Art of Departure
Mastering Departure: Embracing Life's Shadows
Lyrics
I closed the door on my way in
I intentionally closed the door behind me as I entered.
'Cause precious time was running out
I closed the door quickly because time was running out.
I thought I'd changed - but stayed the same
Despite thinking I had changed, I remained the same.
Lost in the certainty of doubt
Feeling lost in the certainty of doubt.
Life - but how to leave it
Reflecting on life and contemplating how to leave it.
Loss - but how to grieve it
Experiencing loss and struggling with how to grieve it.
Light - but how to fade it
Dealing with light and the challenge of fading it.
Fate - how to evade it
Facing the concept of fate and pondering how to evade it.
My past is freezing up behind
Feeling the past freezing up and being constrained by every breath.
And I am trapped by every breath
Trapped in the consequences of every breath taken.
My future here is melting down
The future is deteriorating into a pool of swirling death.
Into the pool of swirling death
A vivid description of the unsettling dissolution of the future.
Life - but how to leave it
Similar to line 6, contemplating how to leave life.
Loss - but how to grieve it
Dealing with the grief associated with loss.
Light - but how to fade it
Confronting the challenge of fading light.
Fate - how to evade it
Reflecting on the idea of evading fate.
Fear - but how to face it
Contemplating fear and the difficulty of facing it.
Stain - how to erase it
Reflecting on the challenge of erasing stains or mistakes.
Hate - but how to hide it
Struggling with the difficulty of hiding hate.
Faith - how to deny it
Dealing with the internal conflict of denying faith.
Honing the art of departure
Focusing on perfecting the skill of departing from situations.
I nurture the birth of disaster
Nurturing the creation of disaster or unfavorable outcomes.
Make sure that your exits exist
Emphasizing the importance of having viable exits in life.
Now every word's a waste of ink
Expressing a sense of futility in words, considering them wasteful.
And every thought's a waste to think
Describing thoughts as futile and wasteful to entertain.
Descending stairs for our goodbyes
Descending stairs as a metaphor for saying goodbye.
Together here alone tonight
Being together but feeling alone in the farewell.
Life - but how to leave it
Reiterating the struggle of leaving life.
Loss - but how to grieve it
Continuing the theme of grieving the losses experienced.
Light - but how to fade it
Facing the challenge of fading the metaphorical light.
Fate - how to evade it
Contemplating ways to evade the inevitability of fate.
Love - but how to fake it
Struggling with the authenticity of love and how to fake it.
Promise - how to break it
Reflecting on the difficulty of keeping promises and how to break them.
Lie - how to believe it
The challenge of believing in lies is acknowledged.
Peace - how to deceive it
Contemplating the deception involved in achieving peace.
Honing the art of departure
Revisiting the idea of perfecting the skill of departing.
I nurture the birth of disaster
Nurturing the creation of disaster as an ongoing process.
Make sure that your exits exist
Reiterating the importance of having viable exits in life.
The art of departure
Highlighting the mastery of the art of departure.
I nurture the perfect disaster
Continuing to nurture the creation of a perfect disaster.
Make sure that your exit exists
Emphasizing the importance of having a viable exit in life.
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