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Daniel Johns described the song to be about:
Being contained through violence, being scared to be yourself because you don’t want to be attacked, so that whole song is about people punishing yourself self-esteem and just making you scared to be yourself and fighting against it.
[Verse 1]
Contain yourself, I will compress
What I am too
Replace yourself with what you have
Your substitute
[Pre-Chorus]
Only wanted a piece of myself
[Chorus]
Steam will rise
Esteem will rise
Steam will rise
Esteem will rise
[Verse 2]
Refrain, confess, contain, repress
Pretend I'm dead
Abuse myself, confuse myself
I won't be led
[Pre-Chorus]
Only wanted a piece of myself
Only wanted a piece of myself
Only wanted a piece of myself
[Chorus]
Steam will rise
Esteem will rise
Steam will rise
Esteem will rise
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Steam will rise
Esteem will rise
Steam will rise
Esteem will rise
Steam Will Rise was written by Daniel Johns.
Steam Will Rise was produced by Nick Launay.
Silverchair released Steam Will Rise on Mon Mar 08 1999.