Vein
Echoes of Desolation: City State's Vein Unveiled
Lyrics
When the light crept over the water
Reflecting on a moment when daylight revealed a scene over the water.
You watched their eyes yearn for blood and the wealth of your fathers
Observing others desiring blood and the inheritance from ancestors.
And we'll bide our time
Expressing patience, waiting for an opportune moment.
We've learned to live with our sleepless nights
Adapting to living with insomnia, facing the consequences of actions.
The lies we spread are deafening
Spreading impactful lies that drown out the truth.
They buried the truth with your lives
Truth buried with lives, suggesting cover-ups or manipulations.
And we just stand by
Passively witnessing events without intervention.
We'll swallow the earth and drain the seas
Expressing a destructive force, symbolized by swallowing the earth and draining seas.
Out of control and it's all for nothing
Acknowledging uncontrollable actions with no meaningful outcome.
Can't fill our needs when nothing remains
Highlighting the inability to fulfill needs when everything is gone.
When the sand claws at our wrists
Describing a challenging situation represented by sand clawing at wrists.
We'll find poison dripping from our fingertips
Awareness of spreading toxicity or harm with one's actions.
When the sky caves in
Imagining a catastrophic event, possibly a collapse or disaster.
When we wake to oblivion
Waking up to a state of complete unawareness or destruction.
Will we turn our eyes for one last time?
Pondering whether there will be a last opportunity to look away from impending doom.
Fall away like the breath in your chest
Comparing a departure to the exhalation of breath.
Suffocate beneath our negligence
Suffering beneath the consequences of neglectful actions.
Feel the blood cease in your veins
Sensing life draining away, possibly a metaphor for negative consequences.
(The infection eats away)
Describing an infection eating away, symbolizing a destructive influence.
See the parasites fall from the skies
Witnessing the fall of deceptive influences represented as parasites.
Under the guise of a new way of life
Deceptive changes under the guise of a new way of life.
Our so called values have led us astray
Criticizing values that have led society astray.
We'll see their pain when it's too late
Acknowledging the realization of pain when it's too late.
Too late to change
Acknowledging the inevitability of change being too late.
So
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We'll swallow the earth and drain the seas
Repetition of destructive force, emphasizing its inevitability.
Out of control and it's all for nothing
Reiteration of uncontrollable actions leading to no meaningful outcome.
Can't fill our needs when nothing remains
Emphasizing the inability to fulfill needs when everything is gone.
When the sand claws at our wrists
Repeating the imagery of a challenging situation represented by sand clawing at wrists.
We'll find poison dripping from our fingertips
Reiteration of awareness of spreading toxicity or harm.
When the sky caves in
Repetition of imagining a catastrophic event, possibly a collapse or disaster.
When we wake to oblivion
Repetition of waking up to a state of complete unawareness or destruction.
Will we turn our eyes for one last time?
Repeating the pondering of whether there will be a last opportunity to look away from impending doom.
When the infection is done feeding off the mess we made
Envisioning consequences after an infection feeds on the mess created.
It'll come for what's left
Anticipating the aftermath of embracing the mistakes of ancestors.
We embraced the sins of our fathers
Acknowledging the presence of a creeping disease as a consequence.
Now the disease creeps in
Describing a disease waiting to consume what remains.
Waiting to consume what's left
Highlighting the inevitability of witnessing the final outcomes.
And in the end we just bore witness
Acknowledging the role of passive observation in the end.
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