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'Til I snap your neck like a Popsicle stick, ain't no possible reason
I can think of to let you walk up out this house and let you live
Tears stream down both of my cheeks, now I let you go and just give Eminem – Space Bound

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Like, say, the movie Inception, the meaning of these last few lines depends on which perspective you take on the song:

If you think it’s about drugs then this represents his last battle with addiction; but if you think it’s a little more literal, then it’s a dramatic take on the end of a relationship

And Leonardo Dicaprio’s character was dead the whole time..

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4 years

Way to go for yall guys to spoil stuff, man

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4 years

We don’t know if Leo’s character was dead or asleep or whatever or not. Before the his totem is shown to keep spinning or stop the movie ends. So we don’t actually know that. And we never will.

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You won't even listen, so fuck it, I'm tryna stop you from breathin'
I put both hands on your throat, I sit on top of you, squeezin' Eminem – Space Bound

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The goal of this song was to validate the angry emotions heard in “Kim” a song on The Marshall Mathers LP, and this line does exactly that

Kim cheats on Eminem after he makes himself vulnerable (see earlier in the verse), which got him so angry that he wanted to kill her.

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5 years

Unable to bear her rejection and unwilling to let her go, Marshall becomes an ‘Incubus’, the male counterpart to the ‘Succubus’ he references in Verse 1.
 An Incubus is a lust-driven, male demon who rapes women while they sleep, often sitting on their chest and suffocating them by covering their mouths to prevent them from screaming.

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Micholo

8 years

It should be noted that in the first verse, Marshall appears to be in absolute lust of this woman who can do no wrong and leaves him breathless. The script later flips at the end of the third verse when she tries leaving him and he returns of the by leaving her ‘breathless’ by choking her to death.

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But so much is at stake, what the fuck does it take?
Let's cut to the chase 'fore the door shuts in your face Eminem – Space Bound

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Like saying, “Let’s finish our relationship before you leave me.” Also, there’s some slick wordplay in this: a cut of meat refers to a steak (homophone: stake).

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5 years

The wordplay bit seems far-fetched. Normally, Em’s intended wordplays reveal an additional interpretation. Not the case here. And meat (or its homophone) is never mentioned in the lyrics.

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It's like an explosion every time I hold ya
Wasn't jokin' when I told you you take my breath away
You're a supernova and I'm a Eminem – Space Bound

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A supernova is really a huge stellar explosion which releases an unmeasurable amount of energy… so, if he’s comparing this girl to one these, you know it’s a love metaphor with a capital “M”

It is important to note that a supernova is also a phenomenon that is extremely rare. When it occurs it shines with a brightness that’s unparalleled.

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3 years

“you’re a supernova.”, the level of em’s lyrism and poetic justice

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713

3 years

“you’re a supernova” this is the line. poetic

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5 years

A Type 1a supernova is a phenomena that occurs in a binary star system when the immense density of a smaller white dwarf creates such a strong gravitational field that it accretes matter from the companion star. Metaphorically equivalent to the idea of a succubus. Once the mass of the white dwarf star exceeds 1.4 times the Sun (the Chandrasekhar limit) the radiation pressure caused by the fusion reactions to heavier elements causes a collapse then a bounce back on the core, exploding the successive orbiting layers and leaving its celestial dust. Metaphorically equivalent to the end of a violent relationship that Eminem describes later in his song. However, it may be important to note that the remanent matter of the dwarf star can interact with surrounding interstellar matter to breed a new generation of stars, ie; kids.

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FME

5 years

This is not a supernova. It’s called “Crab Nebula”.

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Micholo

8 years

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8 years

sometimes a super nova happens when two stars orbit the same point. One of the stars, a carbon-oxygen white dwarf, steals matter from its companion star. Eventually, the white dwarf accumulates too much matter. Having too much matter causes the star to explode, resulting in a supernova.

this girl is taking all of shady’s energy just being in this relationship till, eventually, it all blows up and she gone forever.

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Don't ask me why I have no love for these motherfuckin' hoes Eminem – Space Bound

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Hanging around Dr. Dre will probably deter one from loving hoes – “Bitches Ain’t Shit”.

Also a possible reference to the song “No Love” which is right before this song on Recovery.

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And love is evil, spell it backwards, I'll show ya Eminem – Space Bound

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Love = Evol … Em seems to have added (slightly incorrect) palindromes to his repertoire for this album. (See, “Almost Famous.”)

