Complicated Shadows
Unraveling Life's Complex Shades
Lyrics
Well you know your time has come and you're sorry for what you've done
Acknowledging the inevitability of facing consequences and expressing regret for past actions.
You should've never have been playing with a gun
Regretting the choice to engage with dangerous activities, specifically playing with a gun.
In those complicated shadows
Referring to a complex and challenging situation represented by "complicated shadows."
Well there's a line that you must toe
Highlighting the existence of a boundary or rule that must be observed.
And it'll soon be time to go
Suggesting that the time to face consequences is approaching.
But it's darker than you know in those complicated shadows
Describing the severity of the situation, indicating it's darker or more serious than perceived.
All you gangsters and rude clowns
Addressing a group of individuals involved in criminal activities, possibly expressing disapproval.
Who were shooting up the town
Describing the reckless behavior of shooting up a town without finding someone to blame.
When you should have found someone to put the blame on
Emphasizing the need to assign responsibility for one's actions.
Though the fury's hot and hard
Despite intense anger, there is a realization of the inevitable consequence of death.
I still see that cold graveyard
Visualizing a graveyard as a consequence of violent actions.
There's a solitary stone that's got your name on
Individualizing the consequence with a solitary gravestone bearing the person's name.
You don't have to take it from me
Asserting the speaker's perspective without insisting on its acceptance.
But I know what I spake
Claiming knowledge or insight into the situation.
You think you're like iron and steel
Comparing the perceived toughness of individuals to materials that can ultimately be damaged.
But iron and steel will bend and break
Warning about the vulnerability of even seemingly strong individuals.
In those complicated shadows
Reiterating the complexity and gravity of the situation represented by "complicated shadows."
Go!
Sometimes justice you will find
Reflecting on the randomness and injustice of some situations, suggesting a lack of fairness.
Is just dumb not color-blind
Indicating that justice is not always impartial, potentially influenced by biases.
And your poor shattered mind can't take it all in
Describing the overwhelming nature of a shattered mind grappling with the situation.
All those phantoms and those shades
Referring to imaginary or elusive entities and the difficulty of comprehending them.
Should jump up on judgment day
Suggesting a delayed reckoning for one's sins, anticipated on judgment day.
And say to the almighty "I'm still stinking of sin"
Defiantly admitting to the persistence of sin even in the face of divine judgment.
But the jury was dismissed
Describing a legal process where the jury is dismissed, and capital punishment is administered.
Took his neck and they give it a twist
Emphasizing the severity of the punishment, symbolized by a twisted neck.
So you see you won't be missed in those complicated shadows
Asserting that the individual will not be remembered or missed in the complexity of shadows.
You can say just what you like in a voice like a John Ford film
Granting freedom of expression but cautioning against taking the law into one's hands.
Take the law into your hands
Warning about the consequences of vigilante justice and the eventual weariness of killing.
You will soon get tired of killing
Reiterating the theme of complex and challenging shadows.
In those complicated shadows
Complicated shadows
-Complicated shadows
-Complicated shadows
-Go!
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