Lyrics
Everyday on my way home
Reflecting on a routine journey home.
The clouds would break and the angels
Imagining a divine moment with the clouds parting and angels singing.
Would sing their refrain
Describing the angels' harmonious refrain.
this world's an ungodly place
Expressing a negative view of the world as morally corrupt.
Strangled by vines unchaste
Describing the world as entangled and impure.
So with my shining blade of steel
Introducing a metaphorical "shining blade of steel" as a means to navigate through challenges.
I would cut a path wide
Using the blade to create a path through difficulties.
dipped in the ink of the fight
Describing the blade as metaphorically dipped in the struggles of life.
Written clean through the night
Highlighting the resilience and determination to face challenges through the night.
Mark my words upon the front page
Expressing a desire to make a lasting mark by declaring words on the front page.
To set my world straight
Using words to bring order and clarity to one's world.
It's too late, it's too late
Conveying a sense of regret and realization that it's too late to change the current state of the world.
It's too late, it's too late
-Just like I found it, my world is split
Describing a world divided or fractured.
Right down the spine
Metaphorically expressing the division as being down the spine.
years bled dry now ripe for a reckoning
Referring to the passage of time, with accumulated experiences ready for a reckoning.
My blade's back slash beckoning
Describing the beckoning of the blade, possibly for self-reflection or change.
Slice my wounds and I make the sign one more time
Symbolically making a sign or gesture while acknowledging wounds.
come on. come on. come home. come home
Inviting someone to come home, expressing a longing for connection.
Yeah it's too late, it's too late
Reiterating the theme of it being too late, with a sense of resignation.
It's too late, to refrain...refrain...refrain...
-did those angels ever sing?
Pondering whether the divine moments experienced earlier were real.
Sliced my world in two
Acknowledging a personal world that has been divided or affected.
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