Nas rapped something similar to this on AZ’s song “Everything is Everything”:

Never play with love
Love is evil spelled backwards

FUN FACT: This is an idea that goes back to Amiri Baraka’s poem “In Memory of Radio” (which was published in 1961):

& love is an evil word.
Turn it backwards/see, see what I mean?
An evol word.

On another note, it could also be him saying to spell evil backwards (live), implying to live and you’ll soon find out that “love is evil”.

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1 year

He did the same in lighters

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2 years

Probably a reference to Uplift by Rakim:

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3 years

It is probably a hommage to Rakim’s song “Uplift” from his 1999 album “The Master”. It is well known that Rakim was one of Eminem’s biggest inspirations, which he also mentions in his hit-single “Rap God”.

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4 years

No joke I actually found a channel called Lovespellitbackwards

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4 years

He’s prolly talking about spelling evil backward.

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6 years

The reference to ‘Evol’ could like to the Kayne West song Heartless where Kayne stats that a women is being ‘Doctor Evil’ but pronounced ‘Evol’

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6 years

Love is evol not because it is spelled exactly like evil but that it phonetically sounds like evil

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8 years

Love is evil which he means that if one falls in love for someone that they could get hurt emotionally or physically so that’s why he says love is evil if you spell it backwards and say it, it will sound like evil

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Space Bound Eminem – Space Bound

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A summer love song that gets pretty visceral. Em describes a budding relationship that turns abusive. It’s pretty affectionate, too, considering how graphic it gets at times.

You could consider it the sequel to “Kim”. In fact it’s possible that he’s revisiting his relationship with his ex-wife in this song, as Eminem. It’s about rewinding time. Wondering whether it all could have gone differently.

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9 years

You could also consider that “Space Bound” is branched off to something that was said by Stan in the song “Stan”. Stan mentions “I read about your Uncle Ronnie too I’m sorry. I had a friend kill himself over some bitch who didn’t want him”. This song could be written from that unnamed person that Stan mentioned in the lyric. It could be taken as there perspective of how he “killed” himself over this girl who did not want him. Just a Suggestion

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7,901

8 years

Also, the music begins with the same “helicopter noise” as Say Goodbye To Hollywood. This could be a reference.

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jaya

8 years

i think in this song eminem talk about his career, how his relationship with hip hop, you can see from the line “frozen as snow, i show no emotion” can be interpreted as he become the only (the reason he feels cold) rapper that keep it real, “it sucks, but its exactly what i thought it would be like tryna start over” is his feeling whe he want to start rapping again (relapse) ,“you want them when they dont want you..” is his opinion about rappers nowdays that only in hip hop for the money and fame not for hip hop itself, “after a year and six months” talk about his exile,

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8 years

I think that this song is about his relationship with rap, though he loves the game, he has been chewed up and spit out over the years.

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7 years

no part of me would ever consider this a sequel to Kim..

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7 years

It’s more likely that the rap is about Uncle Ronnie

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6 years

The actual, immediate sequel to “Kim” from “The Marshall Mathers LP” is “97' Bonnie & Clyde” from “The Slim Shady LP” regardless.

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5 years

Alternate interpretations include that the song is about Eminem’s drug addiction or relationship with the music industry/hip hop.

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4 years

as someone that suffers from borderline personality disorder the song has a lot of symptoms of bpd and has sort of an extradited feeling what its like to be in a relationship as a suffer from bpd might be a stretch

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3 years

It’s more prequel than sequel

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2 years

Louisville promise on a star by CrystalRain

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Show his homies there's a way, other than that flippin' yay Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Nikki Jean) – Hip-Hop Saved My Life

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He wants to set a positive examples for his friends; that there’s more to life than selling cocaine (flippin' yay).

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Oh Amy! Rehab never looked so good!
I can't wait, I'm going back Eminem – We Made You

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A reference to the 2006 Amy Winehouse hit record “Rehab”, which talks about the Londoner singer-songwriter not wanting to go back to rehab.

Eminem, who entered rehab himself in August 2005, is humorously saying he’d want to go back instead.

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'Specially in my Pastellé, on my Bape shit Kanye West – Stronger

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Kanye’s wearing a combination of his unreleased clothing line, Pastellé and ultra-popular Bathing Ape sneakers (Bape for short). Bape also makes hoodies that Kanye wears.

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