Hate Crime

Navigating Shadows: A Dive into Austra's 'Hate Crime' Meaning
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Lyrics

Another thing that I would compromise

Expressing a willingness to make compromises on certain matters

Another thing that I would compromise to say

Reiterating a readiness to compromise and communicate openly

At first

Introduction, setting the initial context

Don't wanna sympathize

Expressing a reluctance to empathize

Don't wanna sympathize

Repetition emphasizing the unwillingness to sympathize

With the darkness

Referring to a metaphorical or symbolic darkness

With the darkness

Reiteration of the reference to darkness

Don't wanna sympathize

Continued reluctance to empathize with the darkness

Don't wanna sympathize

Repeated emphasis on the unwillingness to sympathize

With the darkness

Reiteration of the reluctance to sympathize with the darkness

With the darkness

Continued emphasis on not wanting to sympathize with the darkness


Who signed the consent forms?

Raising questions about responsibility through the consent forms

Who signed? Who signed?

Repetition of the question about who signed the consent forms

Who signed the consent forms?

Continuing the inquiry into the signing of consent forms

Who signed? Who signed?

Repetition emphasizing the question about the signatory of consent forms


It isn't something I would put you through

Expressing unwillingness to subject someone to fear and harm

To be afraid and left for black and blue

Describing the undesirability of causing fear and harm, especially physical harm

At first

Restatement of the initial difficulty in recognizing something

It's hard to recognize

Highlighting the challenge of recognizing something

It's hard to recognize

Repetition emphasizing the difficulty in recognition

From my apartment

Referring to a location (apartment) in relation to the difficulty in recognizing

From my apartment

Reiteration of the reference to the apartment

I couldn't sympathize

Expressing a lack of sympathy from a personal perspective

I wouldn't sympathize

Stating a personal refusal to sympathize

With the darkness

Referring again to the metaphorical darkness

With the darkness

Reiteration of the reference to darkness


Who signed the consent forms?

Returning to the theme of consent forms and questioning responsibility

Who signed? Who signed?

Repetition of the question about who signed the consent forms

Who signed the consent forms?

Continuing the inquiry into the signing of consent forms

Who signed? Who signed?

Repetition emphasizing the question about the signatory of consent forms


Who would, who would

Pose a question about the identity of someone harmful

Who would be so harmful to you?

Repetition of the question, emphasizing the search for the harmful individual

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