened to the song I've always felt that it's not a song about a relationship between two people, but my relationship with myself. As a past drug abuser, I saw myself many times being someone I couldn't even recognize. I lost loved ones, friends, things in my life, I mine as well have been a fly feeding of the rot that I created. It always felt like the song was expressing that feeling of constantly wanting to run from yourself. "I looked away, you were on fire" I couldnt stand to see how I was burning myself to the ground. The glass verse to me is just bringing home cocaine, once again taking off my own wings (good elements of myself), and only being able to laugh/cry that I'm here once again. "Look at the cross, then I look away" looking for anyway to get out, any sign of light to point the way, and still ultimately choosing to look away from it, and in turn handing myself the gun by continuing a lifestyle that has no happy ending. It screams a fuck you to yourself for allowing yourself to become this piece of shit, or shit-eater in the case of a fly. I think Chino just sings in such a sultry voice that sometimes people dont notice an element of self-loathing in his lyrics. But then again, that's just my thoughts. Loved your reaction and critique.

Deftones Hole in the Earth! Amazing song!

This song makes A LOT more sense as part of a soundtrack. It was in the soundtrack for the movie Queen of the Damned, which is about Vampires.

Your facial expressions through this entire song is hilarious 😂. Best representation of what its like listening to this song for the first time

This song is a complex work that explores themes of transformation and loss of innocence. The lyrics use the metamorphosis of a person into a fly as a powerful metaphor for change, possibly towards something darker and less human.

You had a very good interpretation for a first time listener. I spent some time digging and found an old interview with Chino saying this song was about him basically being toxic to a person he cared for deeply which makes me believe this is about his ex wife. He didn’t want to be with her but didn’t want her to leave. He was in the pits of addiction and was blinded by that.

I don't really listen to this song so much for its lyrics, which are haunting and ambigous (which is great) - I listen to it for the emotional states it surfaces in myself.

One of my favorite bands in the 90s

Deftones - hole in the earth.

This is one of my favorite songs of all time. I'm interested in your perspective because people that talk about this song never have the same one that I do. I always felt like it was about two people that loved each other very much but grew apart. Possibly drugs and the other one changed while the other one watched

i will always love Deftones all the albums

Minerva is my favorite Deftones song. Great music video as well.

Lost it at "sounds like this person watched the other person change" LMFAO 😂😭

seeing people's first reaction to Chino's voice in this song never gets old lol

I’ve watched almost all of your videos and I know your looking for more songs so I’d love to see your take on flaw -“the best that I am” it got me through a lot of my childhood with a dad the abuser and me the son who now has daughters and will never be that man.

Just remember when a fly lands on solid food it throws up on it...

great job

It means whatever you want it to mean ❤

Late to the party but I am loving this channel!

Architects did an amazing cover of this song.

The way that Deftones is positive for your mental health is you just put them on, Be Quiet and Drive. I've been listening to them since the 90s. They're my all time favorite band and any time I'm having a bad day or things have just gone to shit, I just put on my headphones, put all their albums on shuffle and just get lost in the music.

33 seconds in stank face to total shock transition. So good lol.

They are the biggest band to come out of my home town of SACRAMENTO.

One of my favorite songs of all time and the ambiguous way Chino writes and from so many different perspectives and characters on this album is really interesting. Another sort of multi layered song lyrically is Stinkfist by Tool, there’s a lot of therapeutical qualities in most of Tool’s songs but this one has always spoken to me.

Really love your channel, I've watched most of your vids and your perspectives our amazing. Since you like Maynard he does a Deftones Song Called Passenger. You should do a video for it. More Deftones vids :)

We like the way you express with your own unique choreography in listening to the song and articulating each metal song lyric, by the way you look like a film actress from Indonesia Wulan Guritno

The Deftones to me are 1 of the most original bands out there….before them nobody sounded like that & they consistently reinvent their sound with often really cool results 🖤

Deftones is my ish.. been seeing them live since 1998! To me they are the NuMetal Goat

Epic Deftones ❤❤❤❤

Knife Prty, Cherry Waves, and Hole in the Earth are must listen

This song gets inside you and opens a nest of vipers, what you do with those vipers and how you view them is the journey and the answer.

You should take a look at Minerva from them such a great song

from a person to a fly on the flowered wallpaper yes it's a song about shmack - i was so confused when you were trying to find something to talk about because somehow i thought it was a vocal coach reacts and i clicked for the facial expression lol

For folks of a certain age this is the music we made babies to.

This track was a feature for the Queen of the Damned soundtrack. Could get vampirey vibes from this if you look at it from that angle.

One thing that is obvious and is awesome to see is that youre a slave to the beat.. and a damn good groove😁

without more deftones you're missing out on some incredible songs with vibes that don't exist otherwise.

This song is from one of the best albums ever recorded. Passenger is also an amazing track.

Deftones, my own summer.... 😈

You're exactly correct. This is about a narcissist who is trying to control a leader. And the leader pulls their wings off.

Deftones Tool and Radiohead are among my top favorite artists im so glad youre giving your perspective on some of their songs. Can you please do Digital Bath by Deftones

“I give you the gun, blow me away” she was kind of distracted during this line but I think she’s spot on with her interpretation. I think this line would have sped up how she came up with her conclusion. I could be totally wrong though

Have listen to Ceremony from Deftones. I think you'll enjoy it and find the meaning quickly.

you are awesooome!

That hoodie is awesome where did u get it?

How would I donate for a reaction? There's two I'd really love to see her cover (both Travis Miller) - Stoop Lights as Bedwetter and Collapse and Appear as Lil Ugly Mane. I see there's a donation page but I didn't see any options for donor recommendations.

I thought this was about his first wife. She started to pull away from him and he then manipulated her into staying. Neither was happy

Song called choke by the band bury tomorrow…… my life and anthem

Chino said in an interview that Change was about him being an asshole to someone close to him. Along with other lyrics that Chino has written about his first wife, I think its about seeing her change into someone else and growing more distant, and then he manipulates her into staying with him even though he knows she wants to leave him. But generally I think it’s about a person who tries to control their partner and then finds themselves in a relationship with the shell of the person they originally fell in love with.