The Veneer
Unveiling Truth: Dystopian Reflections in 'The Veneer'
Lyrics
Quantify the ways that we're okay
Reflecting on various ways in which we appear to be fine or acceptable.
Qualify the modes of being afraid
Examining and categorizing the different ways in which fear manifests.
Sterilised, alive we'll all capsize but realise it's all a lie
Despite being sterilized and seemingly alive, acknowledging that everything may collapse, realizing it's all a deception.
Let it all drift away
Suggesting detachment and letting go of everything.
And now we're sleeping on the inside
Expressing a sense of internal numbness or emotional disconnection.
Display the image all you want
Emphasizing the display of an image or facade, possibly portraying a false reality.
Feeling only on the outside
Feeling emotions only superficially, lacking genuine depth.
You've been denied
Highlighting a sense of denial or rejection.
And now we're lacking on the inside
Experiencing a deficiency or emptiness within.
Play the image all you want
Continuing the theme of projecting an image while internally struggling.
We all carve a mere façade
Acknowledging the creation of a false front or appearance.
The veneer of fine will hamper our escape
Suggesting that maintaining a facade of being fine hinders the possibility of escape.
You'll keep close those secrets
Indicating the tendency to guard and conceal personal secrets.
If you run that far, a semblance of okay
If one manages to escape to a distant point, there might be a semblance of being okay.
You know who you'll betray
Awareness of betraying someone, possibly oneself, in the pursuit of escape.
Keeping in mind the hope that you'll find the light
Encouraging the retention of hope while searching for illumination.
We all carve a mere façade
Reiterating the theme of constructing a deceptive facade.
The veneer of fine will hamper our escape
Emphasizing how pretending to be fine impedes the chance to break free.
You'll keep close those secrets
Repeating the idea of safeguarding personal secrets.
If you run that far, a semblance of okay
Suggesting that reaching a distant point might bring a semblance of normalcy.
You know who you'll betray
Highlighting the self-awareness of potential betrayal in the pursuit of escape.
Even the light in your, all of your, all of your own
Noting the absence of light, possibly inner enlightenment, in one's own space.
And the sun, it never rises, all of your
Describing a perpetual lack of sunrise, implying a persistent darkness.
Even the light in your, all of your, all of your own
Repeating the idea of the absence of personal light or enlightenment.
And the sun it never rises
Asserting the perpetual absence of the sun, suggesting a consistent lack of hope or positivity.
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