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Pantera: I'm Broken Meaning

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I'm Broken Lyrics

I wonder if we'll smile in our coffins while loved ones
Mourn the day, the absence of our faces, living, laughing,
Eyes awake. Is this too much for them to take?

Too young for ones conclusion, the lifestyle won.
Such values you taught your...

  1. anonymous
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    May 13th 2019 !⃝

    Phil says it's out his back pain but sounds more like it is about someone's crackho mom fucking up the kids life..

  2. phantasm1985uk
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    Jan 15th 2010 !⃝

    The lyrics seem to deal with death through excesses at a young age, either through drugs, venereal diseases [such as Aids, at his public height through unprotected sex or intravenous drug use] or general excess and the perception of death on the other side. The term "Im Broken" is also used to address a deceased state. Also bear in mind the song was written close to the time vocalist Phil Anselmo was close to his publicised heroin overdose to treat in his words "chronic back pain due to on stage athletic antics and the general rigours of hard touring. The album "Far Beyond Driven" featured many songs dealing with the nature of hard and disturbing drug use, and while it may of been prior to his heroin abuse it's a possibility he may of been hanging around in those circles prior to come in contact with the drug.


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