Epidemic
Epidemic of Unrequited Love: A Heart's Poisonous Longing
Lyrics
Don't say everything's okay
Expresses a plea not to pretend that everything is fine.
Don't tell me that it's just a phase
Rejects the notion that the difficult situation is just a passing phase.
It doesn't help me
Conveys that reassurances offered do not provide assistance.
All the stars are standing still
Describes a sense of stagnation or lack of progress symbolized by motionless stars.
The anger and the sleeping pills
Mentions anger and reliance on sleeping pills as coping mechanisms.
Are all that's left now
Implies that anger and reliance on substances are the only remaining emotions.
An epidemic in my heart
Introduces the metaphor of an epidemic to describe emotional distress.
Takes hold and slowly poisons me
Describes the grip of emotional turmoil that gradually poisons the individual.
Her will won't let me breathe
Attributes the emotional struggle to the will of another person.
It comes in waves and bleeds me dry
Portrays emotional distress as a recurring and draining experience.
This love is slowly killing me
Suggests that love, though present, is causing harm over time.
For me, there's no-one else
Expresses a sense of exclusivity, emphasizing a lack of alternative emotional connections.
Jealousy just eats me up
Describes the corrosive nature of jealousy in the speaker's emotional state.
Your knife has made the deepest cut
Metaphorically refers to the impact of someone's actions as a deep and painful wound.
My heart is pumping
Highlights the intense and rhythmic nature of emotional pain.
You say that there must be an end
Acknowledges the inevitability of an end to the current emotional struggle.
But afterwards we'll still be friends
Suggests a hopeful resolution, envisioning a continued friendship after the emotional turmoil.
It seemed so easy
Reflects on the deceptive simplicity of the solution or resolution.
An epidemic in my heart
Reiterates the metaphor of an epidemic, emphasizing its pervasive and insidious nature.
Takes hold and slowly poisons me
Reiterates the gradual and destructive impact of emotional turmoil on the speaker.
Her will won't let me breathe
Reaffirms the influence of another person's will on the speaker's ability to breathe or find relief.
It comes in waves and bleeds me dry
Continues the metaphor of emotional distress as waves that deplete and exhaust the speaker.
This love is slowly killing me
Repeats the idea that love, despite its presence, is causing harm and gradual deterioration.
For me, there's no one else
Restates the speaker's exclusive emotional attachment, asserting the absence of alternatives.
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