I've always taken it on face value to be the hand that's stopping this person from slipping away. So, rather than symbolize a "slip" by using a bananna peel, they use the catching of the person symbolize it. It's kinda wierd really, it so distinctivly looks like a "slip" even though when you think about it's composition, nothing is actually slipping.

I think it's about loosing, and subsequentialy, trying to save oneself. I just read a post that interpreted the lyrics from lights in the sky as "trent" talking to "trent", the stronger self trying to help the weaker self. I think the same can be applied to the album art. It's the stronger self - the arm - stopping the weaker self from slipping away. In this case, the problem of the Weaker seems to be a lose of identity, hence the cutting off of the face. Not sure what the red line means, although on a personal level, I interpret the lines in the songs artwork to reprsent behaviour.

This dualistic "trent talking to trent" idea is quite interesting, because in Head Down, in the chorus he's talking about himself, yet in the verses he's talking to someone else.

"Hey you, what you looking at?
Head down, too late for that
what you want, and(?) what you get
know your place, don't ever forget"

"hey you, what you running from?
All your(?) hate, what you become
bet you didn't think, it would happen to you
all used up, halfway through"

while I'm talking about album art and Head Down, has anyone else noticed that the head down logo is a also a "d" with it's "head" down?





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does anyone happen to have super hi-res versions of the individual track artwork?
i'm looking to print 36x36" canvas' to hang in my house and would greatly appreciate if anyone has access to hi-res versions of this.

thanks!