Brace For Impact
Brace for Impact: Battling the Chains of Labor and Embracing Change
Lyrics
I'm sick and tired of working on Maggie's Farm
Expressing frustration with working in a difficult or oppressive environment.
I'm disarmed, reluctant to raise alarm
Feeling vulnerable and hesitant to alert others about impending issues.
Dissuade the pressures of labors imminent harm
Trying to discourage or alleviate the imminent dangers or difficulties of work.
What else is expendable, my ego or my charm?
Questioning what aspects of oneself are expendable in challenging situations.
I've been feeling trapped, I'm losing track of time
Sense of being confined and losing a sense of time.
And when I do the math, have to subtract my mind
Feeling mentally drained and having to mentally calculate losses.
The bastion of my wrath, my reasonable woes
Personal grievances that are reasonable but being overshadowed.
Are overtaken slow. Sit back and watch them go
Accepting and watching these grievances passively.
We're on a collision course our better days are overdue
Belief that better times are overdue but approaching a collision or crisis.
Take a ride on a pale horse the river styx, she calls for you
Metaphorically referring to death (pale horse, river styx) as an inevitability.
We're on a collision course at this point there's no turning back
Irreversible path towards a crisis or conflict.
So if you can't raise your voice just close your eyes and brace for impact
Suggesting resignation to a situation beyond control, preparing for impact.
The vicious and malicious the perils beyond exemption
Describing dangers and threats that are relentless and exempt from escape.
Using degradation like an open carry weapon
Using degradation as a weapon openly and without restraint.
No one ever steps in no one ever steps up
Observing the lack of intervention or support from others.
No one ever says much cause no one gives a fuck
Indicating apathy and indifference prevailing in the situation.
I've been feeling trapped, I'm losing track of time
Reiteration of feeling trapped and losing track of time.
And when I do the math, have to subtract my mind
Repeating mental exhaustion and the need for mental calculation.
The bastion of my wrath, my reasonable woes
Reiteration of reasonable grievances being overtaken by circumstances.
Are overtaken slow. Sit back and watch them go
Continued passive observation of these grievances.
We're on a collision course our better days are overdue
Re-emphasis on overdue better times but heading towards a crisis.
Take a ride on a pale horse the river styx, she calls for you
Reiteration of the metaphorical inevitability of death.
We're on a collision course at this point there's no turning back
Confirming the irreversible path towards a crisis or conflict.
So if you can't raise your voice just close your eyes and brace for impact
Advising acceptance of the situation and preparing for impact if unable to speak out.
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