Dead Set on Dying Slow
Elegy of Love and Loss: A Corpse Named Abel's Poetic Journey
Lyrics
Can you forgive me
Expressing a need for forgiveness
For not dying soon enough
Reflecting on a desire for earlier death
It hurt me so much to hear your voice
Describing emotional pain caused by hearing a loved one's voice
It hurt you so much to hear me scream
Acknowledging reciprocal emotional pain from screaming
Bleed nothing
Expressing emotional emptiness or detachment
Ive bled so many tears to bleed nothing at all
Highlighting the futility of shedding tears
I just want to stop breathing
Expressing a desire to cease living
Now we are living for nothing and dying for everything
Contrasting the meaninglessness of life with the significance of death
So this is your gift to me
Referring to the speaker's life as a gift
Your love I wont soon forget
Acknowledging the impact of a significant love
Leave me in the autumn leaves
Requesting to be left in a specific setting (autumn leaves)
On an Octobers sunset
Adding detail to the desired setting (October's sunset)
Let them find me bound and still
Expressing a willingness to be found motionless and restrained
I will hold it close
Committing to holding something close, likely symbolic
I was dead set on dying slow
Reiterating a strong inclination towards a slow death
Shutter
Indicating a sudden closure or interruption
Looking back at my own cold reflection
Reflecting on a detached self-examination
Pouring pitch black from the gates of my heart
Describing a release of negativity from the speaker's heart
In to the dark I am left in pieces now
Expressing a state of brokenness in darkness
Leave me in the autumn leaves
Repeating the desire to be left in autumn leaves
On an Octobers sunset
Reiterating the desire for an October setting
Let them find me bound and still
Reaffirming a willingness to be found motionless and restrained
You were my elegant assassin
Characterizing a past lover as an elegant assassin
I will hold you close I could never let you go
Affirming an emotional attachment and resistance to letting go
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