Steel
Unyielding Resilience: Charlotte Martin's 'Steel' Chronicles a Heart Forged in Adversity
Lyrics
The lost and insincere
The people who are lost and insincere
They think I need to hear
They believe I need to hear something from them
What's in their empty eyes, eyes, eyes
Referring to the emptiness in their eyes
We're few and far between
Describing a group that is scarce and not often calm
We've hardly been serene
They have not experienced much tranquility
But stand up to their lies, lies, lies
Standing up against lies from others
We are steel
Declaring resilience, likening to steel
We don't feel
Emphasizing a lack of emotional response
Anything at all
Expressing an absence of feeling
He took me in his arms
Describing an intimate moment that turned uncomfortable
But then he squeezed too hard
Highlighting excessive pressure in the embrace
He wouldn't let me breathe, breathe, breathe
Feeling suffocated and unable to breathe freely
It's been too many years
Reflecting on enduring hardships over the years
I've hurt too many times
Having experienced pain numerous times
To give up everything, thing, thing
Resisting the idea of giving up despite everything
I am steel
Reiterating a sense of being strong like steel
I don't feel
Stating a lack of emotional sensitivity
Anything at all
Emphasizing an absence of feelings
The way I've been confused
Expressing confusion in personal experiences
The way that I've been used
Acknowledging being used and discarded
And spit out on your dime
Feeling mistreated at someone else's expense
And still you lead me on
Being led on by someone despite mistreatment
And still you tear me down
Experiencing continuous criticism and degradation
And say it's in my mind
Being told that it's all in one's mind
Well I've seen hell and back
Having faced extreme challenges and adversity
I've hidden in the dark
Enduring difficult times alone
With no one there at all, all, all
Being in isolation with no support
I've scraped us back to life
Bringing back vitality and resilience to life
I've laced up both my boots
Preparing for further challenges and pain
So try and twist the knife, knife, knife
Anticipating additional emotional wounds
I am steel
Reaffirming personal strength, comparable to steel
I don't feel
Emphasizing a lack of emotional sensitivity
We are steel
Stating collective resilience, "We are steel"
We don't feel
Highlighting a shared absence of emotional response
Anything at all, anything at all
Reiterating a general lack of feelings
Anything at all, anything at all
Emphasizing a continued absence of emotions
Anything at all, anything at all
Stressing the persistent lack of feelings
Anything at all
Repeating the theme of an overall absence of emotions
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