I Can't Go On

Navigating Shadows: Bayside's Struggle with Existence
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Lyrics

I can't go on

Expresses an inability to continue.

Deflate the air from both of my lungs

Feeling suffocated or drained emotionally.

Fears one by one followed me home

Fears have followed the individual home, impacting their life.

And became reality

These fears have manifested into reality.


I'm a failure, I'm a freak

Self-perception as a failure or outcast.

I'm a chip on your shoulder

Feeling like a burden to someone else.

Last thing you need

Believing oneself to be an unwanted presence.

Shudder earthquakes at the thought

Fearful anticipation of catastrophic events.

Of a life that's meaningless

Life lacking purpose or significance.

And with such a promising past

Despite a promising past, feeling unreliable.

That you can always count on me

Expecting reliance on oneself to sabotage the end.

To choke the end

Acknowledging a tendency to cause failure.


I can't go on

Reiterating the inability to continue.

Deflate the air from both of my lungs

Repetition of feeling suffocated or drained.

I'll be gone long before daylight shows its face

Expecting to fade away before a new day begins.

Well honestly I'm taking big stride

Attempting to fit into societal norms.

In a race toward normalcy

Striving for normality despite internal turmoil.


Where more is more and less is weak

Criticizing a culture of excess and devaluing emotions.

Where love is crap

Diminishing the value of love and emotions.

Emotion speaks for us all

Implying emotions speak universally for everyone.

What's really right

Questioning the concept of what's morally right.

Who's who to say

Suggesting skepticism towards authority.

I can survive alone again

Realization of surviving in isolation.

Figured that out the hardest way

Learning through the toughest experiences.

The forecast calls for fire

Expecting turmoil or chaos.

Flame sounds nice today

Desiring something destructive or intense.


I can't go on

Reiteration of the inability to continue.

Deflate the air from both of my lungs

Reiterating feeling suffocated or drained.

I'll be gone long before daylight shows its face

Expectation of disappearing before a new day.

It's old and worn and its mouth smiles no more

Describing something old and joyless.

Now I'm worth my weight potting soil

Feeling worthless, comparing self to soil.

Maybe I tried too hard to care

Suspecting excessive caring led to failure.


I left a note on your bed

Leaving a message, possibly expressing misery.

I don't recall what it said

Uncertain about the content of the note.

Something like how I'm completely miserable

Expressing complete misery in the note.

And how I'm better off dead

Suggesting a belief in being better off dead.


I can't go on

Reiteration of the inability to continue.

Deflate the air from both of my lungs

Repeating feeling suffocated or drained.

I'll be gone long before daylight shows its face

Expecting disappearance before a new day.

Its old and worn and its mouth smiles no more

Describing something old and joyless.

I'm worth my weight potting soil

Feeling worthless, comparing self to soil.

Maybe I tried too hard to care

Suspecting excessive caring led to failure.


I can't go on

Reiteration of the inability to continue.

Deflate the air from both of my lungs

Repeating feeling suffocated or drained.

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