Lyrics
Now you've become
Addressing a transformation or change in someone.
Everything you claimed to fight
Referring to the person's actions and ideals they professed to oppose.
Through your need to feel you're right
Highlighting a desire for self-justification and the need to be right.
You're the savior of nothing now
Declaring that the person is no longer a savior or hero.
When you were a young one
Recalling the subject's early life.
They tormented you
Describing past torment or persecution.
They could always find a way to make you feel ashamed
Emphasizing the ability of others to induce shame.
Now that you are older
Pointing to the lasting impact of past experiences on the individual.
Everything they put you through
Indicating a history of hardship and mistreatment.
Left you with an anger that just cannot be contained
Expressing an enduring anger resulting from past events.
So you spend every day of your life
Describing a daily quest for something to ignite passion or purpose.
Always searching for something to set
Emphasizing the perpetual search for meaning or motivation.
You on fire
Using metaphorical language, possibly referring to inspiration.
Now you've become
Reiterating the transformation mentioned in line 1.
Everything you claimed to fight
Connecting the person's actions to their previous claims and ideals.
Through your need to feel you're right
Pointing to the need for validation and the desire to be right.
You're the savior of nothing now
Reaffirming the loss of the person's heroic status.
Everywhere around you
Describing a tendency to find reasons to defend one's beliefs.
You find reasons to
Highlighting a propensity to adopt a warrior-like mentality.
Turn into a warrior to protect what you believe
Emphasizing the protective nature of the person's actions.
But you think their beliefs
Suggesting a judgmental attitude towards the beliefs of others.
Make them less than you
Expressing a superiority complex based on beliefs.
And that is a delusion that your sickness has conceived
Labeling the perceived superiority as a result of personal issues.
Now you spend every day of your life
Describing a continued daily hope for a significant spark or change.
Always hoping that something will spark
Expressing a perpetual desire for something transformative.
That desire
Referring to a longing or passion waiting to be ignited.
Now you've become
Repeating the acknowledgment of the person's transformation.
Everything you claimed to fight
Linking the person's actions to their prior claims and ideals.
Through your need to feel you're right
Reiterating the theme of the need for validation and righteousness.
You're the savior of nothing now
Restating the declaration that the person is no longer a savior.
Now you've become
Repeating the recognition of the person's transformation.
Everything you claimed to fight
Emphasizing the connection between actions and prior claims.
Through your need to feel you're right
Restating the emphasis on the need for validation and being right.
You're the savior of nothing now
Affirming once more that the person is no longer a savior.
You've become
Affirming the person's identity as something they claimed to oppose.
Everything you claimed to fight
Reiterating the theme of the need for validation and righteousness.
Through your need to feel you're right
Declaring the person's loss of heroic status once again.
You're the savior of nothing now
Final affirmation that the person is no longer a savior.
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