Lyrics
Once more with feeling
Expressing the need for repetition with emotional intensity.
Once more just to feel alive
Desiring to feel alive again through a repeated experience.
To say we tried
Acknowledging an attempt at something, possibly in a relationship.
I've got
Introduction to a personal struggle or challenge.
this condition
Describing a personal condition or situation.
like i'm on a mission
Comparing the condition to a purposeful mission.
to throw it all away.
Expressing a willingness to discard everything.
Like it's midnight
Drawing a metaphor involving midnight and reckless behavior.
And I'm a bar fight
Describing a chaotic situation akin to a bar fight.
A tender black eye
Mentioning physical consequences like a black eye.
A gaslight
Listing impulsive actions like gaslighting and taking risks.
A leap before I look.
Indicating a tendency to act before thinking.
There's something wrong
Suggesting a recognition of something being amiss.
If you're alright
Questioning someone's well-being.
If you're not grasping to the do
Advising to hold on to life's opportunities before death.
Before you die
Emphasizing urgency in seizing moments.
Cause I've got
Reiteration of a challenging personal condition.
this condition
Expressing a profound suspicion about survival.
a deep suspicion
Describing the suspicion as deep-rooted.
that we won't make it out alive.
Doubting the likelihood of surviving life's challenges.
Once more with feeling
Repeating the desire for intensity in feeling.
Once more just to feel alive
Reiterating the quest for a sense of aliveness.
Oh God I tried
Acknowledging efforts made, possibly in vain.
To spark a light in the dark
Attempting to bring light into a dark situation.
One in a million man march
Referencing a unique and significant event with the "million man march."
But with a knee on my neck
Describing a situation reminiscent of oppression or struggle.
I was gasping for breath
Portraying a desperate struggle for breath, potentially metaphorical.
I'm like a groom with no bride
Using a metaphor of a groom without a bride, suggesting incompleteness.
A wimper
Expressing a subdued sound or expression.
A modest sigh
Describing a modest or restrained sigh.
I've got
Reiteration of the challenging personal condition.
this condition
Reemphasizing a deep-seated suspicion of survival.
a deep suspicion
Restating the intensity of the suspicion.
that we won't make it out alive.
Doubting the likelihood of surviving life's challenges.
Piss shiver the whole night through
Introducing the concept of a "Piss shiver" as a symbolic experience.
Now it's me
Highlighting a personal experience without the presence of another.
Without you
Expressing a sense of loss or absence.
Like there was something I could do
Reflecting on a perceived inability to change an outcome.
I shivered the whole night through
Repeating the experience of shivering without a solution.
Sleeping right there next to you
Describing a shared intimate moment while facing challenges.
Cause every sinner once a saint
Acknowledging the duality of human nature, from sinner to saint.
The truest love until it ain't
Highlighting the transient nature of true love.
And I would shiver
Reiterating the experience of shivering throughout the night.
the whole night through
Emphasizing the persistent emotional response throughout the night.
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