Out From Under - Incubus

[MrFetusPretzel]

The Best !!!

[evaswirlz]

Can't you imagine this song for an action movie about an oppressive government in a futuristic world and one hero rises to save us all? The trailer would have this song blasting and the guy doing some sick fighting and chase scenes. Yeah, I've got a very active imagination. :D

[YesLloyd94]

@evaswirlz already been done.

[evaswirlz]

@YesLloyd94 The movie concept is not new but with THIS song? What movie? I have to see that.

[YesLloyd94]

@evaswirlz when i win the lottery i'll make that film and you can be in it.

[evaswirlz]

@YesLloyd94 Cool. :D

[parkourfreak27]

RESIST AND MULTIPLYYYY!!

[Ertmantis]

resist and multiply

[plus44fanatics]

Probably their hardest rocking meaningful song, aside from new skin. It's so genius.

[xBl4ckJ0k3rx]

wow so many people are wrong. when he says "to resist is to piss in the wind, anyone who does will end up smelling, knowing this why do i defy, cause my inner voice is yelling" he is talking about those who oppress you. when you resist them, its like pissing into the wind, you get screwed over. anyone who does it gets screwed. but knowing this he does it because inside he knows its the right thing to do. even though there are consequences, you do what you know is right.

[enzoabonoan]

RESIST AND MULTIPLY!!!

[NateStein123]

For a long time when I didn't know the actual chorus lyrics, I thought he was singing "...piss and see the sky." And I always thought, I don't understand how doing that makes one able to see the sky.

[thatbastardson]

resist, unlearn, defy. impossible. the human doesn't "unlearn" . you can't "unknow" what you already know. if he's talking about simple surface based political style bullshit, then sure. everything that you've learned/felt/remembered is tied to your human being. the only way you are going to truly change, is through your experiences, not this dude telling you to. just saying.

[TOTSIO]

ok... hmmm. my opinion.... "to resist is to piss in the wind/ anyone who does will end up smelling/ knowing this y do i defy/cuz my inner voice is yelling".... to me, it means resisting the powers that be often leads to death. Thus, u would end up smelling, but getting "out from under" them is worth the risk.

[TheDefTones11]

damn, what a song...... Incubus what happened to you guys??? Light Grenades was not your style.. get back to our roots.!

[useful76]

"To resist is to piss in the wind. Anyone who does comes up smelling." He's saying that resistance is hard and will have have negative blowback if you try.

"Knowing this why do I defy? Because my inner voice is yelling." He's saying despite knowing the consequences of resistance, he can't back down from his inner voice to resist. He's resisting despite the hardships he will endure. He's saying others need to overcome the hardships as well.

[ewokbreeder]

This is no doubt my favorite song on this album!

[zodom7]

Wow, it's amazing how many people probably thought the lyrics were literal.

[elissasmusic]

@zodom7 I know you wrote this 2 months ago, but lmao. I wonder how many people are like "wow, that's true...I don't want to smell, but why is he singing about that?" lol simple minds these are the people who thought the compelling message was to literally NOT piss in the wind and smell. Piss in the wind people, that's what he's saying... if you take that literally I feel sorry for you, or actually sorry for the people that have to be around you.

[useful76]

No he's saying to resist is difficult yet he still feels compelled to do so. He's choosing the harder path despite the difficulty.

[sk84gs]

I'm going to keep pissing in the wind!

I love all the looks it gets me-

resistance me.

[pzycofetus]

resist, unlearn., defy.

[sittiealyssa]

get out from under theeeeeemmmm! :))

[Salger12]

Piss in the wind -> Doing something that is a complete waste of effort and time for which you can expect no results and may even backfire on you. Pointless to resist in this society. People will crush your ideas

[notseymour]

he's a good singer, crap vocalist. "knowing this why do I defy" "there is a fist pressing against anyone who thinks something compelling" .. all complete horseshit of course. He doesn't live in North Korea.

[countdoofle123]

To resist is to piss in the wind.....

Simply a spiritual concept. Either accept or change.

Simply resist to the power/spirit guiding us. Thy will, not mine, be done.

Direction from God, rather than self.

[MPS186282]

@countdoofle123 Except without the religious overtones.

[TheWaffle35]

Haha the first line of this song is great

[feioncastor]

I love the guitar work during the verses. I write all kinds of guitar stuff myself, but I hear this stuff, and I just think, "How does this dude come up with these strange guitar bits?" Some of them almost seem out of place (like in the song New Skin), but at the same time, they always fit perfectly.

[TailsFiraga]

That Bassline. My ears thanked me for buying this album.

[yeahsee33]

Get the fuck out from under there!!!

[Qualipus]

great song, but I prefer to fart in the wind, instead of piss. :D

[SSSsyto]

"knowing this why do i defy? cause my inner voice is yelling"to rebel doesnt make you cool...neither a hero or role model...its just you do it if you feel you have to even if that means looking bad^^

[bluevanghetto]

Resist! Unlearn! Defy!

