Hi there. Really one of my first interpretations, so trying a somewhat easy song in my opinion. Just so you know I'm a hardcore TooL fan and think iv cracked most of the songs anyway.
Lets break this down phrase by phrase.
"My warning meant nothing, your dancing in quicksand" Obviously I think he told someone not to do something, but it wasnt paid attension to and the person who he told ended up you know walking the fine line, walked along the edge bungie jumped off the empire state building if you will.
And then The next lines "Why don't you watch where your wandering why don't you watch where you are stumbling" I think its just the description of the fellow. Someone who doesn't think about his brash moves, about his aimless moves.
Then "Your waiding knee deep" I think he says it twice 1. For it being musically sound (get the pun?) and 2. For emphasis. You know how when your knee deep in something your pretty far in. Similiar to I think a later song from TooL stinkfist (my favorite) where your elbow deep in the borderline. And when your elbow deep, knee deep, you are really far in. And he's knee deep in the quicksand or swamp.
And then "You may never come back again". Which to me this steers me away from the swamp being Maynard. I mean its a stretch (thats what she said) to say that it is. To say that he will never come back from his anger or a fight. Ill come back to that point.
And when I think when he refers to bog.... I will actually get to that later.
Then Maynard proceeds to call him stupid and belligerent. Now Im sure you know what stupid is, but maybe not belligerent. Belligerence is a warlike or aggressively hostile nature, condition, or attitude.
Now this makes me think that Maynard is talking to an enemy. A person that caused that anger that is always talked about in Maynards early musical career.
I think that the enemy, might not be a personal enemy. But a general enemy. The type of person that just pisses him off. That he just extremely dislikes. That he wants to get sucked into the quicksand. The person he wants to Get away. The person that no one invited but came in anyway.
Now As to the bog. The bog might be the hardest part of this song actually. Now I have to assume that the bog is its own thing. Not related to the thing to be invited to. Or the quicksand. I think it might be the enemy's own stupidity in a sense. That his own words, his own actions are sucking him down. That he is knee deep, and Maynard is wanting it to suck him down. And all of you know, that when you say something wrong you get beat up for it right? And that's what I think it is.
And then I think the place where no one invited him, and the place Maynard wants him to get out is just a life experience. A prime example of the people he hates.
Well hope that was helpful, a little long winded but its TooL what do you expect. I know its Undertow but still!
