Shame
Embracing Shadows: Unveiling the Depths of Inner Struggle in Bert Brett's 'Shame'
Lyrics
Verse 1:
Introductory verse setting the scene for introspection.
Feel the smoke as I suck on a cigarette,
Sensory experience of smoking, possibly reflecting on life.
All the voices and choices inside my head,
Internal conflict with various thoughts and decisions.
Nothing to offer you but blood, toil, tears and sweat,
Expressing limited offerings, emphasizing hardship and struggle.
Choking hard on the memories I try forget.
Battling difficult memories, struggling to forget them.
Prechorus 1:
Acknowledging external influences shaping reactions and actions.
Your maker's in the back,
-Causing you a myriad of things that trigger a reaction, oh
-Your breaker's in the back of your head
-And he's just pulling at your strings to liberate reaction
-Boy, do you feel lonely?
Reflecting on loneliness, fear, and shame, questioning universality.
Are you afraid?
-Do you feel shame?
-Man, you're not the only.
-Are you afraid?
-And are you ashamed?
-Your maker's in the back,
Reiterating external forces affecting reactions and decisions.
Calling you a myriad of things that deliver a reaction, oh
-Your breaker's in the back of your head
-And he's just pulling at your strings to deliver a reaction
-Verse 2:
Addressing oneself as a man, emphasizing composure.
You're a man you're a man man you stay calm,
Encountering pain, realization of shame after someone's death.
And reappear in gold in years to come,
-It took a while to realize what pain was,
-And when you died I realized the Shame it caused.
-Prechorus 2:
Repeating the impact of external factors on reactions and liberation.
Your maker's in the back,
-Calling you a myriad of things that trigger a reaction, oh
-Your breaker's in the back of your head
-And he's just pulling at your strings to liberate reaction
-Middle 8:
Reflecting on the passage of time, self-improvement, and overcoming challenges.
Oh it's been a while,
-I thought you'd never come
-You'd never pick yourself up out
-The hole where you were once
-I thought that you might throw,
-You're axe out the window
-And I can feel the steel cut through,
-The silence as we spoke.
-Boy, if you feel lonely,
Encouraging courage and self-acceptance, rejecting loneliness and shame.
Don't be afraid.
-Don't feel ashamed.
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