[pikameowmeow]

I remember I set a text of the first part to my friend and she was like "your gonna pee on me? :(" lmao anyways I love this song, addicting and very good :)

[Kerry9000]

All this talk about, "The band changed". They literally did.

They evolved into GODS

[kelleyjane07]

to resist is to piss in the wind, anyone who does will end up smelling... he's saying resistence is futile basically, but then after that he says, knowing this why do i defy? cuz my inner voice is yelling. :) good stuff

[Enchantd08]

get it brandon hunny! xD

[7651form]

This song makes me want to go to Africa.....with a rifle under my arm.

[phsycokidx000]

@7651form wtf? i think you completely missed the point of the song....

[matthewnapier40]

fucking idiots....it all means that if you resist rules, the rules always win...u just make yourself pretty much look stupid if you even try... no use at all....

[cheezbetweentheknees]

@matthewnapier40 Please tell me you don't think this song is about obeying rules, or getting fucked over if you don't? LOL. This song - like the majority of Make Yourself - is about getting "out from under" the omnipresent "fist pressing against" society and "seeing the sky" finally. Resist, unlearn, and defy what the government/media says about how you should live your life. The line "To resist is to piss in the wind" is Brandon saying what the government wants you to believe.

[ak47hoodlife]

@matthewnapier40 Umm..err... the rules dont always win you have been conditioned to believe so... listen to the lyrics resist and multiply

[jpa23245]

also during the chorus he says "get out from under precipice and see the sky" he words it so it sounds like hes saying get from under press-a-piss and see the sky. Kinda funny how it goes along with the opening lyrics "to resist is to piss in the wind" Anyone else notice this? Awesome poetry by this band.

[fuckoff4real2k10]

yea get out frm under there

[Sx2san]

Best track on Make yourself, Hands down

[Kovaji]

@Sx2san Great song, but Pardon Me is better IMO.

[slayar764]

I don't understand how anyone can like their newer albums more than this.

[OriginalMsNewBooty]

@slayar764 me too i dnt understand that myself

[Tindall4words]

@OriginalMsNewBooty they have commercialized minds. they don't have any sense, thay take what's put in front of them.

[TacticalAngel86]

"because my inner voice is yelling. there is fist pressing against anyone who thinks something compelling. or intuition were taught to deny, and or soul, we're told is for selling"

[DelilahZoe]

RESIST - UNLEARN - DEFY !!!

[TheBlackmetalhead]

TO RESIST IS TO PISS IN THE WIND

[smiddle1234]

Pissing into the wind is an expression that means you have no chance. Example : "You are pissing into the wind if you think you are a better poet than Shakespeare."

[ZeroHope2survive]

Yes he was. Read some of his sonnets. Read A Midsummer Night's Dream. He was a poet as well as a playwright.

[nogifunk]

lol.

[killath303]

I would love for people not to advertise on my uploads. Thank you.

[shadeless01]

sorry. i was really just asking people who like the same things i like to check out my stuff didnt think i was advertising for real.

[Peterfile03]

@killath303

Shouldn't you be getting some kind of payment?

[useful76]

@killath303 Every damn time too. So annoying.

[puppykicker22]

@killath303 does that include youtube itself? lol

[TheBlackmetalhead]

@shadeless01 lol u got owned hahahaha by killath303

[1tltm]

hahaha, resist and piss in the wind, ya, he says it to see how many of his fans will turn and piss in the wind.i love how everyone analyzes songs n shit, and they dont even kno the lyrics,fukn a.

[killath303]

To resist is to piss in the wind.

The lyrics don't make sense with and in there.

[IrishCurt1]

they make sense

normally people dont piss in the wind

resisting is pissing in the wind, you're right

[Dudewattimeizit]

@killath303 He is metaphorically speaking. Almost like saying resisting has a negative consequence. Anyone who does will suffer the consequences. Then he ask himself" Knowing this why do I defy?" Basically questioning his resistance. Like saying, why do I resist or rebel when I know the consequences won't be good. Then the rest of the song is pretty self-explanatory.

[EMABand1]

@killath303 it does bc it means if you resist thats just fucking you over and then you'll end up smelling your own shit

[pallypowerftw]

@1tltm the thing about music is that there are so many ways that each individual can interpret each song. so to say they dont know what they mean is pretty narrow minded. and how do u know what they lyrics mean? who made you the translator?

[MrFizzy420]

@1tltm yeah for real ppl are just to dumb to know thats a old saying......to piss in the wind is to basicly try somthing you cant do.

[CAMISASFER]

great song....great CD....GREAT BAND!!!!!

[frostfireshit]

best vocalist on earth. so clean then can go real dirty with his voice

[iixlateralusxii]

@frostfireshit

..you GOTTA be kidding me. take some singing lessons and then reevaluate your position

[frostfireshit]

And you are saying that yo are good, wank want mate you and your emotional gay voice fuck off, it was just a comment. And I have been singing for 15 years now so bite your tounge boy

[iixlateralusxii]

"singing for 15 years" vs. taking formalized lessons are completely distinct, first off. In any field, you are just walking in the dark until a professional lights the way with knowledge of past generations.

