GIVE UP
Embracing Desolation: Blood Red Shoes' Anthem of Surrender
Lyrics
Can’t go outside because i’ll catch the disease
Expressing fear of going outside due to the risk of catching a disease.
I’ll die on fire burning up with trees
Conveying a sense of impending danger or destruction, possibly related to environmental issues ("burning up with trees").
Can’t you see
An appeal to someone, asking if they can perceive the struggles and challenges.
That everyone of them’s a liar and a thief
Portraying a lack of trust in people, suggesting that everyone is dishonest and a thief.
Well i got nothing left
Indicating a state of emptiness or loss, possibly in various aspects of life.
And now the voice is telling me
Describing the presence of an inner voice guiding the speaker.
To give up
Conveying the urge or pressure to give up in the face of difficulties.
The empty shelves are like the emptiness i feel
Comparing empty shelves to the emotional emptiness felt by the speaker.
Dunno who to believe and i don’t know what’s real
Expressing confusion and uncertainty about whom to trust and what is real.
I’ll leave my car i’ll leave my home i’ll leave my mind
Describing a willingness to abandon material possessions, including car and home.
Walk the streets in the dead of night and drink until i’m Blind
Expressing a coping mechanism of walking the streets at night and excessive drinking.
I give up
Reiterating the decision to give up in the face of challenges.
Take a pill
Suggesting the option of taking medication as a response to difficulties.
Take a hundred
Amplifying the suggestion of taking pills, possibly to numb or escape from problems.
Lost the thrill
Expressing a loss of excitement or interest in life.
Lost her number
Indicating a detachment or loss of contact with someone important.
Roll the dice
Using the metaphor of rolling dice to represent making choices with uncertain outcomes.
Pick a side
Encouraging a decision between opposing sides or options.
Choose your lover
Referring to the act of choosing a lover, possibly suggesting failed relationships.
It’s all over
Declaring that it's all over, possibly indicating a sense of finality or hopelessness.
Got no hope
Expressing a lack of hope or optimism.
Got no rage
Stating the absence of intense anger or rage.
Got no fury
Emphasizing the absence of intense fury or passion.
Only pain
Conveying that the predominant emotion is pain.
Got no purpose got no merit
Listing various lacks, indicating a sense of emptiness or purposelessness.
Turn me off just for a minute
Suggesting a desire to be turned off or escape from reality temporarily.
Give up
Repeating the decision to give up, reinforcing a sense of resignation.
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