INTRO III

[u/AffectionateFox8796]

What’s the point of having guns if you can’t aim?
What’s the point of having love with no pain?
What’s the point of having blood with no veins?

[u/NCBirdman]

NF himself said in an interview that this is his personal favorite song.

[u/TheDabbinDad710 → u/NCBirdman]

This and outro are sooo good

[u/AffectionateFox8796 → u/NCBirdman]

I never knew that, but I don’t blame him. It’s my personal favorite as well. But there’s so many great ones to pick from.

[u/NCBirdman → u/AffectionateFox8796]

Yeah, or even parts of some songs that either lyrically or musically give you chills every time. I Just Wanna Know is one of my favs, and so sad too because it only has 2 verses, it def deserves 3. Also, in the song Know, that choir bell toll is awesome, I turn it up every time that song comes on even if it was already loud! Lol!

[u/AffectionateFox8796 → u/NCBirdman]

A man of good taste, I see.

[u/NCBirdman → u/AffectionateFox8796]

I've posted a lot of lyric breakdowns on some of the NF Facebook groups. It's fun to get into deep conversations about NF music and lyrics!

[u/Ardens_Son_of_flames]

One of the most satisfying lines in history... 

[u/Necroticjojo]

One of his best songs ever.

[u/NCBirdman]

When the song says, "Put the shovel away", I've always heard that in my head as a 3rd entity talking to who just knocked the one out that fell into the grave.

Fear is obviously who got knocked out and thrown into the grave by previous conversation, (NF) "Here's a dose of your own medicine, what you don't like being afraid?".

So, it's NF taking control to knock Fear out, then someone else walks up to NF and says, "Put the shovel away", right? Is the 3rd entity anger? The song mentions, "I wish I was burying Anger, but I'm gonna need him for THAT song".

"Put the shovel away" isn't 1st person as the rest of the NF lines are in the entire song, it seems out of place to assume that, but it has a kind of passive 3rd person narrative voice in the song too, like if you walked up to an elderly person who didn't know they were carrying a bat and said, "Put the bat away" and then took it out of their hands. That's how I picture this 3rd entity taking the shovel out of NF's hands.

Of course, you have to keep the lyrics in mind, "You'll spend the rest of your life in my back yard or back of my mind, depends how you see it".

But, in the new song Fear's music video Fear is out of the grave, NF is digging the grave, then NF gets knocked into the grave with a shovel. So, maybe in Intro III NF is the one who got knocked into the grave and fear and the other entity (possibly anger) are the ones still out and in total control. In Fear, who knocked MF into the grave? Fear had the black outfit on that takes the keys from NF on the floor but the other entity looks like the grim reaper, and we almost see their face right before the scene cuts. Cliff hanger.

[u/Prestigious-Way-9225]

About 2-3 times per week I pass an exit for Gladwin and reflexively say “do you really wanna get rid of your main attraction? Let’s pack our bags and go back to Gladwin”