Secondly, Brandon Boyd is by no means an accomplished singer. He's an artist in more than one way, but some of his live vocal runs make me cringe. His voice is interesting and alluring, that's it.

Go on, criticize me on a typo, curse like a juvenile, dig yourself a little deeper...

[shutyourpujol]

He's better with lyrics than most though, you can't deny that. He gets across what he's trying to say extremely well.

[frostfireshit]

i love when he sings, there is a fist pressing against.. sounds so cool

[jangles89]

what does that have to do with anything?

[lollipopman70]

damn good song

[laffyta2]

lol, to resist and piss in the wind, lol reminds me of the LololollolloLoL laughingfest i had when i heard Take Me To Yuor Leader.

[kusemono12]

he says that to resist is to piss in the wind and that anyone who does will end up smelling, not resist and piss in the wind......

[deadleaves311]

best song on the album... amazing breakdown

[stargazerlily11]

YESSS!!!!!

[ChaoticSouls]

best album

[bradleyii]

Wait, Did he say "To resist is to piss in the wind, anyone who does will end up smelling? :/

[killath303]

Sure did.

[mojo10171992]

yes, which is true since the piss will be blown back at you..

Try as hard as you want to fight but you will most likely lose.

[GamerWatcher]

@bradleyii

yeah! xD xD xD

[AlphaPMC]

@bradleyii he means that theres no point in defying and resisting the rules, youll only fuck yourself over

[jimmaytonner]

@bradleyii well you made that comment over a year ago.. did you learn the meaning of the song??

I'm just saying it isn't all that hard to discern.

[bradleyii]

@jimmaytonner

acually that wasn't even me who did that my friend wrote that. cause i def would never put a ":/" face... cause im not a fag

[mdo0bm]

@jimmaytonner nice use of the word "discern". im just a closet grammar nazi.

[kickinyounow]

@bradleyii ahahhaha oh well still good ass band and song :)

[ryanoose]

@bradleyii If you stand up against whats against you. Which your probably not aware of anything being against you however im sorry to say there is a powerful force against you. Trying to keep you down distracted and unaware, and if you stand up and speak out against this beast most dont even see, u will end up smelling,. looking crazy stupid. Wake up. This is real its all over the world and we r getting our asses kicked. A very old plan in the final stage, to rule the world entirely.

[QDubplate]

@bradleyii He's basically saying, resisting is just like pissing in the wind, whereas if you piss in the wind the piss will land on you and you'll smell. Its really a metaphor, saying if you resist you'll end up dead. Think about it.

[vosmannn]

@QDubplate this guy knows what he is talking about. genius lyrics.

[theendcredits]

@bradleyii yes. so if i heard correctly. he who resists, shall end up smelly with pisspants.?

[wysle]

@bradleyii i belive so lol

[671rojas]

@bradleyii Have you ever tried spitting out flem , out the window of a moving car ? The spit will come back , same with piss xD

[ryanexsus]

Yall like bands from Cali huh

[Musicianizer]

this is so hackin' cool

[zackboy105]

No other was to put it this song is just fucking Amazing!

[ChaoticSouls]

get out from under there!

[killath303]

Resist and multiply!

[Tackett666]

oops!! get out from preciprice and see the sky

[JamesThurmond25]

Get out from under theeeeeeem!

[killath303]

Resist and multiply!

[WildBillHickums]

thats what i tell my cat sometimes

[x3lovemehatemex3]

I melt every time he says, "There ia a fist pressing against." <33

[sami0139]

Me toooo, just the word against, makes me smile, and get the kreeps

[earthtoincubus]

I know exactly w\hat you mean haha, and I'm a guy.But i'd turn gay for Brandon in a heartbeart.

[eightBaLL288]

lmao! my singer says that same shit lmao!

[melibell21]

omg my sister and i used to say the same thing! we thought we were so weird...but it's so sexy...

[killath303]

This album = £6.00

This song = £0.69

This comment = Priceless.

[CannibalisticSweater]

Right on. :3

[element3308]

how does he come up wif such good and interesting lyrics in all his songs hes awsome ROCK ON BRANDON BOYD

[MikoZeda]

The major message in this song points to the corruption and over control that our goverment has, but resisting always gets you kicked in the ass.  The message "resist, unlearn, defy" Great song

[zunez0rz]

To resist is to piss in the wind! lmfao. nice one brandon boyd. ROCK ON!!!

[thehoss23]

another great incubus song

[skater8321]

love this fuckin song

[bunnysx101]

nice

[baldazz]

Amazing song dude!

Thank for post!

Niceh!

[killath303]

It does deliver the message that, if you are opressed, and you fight back, your only going to get knocked down..

And np for the post ^,^

[rgracer17]

nice song

[DonutGuard]

But it also insinuates, that doing so is the only way to really save your soul. The other option is to give in and sell it.

[killath303]

Exactly =]