Pin-Up Went Down is a French avant-garde metal band from Rouen which formed… Read Full Bio ↴Pin-Up Went Down is a French avant-garde metal band from Rouen which formed in 2006. The band consists of former Wormfood / Carnival In Coal drummer Alexis Damien, his brother Nicolas, and Asphodel. Alexis plays the majority of the instruments and is the sole composer of the band.

Their music is a metal sound mixed with various styles like pop, funk, symphonic, gospel, progressive and psychedelic. Their two albums have received unanimously good reviews from metal review sites and the specialized press.

Aquarium
Pin-Up Went Down Lyrics

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With all
That numbers
Mute
(25807569)
And everyone here and there
They talk so far away
My screen told
My screen told

Stay behind you'll keep it safe
Void around and ground within and
Scream if you dare
You'll put your back up against the world
Scream if you dare
Scream Now

I never never feel like home feel myself
Never feel like home even when I try

I'd rather fall asleep rather fall asleep
When my mind spits on my rest

AquariumEqualThis (EqualZeroAndUnder)

I never never feel like home feel myself
Never feel like this even when I try to...

Death is like home

Overall Meaning

In "Aquarium" by Pin-Up Went Down, the lyrics are a mix of numbers, reflections on feeling out of place, and a meditation on death. The numbers at the beginning of the song are stark and seem to represent some sort of code or cipher that the listener cannot understand. Yet the following lines turn inward and speak to a universal experience of feeling disconnected or isolated from others, as if they are all "so far away." The lines "stay behind you'll keep it safe / void around and ground within and / scream if you dare" suggest that the singer is aware of the dangers and conflicts outside of their chosen sanctuary, but that they feel safer keeping themselves tucked away from it all.

The repetition of "never feel like home" emphasizes the singer's sense of not belonging and reinforces the idea that the solitude they seek may cause more problems than it solves. And yet, the chorus offers a different perspective: "death is like home." This line may be read in several ways, but the sense of finality and inevitability seems clear. Death is a sort of homecoming, an end to the wandering and searching that the rest of the song describes. Overall, "Aquarium" is a deeply introspective and thought-provoking piece that explores themes of loneliness, safety, and mortality.

Line by Line Meaning

With all
Despite everything

That numbers
The multitude of a world

Mute
Is silent and unresponsive

(25807569)
A string of random numbers - meaningless

And everyone here and there
All those around

They talk so far away
Are out of reach in communication

My screen told
My device prompted me

Stay behind you'll keep it safe
To keep something secure, you must stay static

Void around and ground within and
Surrounded by emptiness, but grounded from within

Scream if you dare
Challenge lies on expressing oneself

You'll put your back up against the world
Take on whatever the world throws at you