Lyrics
Everything has to be mine
Expresses a desire for possession and control over everything.
The world must bow before me
Asserts a demand for universal submission and reverence.
Tarred with an eternal imprint
Suggests a lasting, indelible mark or influence.
Born of pure, incurable fear
Implies that fear is an inherent and insurmountable aspect of one's existence.
A useful prison, all too familiar
Describes a confinement that serves a purpose and is uncomfortably familiar.
It must be maintained at all cost
Emphasizes the importance of maintaining the described prison at any cost.
I do not dare to die
Expresses a reluctance or fear of facing death.
The light will not take me
Suggests a resistance to being engulfed by the metaphorical light, possibly representing life or truth.
I dare not truly live
Highlights a fear of fully embracing life due to the associated risk of death.
As I would die
Expresses a fear of living fully because it may lead to death.
The dehumanising light of existence
Portrays existence as dehumanizing and lacking a sense of home.
Has been no such home to me
Indicates that the light of existence has not provided a comforting or nurturing environment.
The shadows keep me alive
Suggests that remaining in the shadows is what sustains the speaker's life.
So that I may walk among them in ease
States that the shadows allow the speaker to move comfortably and freely among them.
No god may mark my flesh
Declares a desire to remain unmarked or untouched by any divine influence.
No human may sedate my hunger
Expresses a refusal to be satisfied or subdued by human attempts to quell the speaker's hunger.
I am life eternal
Claims to embody eternal life, suggesting an immortal existence.
I am all eternity
Affirms the speaker's identity as encompassing all of eternity.
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