Modest Mouse: Alone Down There Meaning

Alone Down There Lyrics

How do, how do you do?
My name is you
Flies, they all gather around me and you too
You can't see anything well
You ask me what size it is, not what I sell
The flies, they all gather around me and you too
I don't want you to be alone down...

1. anonymous

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   Feb 28th 2012 !⃝

   Also, sorry for another comment but i wnated to add:
   He says:"He fed me a line and ill probably regret it" is refering to the devils apprentice tempting him into his sin and he will regret it for an eternity in hell.
2. anonymous

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   Feb 28th 2012 !⃝

   My interpretation is pretty much the same as these guys, the sin and temtation has caused him to become the devils apprentice and go to hell. Heres what i have to add though:
   Hes talking about 2 people (me and you, my name is you, etc.) who are the same: his body and his soul. hes talking to his sould who he doesnt want to be down alone in hell with the devil.
3. anonymous

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   Mar 21st 2011 !⃝

   I think this song is simply about the way people justify their own actions. You see bad shit going down in the world, but you justify your own bad actions by saying " I don't want you to be alone down there, so I'll do my own bad things." I think the rest of the references are just to build the atmosphere of a potential hell to get isaac's point across..."I don't want you to be alone down there."
4. anonymous

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   Oct 1st 2008 !⃝

   I always thought it was about sex......
5. anonymous

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   Jul 15th 2008 !⃝

   For someone who doesn't believe in God, Brock has hella biblical knowledge. like hella.
6. anonymous

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   Nov 16th 2007 !⃝

   Sartre and Brock both got the "flies" from the same place: Beelzebub. Ba'al Zebub is Hebrew for Lord of the Flies. Mark's account of the gospel refers to the same deity as "prince of demons". This could explain the "Devil's Apprentice" line.

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7. anonymous

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   Nov 16th 2007 !⃝

   Sartre and Brock both got the "flies" from the same place: Beelzebub. Ba'al Zebub is Hebrew for Lord of the Flies. Mark's account of the gospel refers to the same deity as "prince of demons". This could explain the "Devil's Apprentice" line.
8. annamul

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   Oct 26th 2007 !⃝

   "The flies, they all gather around me and you too" is a clear reference to the play by Jean Paul Satre: "Les Mouches" or "The Flies". The existentialist play is centered on original sin, repentance, and free will. Hence, the lyric could be alternatively read as original sin (the flies) "gather(s) around me and you too". Further, being tempted by the Devils apprentice, and the reference to hell all follow this interpretation.
9. anonymous

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   Jun 14th 2006 !⃝

   If you close your eyes and listen and picture your self in a casket, while listening to the lyrics. Its some wanting to join their companion or someone with they had a form of relationship to.

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