Dr. Neo Cortex

Navigating the Abyss: Downsides' Poignant Reflections on Identity and Desolation
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Lyrics

Everything that I've built up to now

Expresses a sense of loss or failure in what has been constructed or achieved so far.

Has all come crumbling down

Highlights the collapse or destruction of the speaker's accomplishments and efforts.

The displacement of my relationships

Describes a disruption in the speaker's relationships, possibly indicating emotional upheaval.

Foundations all buried into the ground

Suggests that the foundations of these relationships are now buried or destroyed.


I don't know who I am anymore

Expresses confusion and a loss of identity, emphasizing the speaker's inability to define themselves.

I've climbed but I've never reached the top before

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I'm still attached to the floor

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But the bottom is my home, forevermore

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I don't know who I am anymore

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I've climbed but I've never reached the top before

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I'm still attached to the floor

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But the bottom is my home, forevermore

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The bottom is my home, forevermore

Reiterates that the bottom, a state of despair or failure, is where the speaker feels at home indefinitely.


I've been searching for an exit

Describes a prolonged search for an escape, paralleled with the struggle to merely exist and the notion that death might be preferable.

For what seems like forever

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I'm just trying to exist

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But sometimes dead is better

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I don't know who I am anymore

Repeats the theme of the speaker's identity crisis and feeling grounded at the bottom, reinforcing a sense of hopelessness.

I've climbed but I've never reached the top before

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I'm still attached to the floor

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But the bottom is my home, forevermore

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I don't know who I am anymore

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I've climbed but I've never reached the top before

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I'm still attached to the floor

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But the bottom is my home, forevermore

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Forevermore

Emphasizes the enduring nature of the speaker's situation, using "Forevermore" to underscore a perpetual state of despair.


I don't believe that things happen for a reason but the reasons unknown

Expresses a lack of belief in life having predetermined reasons, with a contrast between those who experience a better life and those cursed to be alone.

I believe that life is better to some

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While the rest are cursed to roam this earth alone

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