Hurt Goes On
Echoes of Desolation: Code Orange's Raw Reflections on Mental Struggles
Lyrics
It sounds like a machine gun
Describing a rapid and intense sound, possibly symbolizing aggression or conflict.
It hits like yellow rain
Comparing the impact to "yellow rain," suggesting a harmful and destructive force.
You're just a rat in a world of snakes
Highlighting a sense of vulnerability, being surrounded by deceitful and untrustworthy individuals.
I'm just a dog in a cage
Expressing a feeling of confinement and aggression, akin to being restrained and provoked.
Waiting to pick you to pieces
Anticipating harm or destruction, waiting for an opportunity to inflict damage.
Waiting for something to change
Expressing a desire for change or improvement in the current situation.
The next time you use your big boy voice
Addressing a confrontational communication style, urging the use of a more mature tone.
The next time you choose to speak my name
Challenging someone to acknowledge and speak about the speaker, possibly with consequences.
It just feels right
Describing a sense of satisfaction or correctness in the upcoming actions.
Spilling out of your head
Referring to emotions overflowing, possibly negative emotions or thoughts.
The only reason I'm alive is to watch your mind go dead
Stating a grim purpose for existence, finding fulfillment in witnessing someone's mental decline.
I wanna watch the lights go out
Expressing a desire to witness a loss of consciousness or awareness.
I wanna see you fade to black
Expressing a desire to see someone become obscure or lose prominence.
I wanna feel you calling out
Desiring to feel someone reaching out or calling for help.
When no one answers back
Emphasizing a lack of response or support when someone is in need.
Because where does that put you?
Prompting reflection on one's position or choices in a given situation.
Where exactly will you be?
Posing a question about the future consequences or outcomes of one's actions.
Mentally, I wanna hurt you mentally
Expressing an intention to cause emotional harm, particularly targeting the mental well-being of another.
When your roaches scatter, when it's just you and me
Anticipating a moment of confrontation when external influences are removed.
Close your eyes
Suggesting a need to shut out the external world, possibly to focus on internal thoughts or emotions.
Pray to God
Encouraging a plea for divine intervention or guidance during a challenging time.
That this storm will pass
Expressing a hope for a difficult situation to pass or come to an end.
That we will move on
Expressing a desire for progress and moving forward after facing adversity.
The one thing I know
Absolute certainty that, if the speaker is proven wrong, the pain or harm will persist.
Is that if you're wrong
Emphasizing the enduring nature of emotional distress or harm.
The hurt will go on
Stating that the hurt will persist as a consequence of being incorrect or mistaken.
The end will never come
Suggesting an ongoing, indefinite nature to the pain or distress, denying a conclusive end.
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