Smile
Smile Through Shadows: Banks Arcade's Ode to Dark Desires
Lyrics
Want to take some bad advice
Desire to follow bad advice
I've got plenty left to sell
Having plenty of undesirable things to offer
Spent my night looking out for bad company
Searching for troublesome companions
The devil is weighing heavy on my crown
Feeling burdened by negative influences or temptations
Taught me bout God
Learned about God
Called me a sinner
Branded as a sinner
Cause I wouldn't kiss and tell
Refused to disclose intimate details
I'm getting dizzy coming down
Experiencing disorientation or confusion
Can't be forgiven I wouldn't listen gotta pay for what I found
Unforgivable actions, reluctance to listen, consequences
Feeling colours on my brain
Sensory overload or heightened emotions
Pray to the slaves they know better but their screaming out my name
Praying for guidance from those who know better
Believe
Encouragement to believe
Sleep
Emphasizing the need for rest or escape
No one wants to die
Desire for life, reluctance to die
But we want to see the sunlight
Yearning for sunlight despite challenges
Keep that smile cause it won't get better
Encouragement to maintain a facade of happiness
We're all too good at having fun
Expertise in enjoying oneself
I don't feel alive
Feeling emotionally dead or disconnected
I'm afraid to see the sunrise
Fearful of facing the new day
Hell is just a part of your forever
Viewing hell as a perpetual aspect of life
We're all too good at getting numb
Expertise in becoming emotionally numb
Last night
Reflecting on a past night
Took some bad advice for the last time
Regret over following bad advice for the last time
I just feel alive on the dark side
Finding vitality in the darker aspects of life
Don't act like you don't know cause I told you
Asserting that others are aware of the situation
I don't feel alone I'm just cold
Feeling not alone but emotionally distant
I don't have mind
Lack of clarity or focus
Pieces of my soul need to go die
Segments of the inner self need resolution or closure
I just need a break from the dark side
Desiring a break from the darker aspects of life
Don't act like I'm a fault cause I told you
Asserting innocence, blaming others
Everyone's alive till the sunrise
Everyone alive until faced with reality at sunrise
Everybody's dizzy from the comedown
Experiencing disorientation from the aftermath
Everybody's sick
Universal experience of feeling unwell
Feeling bliss
Experiencing pleasure or happiness
Hit or miss we don't care now
Indifference or recklessness, regardless of consequences
Everybody's dizzy from the comedown
Continued disorientation from the comedown
Everybody's sick
Universal experience of feeling unwell
Feeling bliss
Experiencing pleasure or happiness
We don't care if we make it out
Indifference to the possibility of survival
No one wants to die
Desire for life, reluctance to die (repeated)
But we want to see the sunlight
Yearning for sunlight despite challenges (repeated)
Keep that smile cause it won't get better
Encouragement to maintain a facade of happiness (repeated)
We're all too good at having fun
Expertise in enjoying oneself (repeated)
I don't feel alive
Feeling emotionally dead or disconnected (repeated)
I'm afraid to see the sunrise
Fearful of facing the new day (repeated)
Hell is just a part of your forever
Viewing hell as a perpetual aspect of life (repeated)
We're all too good at getting numb
Expertise in becoming emotionally numb (repeated)
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