Decode
Lyrics
How can I decide what's right
Expressing confusion and difficulty in making the right decision.
When you're clouding up my mind?
Feeling mentally overwhelmed by someone or something.
I can't win your losing fight
Acknowledging a losing battle in trying to win the other person over.
All the time
Highlighting a constant struggle or conflict.
Nor can I ever own what's mine
Unable to possess what rightfully belongs due to constant opposition.
When you're always taking sides
Reference to a divisive situation where sides are taken.
But you won't take away my pride
Asserting the preservation of personal pride despite challenges.
No, not this time
Emphasizing the determination not to yield this time.
Not this time
Reiterating the commitment to stand firm.
How did we get here
Reflecting on the journey that led to the current state of the relationship.
When I used to know you so well?
Expressing familiarity with the other person in the past.
How did we get here?
Pondering the transformation in the relationship.
Well, I think I know
Indicating a belief in understanding the hidden truth.
The truth is hiding in your eyes
Suggesting that the truth is evident in the other person's eyes.
And it's hanging on your tongue
Imagery of the truth being on the verge of expression.
Just boiling in my blood
Describing intense emotions.
But you think that I can't see
Asserting an awareness of the other person's actions.
What kind of man that you are
Questioning the true nature of the other person.
If you're a man at all
Raising doubts about the other person's integrity.
Well, I will figure this one out
Expressing determination to unravel the situation independently.
On my own
Emphasizing self-reliance in finding a resolution.
On my own
Repeating the emphasis on individual understanding and resolution.
(My thoughts you can't decode)
Introducing a recurring theme of decoding thoughts.
How did we get here
Revisiting the question of how the relationship reached this point.
When I used to know you so well? Yeah
Recalling a time when there was familiarity with the other person.
How did we get here?
Reiterating the pondering of the transformation in the relationship.
Well, I think I know
Expressing confidence in understanding the situation.
Do you see
Posing a question about awareness of actions and consequences.
What we've done?
Reflecting on the foolishness of past actions.
We've gone and made such fools
Conveying regret for the collective mistakes made.
Of ourselves
Reiterating the acknowledgment of foolish actions.
Do you see
Posing a question about awareness of actions and consequences.
What we've done?
Reflecting on the foolishness of past actions.
We've gone and made such fools
Conveying regret for the collective mistakes made.
Of ourselves
Reiterating the acknowledgment of foolish actions.
Yeah
An emphatic expression of the current state of affairs.
How did we get here
Revisiting the question of how the relationship reached this point.
When I used to know you so well? Yeah, yeah, yeah
Recalling a time when there was familiarity with the other person.
Well, how did we get here?
Reiterating the pondering of the transformation in the relationship.
When I used to know you so well?
Expressing confidence in understanding the situation.
I think I know
Reiterating the belief in having insight into the truth.
I think I know
Repeating the expression of confidence in understanding the situation.
There is something
Introducing a new element—something observed in the other person.
I see in you
Suggesting a potentially dangerous or challenging aspect in the other person.
It might kill me
Expressing a willingness to face the challenging aspect, even if it poses a threat.
I want it to be true
Affirming a desire for the observed aspect to
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