"Vore" by Sleep Token - Song Meanings and Facts (2024)

by SMF·Published February 19, 2023· Updated April 21, 2023

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That said, some liberties must be taken in order to prevent ourselves from venturing into a multiverse of interpretations.For instance, even though it is never specified, we will proceed as if the addressee is a romantic interest of the vocalist since, after all, this is vore.

So in the first verse, yes, the poeticism is quite sanguine.But “metaphors” such as “your flesh and bone welcome me in” clearly point to the notion of the vocalist and addressee becoming one.The statement that comes after finds Vessel asking this person “are you in pain like I am”. This would imply that that something they have in common, which makes them kindred spirits if you will, is a mutual sense of suffering.

CHORUS OF “VORE”

Meanwhile, the pre-chorus is highlighted by two different queries.One is “will we remain stuck in the throat of gods”. This is followed up by “will the pain stop if we go deeper”.It seems that what the vocalist is alluding to is being on some type of life journey, so to speak, with the addressee.

That notion is verified in the chorus that follows. Here, the speaker asserts his desire that they do “get swallowed whole”. He believes that in doing so, they’ll “go where nobody else will”.That sounds a lot like self-encouragement lingo.

Vessel is apparently believing that if he and the addressee were to take the risk of staying faithful on their current path, their payoff will be some type of extraordinary edification.

This is what we would more commonly refer to as an us-against-the-world love song. The vocalist, amidst suffering, perceives some type of great reward if he and the apple of his eye can endure together.

“So let’s get swallowеd whole
I wanna go where nobody else will
Ever go”

Perhaps the biggest clue that this track is romance-based comes in what appears to be the bridge or post-chorus. (Though certain aspects of the second verse, such as the line “walls of flesh so warm again”, can also be interpreted so.)

Therein, the vocalist tells the addressee forthrightly “I want to have you to myself”. That type of terminology may not be conclusively romantic.But again, it sounds awfully similar to the kind of lingo a person would use who is longing to develop a deeper relationship with another.

CONCLUSION

Until Sleep Token offers an official explanation, our belief that the addressee is the vocalist’s significant other is just a theory anyway.Sometimes songs with these types of ambiguities are actually being relayed to the fandom of a musician.And in this case that’s arguable also, since by the looks of things the defining factor which is connecting the vocalist and addressee, as stated, is something general though mutual, i.e. this “pain” that they share.