What do you imagine when you listen to Deftones?

[Electron§]

Idk if i'm just crazy, but pretty much every Deftones song gives me an image in my mind. "Korea" always sounded like to me being chased through a dark portion of the woods or something by some kind of entity, or like running through these red bloody caves. "Feiticiera" pretty much always gave me an image of whats described in the song, nothing really special, but when Chino says "she made me touch the machine" i imagine some kind of huge metallic sphere in "the back of the car" and this girl forcing Chino to make contact with it for some reason.... "Lucky You" kind of to me always sounded like some kind of strange reflection on yourself in a purgatory. "Bloody Cape" always reminded me of the comics after Superman was killed by Doomsday and imagining his cape had gotten all thrashed and bloody.

[TheShade1989]

Rocket Skates makes me think of some weird, serial killer, sexual, sadistic stuff. You've Seen The Butcher makes me think of someone pole-dancing...I dont know why, but it does. Beware makes me think of someone who's been kidnapped. That's it really.

[snw9]

Damone makes me think of some guys driving to their destination about to break someone out of prison.
Kimdracula  makes me envision space and the earth. I see someone who's going after something and is being chased (basically he's trying to get what he wants)
Combat makes me think about 2 small groups of people who share a rivalry and throughout the song they clash with one another.
Mascara makes me think of a girl

[Inkblades]

Kimdracula and Riviere remind me of a wintery, rural setting at night. Fields and pine trees blanketed with snow.

Korea also has a nighttime vibe to it, but that one reminds me of driving along a long, deserted highway while neon lights shine in the distance. Something about it also is just kind of 80's. Don't know why lol.

Knife Prty gives me images of a mostly empty theater or mansion, except for a couple who shoot dope and play with knives.

Elite - Probably some kind of constantly operating industrial factory, but where something really bizarre is made. Menstrual blood, perhaps.

[BillyNo.9]

Elite - Probably some kind of constantly operating industrial factory, but where something really bizarre is made. Menstrual blood, perhaps.

Lol'd

[lostpilot]

whole s/t makes me think of candles, roses, romance and death in a very vast sense.

Kind of a drugged hazy autumn with chaotic love.

[from_musings]

a while ago ago some guy here posted a home made video where his older brother played arcade games to cmnd/cntrl.the brother in the video laid over arcade game sobbing when things went badly him, this while chino screamed in rage. in some damn way , that picture often pops up in my head when I listen to it. a bit annoying actually

[payableondeath]

I saw this thread and signed up specifically to post here, only because whenever I say what I am about to say to people in the real world, they think I'm crazy.....even my wife.  And she likes deftones. So here goes:
When I listen to white pony, whether it was intended to be interpreted this way or not, I think of the entire album as a young man's really messed up life. I have it broken down per song if you'll bear with me:

Feiticeira:  this is the start of it all. Maybe he was a good person before, maybe not. But one things for sure, he changed mentally after the events in this song happened to him.

Digital bath:  this is his sociopathic thoughts coming to fruition. He tasted the dark side from feiticeira and now he wants to do something bad to somebody else...cause pain to someone else like they did to him.  Only he went too far, and there's no turning back. In other words, mentally he's already checked out.

Elite:  I have to be honest....don't really have a place for this song in the story lol. But its a sick song and one I listen to often.   Continuing...

RX queen:  he becomes infatuated with a girl.  He's never felt like this before.  You think there might be hope for him to be somewhat sane or at least civilized again.

Street carp:  alas, the girl he was infatuated with pissed him off.  He is still the same disturbed person. He hates everything and everyone. He cannot sustain any affection for anyone and he breaks up with her

Teenager:  he meets another girl. he likes this one more. Maybe he even thinks he's in love. Maybe she does too...but she does not know who he really is yet.

Knife prty: he seduces her to the dark side.  She complies because she is faithful to him, she thinks she loves him. She still doesn't fully understand the monster he is. (Btw definitely my favorite song on the album)

Korea:  I picture this song as kind of an argument or maybe a physical altercation between him and his lover. She starts to really see his true colors here. They possibly break up or separate for a time

Passenger:  she is seduced by him through one of their "adventures" she knows its wrong to stay, but by this time its too late. She believes she loves him and he has had such a negative impact on her psyche that she is turned on by this kidnapping and she enjoys it.....I also picture the piano at the end signifying their car driving off in the distance, she does not realize her fate in the next two songs

Change:  I picture this as his conscience saying to him "look what you've done to her." "You've made her like you". She is almost as messed up as he is at this point. I picture this happening on the same night that Passenger takes place

Pink maggit:  the conclusion. This is also on the same night the previous two songs take place, or maybe the next day after they've spent the night together alone. I believe this song to be a murder-suicide.  He's talking with his conscience throughout this song. He kills her, then himself. The heartbeat obviously signifying the end of his life or both their lives together.

All in all a beautiful album and one that gets played constantly in my stereo. Now, I may be way off base here but as you can see I've put some thought into this lol.  Now I know chino has explained some of these songs and the explanations weren't the same as my own.  But this is the conclusion I've come to.  I welcome your thoughts and criticisms. Let me know what u think if you've had the desire to read all this lol. Thanks

[Vesanic]

This is why I love White Pony. To me, only this album can make you imagine a full, beautiful story. Around the Fur and the self-titled can do that too but... there's something missing.

[defsteve]

I welcome your thoughts and criticisms. Let me know what u think if you've had the desire to read all this lol. Thanks

Now that's what you call a first post. Good read. Welcome aboard.....

[payableondeath]

Thank you

[DEFinatelydeftones,fsho]

This is why I love White Pony. To me, only this album can make you imagine a full, beautiful story. Around the Fur and the self-titled can do that too but... there's something missing.

I never really got that about WP but Im going to give it a listen rt now and smoke a little. We'll see.....But before I do, "Payableondeath" has brought some interesting light to what u have said of this being a story.

[100Modem]

whole s/t makes me think of candles, roses, romance and death in a very vast sense.

Kind of a drugged hazy autumn with chaotic love.

daamn somwhat the same

[Deftones-argentina]

I kind of saw your point, p.o.d.. IT makes sense in an abstract, twisted way. Loved the interpretation.

also felt the same as electron in the Kim dracula's intepretation. Lot's of space and stuff, and a red sky.

[payableondeath]

Thanks. Cool to know there are people out there that are as into deftones as I am

[pinkmaggit]

I kind of saw your point, p.o.d.. IT makes sense in an abstract, twisted way. Loved the interpretation.

also felt the same as electron in the Kim dracula's intepretation. Lot's of space and stuff, and a red sky.

Strange, I also felt the same! 
except my sky is a monochromatic green, probably an influence of the HITE video and I imagine someone holding out eight arms in the form of snakes!

[elite54]

lhabia makes me think of having someone tied to a chair and blindfolded, while you whisper the lyrics to their ear. sexy and threatening. is that weird? haha.

[DEFinatelydeftones,fsho]

I always think about sex when listening and sometimes evil shit like the wrath!  Pretty cliche, I know............ I do know that for the next record, I'm going to ignore the song titles for a long time and get my own picture of these songs without the influence of their names! Always wanted to do this bc I believe in artwork and songtitle's influence. Then I will see how they change to me when they get a name.

[deftoneseba]

I look to the sky and random thoughts start coming...