'68

Life and Debt

Balancing Hope and Despair: '68's Poetic Reflection on Life's Uncertainties
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Lyrics

I'm not one to let it go

I don't easily let things go.

But I'm under the gun

Feeling pressured or in a difficult situation.

I am valleys and peaks

Experiencing highs and lows in life.

We are queens and kings

Referring to individuals as powerful figures.

I see a flickering light

Perceiving a wavering or uncertain situation.

I watch the pendulum swing

Observing the constant change in life.

My world has been sold

Feeling that one's world has been compromised or sold out.

I love you all

Expressing love for everyone.

Is this the saddest song?

Questioning if this is the saddest song ever.

Is this the setting sun or a changing of the guard?

Uncertain if it's a conclusion or a change in leadership.

Should I give up my hands?

Considering whether to surrender control.

Should I give up myself?

Contemplating self-sacrifice.

'tis a labor of love

Describing a challenging but love-driven effort.


We are balanced on a disaster

Existing in a precarious and unstable situation.


The distance is growing strong and all along, we sang our song

Feeling a growing emotional distance and the complexity of relationships.

Never understanding this, I can't help with you and you can't help with me

Mutual misunderstanding and inability to help each other.

I might belong to the afterglow

Possibly belonging to the lingering effects of past experiences.


So where does all of it go?

Questioning the destination or outcome of experiences.

Is it all off screen?

Wondering if everything is just a facade.

Just add another fold

Suggesting to add more complications or layers to life.

Just add another ring

Adding more complexities to one's existence.

Another day goes by

Acknowledging the passage of time.

Another 100 years, but I can't not try

Committing to trying despite the challenges.


I worship to be safe

Seeking safety through devotion.

Is this the end of the scene?

Questioning if this is the end of a particular situation.

I found not, the gold

Not finding the expected value or reward.

As I hear your words, I find my own

Finding personal meaning through others' words.

I never lost faith, but I maybe lost hope

Maintaining faith despite losing hope.

I worship to be safe

Seeking safety through devotion (repeated).

The future is clearly unclear

Expressing uncertainty about the future.

It goes from me to you, but not to me from you

Highlighting a one-sided exchange.

I push my heart aside

Ignoring personal emotions.

You're so hard to hold

Struggling to hold onto someone difficult.

I disappointed myself and it's too late to go back.

Regretting past actions with no chance for redemption.

I can't die anonymously

Desiring recognition and a meaningful existence.

I want a title wave as we balance on a disaster

Desiring a monumental change amid chaos.


I'll see you again, maybe next year we'll be better off and I can shake my hands

Hope for a better future and self-improvement.

Clear as I can

Expressing thoughts as clearly as possible.

I try to tell you all

Attempting to communicate but facing a lack of understanding.

But you can't understand and you might never will so I'll just live in this song

Choosing to live within the confines of the song.

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