Nothing Wants You Back

Embracing Emptiness: A Journey through Choices and Resolve
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Lyrics

Don't get caught in-between

Caution against being stuck in a middle ground

There is nothing but either or

Choices are binary; it's either one thing or another

Don't give up, don't agree

Encouragement not to give up or easily conform

To make sense is to make war

Suggesting that making sense often leads to conflict

Everything is what it seems

Appearances are accurate; things are as they seem

If you don't run you'll never move

Motivation to keep moving forward

The air will choke the insincere

Inauthenticity will be stifled or suffocated

Don't waste your breath just asking why

Discouragement from questioning without purpose


If you want nothing, then nothing wants you back

If you desire nothing, you may receive nothing in return

If you want nothing, then nothing wants you back

Reiteration of the idea that wanting nothing has consequences

Never say that we lost, we just haven't won yet

Optimistic view that losing is temporary; victory is yet to come


Life is life, death is death

Clear distinction between life and death

I'm too young to compromise

Assertion of resistance to compromising at a young age

There will be no retreat

No surrender; commitment to facing challenges

That's a land we'll never see

A place or state that will remain unattainable

Arm your love, if nothing else

Encouragement to arm oneself with love, even if it seems futile

They'll break your heart anyhow

Despite efforts, heartbreak is inevitable

The air will choke the insincere

Reiteration that insincerity will be stifled by the environment

Everybody will know why

A promise that everyone will understand the reasons


If you want nothing, then nothing wants you back

Reiteration of the consequences of desiring nothing

If you want nothing, then nothing wants you back

Emphasis on the idea that wanting nothing has repercussions

Never say that we lost, we just haven't won yet

Positive outlook on losses, framing them as temporary setbacks

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