Time Will Tell
Echoes of Redemption: Navigating Life's Trials Through Melodies
Lyrics
I've got blood all over my hands, in my eyes, on the strings
I am burdened with guilt and responsibility, symbolized by blood on my hands, eyes, and guitar strings.
It's pouring out all over all my favorite things
The guilt is overflowing and affecting all the things I hold dear.
My guilty heart is beating faster, every time I try to sing
My guilty conscience intensifies every time I attempt to express myself through singing.
It seizes up and then my lungs begin to sting
My emotions tighten up, and I experience physical pain as my lungs start to ache.
Only time will tell
Expressing uncertainty about the future, emphasizing that only time will reveal the outcome or resolution.
Only time will tell
-Is it written all over my face? Should I even feel ashamed?
Questioning if the evidence of guilt is evident on my face, contemplating whether shame is justified.
Or is it that early thirties thing, where some guys just go insane?
Suggesting a potential crisis associated with reaching one's early thirties, possibly alluding to a midlife struggle.
And the doctors give us lithium, but we're never quite the same
Referencing medical intervention, specifically lithium, as a response to mental distress, with a hint that the remedy may not restore full well-being.
Do we retreat to younger years to stop the pain?
Considering the possibility of regressing to a younger age as a coping mechanism to alleviate emotional pain.
Well, only time will tell
Repeating the notion that only time will reveal the impact and resolution of the struggles described.
Only time will tell
-Only time will tell
-Only time will tell
-You say there's not a god?
Challenging the idea of the absence of a higher power, expressing a need for faith to endure internal turmoil.
Goddammit I could use a little faith to keep from crawling right out of my skin
Desiring faith as a source of strength to prevent feeling overwhelmed or consumed by internal struggles.
I think it's adding up
Suggesting that the challenges and hardships are accumulating over time.
Staying up blowing tombstone powder with the broken hearted liars again
Indicating a self-destructive behavior, engaging in substance abuse with individuals who are deceitful and heartbroken.
Oh I think I've had enough
Expressing a sense of exhaustion and a desire to break free from the current situation.
All my records feel like yearbook pictures,
Comparing personal experiences to yearbook pictures, implying a sense of nostalgia but a lack of clarity about the past.
There's fondness but I can't remember where, where I've been
Feeling a connection to past experiences but struggling to remember the details.
So I'm sharpening my pen, shooting the ink into my skin
Symbolizing the act of self-harm as a means of expressing and dealing with emotional pain.
Baby here's where we begin
Marking a new beginning, possibly through creative expression (sharpening the pen, shooting ink into the skin), and acknowledging a recurring cycle of challenges.
Baby here's where we begin
-Here's where we begin
-Oh here we go again
-Baby here's where we begin
Emphasizing the start of a new phase or challenge, repeating the idea of a fresh beginning.
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